Wii Fit

Our Wii Fit came today and Shane is getting quite the workout. He's been hula hooping, skateboarding, stepping and even marching with marching band. Wonder how long it will take to be "Wii Fit" fit?

Noah's New Tricks

Noah is growing and changing every day. He can now roll over from front to back which makes him a happy little camper. He is almost sitting up completely by himself. He is sure trying. Can't believe we're already past the 6 month mark headed towards 7.

Movies and Munchies

Meredith saw on the internet a Winter Family Day type thing was happening at the movies. Apparently some of them had Thomas the Tank engine, but the one in our area was supposedly Olivia (you know the little pig).

Well, Nathan has a history with not wanting to go to movies. He made it into Wall-E, but left crying the moment the previews started. I couldn’t even get him to go in the doors of Monsters v Aliens. He just sat on the floor crying. But since this was a show that he knew and since it was a very cheap ticket we figured we would give it another shot.

Then Meredith had the very great idea of taking some big headphones with us since a big part of the problem is how loud the movies are. The headphones worked for Nathan and were the only way I could convince him to go into the theater (even a promise of popcorn wasn’t enough without the headphones). I think he must have asked me if I had them like 3 times.

When We get inside the theater—pink popcorn in hand—we pretty much have the place to ourselves. Only one other family came in which was surprising for such cheap tickets. At the start of the movie Nathan was ready to go. Even with his headphones he was scared as the lights came down and had to sit in my lap through the first stupid commercials. But then the saving grace of our afternoon happened, the first real preview was for Toy Story 3 and that turned around his whole attitude.

So we settled in to watch the show which turned out to be several PBS cartoons strung together to make an hour long show. One of these was Olivia, but only one. Nathan enjoyed it, but I was so sleepy that at one point I actually laid down across the seats and dozed for a bit.

In the end it was a darn good way to spend an afternoon (especially since before the Movie Nathan said he wanted shrimp to eat so I took him to Red Lobster) and I think that Nathan will be willing to go back and see more movies which is a very big plus for me!

Learning to Share

The first of many times to come...Noah was playing (or chewing on) Winnie the Pooh and Nathan snatched him away.

2 Days of Clean Underwear

Who would have imagined that it was medical condition that was keeping Nathan from learning to go to the bathroom. I am soooooo glad that Meredith thought to talk to the doctor about it.

Anyway, Nathan went two whole days without going to the bathroom in either his underwear or his pull-up during naps. I am so excited I can hardly stand it.

Noah Six Months Old

Noah is now 6 months old! Shane took him to the doctor today because he wasn't feeling well and his check up was already scheduled for later this week. So wham, bam on top of an ear infection he got 8 shots! Poor guy! We'll start him on antibiotics tonight. He is 17 lbs. 7 oz., 27 inches long and just a bundle of joy. He has learned to spit and blow bubbles and loves to play with his toys now. He can pull that pacifier out and chew on it upside down and backwards. He will put anything he can get his hands on in his mouth. He is loving his cereal and fruits and veggies. Last night he and Mommy made a mess with the carrots. I evidently wasn't feeding him fast enough so he just reached right and grabbed on to that bowl. We are so very blessed with our two precious boys.

New Year’s Day

The Murphys came down to hang out with us today. They are staying the night and we are all going to Auburn tomorrow to watch the Tigers play basketball.

They also brought the Christmas presents that we couldn’t fit in our car, including our very own “fire bowl.” So we had to break it out tonight and cook some hotdogs and make some smores.

Meredith really is cooking over a fire and not just ashes even though the camera didn’t pick up the red of the coals.

 

At one point Nathan said to Meredith, “Mommy, this is the best fire party ever!” It was pretty cool.