Up to something!

Nolan is always up to something! Not always things that we approve of! Nick was recently cleaning out his old baseball card collection and Nolan had a lot of fun with the ones in the throw away pile. He has also figured out how to open the lazy-susan... much to my dismay! His favorite bottles to pull out are the olive oil and the syrup. The next picture is one of him walking around the kitchen like a big boy, feeling pretty pleased with himself. The second to last photo was taken about a month ago while Nick and I were sitting on the couches one evening. Things got very quiet behind the couch and we looked over to find him standing on top of the laundry basket reaching for goodies that are supposed to be out of his reach! The last picture captures Nolan's infinite love of toilet paper. We're not sure what it is about it but he goes for it every time he gets into the bathroom. Spinning the roll is tons of fun but is only trumped by the delight of biting into a brand new roll and leaving a few teeth marks!

A Few of My Favorite Things

Nolan has many passions right now but a couple of his favorite things right now are: 1) the TV remote and 2) showing the world how big he is by raising his hands in the air. He thought he would just multitask and enjoy both activities at once! We have tried to keep him away from the real remote by giving him a spare without batteries ... unsuccessfully. He relentlessly pursues the real remote and is so proud of himself when he gets to it.

Sun, Sand and Shivers

We are back from Florida and thought we should share a few photos from our trip. It was a great week although it was quite cold so we didn't get to spend as much time on the beach as we would have liked. Nolan loves the sand and can't wait until he can actually take his sweatshirt off and get his feet in the ocean.

Favorite spot

Nolan has taken a strong liking to his "spot" blankets. He has enjoyed it since he was tiny but he has become quite obsessive about it recently. If he finds it, he has to stop, suck his thumb and hold onto the blanket for a minute before he can move on. The other day, I was doing laundry and spot was sitting on the top of the basket. He noticed and then proceeded to crawl into the laundry basket and lay down to suck his thumb. Then, this morning we were putting away laundry in his room, and he saw spot through the crib rungs. Needless to say, he had to pull it out and have a little suck of the thumb. He doesn't typically suck his thumb outside of his crib and rarely without spot in his other hand. Spot and thumb go well together!

Texas Trip

We were able to escape the cold weather for a long weekend in Dallas to visit Danielle's dad. We had great weather, about 60 each day and sunny. We were able to take in a UNC basketball game at the new Cowboys football stadium which was great but Texas won (boo). We also made a trip to visit Santa which Nolan seemed to enjoy! Nolan also did great on his first plane ride which was a big relief to his nervous parents :)

Photo contest

I will be entering this photo in a contest over at: http://iheartfaces.blogspot.com/
Let's hope I win!

Pumpkin Patch

Nolan and Danielle were fortunate enough to be able to visit a farm that had animals, hay rides and a pumpkin patch a few weeks ago. I wasn't able to be along but it sounded and looked like a great time!