Looking at the past year

As summer approaches I sit and think about what my last summer break was like! Wow it seems so long ago and so much has changed. So then I got to looking at some old pictures of the boy and realized how fast he is growing and is going to grow. So I decided to give a chance for all that read this to reminisce of days gone by.

1st year pictures!

Went to a new place to get our 1 year pictures. It was so fun, the bad thing was that we had to choose from about 50 photos!!! These are what we decided on. He did great, as always. He is starting to get a bit shy around strangers, though, so it did take some time to warm up to the photographer.

Here I am with my best friend Olivia. We had so much fun getting our pictures taken.

1st Birthday - finally!

Well, Nathaniel has made it to his first birthday! We are so proud of him in all that he has learned and taught us! He is now starting to walk and sounds as though we may have some words starting to appear. He is a big 'dada' boy and likes to say 'mama' when eating.

Another year is underway and we are hoping for it to be as fun and exciting as the first!!!

The Birthday Boy with Grandma Cornthwaite!
Not so sure what to do with his cake at first but then . . .
He went to town!

Don't think that he actually ate much of it,

but he did end up having some fun poking it.

Opening some presents!

Got a lot of great things that Nathaniel is loving!!!

The setup. The balloons, cake and candy bars did not last long,

but the Mylar dinosaur lasted for about 1 1/2 weeks!!!!