Nate has a thing about pacis. Not only does he LOVE his paci, but if there is more than one in his line of sight, he must have them all. I have seen him have one in each and one in his mouth. I have also known him to put two in his mouth at one time and hold onto a third one... which is way funny! He also has a very particular way of picking up his paci. He sticks his pointer finger into the "nipple" part of the paci and then sticks the paci into his mouth.
Nate LOVES food. He has been known on more than one occasion to watch food cook in the oven. In this picture he is waiting for dinner rolls to cook. The first time that I saw him watch food cook was when I was making carrot cake/carrot cupcakes. He stood at the oven with his forehead pressed against the door waiting for them to finish cooking.
The other day Nate and I went to Farmington Pond with Carol and her son Sean and son's biological brother Ryder, Ryder's mom Heather and Ryder's older sister Holland. Nate had fun feeding the ducks, being attacked by geese, throwing rocks into the pond, walking knee high into the pond, and falling down many many times. Nate actually had a good time, despite at least 3 spills which left him with several cuts and bruises. Heather's kids are so cute and it was great to see them again! I am so happy that Carol finally has legal custody of Sean bug and am so thankful that Ryder has his wonderful family!
Nate has learned to say "cheese" over the past few weeks, which is way cute! On the other hand he makes the funniest face when he does it so all of the pictures that I have of him have a silly face, but hey, he is 18 months!
We are so thankful to have Nate in our lives and to know that we are sealed to him (and all of our babies) for eternity! Nate brings us so much joy and happiness and is truly a blessing in our lives! I was having a hard day the other day (yesterday) and was on the phone with Dan bawling because I was stressed about money (not having ANY), getting ready to have a baby when I feel unprepared because we do not have clothes for her, so on and so forth... well Nate was in his room playing and heard me crying so he ran into the living room and looked at me all concerned and then came over and gave me a hug, set on my lap, and wiped (poked) my tears. He is such a wonderful happy boy and I am so thankful for him in my life! Oh, another adorable thing... the other day Nate and I were on the couch playing around and he came up behind me and put his head on my shoulder and said, "lub you". I looked at him and said I love you too (mainly because I was not sure that I had heard him correctly) to which he gave me a kiss! I was so happy, my heart melted!
