Nate is such a cute little guy... here are some of the cute things that he can do...
1. He signs... his newest sign in drink. He can also sign eat, more and all done.
2. If you put him in his crib for a nap or night night and you linger too long he will look at you and wave bye bye... clearly he wants you to leave!
3. When he wants to leave (which is often) he will bring you his shoes, go and knock on the door, and wave bye bye
4. Nate is currently sick with Hand, Foot and Mouth (no fun)... he was apparently ready for his medication (and he was right on time) because he brought me his tylenol!
5. Like I said, he is sick and gets easily frustrated because of it... today he was trying to put a book in it's box and he could not get it in. So he started hitting and yelling at it. He then decided that since that was not working, he should throw it, that sure did teach the book a thing or two! Then he finally decided it would probably be best to bring me the book and box so that I could put it in for him.
6. Nate likes to put mommy and daddy's clothes on... too cute :D Hilarious when it is my bra!
7. If you are on the computer and he does not want you on the computer, he shuts the computer.
8. He gives me hugs and kisses.
9. He gives his stuffed animal kisses and gives himself kisses in the mirror :D
10. He blows raspberries on Mommy's tummy (he will not do it to anyone other than mommy though).
Anyway... Nate does tons of cute things and we look forward to having a camera again (thanks for replacing ours Dad) so that we can capture some of the cute things he does!
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
On the move again
As the majority of you know, we will be moving (again) at the end of August. Char and Dad will be moving to TN for a job that Char was offered and we will be moving into Char's condo until Dan is finished with school! It is by all means a huge upgrade for us and we are looking forward to living in a 3 bedroom 2 bath condo for the next year. We are headed to NC at the end of this week (so excited) for our annual beach trip that we look forward to so much every year and to be sealed as an eternal family in the Raleigh, NC Temple! We will be returning from NC on the 19th and packing up and moving out of our place by the 31st. Just so you know, this is the THIRD time that we are moving within two weeks of my returning from NC... it is nuts and extremely stressful each and every time. The first time I was 8 months pregnant with Nate and therefore not able to help much with the move. The second time I was having to take care of Nate while trying to pack and move... not so easy. This move we will have the longest notice that we have had, which is a benefit. However, I am pregnant again and recovering from my gallbladder removal, so again, I am not much help. Dan and I keep finding ourselves saying, "I cannot wait till" in regards to all kinds of things about this move. I will share some of the things that we are looking forward to. First I want to list a couple of the advantages of living where we live.
1. Close to school and Dan's current job
2. GREAT ward, the ward has truly been a huge blessing to us and we will miss our ward dearly!
3. Close to Nate's Dr., my Dr., and the hospital... all of which are nice for appointments and for when I have baby #2
4. We LOVE this area in general (not so much our current locations, but the downtown in general). We missed the ease of being near trax, the feeling of downtown, and the downtown city life when we lived in Centerville before. We may love this because our first apartment together was here and therefore it feels like home for us, who knows.
5. Like I said, Trax and everything being so close!
6. We generally really enjoy Salt Lake.
OK... so here are a couple of the things that we are looking forward to...
1. Having our home be our home... meaning, we look forward to not being responsible for everything that goes on at the apartment complex, home is also work for me currently.
2. Not having to clean up after 40+ people who must think that I am their mother.
3. A dishwasher
4. A washer and dryer :D
5. No roaches and other things that we cannot control because our neighbors are nasty.
6. Security, meaning we will not be letting random strangers in our home to fill out paperwork.
7. A bathroom that is not connected to Nate's room
8. Three bedrooms, we plan on having the spare room as an office/craft area for us until the new baby is ready to go to it's own room
9. Being able to feel like we are somewhere more permanent
10. Cheap rent (it is not free, but like Carol says, our rent is currently not "free" either)
11. Outlets in NORMAL places, like the bathroom. This may surprise some of you, but we have yet to live in an apartment that actually has outlets in the bathroom... ODD.
12. Central AC!!!
13. More efficient appliances and therefore cheaper electric and gas bills (or at least even to what we are currently paying for a bigger space)
14. Having a fenced in patio that we can open the door for Nate and let him play within our sight on the patio... he loves to be outside!
15. Having somewhere to grill outside
16. The pool when it is warm
17. Not having to call the cops on a weekly basis because someone is an idiot (they vary, but they are always here)
18. Our ward will still start at 1 (despite that we are not looking forward to having sacrament last... that may be difficult with Nate at first)
19. Possibly being able to paint the walls... we have yet to ask Char if this is OK or not and we may not have the money to do it, but it is a possibility!
20. I look forward to having an actually nursery for the new baby, one that I can decorate and nest since I did not really get to do this with Nate before he was born since we were still feeling like we were in transition when we had Nate.
21. Dan thinks that we maybe able to get Utopia out at Char's... it is a computer thing (internet more particularly)...
22. More cabinet space in the kitchen
23. A real kitchen... you know, one that all three of us can be in at once.
24. We love the layout of Char's
25. We will have our own bathroom :D
26. Closet spaces!
27. Being able to have a guest room if we so chose to or find a need to! We can have visitors and they can go to the bathroom without having to go into someone else's room!!!
28. Did I mention Washer and Dryer and dishwasher... we are sadly REALLY excited about these things... having them in our home will be a relief on us as far as laundry and dishes go... which we always have a lot of.
29. Counter space in the kitchen! Living in a 600-800 sq. ft. apartment means you do not have any cabinet space typically... I look forward to being able to actually prepare and cook a full meal in my kitchen!
30. No green carpet... the carpet being green does not bother me other than the fact that because it is so dark it shows EVERY single crumb that Nate creates and he makes a lot of them, trust me.
31. Being able to have pets! We have missed our cat Jack since we have been living here and we look forward to having him back in our home and our family. We will probably be taking care of Tator for awhile as well, which will be nice since Jack will be getting adjusted to us again (OK, mainly getting used to Nate chasing him all the waking hours of the day).
Well, these are just a few of the things that we are looking forward to and trust me, there are more! We are looking forward to what the future holds for us and our little family! We will be glad when Daniel is done with school so that we can hopefully get ourselves out of debt and get into a home of our own, but until then we are SO thankful for Char and Dad not selling the condo and letting us live there for a minumal amount of money! Thank you guys, we look forward to having a home thanks to the two of you! We love you!
1. Close to school and Dan's current job
2. GREAT ward, the ward has truly been a huge blessing to us and we will miss our ward dearly!
3. Close to Nate's Dr., my Dr., and the hospital... all of which are nice for appointments and for when I have baby #2
4. We LOVE this area in general (not so much our current locations, but the downtown in general). We missed the ease of being near trax, the feeling of downtown, and the downtown city life when we lived in Centerville before. We may love this because our first apartment together was here and therefore it feels like home for us, who knows.
5. Like I said, Trax and everything being so close!
6. We generally really enjoy Salt Lake.
OK... so here are a couple of the things that we are looking forward to...
1. Having our home be our home... meaning, we look forward to not being responsible for everything that goes on at the apartment complex, home is also work for me currently.
2. Not having to clean up after 40+ people who must think that I am their mother.
3. A dishwasher
4. A washer and dryer :D
5. No roaches and other things that we cannot control because our neighbors are nasty.
6. Security, meaning we will not be letting random strangers in our home to fill out paperwork.
7. A bathroom that is not connected to Nate's room
8. Three bedrooms, we plan on having the spare room as an office/craft area for us until the new baby is ready to go to it's own room
9. Being able to feel like we are somewhere more permanent
10. Cheap rent (it is not free, but like Carol says, our rent is currently not "free" either)
11. Outlets in NORMAL places, like the bathroom. This may surprise some of you, but we have yet to live in an apartment that actually has outlets in the bathroom... ODD.
12. Central AC!!!
13. More efficient appliances and therefore cheaper electric and gas bills (or at least even to what we are currently paying for a bigger space)
14. Having a fenced in patio that we can open the door for Nate and let him play within our sight on the patio... he loves to be outside!
15. Having somewhere to grill outside
16. The pool when it is warm
17. Not having to call the cops on a weekly basis because someone is an idiot (they vary, but they are always here)
18. Our ward will still start at 1 (despite that we are not looking forward to having sacrament last... that may be difficult with Nate at first)
19. Possibly being able to paint the walls... we have yet to ask Char if this is OK or not and we may not have the money to do it, but it is a possibility!
20. I look forward to having an actually nursery for the new baby, one that I can decorate and nest since I did not really get to do this with Nate before he was born since we were still feeling like we were in transition when we had Nate.
21. Dan thinks that we maybe able to get Utopia out at Char's... it is a computer thing (internet more particularly)...
22. More cabinet space in the kitchen
23. A real kitchen... you know, one that all three of us can be in at once.
24. We love the layout of Char's
25. We will have our own bathroom :D
26. Closet spaces!
27. Being able to have a guest room if we so chose to or find a need to! We can have visitors and they can go to the bathroom without having to go into someone else's room!!!
28. Did I mention Washer and Dryer and dishwasher... we are sadly REALLY excited about these things... having them in our home will be a relief on us as far as laundry and dishes go... which we always have a lot of.
29. Counter space in the kitchen! Living in a 600-800 sq. ft. apartment means you do not have any cabinet space typically... I look forward to being able to actually prepare and cook a full meal in my kitchen!
30. No green carpet... the carpet being green does not bother me other than the fact that because it is so dark it shows EVERY single crumb that Nate creates and he makes a lot of them, trust me.
31. Being able to have pets! We have missed our cat Jack since we have been living here and we look forward to having him back in our home and our family. We will probably be taking care of Tator for awhile as well, which will be nice since Jack will be getting adjusted to us again (OK, mainly getting used to Nate chasing him all the waking hours of the day).
Well, these are just a few of the things that we are looking forward to and trust me, there are more! We are looking forward to what the future holds for us and our little family! We will be glad when Daniel is done with school so that we can hopefully get ourselves out of debt and get into a home of our own, but until then we are SO thankful for Char and Dad not selling the condo and letting us live there for a minumal amount of money! Thank you guys, we look forward to having a home thanks to the two of you! We love you!
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