My Baby

Nathan is now 10 months old. I could never have imagined what this part of my life would bring me. Between dirty diapers, late nights, tantrums and crocodile tears I never would have thought I would be so happy. Little guy I want you to know that I love you so much. Even on your worst days life is better than it was before you were her.

Hearts,

Mom

Humburrgarrr

So this past Thursday I was really excited for Jake to come home for the weekend. I wanted to do something fun and special for him but I couldn't figure out what to do. Well as many of you know I am a total blog stalker and I spend way to much time on the internet. This usually prevents me from getting anything accomplished but the other day it helped with my dilemma.

My brother-in-law Jon came down to visit (he lives upstairs) and we were just chatting. That is when I went on to Bakerella. As soon as we saw her most recent project we just had to try it. I had actually see it before but Jon got so excited when he saw this that he said he would help me bake these little tasty treats for Jake. That way I could greet him with something fun when he got home:) So Here you are. The cutest hamburgers you have ever seen. They were actually super easy to make. I strongly recommend you try it.

Naughty Nathan

Someone learned how to scoot around this week. He also learned how to ope the drawer
This the the " oh crap I got caught" look
This is the "I am so damn cute I can get away with it" look :)
This is the stinker still laughing
This is just a cute one that I had to post because he has that little skunk smile that is up to trouble.


So if you couldn't tell Nathan is into a lot of mischief lately. He doesn't crawl but he scoots around on his cute little but and gets into all sorts of trouble. I am afraid of what my future holds with this child. I love you Nathan :)

Family Hike...kinda

Worst picture ever. If Nathan were not so cute this would not be here :)




So, Jake and I like to go and find new places for me to take pictures. One thing we do to find new places is look at all of the pictures on google earth. It is great because we have found a few really cool places. A couple of weeks back on a lazy Sunday afternoon I found this little gem. It is super close to my apartment and it is amazing. I have already used it in my photo blog. So we will have to keep looking for new ones.

These are a few pics of the location. It was a nice little walk and we took some fun family pictures. These are with the point and shoot so don't judge :)

Jake and Jon

A couple of weeks back my brother and his wife had some extra tickets to a Real game. I had been really busy and Jake had been playing mister mom a lot so I decided he needed a boys night. He and his little brother Jon went out and had a wonderful time. Jon had never been to a game. Jake was happy to take him. Here a few pics of the night :)

Our family summer

Ok so right now I should be editing or going to bed but I can't seem to get there. Jake is now gone for the summer. He will return on busy weekends but other than that he wants to work hard for us and get lots and lots of overtime. This give me little or not desire to go to bed. I miss him and I am pathetic and find the bed very lonely. Nathan isn't a very good replacement. Cute but I am afraid to snuggle with him at night.

Nathan has had a difficult time adjusting. We have been very lucky when it comes to family time. During the school year Jake doesn't work much. This is due to summer internships and scholarships which we are so thankful for. Because Jake doesn't work much we are lucky to have him at home a lot of the time. This morning Nathan woke and (he was on our bed) he started looking around. He had this look in his eyes like "where is dad" He kept looking out the bedroom door thinking Jake was going to come in and scare him (this is something that happens a lot with them). It was kind of sad when he wasn't there.

Jake started just today (it is not midnight yet) in the pit. He spent all of last week in mandatory safety training. It sounds like they are having him survey during the first week or two. Hopefully he gets assigned a cool project as the summer goes along. This will be his last internship before we start looking for jobs next fall. Jake really likes this company the biggest draw back is he has to be on a bus as 4:00 in the morning :P Hopefully he gets a better nightly schedule.

I am busy with my work right now. I have been very blessed and I have been working regularly. I am currently operating at my max. I only have 3 slot for weddings the rest of the summer. Woo Hoo! I never would have thought that I would be working this much. I just hope it keeps up. If any of you know people who need pictures send them my way. If you have a friend book a wedding I will give you a 50.00 referral fee :O I am that cool. (you get the check after the event;) ) It has sure been an adventure taking care of Nathan without Jake. I have really appreciated all of Jake's help this past year. I am really missing him right now. I love the baby but it is nice to pass him off for a little while when you have had a day full of poopy diapers and tears. I am sure it will get easier or I will get crazier and not notice the wackyness of my life.

This picture of Nathan is from today as we were out in the stroller. His hair is getting so dark. I love it.

Ice cream

Look at those longing eyes!


This is his first bite :)

Nathan had his first ice cream cone this week.We went to a end of the school year bash this week. They had all sorts of fun things. I can't wait for next year when Nathan is a little older. He will enjoy it so much more. They had a petting zoo, rock wall, blow up bouncer, popcorn, pizza, and ice cream. As we walked around he just sat all wide eyed. He had this look on his face like "what is going on here?".

As we walked around we got all of our free treats. I shared my pizza with him. He loves trying anything that I eat. At first when we got the ice cream we weren't going to give him any. But the longing look in his eyes won us over. We gave in and I gave him a taste. At first he just opened his mouth and put it over the entire cone. He just sat there like " am I doin this right". When he took his mouth off he left a little treat of left over pizza. We kept on trying and after a little bit he got the idea.

Once he got a good taste he went a little crazy. They were really small cones. He finished mine in just a minute. Then he turned on Jake. It was so cute. Thankfully I had my camera. I took some of the cutest shots. It was so funny that we got another one and took it up to Jon and Tami's so they could see the cuteness. He was super sweet. Literally:)