Sitting In The Basket

He was perfectly happy sitting in the laundry basket for 1/2 hour playing with two baby face clothes. Always a good reminder when you are tempted to spend too much money at Toy 'R Us.

Bad Uncle Brent Teaching Him Beer Tricks

Nate And The Pups

I swear this picture is not posed...anyone who has 2 dogs knows how impossible that would be anyway. Iain and I were sitting at the table and we looked over and the dogs had taken up a position to protect their baby who is quickly becoming their favourite person in the household (especially now that he eats real food). The reality of it is more likely that they just wanted to sleep on the blanket.

Tub Time

I love how absolutely thrilled Nathaniel looks to be in the tub with Karson. He seems more enthralled with chewing on the forbidden soother than anything else.

I Want To Ride My Tricycle

When Iain's parents came down to meet Nate in August, they bought him a great tricycle for future use. Everytime Karson comes over, he takes it for a spin and Nate has become quite enthralled watching him zip around. I sat him on the seat and he was thrilled, especially with the streamers on the handlebars.

Boo, a.k.a. World's Fattest Cat

When we bought this house, there was a buying bonus included in it - 1 free barn cat named Boo. The first few moths, we could not entice Miss Fatty into the house and we soon tired of climbing up a ladder in the barn to the loft to put food in her dish. Slowly, we coaxed her into the house (okay, we locked her in the laundry room) and after a few more months, she started to explore the house. She is the sweetest, gentlest cat and she has wiggled her way into our hearts. She has also gone full circle from never coming inside to never going outside. She roosts in a big wooden bowl on the dining room table or the end of our bed 98% of her fat life-the other two percent are spent eating copious amounts of food and digging in her litterbox. She is so fat, she looks permanently preggo and when she goes up and down the stairs, she kangaroo hops. I have yet to see her exceed the speed of a fast walk. To really get the point of her extreme gargantuan size, her back is oily because she can't bend enough to properly clean her fur. She is gross...she is ours.

I came around the corner and she was sitting on the mat with all her paws tucked into her gut-she looked like a limbless cat and I had to take a picture of her Royal Chunkness.

Sleepy

Yes, he is dreadfully spoiled and yes, that is a towel he is wrapped in.

Check Out Those Lips!

Is there anything in life more fulfilling than your very own warm snuggly baby sleeping contentedly in your arms?

Cousins

Karson is a bit more interested (and a bit jealous-note who is sitting between my legs) in his little cousin as an actual person rather than a blob that cries and takes attention away from him. Now that Nate can sit up and has toys that are more appealing, it makes for some interaction between the two of them that is fun to watch. Other than the occaisonal shove and Karson trying to take ownership of any interesting toys of Nathaniel's (or Nafaniel as he likes to say), things are progressing smoothly between the two but I wonder if they will be friends as they grow older or fight like crazy. Since they are both tall beasts for their age, it could make for some good wrestling matches in the future.

Happy Baby

Mom And Her Little Boy

Look how tall the little munchkin is getting!

Snow...

Snow makes for pretty pictures but the amount we have received is amazing along with the fact we are going through yet another storm as I type. Insane. But I will have to admit I like all the snow, just not the -20 degree weather we had to endure this week.

Real Jeans

We went to Moncton on Saturday and I bought Nathaniel a pair of jeans from the Gap. They were way too expensive for a small handful of material but they were so cute, I succumbed. These are his first "real" jeans-there are no rows of snaps running up both of the inseams nor do they have an elastic waistband. I couldn't stop squeezing his bum all day, he looked so adorable. When he isn't wearing a sleeper, he looks so much older...where is the time going?

Baby Agility

Sitting On The Couch...Being A Baby

Pot And Spoon

His newest trick - initially charming then mutates into irritating noise after 10 minutes. We quickly smartened up and exchanged a metal teaspoon for a wooden one, which helped a bit. He has also discovered something that has dramatically changed his life-he now collapses into tears and loud yowls if something he likes is taken away from him or moves out of his reach...surprisingly enough, as soon as he can get his slimy little paws on it again, he is all smiles. The art of manipulation at its earliest form.

The Millau Viaduct

This amazing bridge is located in the South of France and is quite frankly absolutely amazing. It opened in 2004 and is the world's tallest bridge for vehicles. It is only about 20m shorter than the Empire State Building. Makes the Confederation Bridge just a tad insignificant in comparison. Thought it was very cool and I wanted to share.