Vote for Nathan!

It is well established that Nathan is, in fact, the cutest.  So, naturally, he should be Gerber's baby of the year!  You can help him win in his age category (supported sitter) by voting -- every day -- from now until November 24th.  You can vote by going to the 2015 Gerber Baby Contest Gallery and searching for Nathan's name (he is the only Nathan in Albuquerque) or his entry number (146750).  I mean, just look at this cutie -- how can you resist?

Nicole and Chloe Return!

Nicole and Chloe came back to visit for a long weekend because it is hard to stay away from Nathan's cuteness.  Chloe read him books,

Nicole made him laugh,

and we painted pumpkins,

which turned out really well!  (And seriously how cute is Nathan in this picture?)

Nathan tried apple juice (still hated it) in a sippy cup (which he did well with),

and Chloe fed him carrots (another new vegetable that he likes)

and helped brush Nathan's teeth.

 We also played with sidewalk chalk, turning our backyard into Narnia,

and went to our science museum, where we created a path for little balls to run down

and found the missing link (seriously -- these are fish with legs!)

Nathan took it all in and played with some blocks -- his laugh is so precious!

Indian Summer Part 3

I created this layout of the Breaking Bad tour we went on last summer.  I entered two of the Scrappy Friends challenges: (1) I was inspired by the warm and neutral color combination of this October Mood Board and (2) I used feathers, brown, and mixed alphas from the Tic Tac Toe challenge.

I also used pictures from last summer to create this next layout, inspired by Papers Secrets' sketch.

I created a third layout this month based on Stuck?! sketches' October 15 challenge.  I love the stars!

This is what the last two pages look like side by side.

Finally, I created this card for Paper Secrets' creative card challenge.

Nathan's First Balloon Fiesta!

Albuquerque's Balloon Fiesta started this week!  Last Saturday, a number of balloons flew over our neighborhood so we took Nathan out to see them.  (Look how cute and cozy he is in his stroller).

He didn't seem very interested in the hundreds of balloons off in the distance, but he did look at the ones close by.

Look at these cuties!

A couple balloons landed right in our park and so we hung out there for a bit too.  It's fun living near the balloon fiesta park.

For Cuteness Sake

Nathan is just the cutest.  Here are just a couple glimpses into our lives over the past couple weeks.

One day he was fussing a little, so Jesse gave him a toy.  And another toy. And another.  And it worked!  He was fairly content with an armful of toys!

He naturally awesome air was on full poof display on a particularly windy day at the park.

Now that he has teeth, I have been brushing his teeth as part of his bedtime routine.  He actually likes it quit a lot.

We have also introduced the exersaucer, which he likes for short periods of time. 

He particularly likes looking up at the giraffe.

In this picture, his triple chin is on full display, which Jesse noted was particularly impressive given that he is looking up!

One of his new tricks is grabbing his feet and sticking them in his mouth.  I haven't gotten a great picture yet, but he is at least holding his foot in this one. 

We also took some cute videos.  In this first one, he is captivated by his toy.

In this one he is making kissy faces (so cute!)

And in this video, he rolls across the room!

He is kick kick kicking in his exersaucer in this video.

And in this one, he laughs as Jesse plucks his nose!

What a bundle of joy!

Introducing Cereal

One of the super-fun things we have been doing recently is feeding Nathan solid foods.  We started him with rice cereal, and he seemed to enjoy the novelty of it and did a good job opening his mouth and eating most of it.

The next few times we tried rice cereal though, he decided he didn't really love the taste.  (Look at that face!  Hilarious.)

He also did pretty well with the high chair and we were able to have our first ever family dinner!  

Then we started him on oat cereal, and he just nom nom nommed that stuff right up!  He has been eating really well, and didn't even mind rice cereal when we re-introduced it.  Hopefully he takes after his dad in the non-picky eater department!

Grandpa Thomas' Second Visit

Sorry for the delay in getting another Nathan post up.  I broke my computer (sad day) and I have also been swamped with work. I have some cute pictures to share with you today from Jesse's dad's second visit to see us Nathan this year. He took some cute ones of Nathan.

And then there are these seriously cute ones of Dave and Nathan.  You can definitely tell they're related!

Indian Summer Part 2

I am really loving We R Memory Keepers' Indian Summer line -- it is so New Mexican.  I used some more of it for these layouts of our family's visit last summer.  This first page was inspired by Stuck?! sketches' September sketch and Scrap our Stash challenge 30 (I used Leaves, Arrow patterned paper, a Yellow sticker, an Ecru brad, Ribbon, and a Striped brad).

I used C'est Magnifique's September sketch for this second layout of our trip to Sandia Peak and Madrid.

Here are the two layouts side by side.

Proof!

This week Nathan's teeth are sticking up more now and they are whiter so we were able to capture his first teeth on film.  See the little pearly whites?

If you look closely at this picture, you can see them sticking up: 

We have begun to brush his teeth in the evenings now, which he likes, and have also put him to bed in his crib for the first time!!!  Here are some more cute baby pics, just because.

Nathan's First Teeth!

Nathan got his first tooth teeth this week!  On Wednesday the two bottom front incisors came in, right before his five month birthday (which is today).  He is a bit early, but we knew this was coming because he has been drooling up a storm and chewing on everything in sight for weeks.  You can definitely feel the two little teeth with your fingers, but since they are just peeking out, the tiny translucent nubs are hard to see in person, besides photograph.  So on Wednesday, we weren't able to get a good shot at all, just this proud mom picture, 

and drooooool!

I tried again the next day, and got a good shot, but between the lighting and picture quality, you can't really see them.

You can see the effects of teething though (teething = fussiness).

So we kept on trying (and failing) to get a good shot of the teeth to show off.

Earlier today, I got the best one yet.  You can kind of see the little white-ish spot on the bottom of his gums!  Our boy is just getting so big!