Now that Nathan is fairly mobile it is hard to keep him in one place.  We’ve already had to abandon the swing.  Since he was born Nate has been sitting in the swing right outside of my bathroom every morning as I get ready.  Last week he decided that since he was a big boy he didn’t need to sit in the swing anymore and slid right out.  So now I put a blanket down and he plays with his toys and scoots around while I’m in the bathroom.  We realized last night that it was probably time to put away the bouncy seat as well when we walked in from the kitchen and saw this…

Then, once he made it out of the seat he tried to crawl back in.

That didn’t go quite as well.

So goodbye dear bouncy seat.  You served us well and were a lifesaver (and sanity saver) on numerous occasions.

Every time Nathan sees Stella he gets the biggest smile on his face. When he is lucky enough to be graced with her presence he reaches out to her and wants to pet and grab her hair. We are trying to teach Nathan not to grab her hair and ears and that her nose is not a chew toy. And we are trying to help Stella stay patient and tolerate his curiosity. So far Stella has done pretty well.

Hopefully they will both learn to respect each other and become good friends.

Okay, so I know I promised no more pictures of Nathan eating food, but this is a little different. At each meal, as we’re about 1/2 of the way through, Nate tries to grab the spoon and feed himself. Knowing that this is part of learning, we let him play when he has finished his bowl of food. Friday night he REALLY wanted that spoon when he was still eating and was very adamant (i.e. fussy) about it. So we gave in.

As you can see by the smile on his face he was very proud of himself. But he had prunes everywhere. I mean everywhere. So…

into the tub we went. He loved every minute of it!