Nathaniel is finally getting a top tooth! Woot! Hopefully he won't be fussy on his birthday, which is tomorrow! Ahh! We are super excited! One year old, phew! He can walk wonderfully in his shoes now. His new loves are bananas and broccoli. Oh, and toilet paper. He's worse than a dog. He'll snatch a roll and take off running and rip it apart as he goes. When you say his name, he drops it and looks at you like nothing has happened. He has discovered how fun Mufasa's wagging tail can be. He's eaten a rollie pollie, or how ever it's spelled. And we cannot wait for our trip in a week or so. We will have to have a little birthday party for everyone is Memphis. Love you guys!

Awesome.

I really love the crap, I mean CULL pile, at Home Depot. I don't know why it's called CULL, but who cares. I found awesome scrap wood to make some shelves for the cedar chest and a piece of wood to make a giant ruler so I can mark Nate's height on over the years and take with us as whenever we move. :) And the best part!? I got it all for only $1.50! Yay! So who cares if I don't really know how to make shelves and completely screw up. But now that I'm thinking about it, I don't really think Todd screws up. :D Also I'm pretty sure he isn't aware that I'm going to talk him into making me some shelves. Anyway, awesome crap for cheap, cheap, cheap. Yippy!

Walk this way..

So the marathon has begun..Nate likes to flush the toilets and lock himself in his room. He can find my nose, Mufasa's nose, and his own tongue. He laughs all the time. Nate has finally figured out to run when we growl and come after him, but if you are too close he falls over backwards and 'plays dead,' oh it's hilarious! He has started to try and climb on everything. Trying to load the dishwasher is impossible with him around. He can close it, open it, even if it's locked, turn it on, and climb on the door. He is an amazing and wonderful boy. Mitch and I still can't believe how cute he is and how lucky we are.

My name is Nate, and I'm cuter than you.

Swing low..

Nathaniel loves to swing! And he's finally used to the grass. So when the weather is perfect, which happens quite alot up here, Nate loves to spend the day outside. He crawls around in the grass and tries to eat leaves and rocks. Or he swings. Last time he fell asleep while swinging. But as you can see in the picture, he generally cries his eyes out when you stop swinging. He gets over it quickly but he really let's you know how mad he is when it's time to go inside.

A boy and his dog.

Nathaniel and Mufasa are so funny together these days. They play tug-o'-war and 'read' books together. It's so sweet. Nate also gets lazy sometimes and will drag his table over to Mufasa so he can sit on him and play. The first time he did it, I almost fell out of my chair. I'm not sure if it was because of his laziness or cleverness. But I'm going with the latter. Nathaniel also can officially walk now. I really need to get a video put on here of him walking.
We are also really excited about his birthday coming up! Ahh, one year old! I can hardly believe it. Ugh, I don't want to believe it, time is passing absolutely too quickly! Well, we can't wait to see everyone for the Fourth of July! Love you.