Nathan Update

Nathan gets funnier and funnier every day. He is so tall now! I think he had a big growth spurt over the last few months; it will be interesting to see what his stats are at his two year appointment.

I thought I'd do a post of little things he's been doing and saying lately.

• Grilled cheese is "cheese toast"
• He's been interested lately in who is a girl and who is a boy. Yesterday morning after much contemplative snuggling with Lambykins, we had the following conversation:

Nathan: "Mama, you a girl?"
Me: "Yes, buddy, Mama is a girl."
Nathan (after thinking about it for a minute): "Dada not a girl."
Me: "You're right--Dada is a boy!"
Nathan: "Nathan not a girl too."

• Current quote coming over the baby monitor as I type this: "You have owie, Lambykins? I sorry. You feel better? You have floppy ears? Put your shoes on."
• He's really interested in what Todd and I are doing, and what our routines are, especially Todd. Lately I've been getting Nathan up just as Todd is washing his travel mug and pouring his coffee before leaving for work. As soon as I walk in his room, Nathan greets me with: "Dada washing coffee cup? I want out. I want go see Dada's coffee."
• Ever since visiting Todd's shop back in October, Nathan has been really interested in what Daddy does while he is at work. Several times Todd has taken pictures of the projects he's working on for Nathan to see. A popular project was the repair of an ambulance! Most days N will get a status report from Todd about the latest projects: "You fix ambulance, Dada? You fix minivan?"
• Every night when tucking Nathan in, I sing him "You Are My Sunshine." Now he can sing along with me! He knows all the words, and it's so cute to hear his little voice chiming in with mine (usually a half second behind).
• After our song, I put N in his crib and we exchange a round of "Good night! Sweet dreams! I love you! I'll see you in the morning!" This morning when I went in to get him, the first thing Nathan said was, "You have sweet dreams, Mama?"
• N has started using Mommy and Daddy lately. He started sprinkling it in a few weeks ago, and now it's about 50/50 Mama/Mommy. It makes me kind of sad, as I love to hear his sweet little voice say Mama, but it's just another step on the path to him becoming a little boy!
• I am forgetting approximately 400,000 other adorable/hilarious things that he says and does on a regular basis, but this is at least a little update!