Hugs and more Hugs

Sorry it has been a while since I updated everyone. I have been out of town the last 2 weekends and sick all last week. Promise I will do better:)
A couple weeks ago Brad and I went to St Pete for a friends wedding and that was the first time we left Nate at home. My mom and Kristin helped take care of him. I missed him terribly but it was so nice not to change a dirty diaper:). He did really well without us and slept a lot. When we came home he had a new thing that my mom taught him...this funny laugh. He would do it all the time. He thought it was hilarious. When we got back he was 11 months old. This picture was so much harder to take but he will not sit still for anything. Well I take that back he will sit still for Baby Einstein videos. Anyway, we had to give him a graham cracker this time to keep him still. He loves his graham crackers! Now that I post this I only have a couple more weeks until his 1st birthday. I have sent out invitations and he is going to have a barnyard theme. It will be so exciting with all our family members here. I can't wait to watch him smash his cake!
Then last weekend daddy kept Nate while I went to Athens to help initiate Leah into Sigma Kappa. Gammy and Papa came over to visit and I heard they had a great time at Taco Mac with Nate.

This weekend is Easter. We are going to church and then to my dad's house. We are going to try today to get his picture with the Easter bunny. Hopefully we can do this. I was going to do it this week but I was too sick to deal with it. Thank goodness I went to the Dr and got shots and meds to help me get better.

New things with Nate...
Hugs...he LOVES giving hugs all the time. He gives them all the time to Gabbie. He loves her so much. Then too of course Elmo. Then the best part is me...he will just crawl over to me and give me one and it makes my day. Now this isn't a hug that he holds his hands out and squeezes you. This is all head. He just leans his head forward and lays down. He also gave a hug to a girl named Ava Grace at My Gym and literally knocked her over.
New thing he does with his daddy is they like to bump foreheads with each other. I think this is his special hug with his daddy. He only does this with his daddy.

Clothes--tops he is in 18-24 months I still can't believe he skip the 12 month shirts in a 2 week time. Pants he still has to wear 12-24 months because the next size is too long. But I noticed last night that these pants that were long 2 weeks ago were just right on him. He is getting too tall too fast!!!
Food-- we are getting better. This weekend I am going to pick up whole milk and try it for his day bottle. He is getting better on table food. Mornings his favorite is yogurt and blueberry pancakes. But things are going to change big time in the next couple weeks while I phase out the bottle. He does very well with a sippy cup. Now lets cross our fingers that whole milk transition will be a breeze!!!