Nate and Halloween

Nate had the best time Trick or Treating. Gammy and Papa came over to watch the excitement. He would go up to the door and knock on it and then he would take the candy one by one and put in his bucket. Then after he was done with that he wanted to go inside the person's house. He didn't understand why he couldn't go inside the house and play. When he got back we let him explore his candy. I gave him a sweet tart to see what he would do and he didn't like that very much. Then we got into the lollipops. He really didn't know what to do with that either. He is a person that likes to crunch things and not lick. He kept trying to bite it. He was more interested in trying to take off the wrapper on all of them than eat any of them. Then he tried to see how many lollipop's he could get in his hand at one time. He played with his candy for almost an hour. That snickers bar is never going to be the same.

Hot Air Balloons and Lauren

Lauren came over to our house last Sunday and while she was here the hot air balloons went over our house. This time Nate noticed them and kept looking up and saying "loooon". He thought he could play with them.

18 months and new things

My little man is growing up way too fast. This month he has advanced so much. It is so incredible to watch it. Today we had his 18 month appt. He did excellent. No signs of autism. We stopped his acid reflux medicine this week and so far so good. Takes a good week to see if he needs to go back on. We are crossing our fingers. Teething right now is a doozie. The other night I counted 6 teeth that are about to break through. So far 2 have broke through the skin. No wonder he hasn't been sleeping very well and is cranky at times. The Dr opened his mouth and said "your right he is getting all them at the same time".

Here are his new stats:

Height: 34 1/4 inches (90%) grew almost 2 inches since Aug
Weight: 26 pounds 4 oz (50-75%) gained almost 2 pounds since Aug
Head: 51.2 cm (95% +) head grew little over an inch since Aug

18 new things about Nate
1. Spitting is very few but still into hitting. Throwing is starting now too. 100% boy
2. When we go up the stairs we count while we walk up. He will sometimes say two and three. We seem to always skip saying one.
3. Started using a fork to eat with
4. Starting using two words together "how are you" "see you later"
5. Likes to try on our shoes and walk around. Gets frustrated when he can't get them on.
6. Loves to play in mom's standing jewelry box and put on all necklaces
7. Favorite toy is leggo's still this month. He will put the pieces together and pull them apart and will sit there and concentrate for a good 5 minutes and play.
8. When you are playing leggo's with him he will come over and knock down what you are building and laugh
9. When we go up the stairs I tell him which way we are going (to his room or mommy's room) and he will go in the correct direction
10. Ask him to bring me his shoes and he will bring them to me. Even if I tell them they are in another room. LOVE THIS!
11. Is doing the shapes in the cookie jar
12. Go Go Go is one of his new words to use. He will use it to tell Gabbie to GO Go Go or when we watch football
13. knows how to spin a top
14. Knows how to knock. Will knock on the pantry when he is hungry, knock on the door when he closes it on himself, knocks on the crib when I need to get him....loves to knock
15. He tells me when he is hungry. It sounds like "yuckie". Or he will just go to the pantry to let me know and pick out what he wants to eat. Usually graham crackers or nilla wafers.
16. He loves to play on the marble fireplace. He will lay down on it and put his cheek on it. He sometimes does this on the bathroom floor. Guess because it is a cool place?
17. Is getting how to use crayons on paper.
18. Mickey Mouse is his favorite cartoon. He now says "ickey" and when the theme song comes on he will sing along with it. He loves holding those long notes.

2nd annual Burt's pumpkin patch and Hillcrest Orchard

Today we decided to head up to the mountains for our 2nd annual Burt's Pumpkin Farm with Nate. The whole ride up except the last 5 minutes it was raining. But once we got there the rain had stopped but boy was it cold and windy. Nate slept most of the way of there so at first he was a little cranky because he just woke up. He wasn't sure what all these big orange things were that we sticking him on. But once we showed him the tractor he was good :).

Then we headed up to Hillcrest Apple Orchard. This is a place you can pick your own apples. I can't wait to do this when Nate is older. They also have a petting farm there too with baby chicks, goats, calf, chickens and pigs. Nate wasn't sure about the goats. To be honest I wasn't either because they started biting my legs. But he really enjoyed the cow. I was so excited about this place because of all the apple treats!!! Yummy! They had tractors there too which Nate loves to play on.

1/2 way there

Here is a new pic of Tater Tot. We are now 1/2 way there and tomorrow I will be 20 weeks. This has gone by so fast!

Nate the climber and gymnast

OK so Nate's new trick in climbing is the window sill of the playroom/office. He wants to get inside my office to see me or play with my office stuff. Well I was out of my "cage" playing with him and I get him in action climbing. Just unbelievable what he does sometimes. He was trying to turn the chair around to climb in it.

The other new trick are headstands on the couch. He also started to do this on the marble fireplace which thank goodness doesn't have a step on it. Just waiting until he can figure out how to go over and that will be so scary on top of the couch.

Just counting the days where he will get his first stitches:). He has no fear!

Nate is just like his daddy...

when it comes to gadgets. He loves anything that is a remote control, game control or keyboard.