little dude ~ so in love

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Nathan has surely proved this to be true. The month of June was exceptionally hot and humid. While we do have central a/c, I figured Nathan needed to get an early taste of summer. We spend time under the shade of our gazebo and watch Theo play chuck-it, but this teal bucket was calling out Nathan's name. I had the lawn hose laying in the yard after watering my garden, so the water sitting in the hose was the perfect tempurature of warm water for my baby's first "pool".

Tell me, how could I possibly pick just ONE picture to print/enlarge?? Seriously, my little dude is so freaking adorable. I can't stop kissing that face, stroking his hands as he falls asleep, and "eating toes" when we change diapers. Tom and I are so in love and so in awe of this little miracle we made!!

Here is a slideshow to wrap up the month of June for you.... and some pics from 4th of July, which Nathan LOVED the fireworks!

Click on the picture to view the slideshow. Hopefully it works....I forgot how to do this! :)

Love,
Roxanne:)
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Nathan 6 months

We had so much fun doing these pics and the special X-Box picture for Daddy's surprise Father's day present!

At 6 months old, Nathan is rolling over ~ mostly to the right, and mostly from back to belly ~ twice he rolled from belly to back. Nathan eats fruits and veggies for lunch and dinner, and cereal with bananas for breakfast. He has a blast jumping in johnny jump up (I will try to post a video), and he loves sitting up like a big-dude playing with his rattles and singing toys on the floor. More recently, he has begun to take after his father..... rocking!!! These pics were taken early June right after he turned 6 months old. I can't believe this month is about over and my 6 month old is actually just about to be my 7 month old! WOW how time flies!

Enjoy these pics. They sure were fun. Nathan is a little flirt!

Click the white play button, then maximize in the lower right corner. Hit esc key to exit.

This video was taken at my mom's house one day when we were sewing up a storm for my Snuggli Bebe business. Nathan was supervising from his johnny jump-up.

Love,

Roxanne:)

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Nathan's Valentine/10wk pictures

I know the traditional is to do 3-month pictures, but I figure by then we will have Easter pics, so I took advantage of the Valentine's Day holiday! I have to say, my son is quite the charmer :) He loves to smile, and does so more with bigger smiles at home, but these little sly smiles give you just enough of a look into his little personality. Nathan is so full of love!

Our little angel for Valentine's Day.

*hugs*

Nathan :)

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Tom's 37th Birthday

We had a fun-filled weekend for Tom's birthday. Friday night we spent the night in at home, then Saturday night we went to our friend's J & Nikki's house to watch the UFC fight, and Sunday (his bday) we went to our friend's Greg & Lisa's house for a Super Bowl party, then Monday Tom took the day off of work and we had a fun day running errands and strolling the mall.

Tom said he really had a great birthday weekend and he didn't want to go back to work today. He wanted to stay home with Nathan and I, and let me tell you.... I would have loved to have him, but.... bills must be paid, so back to work he went.

Tom's friend Greg has this life-sized Brett Favre decal on his wall in his basement "man's room".

....and we thought Nathan was the perfect football! He didn't think that it was very funny at all.

Our trip to the mall on Monday was fun and relaxing. You wouldn't believe how empty the mall is during the week in the middle of the day. It's so great!

Nathan was so cute riding around in his car seat attached to the stroller, but shortly after this last picture, he said "enough-is-enough" and I popped him in the pouch sling and he instantly fell asleep. Sweet baby!

Until next time....

*hugs*

Roxanne :)

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Nathan at 2 months

I can't believe my baby boy is 2 months old! You know the saying how time flies, and boy does it ever!!! Nathan has changed so much over the past 2 months. He's very alert, loves to move his arms and legs, he's learning and growing everyday. We just love him so much. It's so fun to get him smiling and encourage him with baby push-ups.

And then Theo got in on the fun!

We've been enjoying some time outside the house. There are days that it is brutely cold outside, so we stay in on those days, but we've also been enjoying meeting up with other mom's and babies at Mom and Pop Place downtown Neenah. We meet there with a breastfeeding group and a baby wearing group. I've really loved wearing Nathan in a sling. We first started with the ring sling, but Nathan is so small he kept scrunching down too far over a period of time wearing him. So now we are using a pouch sling. I feel like a mama kangaroo with my little bundle in my front pouch! Here's Nathan in his oh-do-adorable shirt that makes me look at him like a big boy. I just love these colors on him. He's such a ham!

Tomorrow (Wed) is Nathan's 2-month check-up at the doctors. This is the appointment that he gets like 6 shots. :( I'm already so worked up about the shots and I'm not even the one getting them. I know I can handle shots in my own arm, but my precious little baby has no idea the little needle will only sting for a second. Tom's coming with, like he has for all Nathan's appointments, and I already told him he's going to be the one to hold Nathan when he gets the shots because I will probably be a wreck. Then I'll cuddle him afterwards..... Mommy to the rescue!

I've got more pictures to post from Tom's birthday, so on to my next post! Yeah TWO in one day! hehhee :)

*hugs*

Roxanne :)

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Nathan 1-month

Birth Weight 6lbs. 1oz.

1-month Weight 8lbs. 3oz.

Today we had Nathan's 1-month check-up with his pediatrician. (technically, Nathan is 4w 6d old) We are happy to say that our little baby is healthy-as-can-be!! He's got a little congestion from a combination of left over amniotic fluid and then the cold winter air this time of year, so we've been running a cool mist humidifier for him. It seems to be coming up and Doc said as long as he's not having any trouble breathing, which he isn't, he'll be ok. I was able to expel a couple big buggars from his little nose the past few days and his pediatrician said to use a little bit of infant saline drops to help loosen up.

Here are some new pictures of our sweet baby Nathan!

*hugs*

Roxanne :)

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A weekend of BABY

This past weekend we spent a lot of time on BABY, for BABY, and about BABY!

Saturday was our full day class for Birth Preparation. We learned a great deal about how babies are born, the stages of labor, and much more about after baby is born. I'm so glad we did this class because I feel like I have a better understanding of my body and what might be going on to tell me when I'm starting labor. We learned different positions to help overcome pains and help open the space for baby to decend. Yes, I've heard other's birth stories and what contractions felt like to them, but honestly, until you really feel it yourself, it's hard to grasp what those feelings will be like to you. We are hoping baby will come naturally, but if cesarean is necessary, that is ok too. What I really like about what our hospital is doing now is once baby is born, he is placed on mommy's chest to be wiped off, then he goes straight to skin-on-skin for 2 hours before bath, measure, etc.. They've found in doing this that babies are responding so much better to their adjustment into the world, and instinctively are looking for the breast to feed. In addition, while they are in the womb, their body temp is controlled by mom's body, but once they make their entrance into the world, it's all-systems-go and their little body's have to adjust. By placing baby skin-to-skin on mommy's chest for those first 2 hours, mom's breasts naturally will help to adjust baby's temp giving him more heat or less heat to help him learn how to control his body. I just think this is so amazing, it's natural raw-ness, and exactly what God intended when He created us. I can't wait for this first bonding time for our new little family!!

Sunday we had fun doing maternity pictures! My friend Pahla takes her family to The Picture People and I always love her results. Once I found out how totally reasonably priced they were, I made the appointment. Of course we had to leave the house in the middle of the 4th qtr of the Packer/Bear game, but Tom survived! Luckily the Packers were already killing the Bears, so all was safe ;) Here are a few pictures from our session:

The last picture is the one pose that I requested. You may remember me in this kind of pose when I had Tom stand on our stoop and I was wearing the teal colored top. The photographer was showing everyone this picture and they all loved it. They can't wait to share the pose with other couples. I hope it turns out as good for them as it did for me! The only thing I had them change was to edit out my necklace pendant. I didn't like it -- looks like it's coming out of my chin. All-in-all, I am very happy with the pictures and the fact that we walked out the door with them in hand! How cool you don't have to wait a month to pick up your pictures! Next will be baby newborn pics! I will be doing birth announcement pics incorporated with our Christmas cards. So depending on exactly when baby comes, Christmas cards may be late, but it will have to do!

Love,
Roxanne :)
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