No more photos of Nathan with the bear! The first year went so fast it is funny to think last summer he lived in the Baby Bjorn and this summer he is an active little man. His big story is that he is an official walker. He took his first steps right around 13 months and took the next few weeks practicing. He says a few words (mama, dada, uh-hum (yes), bye bye) and signs a bunch more (all done, milk, more, dog, help, please, thank you). We are blessed to have two happy kids but he has much more of a strong opinion than Erin ever did!
Erin's News
She finished her first year of preschool and learned more than I would have thought with all of the play and snack time they have :) She would tell me she did not want to go and then not even want to take a second to give me a kiss before she was off and playing. She loves princesses almost more than I can stomach! Of course I always have to be the evil character but she promises "next time" I will get to play the part of the princess. She loves the swimming pool and is getting good at putting her face in the water.
Carlson Visit
My sister, Judi, and her family and my parents came to visit us in early April. As you can see from all of the photos we had a great time showing them the greater Baltimore/Washington DC area. On their last visit we saw Mary Pickersgill's house, she is the woman that sewed the American Flag that flew over Ft. McHenry and inspired the National Anthem. This visit we saw that flag at the Smithsonian Museum and toured Ft. McHenry - a full circle history tour!! Book your trip soon :) We also had an amazing tour of the Supreme Court (we saw the Justices spitoons, exercise room and my nephew tried a case with my dad!).
Aunt Kathy Visit
My sister, Kathy, came for a visit we had another trip to Washington DC and a tour of Camden Yards. You will see some photos of Nathan's first photo on the field -one day when he is a famous ball player we can share this photo with ESPN.
Trip to Ohio
We went to Ohio for Dennis's annual golf outing and my mom's birthday. Erin and Nathan had so much fun playing with everyone and both loved the big swing in my parent's backyard. We went to the Akron Zoo which used to house deer and raccoons - no lie - but now is a perfect little day trip. Erin had a blast at her first sleepover and we were lucky to have lots of people to care for our kids when Dennis and I both got sick.
Erin and Nathan
Nathan is almost 15 months old so he has gone to bed and taken naps at least 1,000 times. I think Erin has NOT been the first person in his room about 5 of those times and boy was she sad those 5 times. She just wants to be the first person to see him each day. He is getting more and more interested in her stuff but she is a good problem solver "that is ok if he knocks over my tower, we can just build another one." The day after Dennis put the gate at the bottom of the steps they had his tools out trying to chop it down. I hope they are always such good buddies.
