Swingin'

I put Nolan in his swing the other day to finish up some cleaning around the house...when I was done, and went to pick him up, I just laughed because he looked like a little monkey in tree!

His little ears crack me up!

Just like Daddy

Since everyone says he looks like him, why not make it more official...

Where's Nolan?

Or, more like, "Where were you?" from his point of view!

Nolan has been pulling his blanket, or burp cloth, over his face for several weeks now and it continues to be a fascination. In the beginning it was quite funny to watch him pull whatever over his face and then freak out cause he couldn't remember how he did it to get it back down! Now he has it mastered, but he still can't figure out where we go! The look on his face is classic; sometimes he is startled, others he is so happy to see you, and others he looks at you like, "What just happened?"

Here are pics of him in the process of what we call Peek-a-boo, even though he hasn't caught on just yet

Hey, look what I found

I'm gonna mess with it

Where is everyone???

Why did you leave???

Let's do it again!

He's getting better at it, and we're getting more smiles, but he still gets freaked out every once in a while : ) We'll have to re-visit this!

Never. Again.

So yesterday was a short day at work for me, probably cause today is never ending, so I had made plans to work and then visit some friends and their beautiful babies. Those plans semi-worked.

My day looked simple: Get to daycare and work, go to first two visits, break for lunch, get to next visit, go by family's house to drop off some paperwork, pick up Nolan, head to China Spring to see Brittany and her 2, head to Hewitt to see Marianne and her 3, go home. This didn't happen.

My interpreter called to say that my 1pm appt now lived in Waco (they were living in Hewitt), so that meant that I would have to drive out to Hewitt come back to get Nolan, go to China Spring, and then back to Hewitt that equals a lot of driving. I decided not to do this. I thought to myself, hey that family doesn't live far from Marianne, so I will leave Nolan with her for a few minutes and run by their house. Yeah, great plan! I called her up to ask if that was fine, to which she said of course, so Nolan and I headed over to her house (They are the only friends we got to visit yesterday, but that's ok.).

Nolan and I arrived at her house, and I dropped off all the necessaties while she changed her baby girl's diaper. I then left...I literally went 2 minutes up the street and came back to this:

That's right. My son's in a tutu. A purple tutu. Brady's gonna kill me and Marianne. The look on her face when I walked in the house was priceless, and I knew something was up. I immediately asked her and she tried to hide it, but couldn't...so yes, Brady, I already knew and kept it from you as well. sorry.

Anyway, Marianne, as much as I love you, you will never be left alone with my child again! You may have even ruined our "couples" friendship! ;) I'm teasing, but Brady won't.

So, needless to say, my baby boy will now be humiliated across the internet!

First Hair Cut

Well, here it is as I promised...photos of Nolan's first hair cut. It wasn't too bad, but he was starting to sport a baby mullet, okay, so it was bad. Take a look for yourself...

Here are the before photos:

hellooooooo, ducktail!

Here is the cutting process, which went well until he finally realized something was going on around his head...

first cut (goodbye, ducktail!)

Hey, what are those things?

What are you doing to my head???

And here are the after pics...

No more side burns (boo!)

I'll be honest and tell you that I almost cried when she shaved his side burns-I just wasn't expecting that, or at least I wasn't prepared for it to happen. He looks like such a big boy now, even though his hair has already grown so much in the past two weeks! I still haven't mastered the faux-hawk, but I will! We may have to get another hair cut before I do though : )

Christmas Angels

Nolan is always "talking" to our fan, and his angels, and on Christmas night while we were at Brady's grandparents he was resting in the back room talking to them again. Here's a video...

I have an idea of who these angels are cause why else would he be so happy?

Part 2

So, what did Santa leave us for Christmas? Nolan got more toys! Imagine that. He got a t-ball set, zoo animals, a stuffed hippo and the Curious George book to go along with it, Wall-E, and a my 1st Christmas bear (I didn't take any pics). Brady and I got checks from Santa, a very appreciated gift! Once everyone checked their stocking, it was time to get ready cause the rest of the family was coming over for lunch.

After V and I got ready, we attempted to make sweet potato balls...didn't work, we had to just make a casserole type dish-oh well, everyone said it was good. We had a great traditional lunch of turkey, dressing, and ham (blah.) and the rest of that good stuff. Then, of course, desserts...the best part! I had some pie and then I noticed that no one had touched the chocolate cake, so I had to get into to it as well! I just had to. Needless to say, I was stuffed and shouldn't have eaten the rest of the day!

After Nolan's nap, he, Brady and I ventured to O'Donnell to visit the McDaniels (Mother-in-law's side of the family). It was good to see everyone and have another great meal, as well as excellent entertainment from the cousins! I apologize to them though for having to listen to Brady sing...sorry guys! On a better note (ha-ha!) we walked away with some good gifts : ) It was definitely time to go after the gift exchange though, somebody was not in the best mood and very tired!

We got home, put an exhausted boy to bed and crashed out myself. We had a big day to come on Friday...Nolan's first hair cut! I'll report on that later; have a good day!