Packing up...

So we are packing everything up, putting it on a truck this weekend and officially moving to Texas. I am excited to paint, decorate and get settled in. I hope to have more interesting picutres and cause to actually post to the blog once we are moved!! Here mostly I would be getting picture of boxes. But Nate has really been interested in all his old baby stuff coming out of storage for the move. He wants to use it all, so here is a comparison of Nate at 19 months and Nate at 1 month....

Visit to Grandma & Grandpa....and fun news!

While Daddy was really busy doing his inpatient internal medicine rotation, Nate and Mommy went to Grandma & Grandpa Willson's house for a visit. Aunt Amy and Jessa came for a visit at the same time. Jessa and Nate had a blast together! I think Grandma and Grandpa had some fun too :) The mommies got some adult interaction time which was appreciated too. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the week.

AND.....our exciting news....(no we aren't pregnant)

We close on a house in TEXAS tomorrow!!

April 2009

Some pictures from the past week. Nate swinging on the big boy swing and having a snack.

Peak-a-boo! Rocking in the rocking chair at Aunt Jeanne & Uncle Ken's house.

Easter Egg hunt at Jeanne & Ken's house with cousins!! SO FUN!!! And best of all the eggs had CANDY!!! What more can a guy ask for? And then check out my stylin' Easter outfit at Church. Mama's friend Lindsay came to visit for the weekend. They had a great time.

Mama and Dada have had lots of fun grilling out back of the "hotel room." I helped Daddy carry the charcoal out to the grill!!!

Some pictures

So it has been a while since I last blogged. Not much going on here, so I just thought I would just share some pictures from this week: breakfast with Daddy and playing at the park.

Nate Talking...

So I wanted to document for myself and share with others Nate progression with communication. He is now 16.5 months old. Here is a list of things he "says".... I hope I didn't forget anything. :)

Animal Sounds:
Dog – panting
Horse
Turkey
Monkey
Duck
Owl
Pig

Signs:
More
All done
Eat
Milk
Water
Pop
Table – looks like pop
Cat – doesn’t use often
Please
Bye Bye
Sleepy
Hat
Diaper
Ball

Verbal words:
Nana – means both grandma and banana
Thank you
Mama
Dada
Uh oh
Hello – means telephone
Eye
Shoe – just sounds like “Ssss”
Hot
Hat – doesn’t say often
Vroom – “car”
Blankie – sounds like “baby”
This? – asking what something is, sounds like “dis”

Combinations:
Sign and say “hat”
Signs “more please”
Occasionally signs “more milk”

What a big boy he is becoming! I will try to post more pictures soon.

From Hawaii to Texas

So I didn't get a chance to wrap up our time in Hawaii and now we have been in Texas for 11 days! Whew, how time flies. So Hawaii was WONDERFUL! What an amazing experience. Any of you USUHS spouses who have a chance....GO!! The housing is old and run down and TINY, but it was wonderful. Tom was on Psychiatry and had more free time than he has had in a LONG TIME! I feel like it was a wonderful time of renewal for us. I feel like I got to know my husband all over again...and man I have a BIG CRUSH on him!!! He is a pretty great man. Nate also had a wonderful time with his Daddy and playing on the beach!

Tom, Nate & I at the Arizona Memorial. Nate playing dress up in Daddy's shoes and hat.


So far Texas has been GREAT!! We have had so much fun in just a week and a half. Tom and I watched "Man vs Food" on the travel channel in Hawaii at night. So we wanted to go to two places he featured in Austin our first weekend here. The Salt Lick BBQ was great, but we missed breakfast at Juan in a Million. We'll go another time. We have mostly spent time with my extended family. My Aunt, Uncle and cousins live here. We have had a blast playing with them. Nate LOVES my cousin's kids!

Nate is proud of his new big boy shoes. And here he is riding a horse at the fair!

Sunsets on the Island

Sunrise on the east side of Oahu. Something about the ocean just makes them so much more beautiful. Also makes me stop and think abot why the heck we even appreciate them in the first place. Must be something about being made in the image of the one who thought the whole thing up.

Trina and Nate in the foreground as the sun begins to head down on the north shore, Waimaea Bay. Surf wasn't huge that day but it's much bigger than in the pics from the eastern shore.

There's a post below with Nate. Trina wanted me to let you know since these are far less fun pictures I guess. What can I say I'm not nearly as exciting as him.