Nathan is 3 months old!!!

Can you believe it?!?!?! Nathan turned 3 months old this past Sunday - WOW has that gone FAST! This past week was packed full and there were too many adorable pictures to pick just five so be sure to check out the other two posts below which are just a bunch of super cute pictures!

The highlight of this past week is that we had Nathan dedicated at church and Grandma Pratt flew in from Philadelphia for the occasion! Lots of friends and family attended in addition to Grandma Pratt including Grandma and Grandpa Krestel, Uncle Steve and his girlfriend Hanna, Uncle Steve and Aunt Carrie, Bubbee and Paw Paw Vincent, Linda and Josh Walz and Lyn and Jeff White - thank you everyone for coming to this special event in our and Nathan's life. We chose Psalm 25:4&5 to be read and we're thankful that we have the opportunity to raise Nathan in a Godly household and pray that he'll come to a saving knowledge of our Lord and Savior at a young age and never stray.

You'll see a picture below of Nathan in a white silk onesie and vest with cute white shoes - this is actually the very same outfit that Kevan wore when he was christened MANY years ago! Thank you Grandma Krestel for letting us use this! Nathan was an absolute doll during his dedication - no tears were shed or anything!

You'll notice in one of the pictures that he has little gloves on; even though mommy trims his nails often I think it could be done every day! He had scratched himself a few times and we wanted to try to minimize the damage - as you can see by his face he didn't enjoy the mittens at first but he's used to them now! Isn't he absolutely adorable even when he's crying his eyes out?!?!

While Grandma was in town we went to the Great Forest Park Balloon Race on Saturday; we took the metrolink down to the park so you'll see a picture of Nathan's first metro ride! We also got a chance to celebrate Grandma's birthday on Sunday and Nathan sported the Penn State outfit that she brought him (she figured if he had Ohio State gear he had better have some Penn State stuff too).

Another exciting event of the week was that Nathan and I had our very first conversation on 9/15! It was so amazing - he and I went back and forth chatting for a few minutes and now he is just talking up a storm all day every day - it is SO FUN!!! We enjoy waking up to his chatter and sometimes we just lay in bed listening to him - it's pure music to our ears!

Nathan has been mesmerized by our hands and fingers and his too - he's been having a ball sucking on his fingers - he prefers his pointer and middle finger and sometimes adds in his ring finger. Sometimes he sticks his mouth so full that he chokes himself but he's getting the hang of it! He's also been enjoying kicking up his feet - while he's in his swing, bouncy seat, car seat and crib!

He's moved on from Tigger and his pal this week was Mickey Mouse; I love the picture of him chewing on Mickey's ear - it looks like Mickey is trying to escape Nathan's grasp! Speaking of animals, our cat Hobbes has gone from ignoring Nathan to getting pretty close to him and trying to take over his things. I couldn't resist snapping a picture of him when he got into Nathan's bouncy seat! He's also landed himself on Nathan's tummy time mat and his changing pad! We'll have to do something about that.

Well, I'll try to post next week's post more timely - enjoy all the pictures of our little blessing from God!