I want to crawl!!!

Nathan has really been enjoying playing with all of his toys from Christmas.  The tool bench below is from Grandma & Grandpa Krestel...

So, this past week, Nathan moved on from peas to green beans.  As with peas, things didn't start off so great...

As a matter of fact, he hated them...

A lot...

A whole lot...

But by the end of the week, he came to like them, just as much as the peas!

I just had to take a picture of him in these cutie pj's (Daddy says they're knock off Blues Clues but I think they're adorable)...

What a doll baby!  I just love it when he raises his eyebrows!

He SO wants to crawl!!!  Can't you just see the determination on his face!?!?!  He likes to sit up on all fours and sway back and forth.  This past week he actually moved a knee forward but then rolled over onto his side and then onto his back.  I think crawling is right around the corner though!

Grandma Pratt got him these adorable socks for Christmas that look like sneakers - shoe laces and all.  He has about 6 pairs in different colors - so cute!

Here's a close up of these cute little sneaker socks...

This is pretty much what our days looks like; laying on the ground playing.  FUN!  FUN!  FUN!  Baxter and Hobbes are ALWAYS in Nathan's room with us, which I think is so sweet!

On Saturday we went over to Grandma & Grandpa Krestel's to celebrate Grandma's birthday.  Since Nathan is such a kind and giving little guy he wanted to get Grandma a gift of his very own so he decided to crawl for her!!! It wasn't an all out crawl, but she was sitting on the floor with him and put some toys just out of his reach.  He was up on all fours swaying back and forth and moved one knee, then another and then he reached out and grabbed his toys.  Mommy screamed, Daddy and Grandpa cheered and Grandma squeeled.  It was quite exciting!  He hasn't made it any further than this little bit, but watch out, he's on the move!!!

For lunch on Saturday we moved on to brocolli and Nathan just LOVES it!  No funny faces, no spitting it out or anything.  As a matter of fact, for dinner on Saturday night Nathan actually said "Mmmm" after every single spoonful that I fed him!  Here's his first bite of pureed brocolli...

Hanging out with Grandpa and playing with a plastic lid Grandma gave him (I think this is his new favorite toy)...

Mmmm...now this is good stuff!

Grandma singing to Nathan.  He just loves her voice - it usually calms him right down or lulls him to sleep when she sings to him (she's who Daddy gets his amazing voice from!)...

The weekly bear picture...