a new baby sister

here i am meeting my new baby sister. her name is haven.

feeding ducks

feeding ducks at liberty park

april and james came up today and the four of us went to liberty park. we're so lucky to live by such a great park! the playground is huge-although nash was still too scared to try any of the fun stuff (except riding down the slide on mom's lap, which was not fun for me!). instead, he found a random bunny statue with the ears broken off and decided to give it kisses. what can i say, the boy loves animals. he also had a lengthy conversation on the phone while pacing through the grass (my dad is a huge pacer while talking on the phone).

after the playground we strolled over to the duck pond and fed the "ducks". finally, a little fearless streak came out in the boy! he LOVED it and fed them straight from his hand (even i'm nervous about doing that).



it was fun for nash to have a friend. he and james are only a month apart and are like peas in a pod. they are just about the same size with slightly large heads and are in about the same place with vocab and gestures. it was so cute to see them together-even though they are both in a sort of "loner" phase and didn't exactly play together. they took notes from eachother and i bet if we keep up with playdates they will be great friends.

one...shoe...three

nash's vocabulary building seems to have slowed down, so lately i've been trying to pick a few words a week to really focus on. two weeks ago it was "shoe," "apple," and "juice." he got shoe down real well and will say it when asked most of the time. the other two are hit or miss, although he can definitely say them (and "apple" is sooo cute).

last night around ten, two hours past bedtime, i was trying to get nash to come to me and he just wouldn't listen. so i decided to count to three, which i've never really done. i said...'One.......two....." and just as i was about to say "three," nash said "shoe." i couldn't help but laugh.