Down South Vacation

I'm here all by myself, so I guess I don't have any excuse not to post on the blog. Lady and Paw-Paw and Nathan loaded the car up with swim suits and sunscreen (and almost everything else they own) and headed to Hilton Head, SC. This will be Nathan's first beach experience. I'm curious to hear about his reaction.

As usual, on our flight down to "Atyanta," Nathan was perfect. He's a natural born traveler. He really enjoys flying and traveling and, even more so, he loves having my undivided attention for several hours at a time. He talked my ears off until he saw Lady at the airport, then he started right up with her. He told her all about the flight... at least four or five times before we even made it out of the airport.

Here is a video of Nathan waiting patiently before take-off। He's very excited and can't wait to get going.

He's such a big boy now. He rides in his very own seat on the airplane. Unfortunately, that means we have to buy him a ticket now too.
The flight into Denver was a breeze. We grabbed some lunch and found an empty gate so that Nathan could run fast and climb on the chairs.


After Nathan got bored with playing at the gate, we moved on to our other airport activity. Moving walkways.
He thinks he's hot stuff now, not holding on. (I didn't let him show off as he stepped on or off though.) We rode these about eight or nine times.
When we got to Paw-Paw and Lady's house, we were given a warm welcome by Mace and Hank. That made the long day of travel totally worth it. Uhhh, I mean, getting to see Lady and Paw-Paw made the travel worth it. :)

Down South Vacation

I'm here all by myself, so I guess I don't have any excuse not to post on the blog. Lady and Paw-Paw and Nathan loaded the car up with swim suits and sunscreen (and almost everything else they own) and headed to Hilton Head, SC. This will be Nathan's first beach experience. I'm curious to hear about his reaction.

As usual, on our flight down to "Atyanta," Nathan was perfect. He's a natural born traveler. He really enjoys flying and traveling and, even more so, he loves having my undivided attention for several hours at a time. He talked my ears off until he saw Lady at the airport, then he started right up with her. He told her all about the flight... at least four or five times before we even made it out of the airport.

Here is a video of Nathan waiting patiently before take-off। He's very excited and can't wait to get going.

He's such a big boy now. He rides in his very own seat on the airplane. Unfortunately, that means we have to buy him a ticket now too.
The flight into Denver was a breeze. We grabbed some lunch and found an empty gate so that Nathan could run fast and climb on the chairs.


After Nathan got bored with playing at the gate, we moved on to our other airport activity. Moving walkways.
He thinks he's hot stuff now, not holding on. (I didn't let him show off as he stepped on or off though.) We rode these about eight or nine times.
When we got to Paw-Paw and Lady's house, we were given a warm welcome by Mace and Hank. That made the long day of travel totally worth it. Uhhh, I mean, getting to see Lady and Paw-Paw made the travel worth it. :)

Airplanes... Again

It's great having a well-behaved child, but sometimes having such a good kid doesn't work to my advantage. Nathan fully understands the concept of "If I'm nice I get to come back." As much as he hates to leave all of the fun places we go, he resists throwing a fit and just walks along beside me telling me how much he wants to come back. It's so cute, but that just means I'm guilted into taking him back. When he's that well-behaved, how can I not take him to do everything he asks for each day? Hence, all the airplane pictures.

This is one of Nathan's newest discoveries. He lifts his shirt up and puts his belly on objects that feel cool.
Daddy and Nathan posing next to the T-38.
I took Nathan to see the airplanes one last time before we fly to Atlanta. Nathan is so excited to go to Lady and Paw-Paw's house. He has mentioned going to their house at least five times a day for the past week. If he only knew all the fun they have in store for him...
Here are some cute pictures from the past few days that I'll share, as well. He loves to hang out in the garage. He likes messing with all of Steve's tools. Real tools are so much more fun than the Little Tikes ones. 
Hot for Tinker. He watches Tinkerbell and tells me continuously that Tinkerbell is pretty.
Chowing down on more veggies. Or should I say chowing down on more ranch dip. He's wearing his new 2009 Sturgis Bike Rally shirt. The rally isn't until August, but he's so excited that he just couldn't wait.
Playing with bubbles. I asked him if he wanted to go outside and play with bubbles and he responded with what I thought was a question asking if he could "play bubbles in the grass?" (Playing in the new grass is a big deal now since he was told to stay out of it for a couple of weeks while it grew.) Of course, I answered sure to that question. Next thing I see is him pouring the bottle of bubbles out in the grass. I asked him what he was doing and he acted like duh, "I pour bubbles in the grass." I guess I misunderstood his original question.

Airplanes... Again

It's great having a well-behaved child, but sometimes having such a good kid doesn't work to my advantage. Nathan fully understands the concept of "If I'm nice I get to come back." As much as he hates to leave all of the fun places we go, he resists throwing a fit and just walks along beside me telling me how much he wants to come back. It's so cute, but that just means I'm guilted into taking him back. When he's that well-behaved, how can I not take him to do everything he asks for each day? Hence, all the airplane pictures.

This is one of Nathan's newest discoveries. He lifts his shirt up and puts his belly on objects that feel cool.
Daddy and Nathan posing next to the T-38.
I took Nathan to see the airplanes one last time before we fly to Atlanta. Nathan is so excited to go to Lady and Paw-Paw's house. He has mentioned going to their house at least five times a day for the past week. If he only knew all the fun they have in store for him...
Here are some cute pictures from the past few days that I'll share, as well. He loves to hang out in the garage. He likes messing with all of Steve's tools. Real tools are so much more fun than the Little Tikes ones. 
Hot for Tinker. He watches Tinkerbell and tells me continuously that Tinkerbell is pretty.
Chowing down on more veggies. Or should I say chowing down on more ranch dip. He's wearing his new 2009 Sturgis Bike Rally shirt. The rally isn't until August, but he's so excited that he just couldn't wait.
Playing with bubbles. I asked him if he wanted to go outside and play with bubbles and he responded with what I thought was a question asking if he could "play bubbles in the grass?" (Playing in the new grass is a big deal now since he was told to stay out of it for a couple of weeks while it grew.) Of course, I answered sure to that question. Next thing I see is him pouring the bottle of bubbles out in the grass. I asked him what he was doing and he acted like duh, "I pour bubbles in the grass." I guess I misunderstood his original question.

Cowboy Cookout

We kicked off Father's Day weekend by going to a cookout over at some friends' house. Nathan was so excited to go out and see their horses when he saw them in the backyard, but once we got out there he saw the doggy and he forgot all about the horses. I guess I don't have to worry about him growing up to be a cowboy!
Horse, what horse?
He finally went over to pet the horse's nose after his girlfriend for the day got down.
He refused to ride the horse, but I think he gave in and pet the horse just to shut me up.
As far as Nathan was concerned, this slide was the best part of the day.

Cowboy Cookout

We kicked off Father's Day weekend by going to a cookout over at some friends' house. Nathan was so excited to go out and see their horses when he saw them in the backyard, but once we got out there he saw the doggy and he forgot all about the horses. I guess I don't have to worry about him growing up to be a cowboy!
Horse, what horse?
He finally went over to pet the horse's nose after his girlfriend for the day got down.
He refused to ride the horse, but I think he gave in and pet the horse just to shut me up.
As far as Nathan was concerned, this slide was the best part of the day.

Happy Father's Day!

Nathan and I hid Steve's Father's Day gift in the tent, but on Friday Nathan opened the tent and Steve noticed the shiny blue gift with a homemade card on top. Somehow, he figured out that it was for him and asked Nathan if he could open it early.

Here is a picture of Steve's Father's Day gift. The beer stains dribbled down the front are Steve's own personal touch.
Here is a picture taken a few days ago. Nathan is working on Daddy's card.  
Nathan's favorite part of the gift giving was buying and playing with the wrapping paper roll.
I hope all the daddies have a great Father's Day today. I'm giving my dad the gift of Nathan in a few days. I'd like to see Uncle Joe top that one!