A day in the life of Nate

I feel like I have not written a post in a while about Nate. A few years from now, I will have forgotten all of these little mundane details and wish that I could remember them, so bear with me. 


In less than three weeks Nate will be one year old!! Craziness! He is still reluctant to walk unassisted, but now loves to walk while holding mom or dad's hand or while pushing one of our kitchen chairs. Our kitchen chairs have wheels on them, so except when they get going to fast and run away from him, they make great "walkers". 
The other day he was in the living room and began making frustrated noises, so I went in to investigate. He was trying to "walk" a similar-looking chair, but one without wheels, and was very upset that it did not move! Thankfully, he is easily consoled, but it made me laugh. 


Here is a "typical" day for us:


7:00-8:00am- wake up
Eat breakfast, get dressed, I do laundry/housework while Nate plays 


10:00am- Nate goes down for nap; I do office work for my Dad


11-11:30- Nate wakes up; make, eat, and clean up from lunch; plan dinner; Nate plays; sometimes we go on a walk with Lexi or just sit outside in the back yard and look at grass, leaves, etc.


1:00pm- Nate down for afternoon nap; I read, nap, do housework or office work


2:30-3pm- Nate wakes up and usually does not want to play by himself. We play together, read books, or go outside. A couple times a week Nate goes to the Hawkins' house and I go to the barn and teach riding lessons. From 3-6 is our "difficult" time of day, though Nate could hardly be described as truly difficult. I'm praying his little sister is very much like him in temperment!! 


6pm- Dad home!!! Nate knows what Dad's truck sounds like when it pulls into the driveway and he gets excited to see Dad. He probably learned this because Mom is so excited to see Dad. =) And because Dad is super-fun. =)


6:30pm- Dinner and cleanup; play with Dad


7:30pm- Bath and bottle, then to bed! Sometimes Nate is not sleepy this early and then we let him stay up later. My rule is, "If you can be happy, then you can stay up. If you are grumpy, you go to bed!" 


Of course, this "typical" day only happens a couple times a week, if that. On Mondays, though this will end soon=(, Brett is off so the day is totally off schedule. On Tuesdays we are out late because we take dinner to Brett's Memaw. On Wednesdays I am teaching lessons in the evening, so we frequently end up eating dinner at the Hawkins'. You get the idea... 


Essentially, I like to think that there is a predictable "normal", but there are variations so frequently that the plan in my head rarely actually happens. But that is ok, it keeps life from being boring! 


Here are some newer pictures of Nate. They were all taken with my phone, so some of them ended up being low quality and a little blurry. The adorableness is still quite visible though!

 Nate is not quite sure what to do with his rocking horse, but he likes sitting on it. 

 True cowboy! Though most of them have clothes on...thankfully.

 Nate loves being naked, so I let him crawl around for a bit in just his cloth diaper. He is cracking a smile at me from behind the cup. Peek-a-boo is still his favorite game and can be played with any available object!

 When Nate is sleepy, he plays with both ears. His crooked paci cracked me up so much that I had to take a picture. The fact that he did not pose for the camera shows you just how sleepy he is!

Nate is now fully weaned as of this week. It is nice to have a couple months break from nursing, but also sad that my baby has grown up so much. He weaned himself gradually, so at least it was not a traumatic experience for either of us. Now he loves his "ba-ba's". 

 Sleepy Nater snuggling with Dad at Memaws!

Offering me some of his food=)

Nate should be waking up from his nap at any minute and then we are headed to the barn together! I only have about 6 more weeks before I will be too pregnant to be comfortable riding, so I am trying to make the most of the time we have. He loves going to the barn and seeing the dogs, cat, horses, golf cart, and the tractors!! So glad he likes the barn...but then, how could he not, being my son and all? =P