Updated Vocabulary List

Updating Nathan's vocabulary list. Nathan has been trying to add words to his vocabulary list. I have updated the list below. I'm sure there is more, but I can't think of them. :)

Momma, Mom, Dadda, Daddy, Dad, Grandma, Hi, Night, Kitty, Bubba, Huh, Bryan, Papa, Dog, Car, All, Gone, Good, Girl, Diego, I, Told, Yes, This, GaGa (for my grandma) Cat, Juice

He can also put a few words together:

Night night, All gone, Good girl, I told

He is also doing AMAZING with his letters. He knows all his letters, and is now working in sounding them all out. So far he can sound out:

B,C,D,E,G,H,I,K,M,N,O,P,R,S,T,W,Y

Nathan's first time at the Petting Farm

Nathan went to the petting zoo for the first time today. Kevin and I had a wedding to attend, so Nathan spent the day/night with his grandma and Papa. They took him to the petting farm, and I guess he had a blast. They said he really liked the cow and the rabbits.

Nathan's first time swimming

This isn't the first time he is been in the pool, but this is the first time he learned how to kick his legs in the water, paddle (scoop the water), blow bubbles, and jump in the water. He is such a water bug!!

Nathan's taking swim classes

04/30/10~First swim Class

I signed Nathan up for a parent and child swim class. It's a 6 week class on Fridays from 6:30-7pm.

06/05/10~Last Class

Combined update:

He loved his swim classes. I am so sad it's over already. He has learned to jump in the water, kick his legs, and paddle with his hands. He also used a noodle, and a kick board as well. He also learned how to blow bubbles. (In his own way~Lol) He had so much fun in his classes. I am really sad it's over. They do not offer a class in the summer, so I found a place I can take him for $6.00 I want to keep working with him, so when he is potty trained he can start in the level 1 class by himself. We have such a water bug on our hands. Below are a few pic's taken from his classes.

Nathan's first time using the potty

I put Nathan on the potty today and he went!!!! I knew he was ready because every time I changed his diaper he would laugh and pee. So I know he can control that. I hope this is the start of something.

Frankenmuth Mini Vacation

The 3 of us went on a mini vacation over the weekend. Which was a perfect ending to the tube removal. Sunday we left around 10am to start our trip.

We had to stop and get gas, then stop to get some snacks and juice for Nathan. We stopped at 12 Oaks mall to take Nathan to Build A Bear workshop. (We received a free $25 gift card from National City) First we stopped at the pet store to see all the puppies. Nathan loved it. He was laughing the entire time, because all the puppies were playing and being silly. Then we headed to BAB were Nathan picked out his bear (it was named Champ~which is fitting since Kevin calls Nathan his Champ) We asked Nathan what he wanted to name his bear he said Daa. So after Daa was stuffed, we got him a U of M shirt to wear. He looks so cute and only cost us $0.97 out of pocket. Not bad!! We left the mall about 12:15pm, and made it to Frankenmuth at 1:30pm. Nathan slept the entire way up there.

Our room wasn't ready so we ran to the Cheese Haus, then headed back to the hotel where Nathan played on the slide for a bit until it was time to check in. After check in we had some lunch, then headed to the pool. Nathan LOVED the water. And we had a ball. He always had the biggest smile on his face. After the pool we played on the slide some more, then played in the room until dinner time. We went Oma's restaurant, OMG they have THE BEST pizza. It was so good. Nathan had a few bites of pizza, but also had his hot dog, fries, and a pickle. After dinner we headed back to the room, and got Nathan ready for bed. It didn't take him too long to fall asleep, and he slept through the night but he did wake up at 6am. Kevin and I were still SO tired. Kevin decided to take Nathan downstairs for a bit so I could sleep a little longer. After they left, I had a hard time falling asleep. I ended up falling asleep and ended up sleeping until they returned at about 9:20am. Nathan was still full of energy, so I took next shift. Kevin laid down, and Nathan and I went out and about for a bit. We ran to the car and grabbed the stroller. Then decided to take him to breakfast. Just him and I.

This was the first time I have ever taken him to a restaurant alone. I'd have to say I did an awesome job. After we ate we went back to the room. Kevin was still sleeping, and Nathan started to get fussy. I put him in the stroller and took him for a walk. Within about 10 minutes, he was out. We went to the room, and he slept (so did Kevin) until about 1:30pm. Once they were up, we had a quick lunch then headed back to the pool. Nathan was having so much fun until he threw the little football to Kevin (we were right next to him), and fell over (into like a 7 shape: feet on ground, and face in water) we didn't panic, we waited a few seconds to see if he could recover himself. Well he couldn't and he started panicking underwater. I hurried and scooped him up. (He was under for all of 5 seconds if that but it seemed like forever) He freaked!! Poor thing was so scared. I thought he was scarred for life. I held onto him in the water for another half hour or so. I was hoping he would have felt better, and started playing again, but he didn't. We left the pool, got cleaned up and headed back down to play games. Before dinner we passed the pool, and he pointed to the water, so we took him to the pool to see if he would put his feet in. He seemed to be more confidant, and walked right in. So we decided to have dinner, then head back to the pool. He was still hesitant, but still had so much fun!! I think we were all in bed and sleeping by 10pm.~Lol

The next morning he got us up about 8:15am. So we had some breakfast, packed up the car, and played a few more games. His favorite games were the Bozo game, Basketball game, hula hoops, the slide and the Deal or No deal game. We let him pick all the cases, and he would always have the high ones. His highest was 100 tickets. After playing the games, we headed to the River place just to window shop. It was nice and quiet. (I did not buy anything~we stayed within budget~which we were thrilled) Nathan fell asleep on our way to Birch run were we decided to stop at Applebees for lunch.

Nathan slept until I woke him when the food came. We ate, changed his diaper then headed home. Nathan stayed up the whole way home. He just did his thing. Played some Peek a boo:

and sang to the radio. He ended up falling asleep the last 15 minutes in the car. So were back and are still sad the vacation is over already. Those 2 nights went by SO fast. Can't wait for another special rate, and can go again.

Nathan's first time having a shower

We went to Frankenmuth for a few nights, and asked to get the same room we had last time. It was a handicapped room, and we liked the fact that it has more space for him to run around, plus we have access to the HUGE patio space. Since they weren't busy, they gave us the same room. I didn't really think too much about it, but when we went to our room realized that the handicapped room meant NO tub. Oops. It was no biggie, he just had showers after each trip to the pool. He seemed to like the shower.