Chatter Box Nate

So first first word was "Dada" then "Momma" back in December of 2008 and now his new word is "cat" and even makes a high pitch noise that is him mimicking a cat's meow, so frigin cute. He has almost mastered hi, duck, car (vroom vroom is what follows but he says that about the fan and my hairdryer, hee hee hee), bubbles, bye, ball and beer (Oh yeah baby he says ber, he's working on the full beer word but for now we understand ber). There is more but these seem to be the most popular. He is picking up things pretty fast now and he is using his sign language. I encourage him to use it and not just point and grunt, such a boy, LOL. He can sigh for ball, more, eat, milk, cookie, finished (or all done), and is trying to do a version of bath. He also sign's for milk when he wants a drink so we are trying to get him to do the proper sign for drink. I have to admit that it's such a great feeling when he does a new sign for me after trying and trying. Makes his Mommy proud.
He has a book of signs from the library that he really enjoys with great pictures and he points and says the word so it's a win win situation.
When he gets going he is very chatty and his most recent sound I would say not so much a word is him mimicking the cat "meow" sound off his guitar that he got from Mat, Buffy and Bailey for his B-Day. He'll say cat then make a high pitched meow sound which is sooo damn cute. I'm still trying to get that on video.

Inflatable Water Park (aka our back yard)

OK, so buying one pool (complete with dome that sprays water) is acceptable but buying 3 additional water toys (small gator pool, an elephant that sprays water from it's trunk and a giraffe that is a arch that sprays water) for a 1 yr old is kinda over kill... can we say "spoiled?"
Mind you after the first day of having the pool and seeing how much fun Nate was having it was hard not to get more toys.
The first day we put water in his pool and can i just say it was freezing water, he was in his diaper and outfit (thanks Daddy) and before I could go in to get the camera and come back out he was splashing around and was soaked! Amazing how heavy a water filled diaper can weigh, hee hee hee...

1st haircut!!!

BEFORE...

OK, so I have to admit I did let his hair get to long (not a mullet)but it's sooo curly in the back and cute that he can pull it off but Daddy Pete took a picture to show me otherwise, LOL.
I took a full inch off all over and had to go a little shorter around the ears cause of his curly blonde locks but OMG! He looks like a little man now. Makes me ponder what he will look like when he is a man.
They grow and change so fast in the first year and I can't believe what a whirl wind it has been. He's already 13 months old and growing FAST!

AFTER...