Nathan 3 Months

Here's what Nathan is up to at 3 months

He is very ticklish on his collarbones, legs, and head.

He loves to suck on on his fingers. He'll take a paci but prefers to try to stuff his whole hand into his mouth

He loves looking at himself in the mirror when I'm holding him. He stares intently and then gets a big old grin

He is still very easygoing and is happy to go to anyone who wants to hold him

Little Nathan Bear!

Nathan's Baby Blessing

Nathan had a beautiful baby blessing. He was supposed to be blessed in church, but church was cancelled because of a hurricane. It didn't seem too bad where we were, but we live on a hill so I guess that's to be expected. There was a lot of flooding elsewhere and since church was canceled, we blessed him in our home. The Bishop came for the blessing, and we are so lucky that both sets of his grandparents were able to be there.

Sleepy little guy before his blessing

Our family

One of my favorite pictures ever. Everyone is hysterical and Nathan is wondering what he got himself into!

A trip to Philadelphia

We picked a beautiful day to show the Hobby's Philadelphia

When we got into the city we were hungry and headed to Reading Terminal Market for some Philly Cheesesteaks. Cambria and Nathan tried their first one. Ok, maybe Nathan is faking. But Cambria learned Grandpa is a good sharer ;)

Then we headed toward the Rocky Steps at the Museum of Art and saw lots along the way.

This pic is in honor of Geepy, who is a pilot.

Almost to the Rocky Steps...

Cambria being Rocky

Nathan being Rocky

Amos running DOWN the Rocky steps after racing his dad and brother to the top, twice.

Our family with the Love sign. We got one here last year, too.

Aww...

Nathan at 2 Months

Our little Nathan Bug is 2 months!

Height: 24 3/4 in.

Weight: 11 lb. 14.5 oz.

He Loves playing, or being entertained -even poked- by his big sister

His first smile was Aug 8th! (1 and a half months)

Poor little guy had his first shots this month.

He loves sitting in his his swing and grabbing at his rattle monkey

A Visit from Grandma, Grandpa & Jesse!

Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Jesse came for a visit to meet Cambria & Nathan, and be here for Nathan's baby blessing. We had a great time relaxing and enjoying one another's company. The Hobbys also made a trip up to NY to see the Sacred Grove and Palmyra and other important church history sites. We loved having them here.

Grandma & Cambria doing the suitcase unpacking ritual

Some of the goods

Nathan and his Peter Rabbit

Taking a nap with Grandpa

Hangin' out with the Uncle Jester

Favorite Things Party

A few weeks ago I came across an idea for a Favorite Things party and thought it sounded like fun.

Here's how it works:

Each person brings their favorite thing (anything you like.. your favorite lip gloss, favorite kitchen tool, favorite magazine, favorite gift wrapping supply, favorite nail polish, a gift card for your favorite frozen yogurt, etc.). It can't cost more than $6, and each person brings five of the same thing.

You write your name on five slips of paper and throw them in a bowl and each person takes five names

Each person introduces their favorite thing and then reads the five names they picked from the bowl, passing out their gift to those five guests. Each person will end up with five gifts to take home.

We had a great time discussing our favorite products, books, movies, dates, day trips, local restaurants, make up, perfume and more. Now I have a whole list of fall activities I can plan, restaurants to try, books to read, and more.

We also ate some favorite things, like Ghirardelli brownies, snickerdoodle cookies, Ben & Jerry's red velvet ice cream, Simply Orange & Mango juice, coconut M&M's, Keebler olive oil & sea salt crackers, peanut butter snickers, and probably some more I can't think of at the moment.

I forgot to take a picture of everyone with their favorite thing! Here's what was brought:

Twix Bars

Organizational container for baking supplies - (put your baking soda, baking powder, corn starch, shortening - any random baking supply, and when you are ready to start baking, all you have to do is pull out this one container and set it on the counter rather than hunting down the right ingredient in your cupboard!)

Diet Cherry Dr. Pepper

Fall leaves for decorating

Extra spearmint gum

Lindt chocolate truffles

Farberware magnetic chip clips

Bath & Body works Coconut Lime Verbena antibacterial hand lotion

Chocolate "Ice Cubes" candy

Coconut & warm ginger hand soap

Warm sugar scented Yankee Candle

Dish Scraper

Patterned scissors

It was a great time and fun theme for a girl's night. Will have to do this again soon!

Nathan 1 Month

Our happy little guy is 1 month. He is easygoing and mostly sleeps. Cambria loves him to bits and never showed a twinge of jealousy. She loves to go look at him and touch him.

His hands are always in funny positions whether he is awake or sleeping. His fingers are not clenched into tiny fists like most babies. They are spread wide.

Nathan with the doctor that delivered him (and Cambria), Doctor McDermott.

Our first Edible Arrangement, courtesy of Mom & Dad. Cambria LOVED it. We had to hurry and snap this picture before she grabbed all the fruit off.

Curious little guy with lots of hair.

Bathtime - 1st bath

Getting changed by Mimi. His whole outfit because he spits up a LOT.

We just love this new little member of our family!

Meeting the Greats

Little Nathan had a chance to meet his Great Grandparents. We always called them Grandmom and Grandpop growing up, but a lot of my cousins called them Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop. So Grandpop decided that the great grandkids should call them Mom-Mom-Mom and Pop-Pop-Pop. I love it, Grandpop :)

Similing at his Pop-Pop-Pop

Getting passed. I loved how carefully they did this. It was adorable.

Cambria introducing her brother.

Smiling at Mom-Mom-Mom

Cuddling with Mom-Mom-Mom, where he spent most of his afternoon. She had 10 children of her own, she knows how to keep a baby content!

Nathan and Cambria also got to meet their Nana and Pop (my other grandparents) over the computer! My grandma has gotten great at using Face time on her Mac. She will call me and ask if the kids are available and awake and we gather them around the computer for a chat. The kids love it.

4th of July

We had a nice 4th of July this year at a cookout with some of our friends. We got the little ones dressed up in their patriotic flag shirts and barbecued. I have to say it was one of the most gourmet 4th's I've experienced. On the menu were sliders with fancy fixin's, cobbler, fruit trifle, watermelon, and more. The little guy slept most of the time, and Cambria ran around the back yard, played the piano, and stayed very busy. After we got them home to bed we watched the fireworks from the great view on our deck. Happy 4th!