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March Photos

Ryan Aller — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:47:35 +0000

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Feburary 2010

Ryan Aller — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 17:52:34 +0000

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Nathan counting, singing, talking

Kourtney Aller — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:01:36 +0000

Nathan is 26.5 months old and talking so well now! His big thing now is “why?” Every time I say something, he says “why?” I tell him the sky is blue and he asks why. It’s cute. He’ll repeat almost anything we say. Tonight we were reading a book and I told him something then he said “let me show you.” He is such a mama’s boy. He always wants me. He wants me to rock him before bed every night. He can count to ten and sing the alphabet song. He also sings Silent Night and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. He loves eating Cuties (clementines). He and Noah run and play and have so much fun together!

January Photos

Ryan Aller — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:35:38 +0000

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Nathan’s 2nd Birthday

Ryan Aller — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:44:10 +0000

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Nathan is almost two!

Kourtney Aller — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:53:24 +0000

Nathan is almost two and is changing all the time. In about the last 3-4 weeks he’s been talking a lot and making short sentences. He’ll repeat what we say to him and try out new words and phrases. We are done with the pacifier as of Sunday. We cut the nipples in half last week and he told me they were broken. We went to visit Sonya and Darran thursday night and I told him to give his paci to baby Natalie because she needed it. He said “no, mine” but I took it and gave it to her and I told him to say bye bye so he said “bye bye paci.” He didn’t use one that night or the next two nights then sunday for nap he must have found a hidden one so he used it then but then after his nap we cut it and he wanted to throw it away so he did and now we are completely done with them! We switched him back to the toddler bed a few weeks ago and we’ve had some rough times with that but it’s getting better each night. First, he was getting up really early each morning and coming to our room. Then for a few nights he’d start crying at random times and one of us would go in and sleep next to his bed on the floor to comfort him. Then we’ve struggled with getting him to sleep without one of us in there with him. I spent at least an hour each night for a few days laying on the floor, rocking him, and patting his back to try to get him to sleep. We’ve been practicing some tough love the past few days and it’s really working (along with all the praying!). I still rock him for a little bit then lay him down but when he cries we don’t rush in there and lay on the floor. It only took him a few minutes to go to sleep tonight. He says some funny things like “that mine?” and “Mama hold you” which really means “hold me”. He sings the Batman song, Wheels on the Bus, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and the first 8 or so letters of the alphabet song. He can also count to around 8. He mimics whatever Noah does and they play well together. I feel like we’re at a point where I don’t have to constantly entertain them because they can play with each other while I’m fixing dinner or doing other things around the house. He loves to read books now like “Where the Wild Things Are” and the Dinosaur book and Old McDonald. He loves to look at the tractors and other equipment in the Fastline catalogs. His cow’s name is Elga and when I ask him what her name is he’ll tell me. He’s getting taller and wearing mostly 2T clothing now.

Nathan’s Sayings for November

Ryan Aller — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:14:35 +0000

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Big boy bed

Kourtney Aller — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 04:05:56 +0000

Nathan started crawling out of his crib last week. One morning he just walked into our room. I asked Noah if he had helped Nathan out of his crib and he said no. We decided that it would be safer to convert his crib to a toddler bed rather than have him hurt himself or fall out. He also learned (through noah’s example) how to crawl into the crib. He went down easily tonight, just like usual. He didn’t once get out of bed. We’ll see how the rest of the night and tomorrow morning goes. He’s getting so big!

Nathan 19.5 months

Kourtney Aller — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:17:08 +0000

My little baby isn’t so little anymore! It seems like just the past few weeks he’s really grown and changed. He seems more mature, if that’s possible. He has added many new words to his growing vocabulary. He says balloon, Emmy, Mimi, KK, BooBoo, MaMa, Grampy (says Beeby), Nonna, bo bo for brother, Hi Mommy, Hi Daddy, Night Night Mommy, Night Night Daddy, I love you (not quite clear but I can tell what it is), Bye Bye Nonna, Uncle dud, Mubbs, Mack, Laura, Jamie, Zoe, Lilly, shoe, cheese, popcorn, cupcake, nose, toes, kite, circle, star, moon, hot, up high, ear, hair, and lots of animals names and sounds. When you ask him what a dog or a pig says he wrinkles up his nose and makes a snorting sound. It’s funny! Last night he went into his room and pointed at his crib and said “night night” so I put him in it and he laid down. He also says paci. He uses the paci when he takes a nap or sleeps at night but doesn’t get to use it any other time. He loves shoes. He will go get our shoes out of our closet and bring them to us to put on. I bought him a new pair the other day and I tried them on his feet when we got home and he wouldn’t take them off. He cried when I did and went and got them and brought them back to me to wear again. He’ll eat fruit but not vegetables. I guess I need to start pureeing them and hiding them in his food so he’ll get some of the nutritional stuff he needs! He likes apple juice which he calls something like Appey Ju. He’ll pick up the pretend phone and say “hello?” He has really enjoyed swimming in the pool this summer. He isn’t afraid to get his head or face wet. If he’s in the baby pool and trips and his head goes under water he just stands right back up and doesn’t freak out. He is a little stuntman and likes to climb up things. He also will try to do anything Noah does, which isn’t always a good thing! They are starting to wrestle more and chase each other around the house. If he gets mad at Noah he will pull his hair. We are working on that one. He loves his teachers at school, Ms. Laura and Ms. Jamie, and he has a crush on Audrey. Overall, still easygoing and happy! We couldn’t ask for a sweeter baby!

Nathan at 17 months

Kourtney Aller — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:46:06 +0000

Nathan has a few new words and seems to be changing all the time. He calls a 4-wheeler a “ro-ro” and he calls Elmo “Melmo.” He is trying to mimic more words now. He says “dow” which I think means down. He has a certain word for drink that is something like “dink dink.” He tried to say “mouse” today and he did without the “s”. He had hand-foot-mouth disease two weeks ago and was miserable. I took him to the doctor and he weighed a little over 25 pounds. His personality is developing. Today he was playing peek-a-boo with me. At first he would bend down and hide behind the table then pop up at me. He also covered his eyes with his hands and then would peek at me. It was cute!