Nash's Fort

Chris is building an entertainment center upstairs in our loft.

Mr. Nash has decided to make it into his personal fort.

An Afternoon at the beach

While we were at my parents house for Christmas, we were blessed with gorgeous weather.

So we decided to head down to the sandy beach.

Nash loved the waves, people, and walking in the sand.

The South

For the past two days, I have been sitting in conference rooms, staring out the window at the beautiful rolling hills of Charlotte, NC. It is funny how God works.  The caterers strolled in bringing in a taco bar from one of my favorite restaurants Salsaritas. The hotel I was staying at sat above a town center that contained most of Chris's favorite restaurants, which had me texting Chris some of our little inside jokes about them. While I was there, I could not help but think about all the many states that Chris and I have had the privilege to live in.

I guess you could say, I have a special place in my heart for the South.  The southern twang, the hospitality, the seasons, the special people that live in those states, the churches and our memories.  A part of me will always want to move back out there and I honestly think a very small part of my husband would like to also.

However, we have settled down in a state, that truly I thought I would never end up in.  I am not sure how long we will be here but for now it is our home. Maybe in the future, God might lead us back out to the South but inn the mean time, visiting will just have to do.

Mr. Nash at 13 months old

Momma calls this month "The Month of Learning"

I cannot believe how much you have grown
It is amazing to watch you learn and start understanding things.

STATS:
Weight - 25 lbs
Length - 33.5 in
Diaper Size - 4
Clothes - Mostly 18-24 months
PJs - 2T

Nash is like his Daddy and loves his bats and any kind of ball.

However, he throws with his left hand which is odd.

We will see if it lasts.

Another little thing he does, is I will put all of the balls in their basket

and as soon as Nash sees the basket is full

he will speed crawl, almost tripping over his hands to get to the basket.

Then empty the basket with a vengeance.

 You have loved your new Jump Jump. You gifts this year have had a theme.
Jump Jump, Bounce House, Toy Truck and Wagon

You started walking this month.

Well not really walking, more like waddling through five steps.

You walk along everything; the couches, walls, cabinets 

but as soon as you feel uncomfortable you stop and kneel down.

You will get to full walking soon, I just know it.

 You still love your movies:
Tangled
Toy Story 3
Despicable Me
Princess and the Frog

 Food:
You are now completely on Table Food.
New Things: Gold Fish, Animal Crackers, Spinach, Lima Beans, Taco Meat and Salmon
Allergies: Carrots, Oranges, Strawberries and Omnicef (antibiotic)

 Firsts:
Haircut at a shop
Steps without a helping hand
Giving a high five
Saying "More"
Performing "So Big"
Sliding down a slide head first on his tummy
Putting the balls back into the ball popper
Putting blocks into the holes in your big block

 Favorite Toys:
Balls
Anything with wheels
Short Books
Tunnel
Stacking Cups
Remote Controls
Momma's Cell Phone

 Sleep:
You have moved to one nap a day.
This was on your own doing.
At my parents house you refused to take a second nap.
We would leave you up there for an hour and no such luck.
So I have transitioned you to an early afternoon nap.
You go down between 12:30 and 1 and sleep for about two hours.
You still do not sleep through the night.
We might get one night a week where you sleep through the night.
However, you wake up once and we give you three ounces and right back to sleep you go.

 You are still in love with door stoppers
You will walk along our mud room bench to get to the door stopper on the back of the garage door.
We also went over to our friends house and you found all of their door stoppers.
It amazes me at how much you love them

 I am happy to announce you are down to one bottle
this is your night time bottle.
The above picture is how you feel about it.
But you have been a trooper about it.
You still get empty bottles to suck on, since they are your only comfort.

 Personality:
You know what you want
You are very stubborn
You are very loving and like to give us kisses
You have a contagious laugh
You smile more now, however you still have stroller face

 Daddy Time:
Your Daddy has been watching you while momma is off at work.
Sometimes this will be just for the day or could be for four days while I go out of town.
You guys are great partners
and you love him so much.

 You hate for your toys to be put away.
You will take them all out and throw them all over the floor.
It now has become a game between you and momma.

When you drink out of sippy cups you have to tip your head all the way back.
It is so funny

You are starting to become adventurous
I will watch you climb on your walker truck and then climb into the big blue bin
head first I might add.
You have started to let go of things and just take steps on your own
You want to crawl and explore everywhere downstairs

I am so excited for the next month.
I love watching you grow and learn.

Christmas 2011

Christmas 2011 was a Christmas that will be remembered for the Christmas that the Stomach Flu hit us hard.

Our little family crammed into Chris's truck and headed West on Dec. 20th.

We arrived late that night at Chris' parents house. Early in the morning, we were awoken with a little munchkin throwing up.

Since Chris nor I have experienced a toddler with the stomach flu, we took Mr. Nash into the doctor.

Low and behold...the stomach flu.

Needless to say we spent the rest of the day running to the hardwood floor to have our poor Nasherson throw up on the floor.

Come Wednesday Nash was feeling better, however the ugly bug made it to me and then a couple of hours later it hit Chris.

Unfortunately, we were not the only victims of this flu. It hit Chris's parents and then my entire family except for my brother and then our niece and nephew.

This stomach bug was not nice and decided to be the gift that kept giving.

I did manage to only take a few pictures of Christmas Eve which was at the Denove's house.

Nana's Tree

Pappi and Crazy Hair Nash

Daddy reading Nash one of his new books

Leyton with his new Baseball Glove

Michael and his new Nativity

Joella Bella at Church

Late Christmas Eve we drive down to San Diego to my parents house for Christmas Morning.

Santa was very kind to Nash.  He brought Nash his own little red sleigh in the form of a red wagon.

Nash was not too sure about it at first, but he eventually loved it.

Santa also brought my Dad some special ornaments.

Chris thought he was so clever by hanging some of the k cups we brought my Dad.

This was the first time my brother met Nash on Christmas Morning!

What a gift.

Everyone loved Nash's presents...maybe even more than Nash;)

 Micah in her new outfit

Once presents were opened, we went outside to give some of Nash's new toys a try.

Chris's Parents gave Nash a bounce house for Christmas and my parents got him some balls to go with it.

Mom and Nash swinging while waiting for Nash's bounce house to pop up.

 My Gran, Nash's Great Gran had never been in a bounce house so she decided to get in with Nash.

No worries she did not jump around..she just enjoyed sitting in it.

After everyone got ready, we went on a walk and gave the old wagon a try.

My Grandpa, Nash's Great Grandpa pulling Mr. Nash

Then it was dinner time.  I could not get the whole table:(

The day ended with a four generations picture!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I know ours will be rememberable. 

More on our trip to come!

Due Date and New Year

Today is the first day of 2012.

It is also my due date for our Scottie Marie.

With that being in mind, I have reflected on the last year.

Chris and I have had a very emotional year with lots of changes.

I decided to list some of the big events of 2011 for us.

• Feb  
• Nash was diagnosed with reflux and put on formula
• March 
• Chris injured his shoulder
• My Maternal Grandmother died
• April
• We bought a house
• May
• We found out we were expecting
• July
• We moved into the house
• August
• Chris retired from Baseball
• Chris partnered in a start company with his uncle
• September
• Scottie went to be with Jesus
• Nash started crawling
• October
• Nash had an allergic reaction to Omnicef and strawberries
• November
• Nash turned 1
• Hosted our first holiday at our new house
• December
• Chris's Aunt KK died
• Stomach Flu hit us for Christmas

So now that 2012 is finally here, we are very excited to see what this year holds for us. I am praying it brings great blessings and new beginnings.

Next post will be about Christmas and Mr. Nasherson.