Happy Birthday, Nathan!

Jonas and I traveled to Bronxville over the weekend to wish Nathan a very happy first birthday! He was super cute and is getting to be such a big boy.

It was a "Nathan's Famous Hot Dogs" themed party...check out the cake!

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Jonas being a "cooker"

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Playing with the kids

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Nathan slept through some of his party, but he woke up in time to try some cake (which he wasn't too crazy about!) and open a few presents. Of course, Jonas was right there to help him out.

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Bronxville Trip

Jonas, Grandma, and I went to Bronxville this week to meet little Nathan (and visit Catherine and Erik, too!). He is so adorable and sweet, and we had a great time getting to know him. Here are some pictures from our week!

Jonas was covering his ears while he was sleeping. Do you think he was trying to give us a hint?

Jonas walking Nathan

Playing Grandma's ipod

We are sporting our 3-D glasses in this picture! We saw Toy Story 3, which was a really good (and sad) movie.

Jonas had to go to the bathroom so many times on the way home that we gave up on trying to find rest stops.

Jonas' favorite game in the car was telling me to close my eyes, and then giving me a thumbs up and shouting "teamwork!" - over and over and over. I have no idea where he got that from, but it was pretty amusing!

Party Time!

Lisa and Matt held a "Meet Abby" party on Saturday. Jonas wasn't able to go since he was at Daddy's house, but I wanted to share these cute pictures!

Vacation to "Aunt" Laura's - The Day at the Campground

We spent the day Thursday at the KOA campground that we were staying at. This is how Laura and Cat look at breakfast time - pretty scary!

They had an awesome "jumping pillow" there. Jonas' favorite thing to do was run and fall down! I think the adults might have enjoyed it the most!

Jonas and his 3 crazy "aunts"

Jonas on the playground

We had camper pies for dinner, cooked over a wonderful fire built with Laura's Three Springs skills. Right before bedtime we went to Maggie Moos for some ice cream. You might be wondering if Jonas actually ate any. I'm guessing maybe half of it. It is the kind of place where you can pick your own "mix-in", and Jonas picked marshmallows. Of course, when he got the cone with the marshmallows in it, he proceeded to pick them all out and pile them on a napkin. It is not easy to pick all the marshmallows out of a cone and eat it before it melts!

Vacation to "Aunt" Laura's - Wednesday

On Wednesday, we went to the Discovery Place in downtown Charlotte. Jonas saw lots of different animals, got to do experiments, and even touch starfish! But his favorite things were playing with blocks and playing in water...go figure.

After the Discovery Place, we walked around a bit downtown and headed to a little sandwich place for lunch. After about and hour there, Jonas fell sound asleep on the table. So, we stayed there another hour and a half so Jonas could nap.

We also checked out the Charlotte mall, which is WAY bigger than the ones in Buffalo. There is even a train that drives around, which Jonas loved!

Laura also made us a delicious dinner that night, chicken alfredo, one of my favorites. Jonas and I both loved it. Thanks "Aunt" Laura!

Vacation to "Aunt" Laura's - The Lake

On Tuesday we went to Sonic for lunch and got to be served by a lady on roller skates! Tons of fun...unfortunately Jonas slept through the whole thing. The waitress did give us toys for him though! Later in the day, we went to a beautiful lake near Laura's house. We had a nice walk and saw a bunch of baby ducks. We stayed and had dinner at a restaurant there. Jonas was out until about 9 PM, but he was a good boy!

Here's Jonas at the playground they had there. He had to hold his own against the big kids there; he did a pretty good job!

Mommy and Jonas

"Aunt" Beth and Jonas

"Aunt"s Laura, Catherine, Beth and Mommy and Jonas

Jonas after a tiring day. He couldn't even finish his banana.