Abigail: The Tulip

Beauty abounds at the arboretum in the spring.  Enough said.

How does one resist taking pictures of tulips that were “named after you?” (or so we’d like to think!)

The Wallace Babies

First in July 2008 there was this beautiful one:

And then in February of 2011 came this handsome one:

And soon in July 2012 there will be this darling one:

Oh Wallace babies – we love you!!

Nate’s Day 2012

We had such a fun day celebrating our boy.  And it was an amazing 78 degrees – truly, I felt like creation was celebrating him!!

We started the day with some breakfast tacos…

 

 

And with 78 degrees…how could we not be outside soon after?!?!

We ended the day with a family celebration of our Nate!  And the cake?  Nate was a fan.  Mainly of the icing.

 

Son, you are loved and you love well.  You are such a lover and you bring joy to our hearts each day.  Our family has grown literally, but in so many other aspects as well, because of your birth.  We hope and pray that as you grow in age your love for people and Jesus would increase each day.  Days of joy we hope will mark your 2nd year of life!

Happy Birthday, dear Nate!

This year of life with you has made us thankful.  We pray these next 365 days of life offer joy, love, and much grace as you grow into a most wonderful little boy.  We love you, Nate the great!

Heart Day 2012

Happy Valentine’s Day to you!

(the picture is odd, but imagine a lollipop being attached to the picture so it looks like they’re holding the lollipop stick!)

May your day be filled with love & joy!  And maybe some of those delicious chocolate goodies that find themselves out and about on this day!

Playdough – Wallace brand

My Mom is always excellent about sending/bringing down homemade playdough.  It’s way better than store-bought stuff.  Easier to just throw in a ziploc bag (and hence not the drying out of playdough which frustrates me way more than it probably should!) – and Abi’s favorite part…you can make it any color you want.

One night last week we were in a slump.  Doons wasn’t coming home until late, I was in a bit of a funk because it was cold and dark outside…you get the picture.  That could be a long night in the making.  But, thankfully we’ve got Mimi’s playdough recipe and it made our night go by a little more quickly and was a whole lot more fun!

 

OOH, purple!  It is a weird process, but it eventually turns to the ‘dough’ consistency that you need!

It took some talking to convince Nate that the playdough wasn’t worth eating.  He had to try it himself…

To quote Abi “this is WAY better than playdough from the store!”

Such a good little pal.

Nate the Great at 11 months

For the sake of time…I’m messing up tradition…it’s just going to be a recap.  But, that’s better than my performance at 10 months – because that just didn’t happen!

So for the sake of my sweet boy’s 11 month birthday being noted on their little blog…here we go.

11 months…oh my goodness.  That is just one month away from ONE YEAR!  What a beautiful whirlwind.

Sweet little fella, you are so much fun.  We laugh more with you in our lives and it is GREAT to see the way our family is enriched with your presence.  Many prayers as we see the sweet boy you are becoming, that God would graciously grow your character and your love for others.  Nate, you are a great little sleeper.  You have found your morning rhythm and take a solid 2-3 hour nap in the morning, followed by a 1-2 hour nap in the afternoon.  Thanks for being kind to your momma.  You love to eat.  Never have I seen a child who loves to eat so much.  And you will eat everything.  It is awesome.  And when we sign to you “all done”  you throw your head back and whine.  I probably shouldn’t laugh so much, but it is darn funny.  And you come up laughing – so I’m pretty sure you’re putting on a show anyway.  You are still pretty big, scale-wise.  In the 75 % for weight at your last check-up and off the charts for height.  Nate’s wearing 12 month or 18 month clothes (YAY for hand me downs from lots of boy cousins!!)  You are so not interested in walking.  You started standing on your own for a few seconds the other day, but that didn’t impress you too much.  You still think crawling rocks.

Some glimpses of your 11 month “party”:

(Not post-related, but this picture of abi just makes me smile.  So her.)

Sister taking care of business for you.

Nate, you are so loved!  You are a special boy indeed.