Birthday Boy!!

Nolan is officially one! He had a great time at his birthday party last night and everyone was so generous to him. He's having fun today playing with all his new toys! When it came to his cake, Nolan wanted no part of it. He hated the feeling of the frosting and was bawling after I tried to give him a taste. So much for the thought of having the cute pictures of him smearing frosting all over his face and digging right in! It was a great day and we're looking forward to seeing what this next year has in store for Nolan.

Almost One!

We hope the New Year is treating all of you well. It's been brutally cold here in Chicago the past couple days. As I'm writing this, it's -5 outside! So I'm happy to be curled up under an afghan. Nolan turns one next weekend and is looking forward to digging in to his cake!!

The latest Nolan update is that he has officially transitioned off the bottle. He's drinking his formula out of a sippy cup and will switch over to milk in the next week or two. It was a very painless process and Nolan doesn't seem to miss the bottle at all. As long as he has his formula he's a happy kid and doesn't care what it comes in. One of his bottom molars came in last week, so that makes 9 teeth now for Nolan. He's not walking yet and is still very content to be crawling and cruising everywhere.

I'll post all the 1st birthday party pics next week! Have a great week!

Cancun Vacation

We had a great time down in Cancun with my parents, Bob, Laurie, & Ryan. Nolan went on his first plane ride - we got lucky and had an empty seat next to us each way so Nolan was able to sit in his car seat. He slept a good part of each flight and the take-offs and landings didn't seem to bother his ears one bit. So Dave and I were thrilled with how things went.
We all really enjoyed having so much time to just relax and visit with each other. The guys and Laurie spent one of the days going out to the Chichen Itza ruins while my mom and I stayed back with Nolan. They enjoyed it even if they had some scary moments where they had to drive 100 miles on less than a 1/4 tank of gas in the rental car! I guess the trip was a straight shot on a road in the middle of the jungle without a gas station in sight! Luckily they made it!

Dave, Bob, Laurie, Ryan, and I went out to dinner one night while my parents watched Nolan. That was a lot of fun. We went to Senor Frogs afterwards for a "yard" and all agreed that we felt really old there!

We got back home on Sunday and we're back to our normal routine. Nolan is doing well - he loves playing peek-a-boo and pat-a-cake. He says "mama" and "dada" to me and Dave now which is exciting. I can't believe that Nolan's first birthday is less than three weeks away! It sounds cliche, but the time really does go by so fast!

Happy New Year!