Sosi Marie Sobaje

Nathan's first cousin, Sosi Marie Sobaje, was born yesterday, June 12, 2008, at 10:29 a.m. Sosi weighed 8 lbs. 14 oz. and was 22 inches long. Sosi is adorable and she already has more hair than Nathan does. Mom and baby are doing well...Lauren didn't get take any drugs during the labor and delivery. What a brave woman!

12 Month Physical

Today Nathan had his 12 month physical at Kaiser. I am happy to report that he was declared to be in "perfect health" and is now 31 inches tall and weighs 24.1 lbs. The downside to being so healthy is that he was cleared to receive 4 shots and have his blood drawn for a complete blood count. The shots weren't so bad, but it was a different story with the blood. I had to hold his little arm down while his blood was drawn...that was a hard thing for me to do since I can't even stand to have my own blood drawn. Nathan cried during the process, but I am happy to say that he recovered very quickly and was his usual happy self by the time we got to the car. As long as Nathan stays healthy, we don't have to go back to the doctor's office for another 6 months. Yay!

Here's a picture of Nathan's left arm. You can kind of see the bruise from the needle. What a brave little guy.

Happy 2nd Mother's Day

Nathan decided that for Mother's day this year that he would lend a helping hand and he was going to be as helpful to mommy as possible. Needless to say he was extremely helpful except in the morning where he got a little over excited about things.

Nathan told me to write to everyone that he has had a great first year and that his mom is doing a great job. He also wanted to wish a Happy Mother's Day to his Grandma's and Great Grandma's in San Diego, Fresno, Caldwell(Idaho), Bakersfield, and Joseph(Oregon).

We hope that everyone had a Happy Mother's day and we know without mom's the world would just be a mess. Happy Mother's Day!

Still Celebrating Nathan's Birthday

The celebration of Nathan's first birthday continued on Sunday when his Grandpa David and Grandma Carolina drove up from San Diego for his birthday. Nathan's Uncle Jamey & Auntie Summer were also in attendance and we had another family party for Nathan. The menu included Nathan's hot dogs (of course) and cupcakes. Nathan had a wonderful time and he seems to enjoy celebrating his birthday.

Happy Birthday Nathan!

It's hard to believe that Nathan was born one year ago. It seems like only yesterday that I was at the hospital getting yelled at by the oompa loompa nurses to "Push Harder!" This past year has been so much fun, and Joey & I look forward to many more years with our little Nathan. We already started to celebrate on Sunday with a small party up in Clovis with Grandpa Paul, Grandma Sue, Uncle Paul and Auntie Lauren. Nathan got his first taste of sweets with his birthday cake and he definitely seemed to love the chocolate cake! We'll continue the festivities this weekend with another party in Nathan's honor.

Lauren and Paul's Baby Shower

We celebrated the upcoming arrival of Lauren and Paul's daughter Sosi Marie with a baby shower on Saturday. Everybody had a great time - we had over 40 guests - and Lauren and Paul received many generous gifts from family and friends. Joey did a fantastic job grilling the meat, he handled both grills while his "helper" chatted with all of the guests. Nathan enjoyed playing with the other kids and showed all the guests how he is able to climb up to the second story all by himself. I was exhausted at the end of the shower, but it was definitely a wonderful day.

Playdate with the Kampfes

Today Nathan and I went over to my friend Brenda's house for a playdate with her two adorable daughters, Natalie (4) and Melanie (2). Nathan had a great time playing on their swing set and diving off of their gymnastics mat. Brenda's neighbor Amy came over with her daughter Ella, who is 2 weeks younger than Nathan. The kids had a great time playing together and it was a lot of fun for me to catch up with my old friend Brenda.

Strawberry Baby

Since Nathan will be 12 months old next Friday, I thought it would be ok to give him his first taste of a strawberry. Grandpa brought home some big and juicy strawberries from a local strawberry patch, and boy did Nathan take a liking to strawberries. I think we may have found his new favorite food! He practically attacked me when I had a bowl of strawberries and he ended up eating over half of them (he would have eaten more if I would have let him). I'm glad to see that he enjoys healthy treats.

Mmmm-mmmm. Yummy!

Nathan's First Haircut

I finally decided that it was time for Nathan to get a haircut. Despite the fact that he doesn't have a lot of hair, the hair that he does have has gotten to be quite long. My original idea was to give him a mullet, but I feel that would be cruel and unusual punishment for my sweet little boy.

Here is Nathan before his haircut. He was fighting me on those before pictures because he really wanted to climb up the stairs in Grandpa & Grandma's house.

Cutting Nathan's hair wasn't much easier than trying to get a before picture...he kept turning his head around to see what I was doing. I ended up just cutting his hair as quickly as I could. There was no time to check to see if the sides were even (luckily he doesn't have a lot of hair so you really can't tell). I was happy with the outcome, even if you can't really tell that he had a haircut.

What a handsome little man!

Amber's First Post

I finally decided to get on the blogging bandwagon when I visited my brother and sister-in-law's place last weekend and saw the cool book Lauren had made out of their blog. Instead of spending lots of money and time making scrapbooks, I realized that it would be cheaper and easier to maintain our blog and then create a book out of all of our posts. It's also a great way to let family and friends know what's new with our family.

I am currently hanging out with Nathan in the office. He loves getting into our desk drawers and pulling all of the contents out. He recently discovered a stack of CDs that he finds fascinating, and he likes to bang blocks on the mirrored closet doors. It's hard to believe that his first birthday is right around the corner. It seems like yesterday we were taking him home from the hospital, and now he's on the verge of walking and talking!

I hear Nathan ripping up paper, so that means it's time for me to go...there's never a dull moment with Nathan.