Birthday Weekend - Part 2

The birthday Jello

Nathan does not eat orally, so we thought we would try Jello. We dressed it up with a banana piece and put three candles on it and then sang Happy Birthday. The birthday song was cut short because it really freaked him out. He did not like it one bit. Once we stopped singing and put the Jello on the tray he was okay. 

I showed him with a spoon, the Jello. He seemed a little interested

Then I made him touch it,  he didn't like it and wasn't thrilled with it at first but...

I persisted and made him taste it while he reached out to touch the Jello on his own

and in the end he played with his Jello a little bit. This was a huge accomplishment for us. Nathan you really are a big boy now!

  

Birthday weekend - Part 1

Friday was Nathan's 3rd birthday and we decided to go to Vancouver. Some good friends of ours live over there and we spent the weekend with them. On Saturday, Jason (a family friend) brought over a little dog named Lulu and Nathan LOVED her, he couldn't stop laughing. She's full grown and really the prefect size for him. Nathan played( throwing the ball) with Lulu for almost 40 minutes and he was laughing so much that in the end he ended up giving himself hiccups. It was wonderful to watch him laugh and have so much fun, the dog was happy too.  I have lots more to share from the weekend but for tonight I'm just going to post the video as it's getting late. 

Stay tuned for more tomorrow.

Happy Birthday!

My sweet little Nathan

Look how much you've changed in three years.

July 17th, 2006

4 months-

11 months old

2nd Birthday

and

today as a toddler

trying your new bike out.

Those are some pretty cool new wheels you got for your Birthday.

Now you can be just like your big sister.

It wasn't a mouse...

that nibbled on the cookie, it was a little boy named Nathan...

I tried to get a picture of Nathan with the cookie in his mouth, but he sees me coming with the camera and he chucks the cookie on the floor. I guess he just doesn't want me documenting the progress. 

I'm VERY excited that Nathan likes this cookie.  I've given him this cookie on three other occasions and he's put it in his mouth each time.  I'd say it's a hit!