Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Wood cutting


Our new family project has been cutting wood so we can stay nice and toasty this winter. We have been getting our wood from the ranch, so it's a little bit of a drive to go get it, but it's free so it's well worth it. On this day Nathan and I met Papa John up in the woods and Nathan was such a trooper! Nathan enjoyed chewing on the bark, playing in the sawdust, and finding all the sharp sticks.

My little tractor man.


Nathan had so much fun playing in the back of Billy's truck. He kept throwing the bark overboard and watching it fall. I debated bringing up the playpen, but who needs one when you have a truck bed.


Nathan even fell asleep in the back of the trailer!!! He's so cute curled up in a ball, in the corner, with his butt up in the air. Notice that he is right next to the tractor, we had the tractor running, the wood splitter running, and I was throwing wood into the truck (all very loud sounds) and Nathan just decided it was nap time.



We got the truck and trailer loaded while Nathan was asleep, and he literally woke up the second we were done...good timing. I wasn't quite sure how Papa John and I were going to get it all done with a baby underfoot, but lucky us, he slept through the whole thing.

Playing in the yard


I just love Nathan's smile!

He's just so happy, and cute.


When did my baby get so big?



Nathan just loves playing on his slide. His new favorite thing to do is to walk up the slide (with help) then slide down backwards on his tummy. On this particular day he would walk up the slide, get to the top, find a teeny tiny pine needle, throw it over the edge, watch it fall, and then slide down backwards on his tummy. He repeated this pattern for about 20 minutes, it was pretty cute to watch.


Another cute thing Nathan is doing lately is mixing up the words "tummy" and "tongue". You ask him where his tummy is, and he sticks out his tongue!

Monday, October 10, 2011

Around the house


Billy and I went for a trail ride, and when we got back Nathan wanted to ride our horses too. It was a beautiful fall day with the sun shining and blue sky.





The deer come right into our yard to eat the apples off the tree! Our horses also come and eat the apples, I hope there will be some left for us to eat.


Nathan has discovered Sesame Street. It's really cute how he gets right up onto the TV and talks to it.


Nathan helping me clean the house, he loves to sweep! In fact every time I try to sweep the floors, he takes the broom away from me and does it himself.