The outside world!

Nate, Aunt Trisha, and I ventured out of the house last week for Nate's first real outing besides going to the hospital for doctors appointments. It was only about a 20 minute walk but it was nice, especially in that 70 degree weather! Nate was calm and quiet the whole time. He is definitely a big fan of movement and does not mind the potholes littering the sidewalks, unlike my car which now requires new tires due to the Minnesota potholes...grrr.




Joe got home from work right as we got back from our walk so he got to see Nate in his stroller for the first time....and then we started to do that annoying parent thing where we bug the baby as you will see demonstrated below :)







Now that's just plain fun. Nate had a doc appointment last week where he weighed 5 pounds 8 ounces. We took him yesterday and he weighed 5 pounds 12 ounces and got his 2 month shots - I think he hated the band aid removal more than the shots. They had to find smaller needles for his little legs because he doesn't have enough fat on them...I have the same problem :)









I'm lovin the look. We continued to bug Nate a little bit more inside, as you'll see down below again. My friend Mary got Nate the smallest, cutest pair of shoes I've seen so I had to put them on him quick to show how big they still are for his little feet.









Sure, he doesn't look thrilled but I got a kick out of it! Then, I promise we left him alone.










Here is a shot of Nate grabbing Mary's finger- his hands have grown quite a bit. Mary brought her daughter Anya up to visit Nate and she did a great job of playing nice with him especially for being only a year and a half. Having her run around the house showed us how unprepared we are for Nate to start walking and crawling around!



Nate back to sleep in his play pen after a full day. He did great at his eye exam a few weeks back as well. Grandma Jeanne was still in town so she accompanied he and I for that appointment. We didn't stay in the room for the actual exam and "pushing" on the eyeballs- both of us are known for our fainting abilities so we figured it best we get out. Nate's eyes look good and we don't go back for a full year.

We hope everyone had a great Easter. We weren't able to make it down to Monroe since Nate isn't supposed to be in his car seat for more than a few hours so we missed hanging out with our families. We did get to spend Easter however, with our friend Nik and his family who were kind enough to invite us over. In fact, they didn't really want to let us out of the house they were having such a great time loving on Nate! We look forward to being able to make the drive home in a few months when Nate is a bit bigger and able to tolerate the drive. Happy Spring all!