Hi all!  Sorry I'm continuing to be an absentee blogger lately.  Still some technical difficulties at our house so I'm continuing to get the laptop in working condition again.  Unfortunately I don't have any of the new pictures to share but I'm loading a few videos from my phone so you can see the little monster...who just yesterday turned 11 months!
   Our Christmas was great in Monroe and now that the New Year has passed we're back to regular life again.  Nate is obsessed with walking around our coffee table since we've gotten home.  He makes about 100 laps a day around that thing.  He's getting very interested in walking on his own but is not stable enough...that doesn't stop him from launching himself though.
Here's a few seconds of naked drummer boy.  Of course the videos are sideways cause I don't know how to put them upright.  Nate is a HUGE fan of being unclothed.  The minute you take off his pj's he laughs and smiles like crazy.  Might have a streaker on our hands.  Nate loves this wooden spoon in the video and will hit anything in the vicinity with it!

This is the example of crazy laughing baby.  This whole thing started when I got up to go to the fridge and Nate started shriek laughing for no reason.  Then I started to say boo and he thought that was the funniest thing on the planet.  This game in the video below is definitely a Ruf/Olson household favorite.  I may sound terrifying but it's only because the phone is so close to me when I'm barking at him.  After this video, we probably did this for 15 more minutes and it has manifested in to a fun game we play every day.

Funny right?!....once he starts that laugh I can't stop laughing back at him.  He laughs that crazy too when Joe gets home and crawls up the stairs to play "Catch the Baby".  Nate tries to get away but Joe catches him and the laughing continues......my, how our ideas of fun have changed :)

Can't think of any other thrilling news...Nate is continuing to grow and we have his 1 year old checkup in February.  Nate and I went swimming with Aunt Trisha at her apartment this weekend and he was a big fan of the pool.  It was one giant bath to him and he splashed away and loved spinning in circles.  He holds a bottle or sippy cup on his own now which he's been doing for awhile.  He is now permanently standing in his crib every morning I go in to get him.  He has a huge grin every day and starts to bounce up and down to get out.  He says mama and up too!  Trying to teach dada but hasn't gotten the hang of that one yet.  Alright, have a good week and I promise to get the pics up soon!