Nathan the cutie

So Nathan has finally (but I don't know for how long!) calmed down enough to start learning to talk. He actually will stop running sometimes to sit with us and read a book or talk with us! He's starting to stop and learn about something before moving onto the next activity as quickly as possible - imagine that! So one day a couple of weeks ago, we had his fisher price Noah's Ark out and were learning about animals. He loves that set and loves animals. He also loves that Noah and his wife look a lot like Grandma and Grandpa Heinbuch - it's so funny. I say, "Nathan, who's this?" and he says "PaPa and Grandma!!" But anyway, back to the animals... So I paired them up (being the organized person I am) with their mates and told him that these are the mommies and daddies of their species. He processed that for a while, and a few days later he woke up one morning and I came to get him, and he showed me his two stuffed puppies that he sleeps with. He held them each in different hands, and raised them one at a time and said "Mommy!" and "Daddy!" and then he made them kiss. It was so sweet. I'm so glad that Nathan can actually stop for a few seconds out of his day to cuddle - I've been missing it for so long now!

Nathan won't talk a whole lot yet, but he's really starting to try now, making it a whole lot easier to know what he wants. He only says 2 words in a row for a few things, but we're taking whatever we can get! He says "Juu Box" and "Haaaa Meeee!" (help me) and "Come Play". His favorite word is still "Car" and of course "McQueeeeeeeen" (from the movie "Cars").

Has it really been that long??

Wow! It's really been more than 3 weeks since I've written. Yikes, am I ever bad at this... No wonder - every time I've gotten a journal or a diary, I write for a few months and then all of a sudden there are just a bunch of empty pages at the end!

My boys have been such a delight to me over the last few weeks too - I don't know why I didn't write about them!!

Zack and I were sitting on the couch yesterday after his nap, just being quiet. He was looking at me, and then out of nowhere said, "Mommy, you have such beautiful eyes." Then he smiled and rubbed his nose on mine. It was so cute I almost cried. Just like when Zack and I were talking about some of our friends after praying for them. It's Nathan's idea to pray for everyone we know every time we pray. Our food is practically cold by the time we eat it because we say "amen" and he pipes up with another name that we forgot to thank God for! I'd eat cold food for a century to hear that every day!! So one day we were praying for some friends of ours that don't go to church. Zack had asked me if they knew Jesus and I said no. After thinking for a moment Zack said, "Mommy, we should take Kyle and Kendra to meet Jesus!" and after clasping his hands together and grinning dreamily said, "They would be SO happy!!!"

Happy Halloween?

So we decided that we wouldn't take the boys out for Halloween this year. Instead we went out for supper and to a friend's place for the evening. Our friend/neighbor Kyle asked if we would bring the boys by to get some candy before bed, so when we went to their door, Pete told Zack to say Happy Halloween. Zack got to the door and said, "Hi Kyle! Happy.... Birthday!"