I found a great babysitting service...

Last weekend I took a course in myofascial release that was being offered locally.  Getting away for two long weekend days is basically impossible when you have a baby and are married to an ob/gyn resident.

The solution: grandparents!  My parents came for the weekend to babysit and even took Nathan to Clearwater to see his great grandparents on Saturday. They report that Nathan was as sweet as can be all weekend...thank goodness!...this ensures that they will babysit again!

Nathan continues to experience new thrills.  We took him to the park this week and he went on a swing all by himself!  Did he like it?  Nathan seems to like just about everything!

Nathan has now completely mastered sitting up and has moved on to flirting.  He has lots of cute grins and really seems to know the power that they have on people.  Look out ladies, here comes Nathan!

The last 3 weeks in a nutshell.

What's new? Well, Britton and I had a really nice evening out at a ball for a USF medical school charity event.  It was romantic to get dressed up and have an evening alone without the baby.  Even better was the feeling that I had when slipping into a dress that I've worn only once before...in the spring of 2007, 4 years ago and pre- marriage and baby, see!--I'm not letting myself go!  LOL!


We had an impromptu visit from Britton's mom.  She was visiting the area to see a cousin and her family under very sad circumstances and we were lucky to get in a quick visit with her.  There's nothing like a little baby-lovin' to make you feel good.

Nathan is growing up so fast, it's unbelievable!!!  At 7 months, he is 18 lbs, 3 oz.  Every week it seems, he learns two new things.  He is now rolling back and forth (he started doing both on the same day) and sitting up with almost 100% success.  He has even started to play with toys while sitting independently.  One week he learned to hold his own bottle, and the next week he was doing it with just one hand!  He loves his exersaucer and his play gym.  He thinks sneezes are hilarious (from both him and other people) and this has lead to a lot of fake colds in our household!  He is getting his left front bottom tooth and, so far, only has occasional mild crankiness that is typically resolved with orajel and/or tylenol.

When he is in the mood, Nathan can be quite talkative saying mostly vowel sounds and "g" sounds.  If he doesn't move on the the "m" soon, I might just change my name to "gaga!"