The next Elton John!

Watch as Nathan sings and plays the xylophone! His mommy and daddy were both band geeks so his talent comes as no surprise. ;-)

Nathan's first steps!

Nathan took his first steps a week after his 1st birthday.  I was visiting him at lunch and thought that I would just video tape him standing all by himself.  I was already impressed and then... he took steps!

An extended birthday.

On Nathan's actual birthday, I flew to Boston for a 3 day course and Britton stayed in Tampa to work all weekend.  That meant that Nathan got to spend another weekend with his cousin Connor and my family.  The following weekend, when we were all home again in Tampa, Nathan got to open a few more presents.

Nathan's loves his bath toy even before it's out of the box!

Nathan gets his own iPhone and car keys!!!

Nathan loved going for a bike ride!

And mommy did too!

At one year, Nathan weighs 23 pounds, has 8 teeth, waves goodbye and sometimes says "buh-buh" while he waves.  So cute!

Nathan's first birthday!

Nathan had a little birthday party at home that same weekend that my family was in town. 

At this age, Nathan loves the box almost as much as the gift.

My friend Brooke helps Nathan play with his new xylophone.

Brooke stuffed the rest of the bag with tissue paper.  It was a big hit...

...for children and adults!

My dad was the milliner for us all, though he never wore one himself, suspicious.

YAY!

Nathan had his own little cake to enjoy.

He was pretty gentle with it at first.

Mommy gave him a kiss and told him to go for it! 

And he did.

Yes, he turned the whole thing over on his own.

Luckily, it did not wind up on the floor.

It was pretty yummy!

And we even had fun cleaning up!

Todd's family in Tampa!

In late July, Todd, Shu-Fen and Connor came to Jupiter, Florida.  Not the best time to visit Florida, but Todd grew up here and he chose to visit anyway.  Yay!  They came to Tampa with my parents for a 3 day weekend and we had fun at our local sprayground and hanging out at home playing with lots of toys and practicing sharing.

We had my grandmother and Uncle Ed over for lunch on Saturday and went to see my grandfather on Sunday.  At 98 years old, my grandfather is getting too old to make the trip to my house (35 min). Though he enjoys having visitors, he no longer remembers who we are and needs lots of reminders about how we are all related. He can still play acey ducey though and he even beat my brother once (Todd, is such a softy though, I don't think he collected the money).

Connor is 21 months old now and is just adorable.  He likes to imitate the adults and has lots of fun gestures, like this one: he puts his hands behind his head to relax and say "auuuhhhhh!"