A Collection of Firsts

We have been busy. Work mostly but of course some family adventures.. It's been a long time since I've had a chance to sit down with the computer but I wanted to give you an update of some of the things we have been up to.

Nathan took his first plane trip. After a long snow delay in Pittsburgh we made it to California without further incident. Nathan was a great little traveler.

Very exciting for me was that my little boy Nathan got to meet by big boy Noah for the first time. They got along well and it was a lot of fun for me to have them playing together.

Nathan celebrated his first Christmas in California. Christmas morning was with Grandpa Ken and Grandma Nancy. For some Nathan reason I do not understand he had no interest in the tree. He didn't try to climb it, pull it over (though it did almost fall on me . . . ), or remove any low lying ornaments. He did like the gifts and had a good time munching on wrappings and waving ribbons around. Christmas afternoon was with the other side of the family at Aunt Eileen's house.Nathan celebrated his first birthday with a train cake, a ton of friends and a tasty chocolate cupcake.

A week after his birthday we had the 4th biggest snowstorm in Pittsburgh history. 21 inches of snow fell in 16 hours between Friday afternoon and late Saturday morning. In a rare stroke of luck I didn't have to go to work which gave Dave the several hours he needed to dig out our cars. Nathan got to have his first snow encounter.

He wasn't a huge fan of the snow though if Mommy and Daddy had enough sense to put gloves on him it might have gone better . . .