The big event today was a party at Laura and Chris’s house in the evening. They were visiting from China for the holidays and had some people over. The Doughty’s were there with Olivia, who is a week younger than the boy, and the Finfer’s were there with Hannah, who is not yet two. He […]

One of the things I’d like to do this year is post something about the boy every day. It may not be much each day, but I’d like to chronicle a year of his life now that he’s changing so much and so quickly. So here goes.  Tonight, in the hour before his bedtime, I […]

October saw his first visit to Kiddy Acres, first jack-o-lantern and first library visit. We had a NASA flight suit for him to wear for halloween, but he didn’t like it. He wound up being a train engineer and loved it. We got him a Thomas the Train hat and it’s the first hat he […]

The boy loves trains. Buses and trucks and race cars and planes, too, but especially trains. We’ve spent a lot of time at the Thinkery playing with their big train set, seeking out trains like the Zilker Zephyr that he can ride, and buying small trains for his home track. Oh, and I included that […]

Molly made us wait until at least his 2nd birthday, and in the end it was harder than I’d expected, but the boy got his first haircut on 08/30/15. It happened at the dining room table and we distracted him by sticking minion stickers all over him. I wish I’d gotten some better pictures of […]

Nate turned two on Thursday the 27th, and had a birthday cupcake for dinner. We had a family party on Sunday the 30th at Central Market, where he got to play with his cousins, get presents and be the center of attention. Attending were all his grandparents, Uncle Matt and Aunt Camden, Uncle Ian and […]

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The Boy is on a truck kick, and gets really excited when he sees them, pointing and smiling and saying “big truck” over and over. So when Aunt Laura told us about Austin Children’s Services holding a Touch-a-Truck event, we had to go.     Lunch at Chipotle   Beautiful day    BIG TRUCK   On […]