Meghan: Do Our Parents Really Love Us This Much?!

This mom thing is really starting to change the way I look at my parents. I mean, they're still my parents and I still roll my eyes a little and get frustrated with them at times, but I have such a new respect and love for them. Every once in awhile when I'm taking care of Nolan I get a small glimpse of what they did for me and how much they love me. I think to myself, "Wow, did my parents really love me this much?! DO they love me this much?!

Was there a time when they would do just about anything to make me smile? Did it break their hearts when I cried like I just had a bad dream? Did they worry over every parenting decision they were making? Did they take a bunch of pictures of every day things I did just because they thought I was the cutest thing in the world? Did they study my features and watch me sleep?

It's true what people say that you don't really know how much your parents love you until you have children of your own.

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Ok, enough of the sappy stuff, here's some pics from the last couple weeks!

First of all, The other day I texted a girl we met at softball practice a few weeks ago who had offered to watch Nolan during our games. In my text I said, "Hey! This is Meghan (Nolan's mom)," and it was totally weird! That was the first time I had referred to myself as "Nolan's mom."

I'm still not sure what lottery we won in heaven because we certainly don't deserve this sweet little guy. I've said it a million times, but he is SO good! On Sunday morning I was up doing some things around the apartment and snapped these pictures and videos. He was just hanging out, playing with his toys, barely making a peep for a good 45 min! I kept checking him because I thought he must have fallen asleep! Nope, just being an angel.

The videos are a little boring because he's not doing much, but I had to show how good he was!

Nolan has been doing this super cute thing lately where he looks at you, then smiles with his tongue out and shyly looks away. It's pretty darn adorable!

He still loves to stand and if you only needed your legs to crawl he'd be all over the place, but he still hasn't figured out how to use his arms to push himself up yet. Often if he wants to get something that's just out of his reach he will either roll until he gets closer or bury his head in the blanket and push his little bum up in the air with his legs. It takes him awhile just to move a few inches, but he eventually gets there! We haven't captured him putting his little bum in the air yet, but he sure wants this bat. I kind of feel bad when he tries so hard that he gets tired!

He loves bright colors and feeling different materials. He's always grabbing at buckles or soft blankets or jean jackets or bright bags. It's pretty cute :) One interesting thing though is that he seems to have stopped scratching the mesh in his crib. It's funny how we pay attention to all the new things he does, but often forget or don't notice when he stops doing something he used to do.

In the morning, we almost always find this silly kid on his belly with his head all the way in the corner of his bed.

I walked into the living room from the kitchen one morning to see Nolan dressed like this. I guess Justin was trying to give him the illusion of being 'Naked Nolan' without actually taking his pjs off haha. It was so cute I had to get a couple pictures! He looks like a little Merlin with a robe on or something.

He looked so cute for church last Sunday! I have been loving dressing him in shorts since the weather has been warming up. He looks adorable in them! And this polo his grandpa B. got him? I'm dying over here. Justin teases me that Nolan is just a little doll for me to dress up, which is funny because I didn't even really play with dolls growing up!

Giggling like crazy in the family history center.

Justin multi-tasking while watching a show :) He's such a good daddy!

I felt a little bad using the flash so early in the morning to get this picture. It's a good thing Justin was still asleep or he probably would have stopped me. But I just loved how he had his little finger up to his lips haha.