Little Tease

Oh man, I've been slacking on the blog lately, which means I have a ton of pictures to share! Enjoy!
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I'll start with the cutest video. Nolan has really started to interact with us. He knows us and smiles when we come home from work (makes my day every day). He likes to play and mimic what we do. We can even sometimes call him and he'll crawl to us! Well the other day the little stinker showed us a brand new interactive trick.

He teased Justin!

It was SO funny. He had one of those little yellow shape blocks and he was keeping it away from Justin. At one point in the video below he even sticks it in his face and pulls it back haha!!

Nolan also loves playing Godzilla and knocking over towers of blocks! Justin has added his own little touch to the game where he says "No" and tries to block Nolan's hands. He loves it! This game might come back to bite us in the butt though because right now it seems like Nolan thinks "No" just means try harder! Parent fail.

And this little boy is so determined! If he sees something he wants he will climb under things, over things, use his feet - whatever he needs to do to get it. We kind of like his tenacity and the fact that he keeps trying and doesn't let obstacles in his way stop him from reaching his goals ☺ 

Here's video proof. 

PIONEER DAY
On Pioneer Day (July 24th) we went to Olympus Hills Park to play some tennis since we had the day off. We were worried we wouldn't get a court, but no not a single other person was there!

 The beautiful view

MORE SWIMMING

Nolan still really enjoys going to swim class. He just loves being in the water and splashing around. The instructor is always commenting on how much fun he's having! Last week we were trying to teach the kids to wait until mom or dad says it's ok to get in the pool. She said she'd help us if we have a 'jumper' and pointed straight at Nolan, who was at that moment completely bent over trying to get his hands in the pool haha.

I usually have to wipe my face down every 5 seconds because he's splashing so much!

One of my favorite pictures to date. He just looks so happy!

 FATHER'S AND SON'S ACTIVITY

Justin was so excited to take Nolan to his first Father's and Son's activity. It was a carnival at the park by our church and Justin was in charge of one of the stations. He thought of doing a life sized Angry Birds game with a 200 ft water balloon launcher aimed at a bunch of stacked boxes. I think it was a hit! Although the little kids mostly just wanted to pop all the balloons ☺. Paul came too to help for a bit and hang out with Nolan.

Also, Justin told me that at the activity a guy looked at him and said, "He's cute!" Then a few minutes later he was looking again and said, "Wow, he's really cute!" (We know).

SOFTBALL CHAMPS
Wookies - Wendnesday night league champs! Undefeated!
(L-R: Brian S, Meghan S, Ashley, Brandon, Meghan, Justin, Alison, Justin, Liz, and Brian)

CR - Thursday night league champs!

(L-R: Jabe, Chris, Missy, Alison, Shelby, Justin, Meghan, Nolan, Brian, Liz, Paul)

Our friend Hannah has been so sweet to watch Nolan at most of the games this season!

 Shelby carpools with us every week and Nolan flirts with her in the back seat the whole time. Oh boy!

RANDOM CUTENESS

Silly kid grabbed the edge of his pjs with his lips (I was going to say teeth?) and pulled the sleeve all the way up so his hand was down by the elbow of the sleeve. He 'read' the whole story one handed!

Being a good boy while mom finally got herself some reading glasses...

...and again in the kitchen while I made some zucchini bread for a YW activity.

Speaking of the YW activity...it was at one of the leaders' homes who has this in the backyard. Is this not the coolest, most magical play house you've ever seen?! And the inside is fully functional too with a microwave, tv, fridge, fireplace, lights, and granite countertops!

 This kid loves bath time! Those eyelashes!

Ok, after much deliberation, I just had to share this video with you guys. He is just too cute splashing in the bath!

 No dad, I want to watch the Giants game! hehe. King of the couch and the remote. 

Having way too much fun with a bottle and a tile floor at our friends house

Looking so cute in his new monster pjs.

 Lately his favorite thing to do is chew on his blanket. At least he's not sticking it up his nose like his mom did ;)

Because of this blanket sucking I decided to try giving him a binky again and he took it! After 7 months of him not wanting anything to do with it haha. He's chewed on binkies before, but this time he actually sucked on it and kept it in his mouth for a good 10-15 min! The last few days we've been giving it to him at bedtime and he seems to like it. Weird.

Sometimes, when he decides he wants to, he'll feed himself, and it's a w e s o m e!

Sometimes he needs some help though.

 His new favorite spot is under the recliner.

Mmm, Izzy is good eatin's!

Dinner with Aunt Brianna.

He's getting good at climbing over things and standing up. I guess all the bookshelves and dressers should have been nailed to the wall like yesterday!