Personality Plus

Well Mr. Nolan is really starting to develop his personality lately and we might have the makings of a class clown (of course a super smart class clown haha). At nursery last week they were singing Give, Said the Little Stream and one of the leaders asked him if he wanted to go sit in the "stream" (a piece of cloth on the floor).  He responded, "No, I get sick." hahaha. He knows he's funny too because sometimes he'll say or do something and when we laugh he'll say "I funny!"

Several months ago, Justin and I started having to spell words out if we don't want him to know what we're talking about. Unfortunately he's already caught on to some of them. He knows that P-H-O-N-E means "phone," and even tries to spell it himself as "P-E-E-E-O."

He has started wanting to text people. He'll see my phone, reach out his hand and say, 'I hold' then 'I text.' When I ask him who he wants to text he usually says "gamma."

He also has a purple toy phone that he'll often grab and say "hello?" "hello?" "ya." When he's talking to someone else on the phone it's usually "Paul."

Playing with Legos at Barnes and Noble. Uncle BJ is super excited for these nephews to start building lego creations with him! Soon enough Beej!

 

Every time I comb Nolan's hair I always start by combing it back first to make it easier to get a good part. Justin has termed this look, "The Mike Mathews" haha. So now I think of my dad every time I comb his hair. I showed this pic and description to my parents and siblings and everyone agrees he looks like a little "Mini Mike," especially with the button up, short sleeve, 'old faithful' type shirt!

Last week the Family History Dept held a party at Murray Park. It had a little something for everyone - Justin loved the catered Cafe Rio, I loved the snow cones, and Nolan had fun with his balloon sword.

He would come up to us like this and say, "I seeeee you!"

I particularly love these two pictures

I got Justin some pickleball equipment for his birthday, but since we didn't get to try it out then, we decided to get together with our friends Stephanie and Jack (and baby Charlie) and play. It was so much fun to get outside, see friends, and do something fun! After playing we went to Jersey Mike's for lunch.

The guys on baby duty while Stephanie and I played.

I'm still definitely in the learning stage of my new job at FamilySearch, but I'm already so glad I made the change. I love being closer to home, having a bit more flexibility as far as hours go, and the ability to get lunch with Justin at least once a week. Plus, the additional money is nice ☺

And on top of all that, I love working on Temple Square where I get to pass this beautiful, historic, wonderfully significant temple every day!

Last week my friend Melanie was in town for a family reunion so we got together for some ice cream! We were historic sites interns for the Church History Dept together back in 2008. She's a professor at Dixie State now and is one of the smartest, sweetest people I know!

We're still in the middle of our softball season and so far Nolan loves going to the games. Probably because he gets to hang out with cousin "Pau" (who is amazing and watches him for us at all the games!).

He has discovered the fun of spraying his water bottle and had a blast spraying himself in the face! Silly boy!

Pull up those pants boy! ☺

Justin went to the ribbon cutting for Ancestry.com's new building at Traverse Mountain (his partner was the broker most heavily involved in the deal) and said Gov Herbert gave a really cool speech where he talked about one of his ancestors.

He loves closing doors lately. Sometimes he'll close the door and shout from the other side, "knock!" Or, as he did last Sunday when we were all in our room changing after church, he looked at me, pointed at the open door, and said, "eh out!" (get out!) That's right, my toddler is ordering me out of my own room haha.

Right now Nolan's usual request for story time is "Opposites" and "Moo, Baa, La La La." It's too bad because I think the night after we took this video he started actually 'reading' along with Justin while he reads 'Opposites.' Justin will say "short" and Nolan will say "tall!" Justin: "fast" Nolan: "slow." It's too cute! Especially the one where Justin says "whisper" and Nolan responds with a resounding "SHOUT!" and when Nolan makes a muscle and says "strooong" in response to "weak."

We'll have to get that on video next time, but in this one he does the animal noises really well!

He loves "SPINNING!"

It's kind of hard to hear because I had to sneak the video and I'm right next to the air conditioner :( but 1. Nolan has been doing really well with his shapes sorter. He knows how to say "tiangle" and "cicle" and can get at least 5 of them in the right spot. 2. He's also attempting to sing the "ABC's." Cute!

We took Nolan to our last doctor's appointment and he got to meet Dr. Loewen who delivered him. He was a bit nervous haha.

This is what he does when you ask him to smile for a picture these days.

Other pics from Jeanni's house, the park, and toddler time at the library.

Nolan where is your hair? Where's your nose?

And last, my favorite picture from the past little while. 

Lately, whenever we go out to the car, Nolan requests to "Sit!" in the front seat of the car (only) with the door closed (no exceptions). He usually also wants the keys in his hand or in his lap so he can 'drive' and he is NOT happy when I kick him out.

Oh, I'm just not sure if he can get any cuter ♥