No Longer A Baby

I think its fair to say that Nathan is no longer a baby. He has always been in the 90% for height and the 75% for weight. But in 3 weeks he will be turn two. And that makes me sad. I think more sad than when he turned one. And I think its because he has learned so much this past year. Things that have made him a little person. He walked before he was one so the things that came the following year were things that made me so excited about the little boy that he is becoming.

Here are some of those things:

• Drinking from a straw
• using a fork and spoon
• sliding down slides all by himself
• climbing up ladders
• kicking a soccer ball and scoring in a goal
• talking (this took a while but we are finally getting words)
• learning techniques to swimming
• blowing 
• kissing with his mouth closed
• his first haircut
• driving his sit and push cars all by himself
• being an amazing cuddler
• taking gymnastics
• climbing stairs
• jumping up and jumping forward
• reading his ABCs aloud
• learning numbers
• doing the right dance moves to certain songs (If You're Happy and You Know It)
• praying at dinner with us
• eating without making a mess
• playing with other kids and making friends

And the list goes on and on. There were not that many things in his first year. So to show you all some of those things, I put together a video of the last 12 months of Nathan's life.