A Day With the Women

My grandma, mom and I went out and ran some errands and did some shopping the other day and of course Niko was the man of the day.

This is when we decided we needed to
pull out his book to chew on

His monkey  fell on his head.

We went to Applebee's and he wanted our spicy
wings, so we gave him some celery to chew on

I wasn't loading the spoon fast enough :)

This one doesn't go with the post...but I think I'll just add it to this one anyway. Niko has started figuring out the sippy cup and he likes it. He always wants to do things by himself (except play or nap).

DADDY!

Nathan is home and taking care of more and more baby duties. So of course there have to be pictures of firsts:)

Getting Niko ready for bath...and keeping him entertained

First time Nathan fed him and the first time I didn't feed him (real food).

Not a first, but so cute. He kept waking and fussing while
I was trying to get ready for work so this was the solution :)

Just a cute picture!

LOVES Daddy's hats

Just hanging out

Just another cute one, playing
with a toy at work.

Um, I think that is all the first ones with his daddy:) Pictures are such a great save for my being horrible at blogging!

Yay stroller!

I finally ordered my stroller that my mother in law bought for our baby shower gift. It is so awesome! I decided on the BOB Revolution Duallie because they have all good reviews and the duallie just to plan for the future :) The reviews said they hold up well and for now I just put a blanket and extra layers in the extra seat so I don't have to deal with the basket yet. The shocks are amazing and Niko falls asleep if I make it bounce when he's fussy, so that is great!

He loves to look around and just hang out...unless he's really tired :)

WHOLE AGAIN

Nathan is home again......"for good" as people like to ask. It's a complicated answer, but he doesn't have to leave in two weeks and I guess that's what they mean :) It's been kinda hard and we are adjusting and trying to figure out how to do things together. I think Nathan thinks the baby was easier when he left (and he was because he only slept and ate then!) I have been enjoying watching my boys together though :)

Of course the unit got home the only day I had plans this summer....Lyndi's wedding (my best friend of 13 or so years)  was the same day! We got lucky and he got on the first plane that was available so I was able to be at the airport for a short time. We did not stay to welcome the rest of the unit because I needed to help the bride get ready for her big day! My siblings snuck to the airport (I told Nathan it would just be Niko, Grandma and me) but I'm glad because my brother took pictures for me.

Nathan is at the very bottom of the stairs...there was a whole bunch of people there!

Yay! Our first hug after five months.

Checking each other out :)

And the wedding....I had a very long exhausting, emotionally draining, exciting, happy, glorious day. And I only cried three times!

So happy for them!

The third time I cried...and couldn't even finish my speech!

And Niko turned five months four days before this....I had a lot to do and we were both sick so we only took a few pictures. I try to get a few good ones, but I really only took a few this month. We just weren't in the mood. 

Cousin Anika hung out with us quite a bit while they were visiting.
Niko really liked the scarf she was wearing this day and he
tried to eat it :)

He's been sitting quite well...until I wanted a picture.

 

Have to get a military one in there :)

We are still very busy and we are trying to figure out what we will be doing next. Nathan wants to finish school so we are taking a road trip to check a couple of them out so he can decide where he wants to go. He's going to get a job for the rest of the summer and I have one day (for sure) left of work. I'm so excited to go back to wife mode instead of just mommy mode:) I'm sure I'll be three times as tired, but we'll figure it out, we always do!

This is so difficult...

I am so bad at regularly blogging....but that's too bad! I'll get to it when I can, which is now because I have other stuff I should be doing while Niko is actually napping for more than five minutes :)
Niko is now almost five months old...so I guess I'll share some photos from his fourth month here with us!

I just love this one...his eyes are wide and so blue!

Niko loves the dogs...and they love him. Tinkerbell watches him or lies next to him frequently. And she will let him yank out her fur and then beg for more. They are cute together.

His first Easter basket...that is hidden from all the stuff he received! 

I love the ribbon in his mouth :)

New frog towel from Tracy

And on his 4 month birthday

AWESOME smile

So adorable!!

He found his tongue :P

Checking out Daddy's tags

It's always about the pictures....then I don't have to say as much! Well the school year is coming to an end, which means I can start letting Niko sleep as long as he wants every morning....hopefully then we can get to a more normal schedule. 

Nathan will be coming home this summer and I am so very excited! I can't even express the crazy emotions! I'm looking forward to having the family together and coming up with a routine that works for all of us and really get Nathan involved so they can bond. I can hardly wait to see Niko smile at his Daddy for the first time (he has smiled while on skype but not directly at Nathan since he doesn't really see him). So thrilling. Of course that means I'm busy trying to get everything done that needs to be finished so that we can just relax for a week or so and get into a rhythm. So I'm blogging, because that's a must....except not. So now I'm headed to actually accomplish things!!!