A few things I've been up to (from Nate)

Curly's food looked a little dry so I thought he
might enjoy it more if it were in cold cereal form.

Here I am helping Mom make pumpkin muffins!

Yum! I love to taste test!

I love my "puppy Curls" even if he scares me half the time!




Driving my new "car"




Dreaming of driving a real one someday...

Just hangin out.

Mom thinks I look so cute in my WY Cowboys hat.

"Uh oh!!!"

I thought this would be a fun game to play with the

paper towel roll but for some reason mom didn't

think so.

Nate at 18 months

Nate seems to be growing and changing quite a bit lately. He has his well-baby check up next week and I am anxious to see how much he's grown. I know he has grown taller because he can now open and close all the doors in the house. This has its pros: he can now let himself out of a room once he closes the door on himself, and cons: he can now open the doors to the bathrooms and flush the toilet till his little hearts desires...or until I catch him. Speaking of which... he has begun to tell me when he has poopies! Yeah! Sometimes he is too distracted to tell me but he probably tells me 80% of the time. Progress!

He has turned into quite the monkey as well. He is so proud that he can climb up onto our bed by himself now as well as all benches, chairs, tables... Mommy doesn't like this new feat that well.
He is also trying to say some new words such as "ee ya" for "see ya"when he is waving goodbye, "bop" for hot, "ba" for ball or book, to name a few. The sweetest thing is that he loves to pray before we eat. He always reminds me by laying his head against his shoulder. Last week Derrick was gone hunting and each time he specifically wanted to pray for Daddy. So sweet!

He also has had many not so sweet moments as he is getting his other three molars in as well as a cuspid. He has not been sleeping well at nights at all. I'm ready for this phase to be over!

Well, thats a quick update on the Naters for you.

Scripture that I am so thankful for...

Luke 4:16-21
"And He (Jesus) came to Nazereth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read. And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written,

"The Spirit of the LORD is upon Me, because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor, He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, to proclaim the favorable year of the LORD."

And He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

Thank you Jesus that you not only came to bring us eternal life, but an abundant and free life here on earth!