Turkey Day, Swimming & Talking

First, the pics. Nathan by the pool (he much preferred to hang out on the side than in it...until it was naptime and then he decided he wanted to swim and swim and swim), Thanksgiving Dinner, and Nathan chilling out with Mommy's sunglasses at home.

Now, the update...Hope you all had a fabulous Turkey Day. We were in Toledo this year with Michael's family. It was fun to swim in the pool, drink wine after the kids were in bed and spend time with family we don't see very often. But between the long car rides and several cousins getting a stomach bug while we were there, we were all ready to come home. We enjoyed a delicious meal at Bill & Becki's but I can't say I remember much of the food. I know it was all yummy but Nathan was fussing and not wanting to eat anything but the homemade applesauce that wasn't part of the meal and Noah insisted he was hungry a little while later aarrggh...maybe in a few years I'll get to enjoy the meal again! Becki, I know it was delicious, thanks again!!!

We finally got to go to the Family Swim on Sunday afternoon at our YMCA. We've been trying to get there since September but there was always something that prevented it (errands, Nathan's nap, a house project etc). This Sunday all the stars were aligned and we got to go. I'm so glad we did; Noah made huge progress swimming. In fact, he swam for the first time without his flotation and kept his head up for several seconds and moved forward in the water before he got scared and started to sink. We were so proud of him and hope to go back next weekend to see him get even better!

Nathan has changed so much in the last week, it is truly amazing! His walking is much more stable and man is he quick! He loved running down the long halls of hotel and if he got a headstart of a few seconds, you actually had to jog to catch up with him. His language is starting to take off too. He picked up a few new words in the last week (milk, yogurt, cracker, all done, night-night, and baby) and is so proud of himself when he knows that you understand his word. I love this time from now until 18 months or so when the language just explodes. It is so fun watching someone else learn how our language works (and all of the exceptions to the rules that they try to master).

Hope everyone's holiday season is starting off well. We don't have much shopping left to do but hope to do some holiday baking and spending time together and maybe, just maybe it won't be too stressful!

A week of sickness!

Life in the Huber Household hasn't been much fun lately. Nathan came down with the stomach bug last Saturday night (which killed the date night- aka bottle of wine & movie-we had planned). Kate got it Sun night since she had to hold Nathan through all of his ordeal. Scrubbed bathrooms down after each of these days, quarantined the sick person, no one else shared the bathroom etc. Noah got sick once on Tues and was mostly back to normal on Wed. We thought we were over it. Then today, Sunday, Michael got something. We keep hoping and hoping that we're over it, done & finished. We all need to be healthy for Turkey Day in Toledo. This was not the way I expected the week to be leading up to Thanksgiving. Then again, is anything ever the way you think it will be, especially with kids?

Hope everyone else stays healthy. You don't want what we've had!

Noah at School

Michael and I got to spend a little time with Noah in his montessori classroom. We were allowed an hour total so we split it 30 mins each.

It is very organized and you are allowed to sit in one of 3 little chairs and watch the children as they work. Noah was very concerned with showing us what he was doing, and his teachers encouraged him to show us what he has been working on most recently. It is amazing to see 32 kids in 3 different classrooms each doing their own projects & activities with 3 adults helping, giving lessons etc. Still not sure if he will be a lefty or a righty (he favors each in different situations). Time will tell!

Noah waved good-bye when I left and watched me walk down the steps. I was worried for only a minute that he might cry. He is so happy at Trent and we are thrilled with how much he is learning!

(This picture was from his first day of school, such a big boy!)