The Stell's

I just want to post a little bit this morning. For about two months now Nathan has been coming and getting in our bed in the middle of the night. At first we were not sure what brought it on, we just thought it would happen a few times or maybe he had a bad dream. While we were off for Christmas around 2:00 in the morning I heard something hit the floor. I look down and Nathan is asleep in the floor next to our bed. I picked him up and put him in OUR bed. I know I should make him go back to his room but my reasoning behind it is that he is my baby and he is already growing up to fast, so I dont mind him being there. Well last night I heard him come into our room but instead of trying to get in our bed he laid down at the end of our bed on top of our comforter. Never made a peep. So Doug and I have come to the conclusion that he sleep walks. So not only do we carry on conversations in our sleep but now we sleep walk. I think it is cute.

This is one of the many pictures I took at Botanical. I just so happen to take it with my little camera and that is how I did not lose it.

Wow what a differnce a year makes. He is such a big boy now, upseting because it is all just flying by so fast.

Hi everyone, Well the unbeliavable has happened. I kept procrastinating uploading all of my pictures off of my camera. I had 5 months worth on it and finally did, but somehow they did not save to my computer. Me being in a hurry did not check it before deleting the pictures off my camera. So I have lost halloween and thanksgiving and everything in between. I am very upset about this but I have learned my lesson.

So, here is what we have been up to. We had a wonderful Christmas and so far we are starting the new year off great. Doug and I have been off work since Christmas and so we have been cleaning, I mean really cleaning out. I will post pictures of all the toys we got rid of and just junk that I for the most part have been hanging on to. I am a pack rat. My next project is saving all 3000 pictures on this computer to disk and getting them more organized (so I dont lose anymore). As for Nathan, yes he has been at home with us since christmas, we decided to keep him out of daycare the past week. So he has been staying up late and sleeping in, daycare is going to love us :). He is MR Chatterbox. Carry's on conversations with you and I am loving every second of it. The only thing i am going to complain about is the fact that he refuses to potty train. We have tried everything from toys to candy and bribery. He will use the potty on occasion but our child is okay with wearing a wet/dirty pullup. We have put him in big boy underwear and has messed those up and will not tell anyone because he is okay with it. Where did we go wrong? Will Nathan be 5 and still in pullups? HELP ANYONE WITH ADVICE!!! Other than the potty training he is diffently going thru the terrible twos, he will pitch a fit about anything. I take him to his room until he is done and he comes out like nothing ever happened, he also gets spankings that dont seem to phase him. Wow was not prepared for the two's. We moved him to a full size bed back in September, we bought him a whole new bedroom suit. He has done great in it and I think that is what he needed because he is such a wild sleeper so this way he has more room. Lets see since I dont have pictures to show everyone Nathan was a Firefighter for Halloween and a handsome one at that. He caught on real quick to the trick or treating. We went to a neighborhood by our house with our friends Tiffany, Josh and Mason. I think Nathan and Mason got a good deal, Doug pulled them in a wagon up to the door and they got all the candy. What else has happened since July (my last post). Doug and I celebrated our 4 year anniversary in November. It is amazing how time flies, I guess it seems longer because we have been together for 10 years. He is the love of my life and my best friend. Not to mention the best daddy in the world. We are lucky to have him. Okay, I think that is all and now I will post what pictures i do have.