Bob the Builder

Daddy is a regular handy man around the house these days. Nathan and Mommy are quite shocked by the whole thing, but very happy at the same time. Nathan has taken to "fixing" things himself and replacing batteries all in his toys. Dad has fixed the microwave, fixed the bathroom door, assembled the new kitchen table and chairs, Nathan's new toddler bed (which needed new hardware which he had to go to Home Depot and figure out what to buy) and is now considering adding a new door for the basement. Our only complaint is that because he is so diligent and deliberate in his efforts he's rather slow. We expect with more practice he'll get much quicker. We aren't complaining though, it's nice that he does all this himself because my first thought would be to call someone to take care of it. The leaky basement pipe and the heating issues however will still be outsourced to professionals - maybe in a year or two Daddy will be up for the task.

Bath issues

Nathan has always been a water baby. Loves swimming and any and all things related to water. I swear he was the son of fisherman in a past life (strange dream I had). The last few days however he's gotten absolutely hysterical when he's been put in the bath and we cannot figure out why. We thought it was a water tempature issue but it doesn't appear to be that either. We hope its something that will resolve itself soon because it's making our bed time routine difficult and our trip to California won't be much fun if we can't go swimming.

Dave spent the entire weekend putting our new kitchen table and chairs together. We are so psyched to be finally rid of our Ikea 2 seater from our NYC days!

New Jersey

Josh turned 2 this past Friday so we packed up the car and headed to NJ for the weekend. It was so much fun to see the Miller cousins together. Nathan was a little overwhelmed at the actual birthday party given the large crowd of people and insisted on spending most of the party down in the basement. He did surface for the present portion and was well rewarded with plenty of gifts even though it wasn't his birthday. Josh and Kate were so much fun and getting so grown up since we'd last seen them in August. With a big sister as his role model Josh did insist on wearing a dress most of the weekend but he got some great boy dress up gifts to expand his wardobe for his birthday. The sleeping arrangements were pretty funny with Grandma in the basement on an air mattress and Kate on the floor in her parents room and Nathan in a full bed with us. A pack n play was available but Nathan much preferred sleeping in the bed with us. Josh being the birthday boy got to keep his room to himself for the weekend. We can't wait to get everyone together in April for Nathan's birthday. We will post some birthday pictures shortly.