This is it—my last personal update on my own website! We will be switching to our family website after my baby sister is born. I hope you’ve enjoyed my ramblings. I know Mommy looks forward to sharing more of her unique thoughts with you. ;)
February was a blur! Daddy was in the middle of his surgery rotation—he started the dreaded general surgery the middle of the month. There was a short adjustment period to not seeing Daddy for more than an hour a day and only one day per weekend. Now when Daddy gets home, I forget that Mommy even lives here; unless she walks into the room when Daddy and I are putting together a puzzle, then I say, “You can’t come in here.” Sometimes I’ll call for her when Daddy and I are hiding under the covers and I want “Frank” to come find us. Otherwise, Daddy walks in the door; I give him a big hug and shout, “Let’s wrestle!” (First I tell Daddy to change out of his scrubs.) Mommy has mumbled something about Daddy needing a little time to relax when he comes home, but I say there’s nothing better than a little wrasslin’ to help a guy unwind!
Speaking of the rough & tumble, our neighbors had tickets to Ronnie Milsap during the San Antonio Stockshow & Rodeo. The problem was they only had two tickets. We drove to the Alamodome thinking Mommy would just walk around the grounds during the show, but at the gate, a perfect stranger gave us three more free tickets to the rodeo! Now we each had a ticket! It was meant to be. I enjoyed the bucking broncos, steer wrestling and the mutton bustin’ (little kids hanging on to the back of a running sheep for 6 seconds). Mommy took me out to the petting zoo, HEB jumpy castles and tractor “rides” during most of the concert; but I got to listen to “Smokey Mountain Rain” and “I Wouldn't Have Missed It For the World” with my HEB light-up ring like a concert veteran.
We had several friends visit us this month, too. The Evers came in from Abilene for some big city entertainment. It rained most of Saturday, but we explored the part-museum-part-zoo-part-fun-park of The Bass Pro Shop and survived a rainy Saturday afternoon at Chuck E. Cheese. We sampled sushi later that night at a new restaurant called Wasabi. “Mmmmm, this is good sushi!” was my funny quote of the night. Sushi is a fun word to say. I loved playing with Reagan. He likes cars and trains as much as I do, so we got along splendidly! We played at the park, ran outside, wrestled with Mr. Rusty, etc. I was sad to see them go. The next weekend, we got to see Mr. Mike. I was a little testy at first at this guy who was trying to steal away my “Daddy Time.” But, then he showed me the Thomas book that he brought me (one that makes noise) and we were good. For dinner we tried a new Mediterranean restaurant, The Jerusalem Grill. It was delicious! I had some falafel, hummus and baklava—a new favorite!
We had my birthday party on Saturday, March 15th. The weather was beautiful—80 degrees, slight breeze. People started to show up about 10:00 to a big Thomas sign that read “Welcome Friends! All Aboard!” We kept busy with the train coloring pages & sticker station and played with my cars & trains until more people got there. Then it was outside to run around and burn off some energy. We had free play, “Pin the #1 on Thomas,” and “Fill the Troublesome Truck with Coal” (bean bag toss). My friends received their Thomas conductor hats and blow horns as a prize for each game. The pizza arrived just in time for lunch! Mommy & Daddy ordered 8 pizzas and almost all of them got eaten! I liked the pepperoni. We also had apple juice boxes, grapes and carrots. While the big people cleaned up, I got ready to open presents. I had a lot of fun. Just like
Christmas, I wanted to stop and play with each toy after I opened it. Mommy said, “We’ll do that later.” This mass-present-opening it a strange process! There was a lot of Thomas the Tank Engine paraphernalia (wooden track sets, accessories and engines—Percy, James and Happy Birthday Thomas; pajamas, T-shirts, etc.), “Cars” goodies (a throw rug for my bedroom, snack bowls & cups, CD soundtrack, shorts & T-shirt set and sticker book), Diego Rescue Pack, Leap Frog dominoes game, toy cars, trains, books, and an Air Force Academy T-shirt! After presents, it was time for the “Happy Birthday” song and cake! Mommy made a train cake—a big blue engine assembled from two loaf pans, a coal car (milk duds), zoo car (animal crackers & sour balls) and the caboose (topped with Twix bars) made out of mini loafs. I still don’t quite get how to blow the candles out, so Papa helped. I wanted vanilla cake with party confetti and vanilla ice cream this year—mmmmm was it good!
For my birthday proper, Mommy set aside a whole day for ME! I started by singing Happy Birthday at wake-up time and eating birthday cake in bed after I blew out the candles. Then I got to run through the birthday streamers Mommy hung on my door. After seeing my friends at the KidZone (OK, Mommy did sneak in some yoga for herself), we ran errands. I got to buy a Magic Schoolbus book at the used bookstore. Mommy washed the car after the mudstorm last night (yes, some big fire in Mexico sent ash and dust into the jet stream/upper-level system causing it to literally rain mud—it’s everywhere!) It was an absolutely beautiful day, so we went to the newly remodeled Orsinger Park yesterday for a birthday picnic. I played in the community sandbox, bridges, slides, climbing walls and swings. Then we had ham & cheese sandwiches, pears, grapes, string cheese and cherry tomatoes for lunch—all of my favorites! Soon it was time for my birthday surprise at Cody library. I got to high-five Wyatt and Princess Presto from “SuperWhy!” It’s one of my favorite PBS shows. Super Why has the power to read. Princess Presto has spelling power. On the drive home, I fell asleep—it was a big morning. When I woke up, Daddy was home (he had an early surgery day)! We got some extra time to wrestle, play board games and run outside in the yard. We opened a few more presents from Mommy and Daddy right before dinner. I got more Magtastiks, Crayola drawing supplies for my Cool Book, Tad (Leap Frog) DVD “Code Word Caper” and LeapPad “Tads Number Farm.” We had blueberry pancakes with chocolate whipped cream for my special birthday supper! We finished the night playing with some of my new birthday toys and reading my favorite books. Mommy read an extra book in bed called “The Birthday Monsters.” It was quite a special day.
Happy Easter! I certainly hope Easter doesn’t come this early again for awhile (though I’m told it won’t during my lifetime.) It sort of got lost in the birthday/baby hoopla. I had about 5 minutes to find my Easter Basket in-between waking up, eating breakfast, getting dressed (I refused to wear my cute sweater-vest) and leaving for church. I did learn my Bible verse in Sunday School though, “Jesus is alive!” And I enjoyed eating my chocolate Easter egg treat in the car on the way up to Granna & Papa’s. I lick my candy like a lollipop without a stick, so the chocolate got a bit messy. Once in New Braunfels, I could finally relax (after family photos in the backyard). When my cousin, Skyler, showed up, I followed him everywhere! Katie was fun to play with, too! She even wrestled with me (Skyler wouldn’t do that)! After Easter dinner—ham, green-bean-asparagus casserole, macaroni & cheese, salad, and rolls—it was time for the egg hunt! I had a super time as always. I love racing around to find eggs. Aunt Heather brought six special metal eggs with money inside. I found two of them. After we tallied our loot (I found 32 eggs), we rolled right into the cascarones! I got to crush about 15 bright, confetti-filled eggs on almost everyone—Granna, Papa, Skyler, Katie, Mommy & Daddy. Everyone was laughing at the end of the festivities. Then it was time for Granna’s banana pudding—yum!
I fell asleep on the drive home (around 7:00). I woke up long enough to change into jammies during the transfer, but went right back down without supper. I’d been sneaking enough Easter candy to carry me through the night. I woke up at 10:30 and told Mommy my tummy hurt. She assumed I was just hungry. “No. I don’t want anything in my tummy,” I said. She sang me a few songs and went back to bed. About 30 minutes later, I woke up again crying, “Get it off of me.” Mommy came in to find out I was talking about the vomit. Yup. I got sick. Or like I told Mommy, “I just burped.” Mommy said it’s from too much Easter candy. Could that be true?!
The next day, I had my three-year well-baby check. I weighed in at 35 pounds and 39 ½ inches. Dr. Grant said that put me in the 75% for height, 50% for weight. When Mommy looked it up for a friend on the internet, three charts were different—one said as high as 89% for height and 81% for weight. So who knows? I guess that’s why Mommy says she doesn’t put too much stock into the numbers. I’m definitely a healthy boy!
Otherwise, we’re just waiting for my little sister to be born. I’m excited. I asked mom, “Is [sister] ready to be born yet? I want to give her a kiss!” Mommy and Daddy say I’ll be a great big brother. The next time I talk to y’all, I will be one!
Until then,
Nathaniel Christopher
AKA “Nate-Dawg”
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