9 Months old

Nathan had his 9 month check up on Monday. The doctor said that he is doing great. He weighs 20lbs and is 27 3/4 inches tall. She was very impressed with how strong Nate is, we attribute that to his love of jumping. Anyway, here are some pictures from the last few days, so you can see how big he is now.
Nathan is so much like his dad! He loves books. He loves to be read to and he loves to play with the books. Here he is playing with one of his favorite stories.

Just cute with my bright blue eyes.
Grandma & Grandpa Rygmyr got a new puppy. I wasn't sure what to think about it. It was so small and fluffy.

So cute and sleepy after church.

Daddy accidentally dropped a pen when he came home. Nathan found it!

Nathan loves to look at himself in the mirror! He even tried "kissing" himself.


Nathan loves the bath. Boris kind of likes it too. He is also getting good at standing by his self. (not pulling himself up yet though).

Pigs & Peaches Festival!

My grandpa and grandma Rygmyr, aunt Kristen, aunt Caitlin and Caitlin's boyfriend Jeff came over tonight. We went to Kennesaw's annual Pigs & Peaches Festival! There was a LOT of delicious BBQ to taste. We enjoyed the music while we ate. Nathan was having so much fun trying to get the leaves off the trees.
Here is a video of him laughing while mommy told him "no". It was hilarious! On the walk home Nathan was falling asleep in his stroller and he started crying, so mommy picked me up and I fell right asleep.

At the beach!

Last Wednesday we went to Proctor Beach at Lake Allatoona in Acworth (it is the closest thing we have to a beach at least). Nathan had lots of fun playing in the sand, until he tried eating it. Here are a couple of pictures of his first sand experience.

Nathan is laughing

Nate has been on a laughing strike for a few months, but recently he has started laughing more and more. Here is a video of him doing his thing. - David

He's doing it!

Nathan is full on crawling now. He has really been working on it this last week, and he has figured it out now. It it so fun to watch him get around now.

A Nathan update

Since Nathan got his first tooth on July 4th, I have been trying and trying to get a picture of it. Well now he has two teeth and I still have not been able to get a picture of it. He will be doing things where I see them all the time, until I get the camera out, then he is so tight lipped about it. I am determined to get pictures of the teeth before they come in all the way. Right now I like to say that one of them is 1/2 the way in and the other is 1/4, so I have some time to still get them.
As far as Nathans crawling goes, he is moving forward. He did his first actual crawl on July 24th, he went about a foot. It was really exciting and both David and I got to see it. Along with his crawl he does this little hop thing-kind of like a bucking bronco. It is really cute to watch him, in fact right now he is trying to get his snack, (cherry flavored puffs- he loves them). I have said that Nate's mantra is "why crawl when I can barrel roll". He rolls and rolls all over our living room floor. I think that Nathan might be one of those kids that crawls a little and walks soon, we will have to wait and see.
Here are some pictures of my attempt at tooth shots and his crawling. Enjoy!

I love the pool!

Nathan loves going to the pool. I guess he finds it very relaxing because he falls asleep in his floatie every time. This time we put his friend Jenna Jenkins in the floatie with him, and she fell asleep too. Before we got in the pool I gave Nathan a mohawk with the sunscreen, his hair is just the right length for it. It makes him look really tough, doesn't it?