I need to lose weight...

On 5/8, I went to the Desert Museum.

Here is a picture of Nina with her new flamingo toy:

On 5/9, Nathan had another speech therapy session.  We decided that since he has been making so much progress lately we are going to switch from once a week to twice a month.  He is doing much better.  Yesterday he said hot dog clear as day. 

Here is another picture of Nina taken 5/10.  It is funny that she has that big bed and yet half of her body is hanging off of it!

On 5/11, I went to the Tucson Botanical Gardens and Tohono Chul Park.  It was National Gardens Day or something like that so I got in free (I am actually a member at the Tucson Botanical Gardens).  I went to take pictures to enter another photo contest.  I previously entered another contest with the theme Macro Photography, but I did not win :(  Some day soon I am going to buy some macro accessories for my camera. 

We celebrated Mother's Day on 5/12.  Paul made me breakfast, went out and got me lunch at Pappoules Greek Cafe, bought me chocolate covered strawberries from Edible Arrangements and then took me out to dinner at Caruso's. 

Today, I had my annual gynecologist appointment.  They weighed me and it depresses me how much weight I have gained since I had Nathan.  I vow to start losing it.  They also did a fasting glucose test and I fear the test results.  I pray my diabetes has not come back.  I am very serious about eating better and exercising more. 

Great Progress

Nathan is making such great progress with his speech.  He was pretty talkative today.  He will repeat pretty much anything you ask him to.  Today he started saying tractor and he said his name!

We had a good day today.  I did my bike and read two chapters of my digital macro photography dummy book.  Then I took a shower, took Nathan for a wagon ride and to the park.  He can actually climb to the top now and go down the big slide.  I keep a close eye on him, but he did well...I even went down the slide a few times which he loved.  Then we went to the post office and came home and had lunch.  He had a good appetite today!  He played with his toys and colored before WE took a nap.  We did not watch any TV today (other than DOOL)!  I was also able to read him a book today and kept his attention for the whole thing!  That is saying a lot.  I am noticing that he is not being so wild outdoors anymore either.  I may be able to trust him to walk beside me now at places instead of always holding my hand or riding in the stroller (like at the zoo).  Before he would just run all over the place.

It is actually cooling down this week, too, which is nice.  I think it is going to rain later in the week, but I for one am enjoying the cooler weather.  100 degree weather will be here soon enough!   

Bummer!

I started updating this blog today only to find out I maxed out on my picture space.  I did not even know there was a limit.  That is a real bummer because I was using this blog to showcase some of my better pictures.  I guess I will have to find a new way to do so, like flickr.  So, I have gone back through my posts and deleted a lot of the pictures.  I guess the good thing is that I can update the blog more often now that I do not have to sort through a lot of pictures first.

On 4/26, I took Nathan to the Zoo.

On 4/27, I went to the Desert Museum.

Later that day Nathan decided to give his giraffe a kiss!

On 4/28 we went to the Pima County Fair.

When Nathan went to bed that night he decided to wear his "hat"

Nathan proceeded to wear a "hat" for several nights thereafter.  Here are pics from 4/30 & 5/1.

On 5/3, Nathan and I went to the zoo.  Also that day, Nathan had a great milestone.  He said his first two word phrase - Mickey cheese!  He was referring to his Mickey Mouse shaped cheese.

Yesterday, 5/5, Paul and Nathan had a father and son day.  They went to a mine in Sahuarita and looked at the big trucks.  Then on the way home they stopped at the Maynard's Market train depot downtown.

Last night there was a Super Moon.  I tried to take some pics.  I really need to learn more about my camera and how to shoot in manual mode. 

Today we took Nathan to a train museum here in town.  He LOVES trains!

Great day at speech therapy!

Nathan did great today at speech therapy.  He said several new words for Sue, including light (he used to say up), blankie, puppy, go and my.  We also worked on letter recognition and vocalization and he did surprisingly well with that, too. 

Yesterday, Paul took the day off work.  I had my annual vision appointment.  My prescription did not change and I walked out of there paying practically nothing!  I recently bought Nathan a new kiddie pool so we let him play in it yesterday afternoon.  He had a blast! 

On Saturday I went to the Desert Museum while Paul and Nathan went to the Pima County Fair.  I guess they rode a couple of rides and petted some animals, including a kangaroo!  We are thinking about going back this Saturday so I can pet the kangaroo...and Paul tells me they have garlic fries!  Nathan had to be 3 ft tall to ride some of the rides at the fair and he measured right at 3 ft with the help of his little spiked hair!  He was 34.5 inches on his 2nd birthday.

On 4/19 I took Nathan to the zoo.  We got there early to beat the heat.  Since we got there before the zoo opened, we walked over by Reid Lake and I noticed a beautiful rose garden.

It is getting hot!

It is in the upper 90s this week!  I am really not ready for summer! 

The air show on Sunday was great.  We were there from start to finish.  Since we got there so early, Nathan actually fell asleep during the first part of the show.  He is obviously a sound sleeper if he can sleep through that!  He enjoyed himself, but after awhile he got ansy.  I took a lot of pictures and I am still going through them.  The quality is not that great because many seem washed out.  It is hard to get good shots when you are shooting up toward the sun. 

Nathan had speech therapy yesterday.  Not a very eventful session, but he had learned the word no since our last session (which he pronounces "mo").  However, after she left, he did great the rest of the day.  I got him to do the sign for train, truck and cheese.  He also finally said choo choo.  It sounds more like poo poo, but at least he is trying!

Today I am taking him to the zoo.  I hope the animals are active this morning.

April showers...

Today it rained this morning and it is still cloudy.  Thus, we have decided not to go to the Air Show and wait until tomorrow.  Paul also has the day off on Monday so we are not sure what we are going to do then.  I should use the time to work in my house, but right now I am not feeling motivated. 

On Wednesday, Nathan's speech therapist did not show up.  I called her and found out she was sick so no speech therapy this week.  Instead, I took him to the zoo.  We go to the zoo like once a week.  I wonder if he is going to get sick of it.  There is a lot to see right now, though, with the new elephant exhibit, the lion cubs and our new polar bear, Snow.  However, the lions seem to sleep a lot, Snow is rarely out and sometimes even the elephants are out of viewing range.  I guess every visit can not be a picture perfect visit.

Happy Easter!

Last Thursday, 4/5, I took Nathan to the zoo AGAIN. 

Friday was Good Friday so Nathan's school was closed.  We picked up our honeybaked ham that day to have for Easter. 

Saturday we took Nathan to Agua Linda Farms in Amado, AZ.  He participated in an egg hunt, rode a pony, petted animals and went on a hayride.  Tubac was only a few minutes away so we ate lunch there.  Paul bought himself another Mexican dude statue to replace the one Nathan broke months ago.  Then we walked around so I could take pictures.

 

Sunday we went to church for Easter.  Then we came home and had some ham, deviled eggs and carrot cake.