Hello Everyone....

....I hope everybody is having a good summer! We are enjoying the summer and our son! Nate is growing so fast and he is doing new things all of the time. He has recently developed super upper body strength. He keeps trying to sit up from a reclined position and is fairly successful getting into that position, but not yet able to hold the pose on his own, but does very well with minimal assistance to stay balanced. He is smiling all of the time and has recently started these deep belly laughs that crack me up!

He is a drool factory... he is starting to chew on everything, which I believe is the beginning of teething, but there are no ridges that I can feel under the gum as of yet. I have read that from the onset of teething symptoms it can be 2 months before the tooth breaks through.....anyone else experience this? Nate continues to do fairly well with cereal. We have tried a few baby foods. He likes bananas, sweet potatoes and peas, but wasn't too fond of carrots. I can't say I blame him.

We have recently had dinner with Sandra, Chris and John one night- John was Nate's pod mate in the NICU- also a 26 week preemie- there are pics of the two of them together here. What miracles they are!!

We also had dinner one night with Lynne and Al...Lynne was Nate's primary nurse from the NICU. WE love Lynne!!

There are a couple of pics with Averie, Nate's Florida girlfriend. I hope Elizabeth, his Kentucky girlfriend doesn't get too jealous!!!

Here are some pics- click to enlarge!