The boy's got skills ...

A few things Nate has learned in the past few weeks:
* turn the lights on and off
* play the piano
* zip my jacket up and down
* open and close the bathtub drain
* feed Wylie a biscuit AND throw her a toy (instead of putting them in his mouth)
* point at things he wants
* drive his truck and bug all over the house
* play "You Can't Find Me!" (hide and seek) with mommy and daddy
* drink well from a sippy cup (he only takes his one nighttime bottle now)
* press the button to turn his train on and off
* push a ball back and forth with his mommy and daddy
* stacking rings on his little elephant ring-stacker pull-around car. Seriously, this is the song it plays: "Stack up the rings and you can make a friend, and pull him all around with you. He has ears so big and a trunk so long, oh please, oh please come and play!"

BLAAHHH!!!

Nate's new favorite thing to do is stick out his tongue and say, "Blah!" He likes it even more than waving or giving us kisses -- probably because we reinforce it by laughing. But even when he's super cranky, all we have to do is go, "Blah!" and he smiles and sticks out his tongue for us.



After Nate's last pediatrician appointment (when he was sick), the doctor noticed that he wasn't using one of his arms very much. Babies shouldn't show a preference for being left- or right-handed until they're 2, so they were a little concerned. And of course, he was fine. It drives us a little nuts because we have no doubt that Nate is a perfectly healthy baby who's developing normally, but I suppose it's good that they are so cautious.

In other news, the Daley family sold its bachelor-friendly pickup truck in order to buy a family-friendly SUV. You might think we're sad that our truck is gone, but we actually sold it to our neighbor, Elizabeth, so we still get to see it every day! Nate was just so cramped in both of our cars, we had to make the change, and we were able to get a great deal on the new car.

Also, we attended a baptism preparation class over the weekend to get ready for Nate's baptism on April 12, his 1st birthday. We're excited for all the relatives to come and see how much Nate has changed in the past few months!