Nathan's First Birthday!

Nathan is 1 year old! We celebrated his birthday with family and friends the weekend of September 26th. He had a lot of fun playing with his buddies and opening lots of toys. Thanks to everyone who helped make his first birthday a memorable one (for Mom and Dad at least).

We had his 12 month checkup as well, where the poor guy was subjected to 5 shots. He is now 31.5 inches tall (94th percentile) and 25 lbs. 6 oz. (80th percentile), so he's still a big boy for his age. In fact, he's already over halfway to his mom's height! Nathan has also been walking for about month now, so it's getting harder and harder for us to keep up. Plus he looks like such a boy now, instead of the little baby he was not too long ago. As always, here are some recent pictures.

Of course we have to stick a hand in the icing!

Mmmm, cake!

Nathan loved his gift from the Brownes

This looks like fun!

More presents?

Taking a break at the park

Almost 1 Year Old

We can't believe that Nathan will celebrate his first birthday in just a few weeks. The past 11 months have gone by quickly, so it still surprises us to see him looking like a little boy instead of a baby.

He's not quite walking yet, but he crawls everywhere (including up the stairs) and can pull himself up to standing. He's got 5 teeth now, so he's eating lots of finger food. He loves peas, Cheerios, salmon, and the little chicken and apple meatballs that Sarahbeth makes for him.

In the past few weeks, Nathan has had his portraits taken at Sears, went on his first hike in Shenandoah National Park, and went to pick raspberries at a local orchard. As always, here a few recent pictures.

Lounging in the grass at Butler's Orchard

Taking a break from picking raspberries

Nathan and Caroline pose for the camera

On the terrace at Gadino Cellars

Hiking in Shenandoah National Park

Summer Vacation

The last month has been a busy one for Nathan and the rest of the Roeschlein family. First, we went to Long Island in July for the beautiful wedding of Sarahbeth's cousin Keith and his wife Regina. Nathan got to see lots of family and enjoyed being passed around to everyone. We followed that up with a week long stay at the beach in Cape Cod with Grammy and Grampy Manning, Aunt Melissa, and Nathan's new friend Chanel. Now we're back home in the Virginia heat just waiting for fall!

Nathan has become quite the expert crawler and stair-climber, and he really enjoys chasing Dad around the house. He also pulls himself up everywhere, so it's just a matter of time before he takes his first steps. As always, here are some pictures. Neal is working on editing some videos, so hopefully we'll be able to post those soon!