Baptism

On Sunday, March 15th Nolan was baptized at Christ Lutheran Church in Charlotte, NC. It went really well! Nolan went to the pastor (Scott) with no trouble. When Scott started sprinkling water on his head Nolan acted like everything was cool. I figure he associated it with bath time. We got a baptism certificate and a baptism candle; we're supposed to light the candle every year on March 15th and have a commemorative dinner and recognize the special day.

After the church service my mother-in-law, Toni, had a special luncheon for Nolan. It was so fun. The adults enjoyed conversing and eating while Nolan and his cousins were running in and out of everyone's legs. We had mini-sandwich's, strawberries, pineapple and veggies marinated in italian dressing--delicious! For desert, my mom made an amazing chocolate cake topped with almonds and chocolate icing. I love having my family and Rich's family together. We're so lucky everyone gets along so well!

There are so many amazing pictures from the luncheon, but I'll only post a few. The pictures are as follows: our family; Nolan with his godparents; Nolan with Rich and Uncle Mike. Thank you to everyone who made Nolan's day so speical.

Walker and a Talker

Yes, Nolan is walking! He started walking last Wednesday! It was so exciting. He took 18 steps, and my Mother-in-Law one was like "That's walking Kathryn!". Now, he is all over the place! He can walk the whole length of our house, at the grocery store, mall and outside. It's so neat. Every time he takes a step I am still amazed.

No, Nolan is NOT talking. But he babbles all the time. "Bwah Bwah Bwah" is his favorite staying. He gets a lot of "MaMa's" and "DaDa's" in there too. He is learning that objects have names. He knows fan, book, ball, cat, cow (in a book), eebee (a book character), pass pass. He is pointing at things he wants, like his sippy cup.

We spent the afternoon outside. Enjoy the photos!