One step closer to a toothy grin

Last week was an exciting week at the Bleck house. Thursday morning I got a call from daycare Julie at work. I answered the phone, and right away she said "Tricia, it's Julie and Nolan's fine." She went on to tell me that he was cutting his first tooth! Adam and I had noticed he's been drooling a little bit more, and Adam kept feeling his gums (and even did so Wednesday night before we put Nolan to bed) but never felt anything. So apparantly he got his first tooth overnight! Nolan also started scooting himself in a circle this week, and he continues to get better at rolling and sitting. As every parent already knows, it's simply amazing what kids do that make you so excited. Nolan added peas to his diet last week, too, and like everything else so far loved them. We'll see what he thinks when we make him eat broccoli in a few weeks!

Friday night we went to the Twin's game. This was part of the tickets we bought for the home opener with a bunch of our friends and co-workers. Ellen and Greg were there, too. Nolan tagged a long with us, and he was so good. This is a picture of him at the game. Jackie was holding him and Keith was making duck noises at him. Nolan thought it was the funniest thing ever and laughed for about 15 minutes. He was laughing so hard his shoulders shook up and down! He fell asleep at the end of the 6th inning, and we ended up leaving in the middle of the 8th to try and beat some of the traffic home.

Saturday morning Adam got up early to go duck hunting with Jared. They didn't get anything, but had fun trying. I stayed home with Nolan. I got up with him around 7 and he went down for a nap at 8:15. He slept until about 10:30, and in between that time I cleaned the house and showered! Nolan and I headed over to Greg and Ellen's around 1. Nolan spent the night there so Adam and I could enjoy ourselves and Nicky and Scott's wedding. Other than being a little crabby because of his tooth he was good - slept for 11 hours for them last night! Adam and I got over there about 10:30 this morning, and Nolan had been down for a nap since 8:50. He didn't wake up until 11:20! We fed him his bottle and then the 3 of us headed to the Minnetonka Apple Orchard. We had a great time making Nolan pose for pictures! The food was fabulous - we each had a brat with apple and onion kraut, and shared some apple donuts and hot cider. We were there for about an hour when Nolan started getting tired as we were waiting in line for the hay ride. We brought him home and he napped for an hour and half while we watched the Twin's game. Greg and Ellen had a fish fry for dinner, so we headed back over there after his nap. I got home with Nolan around 7 and he went right to sleep. I think all the fresh air tired him out!


Tomorrow night and Tuesday are shaping up to be exciting for MN sports fans. Go Twins and Vikings! On Wednesday Adam is heading out of town until Sunday to go deer and duck hunting. He'll be at the farm until Thursday night and then is heading up to Gina and Eric's for duck and/or goose hunting with Eric. Nolan and I are going to be spending a lot of quality time together! I'm hoping to get up to Foley to see my grandma on Saturday or Sunday, and on the opposite day I'm taking Nolan over to Greg and Ellen's to see Adam's aunts (Ellen and her sisters are having a girls weekend). Should be fun!