Nate the Great!

Well, it's official...our first baby is growing up! He is 8 now. EEK!! Time has certainly flown by.

He is such a good boy. He is honest, hardworking, loyal, fair and friendly to everyone.

His first real word and favorite thing in the world was 'basketball'. He still loves sports and playing outside. He is a natural athlete and wonderful student. Nate is always smiling and has always been concerned with others and how they're feeling. He can be a jokester and will do anything to make you laugh! He's even turning into quite the smarty pants. ; ) Definitely got that from his dad!

The poor kid was stuck with a brace on his arm during the first part of September, so we held off having his friend party for a while. We knew he wouldn't have as much fun while sporting a brace and having to protect his arm. His friend party is finally going to happen this weekend! He is super excited!!

We did celebrate as a family on his birthday, made a cake and went out to dinner! Last weekend we went back to IL to have a party with the whole family for both boys. Nathan was so thrilled when he got Illini football tickets for his birthday from grandma and grandpa. He had a great time at the game! We're so proud of him and we can't wait to see what lies ahead for this amazing boy! What a blessing he is to our family.