A Walk Down Memory Lane

This weekend, we went up to Shawano to celebrate my Godparents' 50th Anniversary. My Godparents have a daughter, Kristina, who is my age that I was very close to when I was growing up. She now has two children, Brooke who is 5 and Tristan who is 2. I was telling Natalie who we were going to see, and who she would be able to play with at this party. From the moment Brooke and Natalie met, it seemed that they had known each other for their entire lives. Brooke took Natalie by the hand and took her all around the room that the party was being held in. They walked around the rest of the evening with their arms around each other. It was very cute, and reminded many of us of Kristina and me when we were their age.

On Sunday, we were able to see Nate's Mom and Dad. At his Dad's home, Nate took Natalie through the woods on the Range Rover. Natalie thought they would be able to see the animals better if they had walked. I guess we'll have to take a hike next time we are up there.

Tonight, Nate had to wake Natalie up in order to head to swimming lessons. Natalie requested that Nate rub her back. Instead of doing that, he decided to tickle her. Natalie's told Nate, "I said rub. That's not rubbing."

At swimming lessons, Natalie had a great night. I was highly impressed while I watched her doing the breast stroke. She was very quick. It looked pretty good from my vantage point. She also floated on her back really well tonight. So well, that Nate owed her a Dilly Bar from DQ.

One cute story from this morning happened when Natalie woke up and made her way into our room. Nate took the day off today to get some much needed things accomplished around our house. He had told Natalie that he would be around in the morning when she woke up. She looked a little disappointed when she came in our room because Nate was not in bed at that time. She stood there and told me, "Daddy said he would be here this morning." What a little Daddy's girl. :)

Tonight, Natalie got to stay up a little later since the Packer game was on. We put her to bed about a half an hour ago. Nate and I were just jokingly discussing something, and Natalie pipes up, "Guys, quit arguing." What a goofball who never seems to go to sleep.