So, he wasn’t a fan at first. I think the grass was too prickly. Everytime his hand touched it, he’d pull up both hands and feet really quickly.

But he did have some fun and loved watching all the things going on outside.

Well last week was Nathan’s first Passover. We went and celebrated with Matt and Erika at their house and enjoyed two wonderful Seders. We were a little nervous at first about how Nathan would do since the Seders start around the same time as Nathan’s normal bedtime but he did great and had a wonderful time and even was able to go to sleep at their house without any fussing which meant that Danielle and I both were able to stay for the whole time.

Here’s Nathan with his own Seder plate courtesy of Betsy (Matt’s mom).

Nathan intently listening to the Passover story

And here’s Nathan helping Matt lead the Seder

Nathan had a good time making new friends. Here he is playing peek-a-boo across the table and with his new friend Poker.

Thanks to Matt and Erika for two wonderful Seders and for including the three of us and letting us celebrate with them

Aw, they’re a cute pair, aren’t they?

Fen asks us to save him, but Nathan is too overjoyed to be playing with this big furry animal for us to want to intervene (though we do try to keep the hair pulling to a minimum).

Fen plays dead to see if it will trick Nathan into leaving him alone…No actually, he’s being submissive here, which is a good thing.

We think Nathan is saying Dog now. He often points at Fen and says “Da!”, and this weekend we visited friends with two dogs and he pointed at them and said “Da!”, so it seems he is associating the sound of the word Dog with actual Dogs, which is pretty darn cool!

We finally got Nathan to the playground around the corner recently.

There are a few playgrounds in our neighborhood, all different sizes and with different equipment, and no more than a mile away. Should be great for the summer, and I’m really looking forward to the nice weather so we can take more walks, and be outside more in general.