Look At Me Touch My Toes!

Nate's newest trick is holding his toes with both hands. He will lie in this position for up to 10 minutes at a time. He has that amazing baby flexibility and does this on his own without any prompting or help. He doesn't pull his toes all the way up to his mouth, though. I think the thickness of his thighs physically prevents flexing that far!

Chilling with Daddy while watching the UH game at the Burts.
Hanging out with Aunty Sara at the Stevens' house after church.

And finally, a video of the feat:

In the Running For Cutest Baby Ever...

Ahh, Monday morning. Matt's at work, Nate's taking a nap, and all is quiet around the house after a busy weekend. Funny how I used to dread Monday mornings, and now they are heavenly. Nate and I spent an hour in the big bed this morning, just lying there talking to each other and cuddling. Motherhood bliss. :o)

So I realized I haven't posted pictures of Nate for a while, so here is a Nate-centric blog post with some pictures to update you on his life. He'll be five months old next Monday on my birthday! He still shows no interest in rolling over, being such a contented baby that he enjoys lying wherever you put him, whether it be on his back or his belly, and makes no effort to change positions. Not sure how long this will last, but I'm enjoying it while it does.

We got Nate this space-saving high chair in preparation for starting solid foods at six months. He thought it was very cool to be able to sit with Mommy and Daddy. He couldn't quite sit up straight yet, though. I love this picture of his chuby grin!
Nate sat on a dragon boat on an evening trip to Waikiki.

We also checked out the penguins at the Hilton.

Nate trying out a $7000 racing bike at The Bike Shop.

Reading. Sort of. (Mommy had the A/C blasting - hence the hat and socks)

This shot really highlights his rolls. :o)

Nate loves his bouncer.

Sleeping angel.

Obligatory naked bum picture!

Matt Does It Again

So not only has Matt has won the Tantalus Triple Trek 30 mile trail race again, this time he set a course record by 12 minutes!!! Nate and I are so proud of his tremendous achievement. Matt trained really hard for it and deserves lots of congratulations. The previous course record was 4 hours, 8 minutes, and Matt finished in 3 hours, 56 minutes.

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Next up is the Maui Half-Marathon on September 20. The trip to Maui is our birthday and anniversary gifts to each other. Both our birthdays and our anniversary fall within 9 days of each other at the end of September. So hopefully every year we can do something special to celebrate. This year makes two years of wedded mostly-bliss. :o)

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Nate asked me to include a special thanks to Nana and Pop for the awesome Nike running shorts and to Aunty Karen and Uncle Andy for the Nike shirt.

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Nate was so inspired by Daddy's performance that he wanted to get out on the trails himself: Nate chills with PJ as they wait for Matt to finish the race.
Todd came out to watch. And chill with Chubbs.
The top three guys and future top three guy (Daddy hopes!)
Nate is perfecting this new trick of shoving both his fists into his mouth at once. Hey, earning a nickname like Chubbs isn't easy.

First Laughs

Little Nate is learning how to laugh. The first video has him learning by imitation, and the second video is a little more natural. Enjoy!

Xterra Ad

Imagine my surprise when flipping through the Hawaii Sport Magazine, I came across this full page ad. HSM comes out every other month with listings of all the upcoming run, swim and bike races in Hawaii, including entry forms as well as past results. Matt got 4th place overall in the Xterra off-road half marathon last year, but happened to be the top local finisher, so they used his picture to advertise the same race coming up again this year. WOW! Matt had no idea they were going to use his picture! :o) This is a huge full page ad, the size of a regular sheet of paper. In small print right below his right foot, it says "Matt Stevens // Hawaii Champ // 4th overall in '08." What a stud. I'm so proud of him!