Soccer Practice

Well, first came practice Thursday night. Daddy is coaching Nick's team, and Nick's good buddy Cole is on his team too. Thanks to Julie for all these pictures as Mommy was home watching and feeding Baby Nate! Mommy is very proud of Daddy and how well he is teaching (and having patience with) his little three year olds! I have a feeling this will be our life for the next 18 years!! Go Arsenal!

Off we go Mommy!

Cole and Nick playing.

Stop! Go!

"Geez, coach, I don't know about going that way!"-- Cole

Aren't we supposed to keep our hands off the ball??

"Do you think my Daddy knows what he's doing Cole?"

Go Arsenal!

Request for Pictures

You can all thank my blog editor and wonderful friend Chris for this post. He reminded me that it has been a week since pictures were posted :) It has been very busy around here but we are doing just "fine." Will post pictures of Nicholas's first soccer game/practice later on (Daddy is his coach and the pictures say it all!) Love you guys!

Nathaniel Edward Fine's first AND ONLY mugshot picture!!

Nick's after bath spiked hair (we do not look this way outside of our house!!)

My Poor Baby

First off, we are fine. Tropical Storm Hanna dumped a lot of rain and wind but we didn't lose power and had a nice relaxing day inside...

Now for my baby-- This is all Mommy's fault. I mistakenly called you Magoo one day because your cheeks and chins reminded me of the cartoon character. It stuck, and now the whole family calls you "Magoo." See the resemblance?

Game Day

It's great to be in Redskins country today as the defending Superbowl champs. Nick and I proudly wore our Giants gear, and little Nate proudly displayed his burp cloth made by my friend Trisha!

Mommy and Nick in Giants blue.

Thanks Trisha!!

Nate also had his first bath yesterday. Here he is after in his towel!

Nicholas is playing soccer this year, and Daddy is his coach. Nicholas picked the number 25 for his jersey!

Go Team Arsenal!

First Day of School

Today was Nicholas's first day of preschool at our church. He goes from 9:00-11:30 AM, two days a week. He was very ready and so were we. Daddy is home from work this week so we all took him to school, even Baby Nate. Here are some pictures from his first day!

A hearty breakfast for a growing mind! A hole in one, pear, and OJ!
(Ignore the Halloween bib, just the one we had on hand!!)

Strapped up and ready to go!

Can't go anywhere without Mickey!

He poses like his Mommy did, head on his right shoulder!

The teacher so proud of her student!

Mommy can bend down again, thank God!

Baby Nate strapped in and ready to go-- his first outing!

The 3-year old class.
Nicholas must have been listening today-- he is saying cheese!

Surprise cupcakes to celebrate the first day.

Nicholas holding his certificate and balloons!

Labor Day

Another lazy day at the Fine house. Here are some pictures of the boys. Nick starts school tomorrow so we will be posting pictures of his first day. He is going to our church preschool two mornings a week. We think he is excited... we will see!

Reading with the two boys.

Seriously, is that silly kid my big brother?

Alright, I'll take him.

Pondering the book we just read.

That made me tired!

I think I'll take a nap.

Zzzzzz.....

Nathaniel who?

I wanted to post this story from our first doctor's visit with Nathaniel this Monday. GaGa was here and able to watch Nick for us, so Matt and I took Nate to his appointment. We signed in, handed in our paperwork, and started to talk and get into our conversation in the waiting room (again, when do we really have the time to talk together alone without a 3-year old interrupting every second?). We were talking for a while and the nurse came out and called "Nathaniel." We didn't pay any attention. She continued to call "Nathaniel," and it wasn't until the 3rd time she called his name and the other moms giving us funny looks that we realized, "Oh, that's us-- we do have a son named Nathaniel now don't we??"

Love you all so much!