Social Butterfly

Nathan is such a social butterfly. Yesterday he attend his first party. It was a 50th anniversary party for a relative on Keyoor's side. It was held at an outdoor restaurant. Nathan loved it. He roamed around on the restaurant grounds and when he was up to it he joined the party. There was a band and traditional dancers. Nathan loves music. He was clapping his hands and dancing along to the beat. There were children at the party and Nathan was overjoyed. He gets so excited when he sees other children. They were older than him , around 8, but he insisted on playing with them. As they ran around the party, he followed. He would even go up to them and tap them saying in baby talk I wanna play. Even when they ran into the unlit area, Nathan was brave and followed them. No mommy or daddy needed. He wanted to be a big boy and he could venture on his own. I've never seen him so happy. He was smiling and laughing and excited as could be. After the party we went and met up with a friend for dinner. Nathan cried the first half hour but after that he let us enjoy dinner. Again the social butterfly, just chatting away in baby talk with Nilesh. Yesterday was our best day yet in terms of Nathan being on schedule with naps and no major crying attacks. Nathan likes - kids, Hershey's chocolate bar. Nathan dislikes car rides ( he gets car sick) and dairy products (ice cream, yogurt cheese) except he likes warm milk with sugar.
This morning I took Nathan to the park.It was mommy and Nathan time. We try to go every morning. He likes the slide and the merry go round. There were kids at the park with a dog. Nathan loved playing with the dog. It was yellow lab. He kept petting the dog and laughing as the dog played catch. For his morning nap I was laying on the bed and Nathan climbed up and laid on top of me and fell asleep. Priceless. I thank God everyday for this beautiful loving child he gave us.
Rajal