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She's turning into quite the toddler, as you can see, she still thinks her name is pronounced nani.  Higher quality video is on google+ like always.  Hope everyone had a great weekend.

17 Months

Nina just keeps growing up.  She is learning more words, climbing all over, and has a good handle on what her parents think is right and wrong; although that doesn't necessarily mean she always bends to their will.  Thanks to Aunt Cassie and Annie's moose presents from last year, Nina now calls all reindeer "moose" and loves to say hi to them.

Nina is already tired of the cold and dark, being stuck inside so much, so we've been going out a bit more.  We saw a choir concert at Hamline, went to dinner with some old college friends, and got to hang out with second-cousin Emma last week.  Now we're excited for Great-Grandpa Don's 80th birthday party this weekend.

Thanksgiving videos

A collection of Nina's goings-on throughout the holiday.

Thanksgiving Time

Nina had another fun road trip to Nebraska.  She loved spending time with Nana and Papa and enjoyed the warm weather for the first part of the trip.

Playing outside in the 70 degree weather

Matching sweaters-----------Wearing Papa's boots

Cheering on the Huskers-----------Bath Time

Spending time with Ashley and little Ella

Reading in the car-----------------Road nap

Getting colder, get inside!

With November realizing that's it's supposed to be cold, the Naks have retreated indoors to play.  Nina has found new fun jumping from the chair into Mama's arms, climbing with a purpose, driving around in her box, and reading books again and again.

Pet Sounds

The Naks have been running all over and it's hard to believe that a quarter of the school year is already done.  There's too much to say, so we'll just show you what we have been doing and how Nina makes it all a bit more entertaining.  The last few days we've all been fighting colds of some sort, made worse by the fact that Nina says "no" much of her waking hours.  Oh toddlerhood.

Boooo!

Halloween was a wonderful time with our little ghost.  Nina looked great in the costume Nana made.  She was pretty shy around the neighbors, and despite weeks of scaring people, she ended up on the other end of the scares for most of the night.  She enjoyed taking part in trick-or-treating at the library with some other tots.  

We have all been trying to take in the warm fall and the beautiful colors.  Nina rarely stops, but usually does at this part of the neighborhood to smell the flowers... so inspirational!  Lately, her favorite activity includes climbing on anything she can find, especially her little chairs.  She has been pushing them all over the house to help her climb up on the couch, the guest bed, and she's even tried to open the back door.