Christmas 2007

I have to say that even though I was a little disappointed that Nico wasn't more interested in what Santa brought him, it was still a wonderful day. Surprisingly Nico slept in until 8:30AM and after making him eat breakfast, I know I mean but he doesn't know any different anyways, he opened about two gifts to want to go play with his old stuff. So after making him sit with us for video moments, he was off and running playing with a baby toy. Now after all this time, he hasn't played with this toy he finds it and it's his new favorite thing....we should of just wrapped up his old stuff, ha!!

Seriously, it was a wonderful day and Nico was really good even though he only a had an hour nap. This only makes me more excited for next year when I know he'll open gifts and watch me track Santa.....we'll I hope so or Bryan will make fun of me again!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS 2007!!!!

As the Christmas holiday has arrived, I thought I would reflect on the good things God has blessed us with this year. First and formost, my precious Nicolas who is everything to Bryan and I, but also to our friends and families who have been here for us these last couple of months when we really have needed them.

This year is really exciting for me, but I think Bryan thinks I am nuts doing things like tracking Santa, opening Nico's Christmas jammies this morning or just the traditions of reading him Twas the Night before Christmas. All of these things are so important to me because even though he may not understand this year, it's traditions that we have to continue on years to come when he does understand and one day when he may act like he doesn't care, but I know he will as I do now with my families quirky traditions.

So for all of my family and friends, those who I adore and love more than anything, know this Christmas all of you no matter where you are, you are in my thoughts. And just wait until you are forced to see ANOTHER picture of the cutest boy in the world because to me watching him grow up has been the best thing in my life, and hopefully yours.

Even though the next month or so might not be as great as this moment today, I can reflect back and think I have to make it so that next year I can do all those cheesy things Bryan makes fun of me and see my little angel's face as he opens yet another pair of shoes.....HA.....and hopefully Nike will take my advice and let me personalize them.....I know I am crazy, but I guess that's why I work.

Merry Christmas to all and God Bless, Kel.

Terrible 1's......

I think Nico has reached his terrible 1's....not that he is bad because compared to most kids he is an angel, but I swear Bryan did some really bad things to his mother that I am being punished for....for example Daddy has taught little Nico how to fill his squeezable toys with water and squirt Mommy or Grandma, whoever is giving the little angel a bath. Or the ball pit balls that somehow end up hitting Mommy in the face or the wall or the pretty picture on the wall as little Nico doesn't have great skill unless it's something he wants to throw. Or how about the clothes that somehow end up from the hamper to being thrown all over his room. Or the attitude of I am going to do what I want or scream until I get it...we'll I might be exaggerating a little on that one, but what Nico wants, Nico wants.

So thus begins the terrible 1's that I am sure will turn into the terrible 2's before long, but I guess I am very lucky because he is a good boy, but one of these days it going to turn into a little bit of water into a bucket while our little angel is laughing his head off because soaking Mommy is his mission in life.....Although this seems terrible, it has been a wonderful journey that even though life has become quite stressful watching our little angel in his terrible 1's makes me laugh and help a not so great time in our lives seems wonderful!~

NICO'S SECOND CHRISTMAS....

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE ANOTHER YEAR HAS PASSED AND IT'S NICO'S SECOND CHRISTMAS. I WAS SITTING HERE REFLECTING WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST YEAR...AND THIS IS WHAT I CAME UP WITH.....

LAST YEAR NICO DIDN'T:

TALK

WALK

CRAWL

EAT SOLID FOODS

EAT ANY FOOD

DRINK MILK

UNDRESS HIMSELF

UNTIE HIS SHOES

RUN FROM MOMMY NAKED

LAUGH UNCONTROLABLE ABOUT WHO KNOWS WHAT

CHASE AFTER POOR ATHENA

TAKE ATHENA'S TOYS

THROW FOOD, TOYS OR ANYTHING HE CAN GET HIS HANDS ON

HAVE TEETH TO BITE MOMMY

PULL OUT ALL THE PANS OUT OF THE CUPBOARD BC HE CAN

PLAY WITH THE DISHWASHING FLUID WHEN DADDY WASN'T WATCHING

THROW FOOD AT MOMMY

CRAWL OFF THE COUCH...HEAD FIRST!

TURN OFF AND ON EVERY TOY AS WELL AS TURN THEM UP!

CLIMB THE STAIRS IN A SECOND BEFORE MOMMY IS CALLING AFTER HIM

CLIMB OFF THE BED

TURN ON THE WATER AND THEN TURN IT OFF

HOLDING HIS BREATHE UNDER WATER

OPEN HIS OWN PRESENTS

TURN THE TV ON AND OFF BC IT'S THE FUNNIEST THING EVER!!!

HIT HIS HEAD AGAIN! I GUESS WE'LL CALL HIM BOPPER #2

IT'S FUNNY MAKING THE LIST HOW DIFFERENT HE REALLY IS, BUT HOW MUCH FUN WE HAVE REALLY HAD WITH HIM THIS LAST YEAR! YOU CAN ONLY LOOK AT THIS LIST AND LAUGH EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN OUR LITTLE ANGEL DO ANY OR ALL OF THESE THINGS JUST WAIT UNTIL HE COMES TO YOUR HOUSE!!!!

I SWEAR MY VOCABULARY CONSISTS OF NO NICO, NICOLAS AARON, NOOOOOOO, WHAT DID MOMMY JUST SAY? ALTHOUGH I AM SAD SOMETIMES NICO HAS CHANGED, I AM ALSO GLAD AND CATCH MYSELF LOVING SAYING NOOOO BECAUSE IT TELLS ME HE IS GROWING UP AND REMINDS ME HOW MUCH FUN THIS AGE IS....BECAUSE BEFORE WE KNOW IT HE'LL BE BIGGER THEN ME AND NOOOO JUST WON'T MATTER ANYMORE :)

20 DAYS TIL CHRISTMAS AND COUNTING!!!!

HOW TO ENTERTAIN A 1 YEAR OLD IN THE CAR....

We took our fourth trip to NC since little Nico was born and I learned one thing, well maybe two...you will do anything to entertain a 1 year old and he has taken over control!!! OK, as with my previous post I guess the second part we already knew but he made sure we reaffirmed it on our trip!

It started out very nice he was talking, well baby talking in his LOUD voice and we were enjoying the trip until, ok believe it or not after a couple of hours he wanted out and he wanted out NOW!!! Of course being the responsible parents we are that wasn't plausible sooo....he comes the I would do anything to entertain a 1 year old.....so we made funny faces, sang songs I would NEVER want anyone to hear me sing, eat gold fish and more gold fish, stopped for Burger King because we have to have Chicken and FF again!!! I know, I know it's the worse thing that you can feed your kid and Bryan says he is going to hate Chicken one day but when your desperate for him to feed himself, it's Chicken and FF AGAIN!!!!!

I look back now and realize that he was a really good boy, but if anyone saw the faces I made or the songs I sang they would look at me and think.....man she has lost it, and maybe I have but it made our trip so much more pleasant and along with enjoying our week at Grandma's we had a a fun trip home, which one day I am sure he will never remember but if he does he'll think man my Mom is a dork!!!

Happy Weekend!!!

PINK EYE...YUCK!!!

So my family got the wonderful experience on what pink eye is and why we don't want it again. See it all began couple of weeks ago when Nico started to get a cold and what I thought was a cold in his eyes, but surprise not only wasn't it but Mommy had it too! So the fevers started for both of us and the running nose and eyes, which gave the normal week a wonderful twist, ha! So lesson learned on both Mommy and Daddy's part, when Nico has something coming out of his eyes don't touch it!!!! And definitely don't touch your own eyes!!!!

But as with anything else in the adventures of Nico it was a big surprise, but once again he is off and running waiting for the exact moment when he can sneak up on Athena and thus begins the chase...Athena running away and Nico wanting to love his puppy. Who would of thought all those moments when I thought is Nico ever going to walk, I would think that can't he just lay down for a second??? Truly though this time in his life has been definitely been the best and now that he has decided that he needs to copy everything we do, it's time to reevaluate our gestures and words because Nico has now finally become a mimic of us!!!!

Until the next adventure........

TUDE....IS THAT EVEN A WORD??

I THINK OUR LITTLE PRECIOUS ANGEL HAS FINALLY GOTTEN HIS FIRST TASTE OF ATTITUDE. YOU SEE LITTLE NICO HAS GOTTEN HIS WAY MOST OF HIS LIFE AND NOW HE HAS FIGURED OUT HOW TO WORK IT. FUNNY AS IT IS, MAYBE GRANDMAS WILL LET HIM GET AWAY WITH IT, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE PATIENCE OR THE TIME TO WATCH HIM SCREAM AND CRY WHEN IT DOESN'T GO HIS WAY....YOU THINK, HOW POSSIBLY COULD IT NOT GO HIS WAY AT 1 YEAR OLD YOU ASK??

WELL LET ME GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, IF LITTLE NICO WANTS TO GO OUTSIDE, BUT MOMMY IS SAYING NO BECAUSE OF A RUNNING NOSE OR IT'S GETTING DARK OUT, LITTLE NICO LOOKS AT YOU LIKE YOU JUST TOOK AWAY HIS BEST FRIEND AND SCREAMS....SERIOUSLY DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT'S GONNA HELP, KID? OR HOW ABOUT WHEN YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT MOMMY PUTS ON YOUR PLATE AND YOU WANT TO THROW IT ON THE GROUND BECAUSE IT'S NOT CHEETOS AGAIN...THERE COMES HIS "TUDE". I AM GOING TO SAY THIS AND MAYBE I WRONG BECAUSE HE IS ONLY 1, BUT.....

EVEN THOUGH HE MAY THINK IT'S NICO'S WORLD....OMG HERE IT COMES, IT'S NOT!!! SO THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE ME WALK AWAY OR IGNORE MY PRECIOUS ANGEL IT'S BECAUSE BELIEVE IT OR NOT, NICO HAS THROWN ANOTHER TUDE!!!

SO FOR ALL OF HIS GRANDMAS AND THOSE WHO LOVE OUR LITTLE ANGEL, REMEMBER THIS, IF YOU THINK NICO COULDN'T COME UP WITH THAT HIMSELF OR DO SOMETHING TO BE A LITTLE ORNERY, HE CAN....HE KNOWS MORE OF WHAT HE IS DOING THAN YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE. SO WITH THE NEXT TUDE THAT COMES ON, IT'S TIME TO DO WHAT MOMMY AND DADDY DOES, WALK AWAY AND ACT LIKE YOU NEVER EVEN SAW THE OTHER SIDE OF OUR PRECIOUS ANGEL!!!

WALKING......

My baby boy has really gotten down walking and it's funny as with anything he has accomplished, it seemed like forever to get here but when he has finally completed the task it went to fast. Maybe that doesn't make sense to anyone else as when I say things like that Bryan thinks I am CRAZY and maybe I am a little bit.....but he has finally gotten a grasp on walking.

As you watch him get himself up and walk across the room you don't want to fuss about it because when you do he just falls down as he losing his balance, but as any trooper he gets back up and starts again. When he reaches you we clap and tell him how great he is, and his beautiful blue eyed smile just melts you heart. And I think he is not my little baby boy he was when we brought him home such a short time again, but we are beginning the first stages of the toddler years.

So for every step he takes and the one more then last time, I thought is he walking more?? Until we fast forward to today and I don't ask myself that, but instead think man I better get into better shape because he is definitely faster than me!!! Although he gives himself away when he knows he is doing something like going up the stairs Mommy just told him not too because he is laughing hystorically or is being just a little too quite. So today it's walking and tomorrow it will be talking and building until we'll be waiting for the school bus for the very first time.....and Mommy will be crying harder than you :)

Happy Birthday Nico!!!

You are now officially one year old!!! Who can believe how fast a year has gone and how much you have grown in such a short time! You are loved by so many and our love for you is so hard to put into words, but no matter what we love you forever and always!!!

So today as we celebrate your "birth" day remember how special you really are and what a miracle it has been to us to have such a special son. I just hope as the years go by, we will cherish every moment as it is a last one because before we know it you'll be off to college and we'll think didn't you just turn ONE????

We love you Baby Boy!!!

Love,

Mommy & Daddy

Nico's First Ear Infection....

We have been pretty lucky with our healthy little guy and not really having a cold in the first year of his short life, but yesterday we got our first reality check....

It started really on Monday when Daddy took Nico to Gma Beth's house before work and he threw up for the first time in a long time, but I didn't think much of it as we all know how Daddy loves to horseplay with the baby. But then it turned into waking up at 3am screaming, not wanting to go back to sleep until almost 4:30am, which I thought was odd as Nico is such a good sleeper and has been since he was 4 weeks old, but didn't really click. Then when Mommy got him up to get him ready for breakfast he was hot and I took his temperature to find that he had a slight temperature but still nothing to alarm me something was wrong. Mommy went off to work and Daddy started feeling how warm you were too and it turns out your temperature was over 100.....

But Daddy fed you and you were ok, and took you over to visit Gpa but when they returned and Nico got up the temperature was back up to almost 101, so Mommy called the doctor and the doctor said to come right now. Mommy left work and Daddy met us at the doctor's office to find out Nico had his first ear infection. Since you were so small, he recommended that we get you on antibiotics and now you are loving the cherry flavored medicine as you think it is a treat!!

So our precious little angel got his first "real" illness and now Mommy and Daddy can be called old pros!! I am sure there will definitely be more trips to the doctor, but hopefully the next cold will good as smoothly as the first, but of course I am sure we have much, much more to learn as the adventures of Nico's life go on!!!

Walking....

Oh my goodness, I knew the day was coming but it is finally here and I had to hold the emotions of my little boy learning to walk.....

So this is how it started, Bryan called me to tell me he took three steps for him and of course I knew he wasn't lying, I had to see it for myself. So when I got home sure enough as most things go, Nico was tired of walking and just wanted to be left alone and held. So as he melted my heart once again with Mama, I left it alone but......

Then my Mom decided she just had to see the little guy do it for himself, so when she came over Bryan got out the big guns....soda. He stood up and looked at all of us as we intently wanted him to do nothing more than walk, but he stood and stood until he decided he couldn't take it no more and took 5 WHOLE STEPS!!!

Now let me tell you I could of melted right there as my little baby boy was growing up so fast, even before my eyes. Of course now it's not about walking it's about getting that can of soda from Dad!!! So Bryan opened the can and to our surprise it wasn't the soda he wanted but the can tab....so we let him play with it for a minute until we realized maybe that isn't a good idea...but he did just walk, I thought!!!

Then Daddy decided to try again and he did it again!!! Everyone just had to clap and yea because he had accomplished so much. So whether or not he ever walks again (I am sure he will) I feel sad but joyful that my little boy is growing up. And even though I can't bring those baby moments back, I know that it's only new adventures of chasing after the kid that before we know will be running from us :)

Happy Birthday Daddy!

It's funny to think two things, one that Bryan is 31 and two that just a year ago little Nico was NEVER going to come out....or so we thought and now he is such a little man!

I guess in this last months pictures I can really start to see him as a little man instead of a baby, he is starting to have his features be more distinct and his personality is definitely coming out!!! As I have stated before he has become so independent that every moment I have him in my arms for more than a second, I cherish because one day he is going to be too big for my lap, especially at the rate he is growing!!! He might be taller than me at 5, HA!

It is also amazing to me how smart he is, for example Great-Grandpa taught him how to push the button to open and close the garage door and even though there are two openers, he knows what buttons to push. And if you don't let him do it when he wants too, you would think you took the child's best friend away :) So begins the learning of you may want something, but you don't always get what you want part of life....

This is definitely something that is hard for me because I want to give him the world, but I also know that I have to step back and let him work for what he wants too. I know being an only child, he will be spoiled I don't doubt that but I also want him to work hard and be a good person without the expectations of getting what he wants when he wants it because we all know that is not how life works! I guess maybe I am looking to hard into it, as he is only 11 months old (tomorrow), but I have realized that even though he thinks we think he doesn't understand, I think sometimes he does more than we can ever imagine.

So today on Daddy's birthday we celebrate him, but we also know that our birthdays are nothing compared to celebrating all the new things Nico continually learns and does as he amazes us every single day!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!
We love you!

ANOTHER 1ST FOR LITTLE NICO.....

IT IS AMAZING TO ME HOW ONE DAY NICO WAS A LITTLE BABY THAT NEEDED US FOR EVERYTHING TO TODAY WHEN HE IS MR. INDEPENDENT WHO NOW CONTINUES TO AMAZE ME WITH HIS 1ST'S....

I STARTED TO NOTICE HIS INDEPENDENCE QUITE A WHILE AGO, BUT NOW IT'S CRAZY ALL THE NEW THINGS HE DOES EVERYDAY AND I DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT UNTIL I SIT BACK AND THINK....DID HE DO THAT YESTERDAY??

SO A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO I NOTICED THAT WHEN CHANGING HIM AND TRYING TO OCCUPY HIM FROM ROLLING ONTO THE FLOOR FROM HIS CHANGING TABLE, HE CLAPS. NOW I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM FOR MONTHS TO TRY TO GET HIM TO CLAP BY SAYING YEA NICO TO PLAYING PATTY CAKE, BUT AS WITH ANYTHING ELSE IT'S ON NICOLAS TIME....SO WHEN HE WAS READY AND FEELS LIKE HE WANTS TOO, HE CLAPS. AND HOW CUTE IT IS, IT ALMOST MADE ME WANT TO CRY AS NOW I FINALLY KNOW HE IS GROWING UP WAY TO FAST!!

ALONG WITH CLAPPING HE HAS DECIDED WHAT NICO WANTS, NICO GETS...SO WATCHING HIM ONCE AGAIN CLIMB ON THE TOY BOX (WHICH HE KNOWS HE NOT SUPPOSE TOO AND DOES IT JUST TO HEAR MOMMY SAY NO AGAIN) TO CLIMB ONTO THE COUCH, TO CLIMB AROUND TO GET TO THE BLINDS. TO ME, THAT'S A GENIUS TO AT 10 MONTHS OLD TO SIT THERE AND FIGURE OUT, HOW CAN I OUTSMART MOMMY AGAIN??

NOW I KNOW EVERYONE SAYS THERE KIDS ARE THE SMARTEST EVER, BUT I AM CONTINUALLY REMINDING MYSELF THAT SOON ENOUGH, HE WILL FINALLY REALIZE HE IS SMARTER THAN HIS OLD PARENTS!!!

The adventures of flying with a 9 month old......

So you think you have everything you could possibly need to entertain a 9 month old, but do you?? Case in point I thought, snacks, a book, toys, Mommy's cell phone, juice cup and milk would be plenty to keep little precious Nico entertained for our short flight, but of course he had a mind of his own....

So getting on the airplane, he's asleep in my arms, safe right??? Wrong he wakes up and not just hi Mommy I am awake ready to play mood, but the rarely seen I just want to go to bed right now scream!!! Twenty-five minutes later and everyone thinking when the heck is this kid gonna shut up, he finally realizes that Mommy putting him in his own seat standing up showing the entire plane, yes I am the kid that just annoyed you!!! Luckily, when he was laughing, smiling and twinkling his beautiful blues at everyone I knew we would be making it off the plane without being pointed and stared at. Which in turn made us the beautiful baby that was screaming :(

What this experience truly taught me as I have posted in the past, it's not about Mommy and Daddy anymore, it's all about Nico. And I thank God he is so beautiful or if not I am not sure our picture wouldn't be on the AirTran board of people who are not allowed to travel with them anymore :)

NICO'S FIRST ACCIDENT....

I RECENTLY HAD A NEW EXPERIENCE WITH LITTLE NICO WHO IN HIS WORLD THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FEAR AND UNFORTUANTELY I HAD TO FIND OUT THE HARD WAY....

SO IT ALL BEGIN WITH AN INNOCENT AFTERNOON OF SWIMMING AT COUSIN JULIE'S HOUSE. WE CHANGED INTO OUR SUITS AND MOMMY WAS GETTING NICO'S BOTTLE READY. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING HIM TERRORIZE SOMEONE ELSE'S HOUSE I DECIDED TO PUT HIM ON THE COUNTER, HOLDING ON AND GETTING HIS BOTTLE READY BEFORE SWIMMING. BEFORE YOU KNOW IT HE IS ON THE FLOOR SCREAMING AND I AM SEEING THIS ALL HAPPEN IN SLOW MOTION WONDERING HOW CAN I AVOID THIS??

AFTER PICKING HIM AS HE WAS SCREAMING A CRY I DON'T OFTEN HEAR, AND SEEING THAT NOTHING WAS BROKEN THE TEARS POURED OUT AND THE BLOOD STARTED FLOWING FROM HIS LITTLE GUMS. I RAN OUTSIDE AS EVERYONE SAW THE EXPRESSION ON MY FACE, JULIE RAN IN TO HELP ME WITH PUTTING A WET WASHCLOTH ON HIS GUMS. AS I AM HOLDING MY INNOCENT CHILD AND THINKING I AM THE WORST MOTHER IN THE WORLD, JULIE SAVES THE DAY WITH A POPSICLE. LUCKILY JOSH WAS THERE WHO IS A EMT AND CHECKED HIM OUT, AND REASSURED ME HE WAS GOING TO SURVIVE HIS FIRST OF MANY, MANY FALLS!!

REFLECTING BACK, I AM GLAD I KEPT MY COOL BUT AS JULIE TOLD ME LATER THE LOOK ON MY FACE SHE KNEW SOMETHING WAS TRULY WRONG....AND NOW I CAN SAY WE GOT THROUGH THE FIRST FALL, HOPEFULLY TO BE THE LAST ONE FROM THE KITCHEN COUNTER AS MOM DEFINITELY HAS LEARNED HER LESSON....ALTHOUGH I AM SURE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN WITH THE FEELING OF NO FEAR, NICO WILL BE GOING HEAD FIRST OFF THE NEXT ITEM HE HAS THE CHANCE TOO AND IF AS IN THIS DAY I CAN'T CATCH HIM FAST ENOUGH I HAVE LEARNED KIDS BOUNCE BACK PRETTY QUICKLY AND CAN BE WRITTEN IN THE RECORD BOOK OF JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THE ADVENTURE OF RAISING LITTLE NICO~

Nooooo Nico......

Who can believe that nine months is almost here since our little angel arrived? It is hard for me to imagine that before we know it he'll be celebrating his 1st birthday.....With that in mind, our little angel also knows that those beautiful blues will get him anything he so pleases.

Fact in point, first when he meets someone new or someone is cooing over how beautiful he is, he has learned winking at them gets him anything he wants. Women and men flock over how beautiful he is and when he winks I can just see them signing over their life savings....we'll in a general sense at least. I have to admit when I see those beautiful blues and he is doing something he knows he is not suppose too....my heart melts thinking it's ok Nico....

Which brings me to my second point, now Daddy's big screen which he thinks is his newest toy to turn off and on and how he got so big to reach it is beyond me. At first it was funny as he learned to walked around furniture and everyone is so excited pointing and saying how cute it is that he can walk and stand up, but now it's NOOOOO NICO and looks at you with those beautiful blues, along with those adorable dimples and basically says I rule this joint, this is my world! Not only is it with NO, but also with Nicolas Aaron or Mommy says NO and stomps her feet to get your attention...in his mind it's the funniest thing in the world because not only is he doing something he knows he is not suppose too, he also has finally gotten control of those silly people who are his parents.....

Which brings me to my final point, not only is everything hilarious and his beautiful blues that get him what he wants....we have finally lost control in only 9 short months, which makes me step down from my world to know the new world of Nico.....

It's finally happened....

It's finally happened and I am not sure if I am excited or sad as little Nico has finally crawled, the right way. Let me explain myself, you see little Nico has been getting around for quite some time between the rolling and the scooting, but didn't get the concept of crawling until yesterday. So here we are now trying to scramble in getting everything that was once just a dream of him getting, now has become a reality that what's in his reach is his....and what he wants, he wants and he'll do almost anything to get it!

So for those who haven't had the pleasure of running after a 7 month old, I now have a deeper respect for those parents who have two or three children as keeping up with him sometimes can be unimaginable to me!!! It's time for the gates and plugs for the electrical outlet all those things I have but didn't really think I would use, but here we are chasing after Nico and letting him know what the word NOOOO means. And although I know he hears me, I am not sure he cares as he is thinking.....all I have to do is look at them with my bright beautiful blue eyes and they'll give it to me......

So next time you are at my house and see me turn my head, it's not because I am not listening or interested in what you are saying, it's me waiting for that moment when once again I have to tell little Nico you can't put your slobbery fingers in the electrical outlets or climb the stairs....It's because it has happened, he is finally mobile and faster than any of us could of ever imagined!!!

CRAWLING....

A NEW ADVENTURE IS ABOUT TO BEGIN IN OUR HOUSE, LITTLE NICO HAS LEARNED HOW TO SCOOT AND I THINK IN A MATTER OF TIME HE'LL BE (NOOOO)....CRAWLING. IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY HE WAS BARELY ROLLING OVER, BUT NOW IT'S ROLL, ROLL, ROLL, AND THEN SCOOT, SCOOT UNTIL WHATEVER HE CAN SEE AND I USUALLY CAN'T, THAT HE HAS TO HAVE.

IT ALL BEGAN AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE WHEN GRANDPA PUT THE REMOTE ON THE FLOOR AND AS WITH ANY MAN HE LOVES THE REMOTE. SO WHEN IT WAS IN ARMS REACH OR WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS ARMS REACH HE WAS OFF. FIRST, IT WAS THE HALF ROLL TO SEE IF THAT WOULD MAKE HIM CLOSER AND THEN IT WAS THE BUTT UP IN THE AIR WITH THE HEAD DOWN AND FINALLY IT WAS HALF ROLL, HALF SCOOT UNTIL HE FINALLY GOT IT. WE ALL WANTED TO APPLAUDE HIM AS HE WORKED SO HARD, BUT AS ANYTHING ELSE THE FIRST PLACE IT WENT WAS IN HIS MOUTH AND MOMMY HAD TO BE THE BAD GUY TO TAKE IT AWAY AS BATTERIES AND SLOBER DO MIX :)

AFTER THAT DAY IT ONLY PROGRESSED TO TODAY WHERE THE HALF ROLL, HALF SCOOT HAS TURNED INTO THE FULL SCOOT AND CONTINUES TO GET EASIER FOR HIM EVERYDAY AND BEFORE WE KNOW IT HE'LL BE CRAWLING AROUND WONDERING WHERE IS THAT REMOTE.....IT WAS JUST HERE :)

THIS AMAZES ME AND UNTIL THIS MOMENT I DIDN'T REALIZE LITTLE NICO IS NO LONGER A BABY, BUT NOW A LITTLE PERSON WHO NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES IS GOING TO GET THAT STINKING REMOTE!!!

Time is...


Isn't it funny how time can go by so quickly, yet seem so slow? When little Nicolas didn't want to give us the joy of his arrival in the timely manner I wanted him too, time went so slow. I think the month of September lasted the entire year, HA....but truly even though he is five and half months old, it seems time has flown but has stopped too. Which doesn't make much sense as Bryan would say, but to me it does. Let me give you an example, when his teeth were coming in...two of course at once....it seems liked forever until the points popped out, but now it seems like overnight they have shot out and he is turning into a little man. These moments make me sad to know that he'll never be the cuddly little newborn who depends on me for everything, but now is trying to be Mr. Independent by pushing the buttons on the toys by himself and figuring out how it makes noise in the first place. All of these things two months ago, I would of never thought it would happen this fast. Before we know it he'll be crawling and then walking....oh my gosh his life just shot before my eyes....AWWWWW.....

OK, time to slow down for a minute, but really time seems to be going faster as he does more and more, and I am trying to cherish every moment as it was my last. Anyone that's ever seen his smile knows what I mean when I say how could you do anything but love this child. So as he grows and learns new things everyday, it amazes me how smart he really is and that one day I know when he brings his 4th grade homework home...he'll actually know I am smarter than my parents.

So as the days fly by and Mommy and Daddy get busier with the hustle and bustle of the summer, I know that I have to step back and cherish these moments because one day before I know it, he'll be off doing what all kids do and move on to actually being... Mr. Independent that began when he was five months old.....

REALIZATION

ISN'T IT FUNNY HOW BABIES HAVE THEIR OWN LANGUAGE? FOR INSTANCE, LITTLE NICOLAS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS FIGURED OUT THAT HE HAS TOES AND THAT HE HAS A VOICE. BEGINNING WITH THE TOES, NOW BEING EVEN MORE WIGGLY THAN BEFORE HE HAS DECIDED THAT IT HIS MISSION TO SEE HIS MOMMY STRUGGLE TO GET HIS DIAPER ON. SO INSTEAD OF BEING A PEACEFUL TIME, NOW HE SCOOTS, THROWS HIS LEGS DOWN AND GRABS HIS LITTLE PRECIOUS TOES UNTIL I AM READY TO WAIVE MY WHITE DIAPER TO SURRENDER. SAD BUT TRUE I HAVE FINALLY COME TO REALIZATION THAT HE IS IN CONTROL, IF HE DOESN'T WANT HIS DIAPER CHANGED IN A TIMELY MANNER, IT IS ME WHO HAS TO WAIT UNTIL PRECIOUS NICOLAS DECIDES, "OK MOMMY, I AM READY FOR MY DIAPER TO BE PUT BACK ON". UNTIL THAT MOMENT, I JUST THINK WHEN DID I LOOSE CONTROL?? HE IS ONLY FOUR MONTHS OLD, WHAT THE HECK IS IT GOING TO BE LIKE WHEN HE IS BIGGER THAN ME???

ALONG WITH MY DIAPER CHALLENGES, IT HAS ALSO COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT NICOLAS HAS FOUND HIS VOICE AND HE HAS ONE VOLUME THAT NEVER TURNS DOWN AND THAT IS "LOUD". I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD THINK THAT I WISH HE WOULD JUST TONE DOWN A LITTLE BIT, AS LAST WEEK IT WAS SO CUTE WHEN HE SAID A WORD OR TOO IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE. BUT NOW AS I HAVE FOUND HE DECIDES THAT HE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY, WHATEVER IT MAY BE AND WE ARE GOING TO LISTEN. AND IF WE DON'T LISTEN OR HE CAN'T GET OUT FAST ENOUGH WHAT HE IS TRYING TO SAY IN HIS OWN LANGUAGE, THEN THE FIRST TAMTRUM IS ON.

HE IS GROWING UP SO FAST AND I AM TRYING TO TAKE EVERY MINUTE IN, BUT EVERYDAY HE CONTINUES TO AMAZE ME BY THE STUFF HE CAN DO AND HOW HE DOES IT. I GUESS BY VIDEOTAPING IT, IT WILL HELP US KEEP THE MEMORIES FOREVER AND ALWAYS.