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.