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!!!