SNOW, SNOW AND MORE SNOW.....

Is it me or will the snow NEVER end?? Now I know we live in Northeast Ohio and I love the snow when it first comes, but to me this has been the longest winter ever. It's been fun playing with Nico in the snow and sled riding, but I am ready for the snow to be gone and to play outside with all those cool toys little Nico got for his birthday. Having an October birthday really stinks for the summer toys.....

Between bundling up and having cabin fever with playing with a matchbox cars or watching another episode of cartoons....I am sooooo ready for winter to be over and for spring to arrive. Then it'll be fun time to swim in the pool in the driveway or ride bikes. This year is going to be so much fun with Nico playing now and walking....although chasing after him will be challenge and I am sure the neighbors will love to hear me say NO NICO, NICOLAS AARON.....I can almost feel the sunshine on my skin :)

YOUNGEST POKER PLAYER???

Sad, but true I think my little guy is gonna be playing poker with the old fogies (us) before too long. See Nico's favorite toy is playing cards, doesn't matter if they are real cards or learning cards we must pick them up, shuffle (Mommy's job), deal them out and then Mommy gets to fix little Nico's hand. Now I realize that he has no idea what he is doing, but watching him watching me deal them out and wondering what's turning in his little genius mind makes me laugh.

If Daddy has any say, as soon as Nico can hold a hand he is gonna teach him how to play. Although I keep telling him you gotta wait until he knows his numbers, I am not sure Daddy is gonna wait....before long Nico and Daddy will be scamming Uncle Eric, but I think Uncle Eric knows his game and will probably use Nico to his advantage....it might be a challenge for both boys :) What they might not realize that kids are smarter than they think and Nico might take both of them for all they have.....lol!!!!

For some reason if you are playing with cards with Bryan and Nico is there, don't always believe what little innocent Nico says cause Daddy been trying to get him to say...."Daddy, is 3 Kings a good hand??" I know, I know it's so wrong but sooooo funny!!!!!

Now we just have to get Nico to talk......

Here's Nico and Daddy going down the little slide!!!

Nico's New Adventure....

We have found the best place in the world for Nico. Our good friends asked us to go play at Fun Fortress and not knowing exactly what it was I was a bit skeptical, but boy was it soooo much fun!!! I am not sure who had more fun, Nico or Daddy?? To watch him run around and jump, fall and jump some more or go down the big slide with Daddy was so exciting for all of us!

Along with the jumping and obstacle courses, Nico found the drinking fountain which is his new favorite way to drink! Me being a cootie freak, am thinking oh my gosh....don't touch anything...I know, I know there are far worst things than a drinking fountain :)

Again, last Monday, Daddy took Nico along with his girlfriend Chay and her Daddy to play. By the time I got home Nico was so tired I think he could of slept all evening and through the night, but man if he could of talked he would of talked my ear off!! So all of those parents who need to run some energy off their children and want to see the excitement and pure joy in their little eyes I definitely say get on their mailing lists and take the time to be a kid again, I know we sure did!!!

BACK TO WORK....

Sad to say after 5 weeks home with Nico I am back to work on Monday. In some senses it will be nice to have adult conversation from time to time without Nico yelling Mom, Mom in the background, but I sure will miss the little guy. We are so fortunate though that if he's not with me, he's with Daddy and if not with Daddy he is with Gma D or Gma Beth. Knowing he is with someone who really loves him means the world to me.

I am sure just after a few days things will be back to normal, whatever that is and Nico will forget that Mom was home everyday with him but I sure have cherished every minute and learned one thing....Nico is definitely faster than me :)

Until our next adventure!!!

NICO'S 1ST COVER OF A MAGAZINE......

To all those parents who think their little angels should be on a cover a magazine here is a cute to start out, HA!!! The link is http://covermaker.parenting.com and it will walk you through adding your photo and changing your cover if you would like too!

Hope everyone enjoys Nico's 1st of many shoots...HA!!!

THANK YOU...

Who would of thought two little words would have been the best sentence I had ever heard?? Maybe it sounds crazy to you, but let me explain...

See as most of you know little Nico only talks and says things when he feels like he wants too but after two months of saying please and thank you, after you give and take things from him he FINALLY said thank you!!! Those two words melted my heart thinking, am I hearing things but Gma Arlene confirmed it and like all those other words and phrases he repeated them and even three days later he still says THANK YOU when you hand him something he wants.

Who could of thought my little angel was a genius at 16 mos old, but in my eyes saying thank you was the most ingenius thing his little mouth could say. So call me crazy, but as with all the other milestones in his life saying a such a small phrase would really get little Nico ANYTHING, well almost anything he wants. I am just so thankful that not only was I not the only one that heard it but that Gma Arlene got the opportunity to be here and listen another first for our little angel!

Until Nico's next adventure......