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!!!