11 Months Old Today

Nickolas is 11 months old today! He is doing so much now. It will be hard to list everything, but here it goes!! He is saying lots of things. Bah for Ball. Hiiiiiiiieeeee for Hi. Bah for Bailey. Da for Duck. Ma Ma for Mommy of course. He can say da da for Daddy. He can also "say" my turn!! Deidra started teaching him to touch his hands to his chest for "my turn". We all caught on and he has now learned how to say my turn when he wants a toy. He will only do it if you are actually playing with him and you have the toy. He recognizes lots of phrases. If you tell him to sit, he will. If you say, come here Nickolas, he will. He also knows to stop what he is doing when you say, NO! Tiffany will tell him that it is time for a bath and he will crawl to the bathroom at their house. He is so smart! You can ask him if he wants a bite, and he will make a noise that sounds like a laugh. He knows where his nose is. If you say where is your nose? He will touch his nose to yours. If you are outside he loves to watch cars go by and he will watch intensely until they are out of sight. He loves to push his little $5 truck around. He rolls it on everything, the floor, the couch, and even his mommy..... Oh and he wants to touch everything!!!! Nana says to let him do it because that will make him smart. So within reason, we let him explore as much as possible. He is so much fun!!

This past month Nickolas has had a few colds and ear infections. Tiffany is going to take him to a specialist on May 8th to talk about possibly getting tubes in his ears. This is just a thought and something she will talk about with his doctor in great detail.

There are a couple of VERY important things that I need to mention. First I have to say...he is walking!!! He took his very first steps last Saturday, so almost a week ago. Tiffany and Wes both saw him do it. They broke out the video camera and everything. We are so excited around here!! I went straight over on Sunday to watch him walk. He took about 3 steps to me with a big grin on his face. It is too cute. On Tuesday I called Ruthie to come over and see him walk. So he did it for her and he was so proud of himself. He is taking more and more steps. In the beginning he would step to somebody if they were reaching for him, etc. Tiffany said the other day he actually took a step toward a toy that he wanted. It won't be long now before he is walking all over the place! I have noticed that now when he crawls he will crawl with one knee and one foot. It looks funny, but he gets there a lot faster this way.

Another thing I need to mention is that he has teeth!!! Around the beginning of April we noticed some trying to poke through. Now he has one very visible tooth on top and two visible teeth on the bottom. You can tell another one is trying to poke through on the top. When you feed him now, you can feel his teeth. Tiffany sent me a picture of him "brushing" his own teeth and it is very cute.

Nickolas is getting to be such a big boy! Just one more month until his 1st birthday!! I have lots of pictures to post. Today he went swimming in his baby pool so I will post all of those pictures later....plus many more. I can't believe he is almost a year old!!