I probably shouldn't post these...but I can't help myself!!

Tiffany always brings Nickolas' pajamas when she comes over, because most of the time when she is here she will stay until bed time. That way if he falls asleep on the way home it is no big deal because it is bed time anyway. So she had him in his pajamas and lets just say that a certain diaper incident left Nickolas without any clothes to put on. A friend of mine gave me these pajamas for my house. The idea was to use them when Hannah and the new baby were big enough. Mr. Nickolas used them first! They are size 3T girls pajamas. (that's why I said I probably shouldn't post these) Nickolas will not like the fact that he was in girls pajamas at some point. And to make it even more interesting he is playing with a baby doll that Nana bought him. The idea behind the baby doll is to try to get Nickolas used to being easy with babies so he doesn't try to attack his new sister. So these pictures are very cute (to me, anyway), but definitely out of the ordinary for our little Nickolas. Enjoy!!

He likes to talk on the phone. He will just smile and smile when he is talking to his daddy especially.

When Hannah was born we taught Nickolas to "kiss the baby". So now when you say baby or if he actually sees a real baby he wants to give them kisses. So cute.

Isn't this the most pitiful picture you have ever seen??? Nickolas was playing just fine and his father said, "hey watch this". Well, he started mooing like a cow and Nickolas did not like it!! I had my camera ready because I thought when he said, hey watch this, that Nickolas was going to give us a big smile. Wes loves to aggravate Nickolas and it drives me and Tiffany crazy!! Tiffany wasn't in the room at this time, but when she came back I showed her the evidence and she was not happy!! Wes is so out numbered when they come over. Poor guy.

Swimming....sort of.

Nana bought Nickolas this little pool. We thought it would be a great way for him to get used to the water. He wasn't so sure about it. He didn't really move around a lot in there. We had to really encourage him to stay in. He liked playing with the toys and after a few min, he did learn how to splash a little. We filled it up with water and we also put lots of hot water in there from the sink. We made sure it wasn't too cold for him. After all we wanted him to like it. It took us about 30 min to get it all ready for him and he stayed in there for about 5 or so min. We will try again another day!!

Just Playing

This is when I went over to see Nickolas walk for the first time. I tried to get a picture of him walking, but it just didn't work out that way.

Teeth, Finally!

Check out his smile! He has a few teeth coming in, like I said. Deidra was talking to him here and he was loving it! He was smiling so big. It was right after dinner, so just ignore the baby food on his face. :-)

Helping in the Kitchen

The other day I was making brownies and Nickolas was crawling all over the kitchen floor. He was trying to open every cabinet door. Tiffany came in to get him, well when she picked him up he seemed very interested in what I was doing. So I put his hand on the mixer and he loved it!! He actually cried when we were all done. I can't wait to show and teach him everything!!!!

My Turn!!

Here are a few pictures of Nickolas saying, "My Turn!" In the first picture Nana has the ball and he wants it, so he is saying my turn.

He is making lots of funny faces these days...

Nickolas' turn!!

Another funny face...

Here he is trying to eat the bowling pin. That kid isn't right. :-)

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!!

Playing like a big boy!

I bought Nickolas this little $5 truck and he loves it!!! I had in mind that he would like to spin the orange part..it just spins around and around. Well we gave it to him and he started pushing it around on the floor! It was so cute. He would be pushing it all over the place then all of a sudden he would start to cry. It was because it had flipped upside down and he couldn't push it anymore! It was funny. He soon figured out how to turn it back over.

Not sure why he looks so mad here...haha it is still so cute!!!

It's a bird, It's a plane, It's Nickolas!!!

Check out Nickolas' pajamas!! The cape is actually real. It velcro's to his shoulders. Too cute!

I looked over and Nickolas had crawled under the crib! It's the mini crib that I have for my house. I wondered how in the world he got under there! He showed me....

He ducked down and just crawled out! It was too funny.

That smile is just so cute!!!!

Happy Birthday, Tiffany!

Here are a few pictures from Tiffany's birthday. Her birthday was Monday the 13th. Happy Birthday, Tiffany!