Tortellini

The other night while eating dinner Nick and I were having tortellini. I put my finger in the middle and put it in my mouth as he was watching. I then put a piece on the tray for him and he stuck his finger down and put the tortellini on it. I told him to put it in his mouth...and he did. Of course being the mommy that I am...I took a picture!

Precious moments

Nick has been giving "eskimo kisses" for a little while now and bedtime has now become my favorite time of the day because I get lots of eskimo kisses and giggles. Tonight I got a new twist...

I sat in the glider with Nick and asked for my eskimo kisses as usual. He giggled and gave me my eskimo kisses. Next he took out his binky opened his mouth and gave me a real kiss and then replaced his binky and layed his head down on my chest.

Moments like this make life worth living...

Shhhhhh!

Need I say more?

My boys

We went to the park Thursday and I was walking behind the boys and caught this pic...

Nick is also finally starting to like going down the slide, the swings are another story...

Pots and Pans

Nick has discovered how to open just about every cabinet in the kitchen. We only have safety locks on the cleaning supplies since our cabinets are less than a year old and I don't want to destroy them just yet.

His favorite cabinet to now empty is the pots and pans. He brings all the pots and lids out and then fills them with things.

Nick the "destructor"

The living room at the beginning of the day:



The living room at the end of the day:

Water baby and mama's new pool

Nick and I started mommy and me swimming classes yesterday. We have a little blue plastic $15 pool from K-Mart at home so this was to be his first time in a real pool. He loves his tiny pool and the bath so we figured we wouldn't have a problem. We showed up at class early because I had no clue where I was going. We signed in and Nick was already bouncing on my hip and pointing to the pool. We changed into a swim diaper and start walking towards our area. Nick runs up to the pool and starts pointing to go in. The instructor let us get in early and he played in the water with me for about 40 minutes. Basically the class is to get the kids acquainted to water. There are little tasks you work on everyday but you mainly just get to do what you want and play. When it was time to get out he kept running back to the pool to go for more.

I also started water aerobics last night. I'm going 2 nights a week and really enjoyed the first class. Yesterday I asked Eddie if we could get a "pool" for our backyard since our grass was already dead and we didn't plan on doing anything to the yard until next year. He agreed and I started searching. My co-worker Erin has a 12' round pool that's 3' deep in her backyard that would be perfect. I am now the proud owner of the same pool! Eddie and I stopped at Wal-Mart on the way home from swim classes today and by 4 this afternoon it was ready for swimming. (just a wee bit cold though)

With Eddie working nights on the weekends and sleeping during the day this will be a good way to entertain Nick and work out some of his energy. Of course it's more for mama than Nick...

Merry almost 1/2 Christmas

What do you do when your baby goes into his closet, finds his old clothes, and brings them to you? You dress him in them of course!!!!

December 2006

June 2007

Messy baby

As you may or may not know Nick is a fruit and veggie nut. He would eat them all day long if we let him (along with his rice cakes). The other night for dinner we decided to try peanut butter with him again. This time he liked it! Eddie was putting peanut butter on his celery and Nick was quite intrigued. Mix this with the blackberries he had been eating previously and you have a VERY messy baby!!

Exploritorium

Eddie and I took Nick to the Exploritorium today in San Francisco. I haven't been since I was in first grade and Eddie has never been. It's very "hands on" where kids of all ages can play with different contraptions and see how they work. I'm not sure which one of the three of us had more fun. Usually in crowded areas Nick is more interested in the people and kids around him than with where we are. This time he was very intrigued by everything and wanted to touch and figure it all out. They had a little kids area where Nick went wild. A little playhouse was set up for a puppet show which Eddie and I both performed for Nick while enjoyed.


The highlight of the trip for me was a toilet turned drinking fountain. Of course I had to make Eddie take a drink so I could capture it on film.



While driving down Lombard St in S.F. we decided to head all the way down to drive down the famous "winding hill". Eddie of course was taking pictures of the tourists who were taking pictures of him.



After making our way back to the Bay Bridge Nick was tuckered out and ready for his drive home.