Seriously

I could not love this handsome little boy any more than I already do. He, my friends, is really too cool for school!

21 Months!.

bigger, bigger, BIGGER. Nico is getting much bigger. He seems like he is so tall and he is feeling rather solid. All of a sudden he is looking much more big boy like. Oh and there is really no rule that the terrible twos start at two. This boy is getting a head start on that one. He is trying my patience in new ways. Kicking, hitting, running away...yeah, he is such a handful.

Ways Nico is like

A stalker, ex-boyfriend:

the multiple times he calls me during the night and is not put off by me ignoring his calls

how he shows up in all of these random places

he doesn't take no for an answer

how he appears over my head when I am asleep

Ways he is like my middle school crush:

he is SO adorable that just seeing him makes me giddy

the way I love saying his name

I talk about him all the time

I check him out from head to toe every single day

And I am sure that there are more on both counts but I have bags to pack. We return to reality tomorrow. A tear, a tear! Shoot a tsumani is more accurate.

Sometimes

N does something that makes me die laughing like trying to get on his rocking horse by doing some running jump that lands him on his side with the horse on top of him.

Or he will do something that makes me wonder who is teaching him when I am not looking. Like him knowing the sounds an elephant makes or how to do flips.

And then he will do something that has me shaking my head. You know climbing on the middle of the table or splashing enough water on the floor to make me think we have a leaking roof.

I always love when he gives me an unsolicited kiss or hug.

And even though I know I should be bothered, there is something so special about him saying "Mommy, Mommy" even if it is 2 am and he wants to get in our bed.

But I really love those moments when he understands something and he makes it his own. I love watching him learn and grow and throw tantrums (just seeing if you were still reading) and laugh and jump and play and dance. He dances like no one else.

Because sometimes just sometimes I am not too busy or too caught up in myself to remember that he is all that matters.

I should have known

he was just too quiet

gorgeous smile!

playing with the kangaroo and the giant toothbrush

showing off the smile that couldn't get any more gorgeous

this is when I told him to show Grammy his pretty smile, he couldn't resist

So N went to the dentist for the first time. He was not pleased. He cried during the cleaning but that was a pretty quick process. The upside to it all is that I loved his dentist and during the week since his check-up he has let us brush his teeth without so much of the dramatics. I guess all of the gushing we did over his pretty smile, the getting a new tooth brush and being allowed to play with floss has changed this little man.

Night Out

Last night we celebrated the National Night Out with our neighbors. We hung out at the lake with the first responders and all of their cool equipment. There was a big turn out of folks, free food, games, prizes and an overall festive atmosphere. N had a great time running from neat thing to neat thing. He especially loved watching the helicopter land and take off. His eyes were as big as saucers when the helicopter whizzed overhead. He wasn't the only one impressed, I loved it too. We had a great evening and by the time we walked back N was asleep in his carrier.

hanging out on the helicopter

taking in the cool trucks

the cutest little fireman ever!

first time in a bounce house

Gotta have friends

N had a nice play date with his buddy Toby. I don't think there is anything on wheels that these fellas don't enjoy :)

did you catch that?

that was Nico leaving you in the dust :)