On the road again

We now have another trip successfully under our belt after spending the weekend in Missouri at my brother's house. I have to say that Nicholas was awesome on this trip, which was a huge relief. Taking your toddler to a house that isn't baby-proofed can be exhausting, but thanks to his VERY fun cousins Alli, Jake, & Kami and their endless supply of TOYS, that wasn't an issue! We opened the door to their playroom and it was like he was seeing heaven! I swear his eyes even glazed over. We also got to have an early birthday party for Jake & Kami since we wouldn't be there for their actual birthday on Halloween. Grandma and Grandpa had an awesome idea for their presents, as seen below. That's 100 $1 bills, plus another $200 thrown in by Pop for good measure! What kid wouldn't want that for their birthday??? What adult wouldn't want that for their birthday??? I remember feeling special when I got a $5 bill in my birthday card! It was a great weekend although it went by way too fast!!

Here is Nicholas being ever so helpful while I packed.

I didn't even notice my son's antics in this one until later...I couldn't resist including it!

Paging Dr. Jaggi...

All of this playing was clearly exhausting.

And of course, getting some cuddle time with Pop!!

What's new

We've had a really fun weekend. Both Greg and I have had family visiting from Missouri, so Nicholas has been quite spoiled. We're heading down to the fairgrounds in a little while to check out Mistletoe Market. Hopefully Nicholas will be on his best behavior and let Mommy shop! Everything else has been great. Busy, but great. Life seems much more exciting in your mind, but then you go to write it down and realize it's quite ordinary. But anyway, here's a picture and video that are far from ordinary. I took this picture the other night before bed. I think it's one of those moments you're lucky to catch and will be SO glad you did later in life. They are the best of friends and I love it!!

This video just makes me smile. Nicholas has absolutely fallen in love with Thomas the Train and his very sweet Daddy went to the website yesterday and played him some songs and videos. Thomas just made a visit to Oklahoma City last weekend but we decided he was still too small to really enjoy it. But I'm pretty confident we'll be going next time! He danced like this for about 10 minutes straight.

Giddy Up Horsey!

Our little cowboy is now 16 months old!

Ohhhhhhh!

I forgot to post this picture the other day. Everytime Nicholas sees or hears something that peaks his interest he makes this "OH" face. This one was a reaction to the neighbor's dog barking. CUTENESS!

Play Date!

Yesterday afternoon, Max and Kacee came over for a play date with Nicholas. It's been way too long since they'd been together and they had an absolute blast! As soon as Max walked in the door, Nicholas was glued to him giving him hugs and trying to crawl all over him. Poor kid must have been dying for a little camaraderie! And sweet little Kacee put both of the boys to shame. That girl can talk up a storm and learns new words in the blink of an eye. Hopefully it rubbed off on them a little. I was very proud of Nicholas for sharing his toys and doing such a good job playing with his little friends. He really has a heart of gold...when he's not throwing a tantrum. We hope they had as much fun as we did and come back really, really soon!

Here are us Mommies and the kiddos. Getting a good shot like this is pretty difficult. Out of about 20, this was the only usable one.

Nicholas and Max. At least he's not trying to sit on top of him in this one. I kept having to pull him off.

WARNING! THIS NEXT ONE IS RATED PG-13!!

Ahhh, there's nothing like a good book.

Blowing bubbles in the backyard. Kacee quickly picked up on how to blow the bubbles herself. Nicholas? Not so much. He just wanted to grab the wand.

Watch out Tiger!

Take a good look, folks. It isn't every day you witness a star being born.

My Babies

These are motion shots, therefore a little blurry, but you get the idea. These two absolutely looove each other! Watching them play together brightens any day.