Singing machine!!!

Nicholas tends to find some area of interest and give it all of his focus for quite a long time before moving on to another main interest. We've had phases involving cars, dancing, Barney, and air conditioners, to name a few! Don't worry, though!! None of these phases has passed away completely!! Nicholas still makes time for these exciting activities, but they luckily don't last all day long anymore!!

Nicholas's current passion is singing!!! He has so many songs in his repertoire, it's crazy!! Many of the songs come from either his Barney DVDs (I Love You, The Growing Song, Mr. Golden Sun, and Friends are Special), his music class CD (Drip Drop, Allee Galloo, and the Hello Song), Storytime at the library (Read a Book and Skinnamarink), random songs from CDs (Bibbity Bobbity Boo, the Soapy song, Taylor Swift's Tim McGraw song, and other lovely songs), or just your typical nursery rhymes (Itsy Bitsy Spider, Row Your Boat, Old MacDonald, etc.) The craziest part is that he really knows and loves each song!! He misses words and phrases here and there, but for the most part he's spot on with the words. And he's almost always spot on with the correct melody and timing!!!

He even finally sang his ABC's!!! One day he's just chanting, "A, B, C, D, F...." and the next day, as I'm quickly gathering groceries, I hear the cute little boy in the grocery cart sing all the way to Z!!! (I'm sure that he still skipped at least the letter "E", but I was more focused on speed-shopping than critiquing his alphabet!!) Nicholas was about to start singing, "Now I know my ABC's..." when foolish Mommy got overexcited and interrupted with a big kiss and a singing compliment!! I was just too proud!! :o)

What a sweet boy!!! Did I mention that the terrible twos are starting as well!! (Something tells me that the fact that Nicholas is a wee bit spoiled may have something to do with this "phase"!) Ha!! Buckle up...here it comes! :o)

What a gentleman!! (And a quick update)

Well, the time has finally come... Mommy can no longer easily put on her own socks thanks to her growing belly. Luckily, most summer outings involve sandals!! But getting ready for the barn still requires socks! So today, both Nicholas and Daddy were kind enough to help a struggling Mommy put on her socks! Nicholas was very meticulous in preparing a sock for Mommy's foot, but he wasn't quite sure how to get such a big foot into such a small sock opening!! So, Daddy sat down on the ground to help him out. Once the socks were on, Nicholas decided that it was indeed time for Mommy to be out the door and on her way to the barn. He grabbed Mommy's hand saying, "Hold my hand, Mommy. Now let's go." But as he grabbed Mommy's hand and turned for the door, he noticed that there was a Daddy road block on the ground!! He politely said, "Excuse us. Excuse us, Daddy." Then, as Daddy moved, he escorted Mommy out of the bedroom and towards the front door as she and Daddy exchanged very impressed looks!! What a little gentleman!!

Ah...and that reminds me of my lack of a Mother's Day entry to describe how Nicholas is such a very sweet and wonderful child!!! I know all Mommies say that their child is sweet and wonderful (well, at least I hope they do!!!), but it sure is nice to share that sweetness every once and a while!! But alas, all the cute stories that I had planned to recount have currently slipped my baby brain. Suffice it to say that all the "Hugs," "Give kisses," and "I love you" comments are enough to melt anyone's little heart!!!

Nicholas has had quite an exciting past 2 weeks!! He's visited with both sets of grandparents, his GG Papa and LaLa, and some fun friends and family in SA & Dallas!! Unfortunately, after the Mother's Day weekend, our camera died...so our picture updates are non-existent!!! :o( Instead, enjoy these older pictures...yay for summer!!)

Swing batta', batta'... Don't forget to hit the ball!!!

Posing for Air Conditioner Magazine....

Tis the season!!

Nicholas went swimming today!!! Nicholas's good friend, Langston, has a super fun neighborhood pool and is always so thoughtful in inviting Nicholas to tag along when he can!! Nicholas had such a great time frolicking through the kiddie splash area and wading into the shallow pool from the "beach entrance." What a difference from a year ago when Nicholas required Mommy to hold onto both of his hands so that he could walk through the splash area!! He also enjoyed standing on the edge of the shallow pool, counting to 5 (or 3 if he was a wee bit overexcited), then jumping into the pool (with Mommy's assistance, of course!)

What a fun morning!! I piled the sunscreen on Nicholas and myself, but with the sad lack of monkey arms...the shoulder blade section of my back feels burnt. Argh. I tried so hard, too!!! Evil maternity swimsuits...why are they so revealing?!?!

Which reminds me...here are the latest sonogram pics of Nicholas's Baby Brother!!!


My little alien!!! :o)