Tick Tock!!

Well, tonight is the full moon and no signs of labor!! It looks like Nicholas's baby brother isn't in as much of a rush as Nicholas was to get out of the womb and see the world!!! There are no complaints from Mommy, though, since our crib isn't scheduled to arrive until "early" next week and my hospital bag remains unpacked!!

Nicholas is very excited about his baby brother, though!! He keeps telling us that he's ready to go to the hospital to see his baby brother and ride the elevator!! He also has a Very Hungry Caterpillar teether rattle gift all ready to give to his baby brother when he meets him!! He runs around the house playing with the caterpillar and telling us how he will soon give it to his baby brother when he's done growing in mommy's tummy. Nicholas is also fascinated with all his old baby toys that are reappearing!! He loves his old cradle swing, his fun floor gym, and even his tiny old clothes!!!

In non-baby brother news, Nicholas was a show-off today at Little Gym!! I was so proud of him!! We arrived at the Little Gym early (small miracle!), so Nicholas was becoming impatient about going into the gym area itself. Finally, I picked him up, pointed out the clock above the gym door, and started to explain to him how much longer he had to wait before his class started saying, "Do you see the big hand, the minute hand?" Then, his current gym teacher (who is not our favorite gym teacher from past semesters!!) laughed and said, "He doesn't understand that!!!" I raised my eyebrow without turning around to look at the non-believer as Nicholas chimed in, "It's pointing at the 2!!" Impressed with this extra show of knowledge, I smiled and said, "That's right!! And your class doesn't start until the minute hand moves to the 3, which is in about 5 more minutes!! So we have to be patient and wait a little while longer." Nicholas replied, "Wait 5 more minutes! THEN go in gym!" Smiling, I put Nicholas back down on the ground and he ran off to the waiting area toy box... and the gym teacher didn't say a word. Hmph. She was obviously unfamiliar with Nicholas's clock obsession thanks to the millions of clocks in Grandpa & Grandma's house in San Antonio (okay, maybe there are just 4, but that's quite a few!!!) or the fact that Nicholas has everything explained to him because who are we to decide what he can or cannot understand?!?! Regardless, Nicholas made me very proud!! :o) What a sweet boy!!!