Nicholas is 1!

We celebrated Nicholas first birthday today. Since most the family is out of town for the holiday weekend we decided to have a small fete with just the 5 of us.

We started the morning watching Andrew's state presentation at school. Nicholas danced through the songs, it made many smile. We went home to play until the boys got out of school. Today was early day. Then, after naps, Nicholas played outside with the boys, took a wagon ride and ate two red Popsicles. Emergency load of wash required. When Chris got home from work we went to the aquarium and to the Mayan for dinner & divers. Once home we celebrated with cake and opened a few presents (pictures to come).

Nick had a fun filled day and a great time. It blows our mind how fast this year went, every day a blessing and complete joy! Happy birthday Nicholas! We love you.

Turtle, Baby, & Shark

These trees rock!

Check out the amazing blossoms (love the color) from the new fruit and ornamental trees we planted... Gorgeous!

Baseball boys!

Spring baseball is almost over. We have had an abundance of rain this spring and so many games have been rained out. This Saturday we enjoyed rare games(double header) in the sun.

Andrew is on the Astros and Benj is on the Cubs. As you can see the baby enjoys a good game as well. Both boys are playing really well and enjoying themselves.

On top of baseball we also have both boys enrolled in competition soccer. Note: we will have a one sport per boy, per season, rule moving forward. 4-6 games a week and 4-6 practices has almost put us under. Whew.

Many expressions of Nicholas - month 11

This post is much delayed. In just five days Nicholas will be a year old. But... I still have time to do an eleven month post. I took these photos on his 11 month birthday. So let's pretend it's 3 weeks ago.

Nicholas is 11 months old!!! Time continues to fly. Much happened in the last month or so. Nicholas have tubes put into his ears. His hearing and health are much improved. We took a family trip to Orlando and Nicholas handled both flights, the beach, tons of new family and 3 amusement parks really well. He is a travel trooper!

Milestones:
Nicholas can walk. And Run! It started with 3 steps, and then 5 and then 11 and then full fledged walking. The boys helped keep track of his steps and by the time he hit 18 we figured why count anymore. This baby can walk. And dance. He loves to shake his booty to singing and anything that resembles music.

We have 4 recognizable words. Ball (ba), dad (da), mom (ma), dog (daa). Dog kind of sounds like dad but somehow we know the difference.

As his personality develops so does his behavior. He likes to hit Benjamin in the face. Funny at first, now we must stop him or teach him to be soft. Andrew's glasses are a constant fascination. Nicholas' mighty grip has bent them twice.

He loves the outdoors, grass, ball games and trampolines.

It's hard to believe he will be a year old this Friday. Everyday is a blessing! So lucky.