My List

October 30, 2009 Elizabeth, Family, Nicholas 1 Comment

I was thinking yesterday (on NCL’s real birthday) about all of the things I love about him.  Of course, there are many, but I figured I would jot down a few – to share.

  1. I love it in the morning, when I am still in my room – and I can hear a little voice down the hall saying, “Hiiiiii Maaammma!”
  2. I love when I walk into his room in the AM and his is so excited to have someone in the room. He grabs all the toys in his bed (usually trains) and drives them around — he is usually trying to tell me something, but I don’t quite understand past the “gee gee”
  3. I love hearing him say “Hi” to his Dad in the morning. Joe is usually in the shower when I get NCL out of bed, so I change his diaper and clothes and then put him on the ground.  I say “go find your Daddy” – and he RUNS back to our room – turns the corner into the bathroom and says, loudly “Hiiii Daddda!” and shows Joe his shirt or his toy (whatever he finds most exciting that morning).
  4. I love NCL’s “Happy Dance” – some of you have probably seen it before and you can kind of get a glimpse of it at the end of the “Roscoe gets a bite” video.  It always makes me smile to see him get SO excited!
  5. I love all of his “boy noises” – I can’t really do them justice on the blog b/c they would be hard to type out, but they are precious.
  6. I love to watch him play with cars/trucks/trains/tractors (anything with wheels). He gets on his belly (as you have seen in many pictures) and he just pushes them around. He likes to make them crash into each other, too (that must be a boy thing)
  7. I love how he gets possessive of his “Mama” and “Dadda” sometimes. I don’t really know what triggers it, but sometimes,  when we have people over or are around other people – he will run up to us, grab our legs and say “My Dadda!” or “My Mama!” – just to make sure it’s clear that we belong to him…ha ha.
  8. I love his kisses. When he is giving them out – I can’t get enough! I don’t even care when they are wet ones or dirty ones (during mealtime).
  9. I love that he is a social little kid & he seems to share pretty well for being 2.  He really likes to have other “little people” over to play.  Good thing we have lots of friends that have little people around the same age!
  10. I love watching Disney movies with him…especially when he runs over to me and wants to sit in my lap.
  11. I love that he loves to drink milk! (Although, I don’t like that he continues to call it “wa wa”! We are working VERY hard on that)
  12. Along with #11 – I also love that he eats pretty much anything. When he is hungry….he EATS! A BIG THANKS to Joe for “training” NCL on food. I think it’s definitely helpful that Joe eats everything and gets NCL to try everything.  (And, we are not about to become “short order cooks” – so, what is served on the table..is dinner…that’s it).
  13. I love the way he says “thank you” — it sounds like “Donk Yu” — which is also very close to “Doc-cow” (Roscoe).  AND – he has EVEN said ‘thank you’ on his own after receiving something (without one of us reminding him to say it!)
  14. I absolutely LOVE that NCL knows what to do when I say “it’s time to say Grace.”  He puts his fork down and makes sure he grabs BOTH of our hands.  Then I say, “bow your head and close your eyes” (he will bow his head, but not keen on closing the eyes just yet…he wants to see what is going on…and make sure his food isn’t touched, ha ha). He is quiet the entire time and then at the end, when I say “..in Jesus name, Amen.” He yells out “AMEN!” It’s the best.
  15. And, finally..this never gets old…I just LOVE to watch him sleep at night. (I know, I have said this a million times – but it has to make “My List”)  When he is sleeping – his face looks EXACTLY the same as it did when we first brought him home…it’s his BODY that has grown SO much! Usually, Joe and I will go in there together and just watch him — and usually, one of us will say, “Gosh, he is getting SO big!”

Ok, so I wasn’t successful in keeping “My List” short, sorry about that. (“A few” is more like 5..not 15!)  But, he is our boy, and this is our site – so, I guess that means I can list as many “loves” as I want!

Happy Halloween everyone! Pictures of our little guy dressed as _________ coming soon :)