Wow, is it July already!? Why does it always seem like the winters drag on and the summers go so quickly? Oh well, we have enjoyed lots of days outside. Every morning we go on our "walk".. We leave the same time Mario leaves for work (8am) and get home just in time for his morning nap (10am).. we walk up and down
Mainstreet and then to various parks in the area. Nico has quite the following with the "
Mainstreet" crew. The same people drink their coffee at the coffee shop outside almost every day (they call him "Red"), and the ladies at all the shops just love him. Roger at the tanning salon always manages to come out and say "hello" too. The old guy that uses a walker to get to the
Tav on Main by 8:30 (it is 5:00 somewhere, right) never misses his chance to ask Nico if he would like to switch places with him. Super cute!
This kid is soaking up things like a sponge- we have been working on flash cards introducing a new one every week. So far he says- dog, car, shoes, turtle, hi, bye, fish,
dada,
Belba (our cat Bella), makes the sounds of a monkey, dog, firetruck, cat and can also use the word NO in the right context. If we are at the park and I say "
ok, let's go home".. he will look right at me and say "NO".. or if he knows that he shouldn't be doing something, like going into the cabinet with the cleaning supplies, he will look at you and say "NO" and then open the door. It is so hard to not laugh! He also understands what you say to him now so if I say "Go get your shoes so we can go on our walk" he will run and get his sandals and bring them to you. "Put your head down", he will lay his head down on the pillow. If you say "It is time for a nap" he will grunt at you because he doesn't want to take one. He knows to go to the fridge if you say "Do you want some milk" or if you ask if he is hungry or wants breakfast/lunch/dinner, he will go over to his highchair. It is quite a fun age!
In other news, we are pregnant again, due in December! I think Nico is in for a rude awakening. He seems to get quite jealous when I hold other babies in front of him. This should be interesting :)
Just like his mom, always bending the rules going up the down slide!
Back at the beach!
Feeding the ducks!
Pointing at the airplane
And the fish!
For some reason he is really into eating rocks right now!!
In his new pool that already has a hole in it.
Fun with the cat food. At least he doesn't eat it anymore!
Watering the basil and mint leaves..
and of course playing in the mud.
Grandma said that I could eat the mint leaves....but that they were very strong
Yep, she was right!
I am going to try and fake out my mom so that she thinks I am JUST going to smell the flowers..
tricked her again... I am going to yank them out of the ground. So fun!
