Apologies for the posting drought! We've been busy for the last 2 weeks or so with birthday celebrations :) Nicholas celebrated his 3rd birthday last Thursday - WOW! He is quite the big boy these days! He had his 3 yr checkup last week with his new doctor (who is awesome!) and passed with flying colors. He's 34 lbs (75th percentile!) and 37 3/4" (50th percentile). He cooperated fabulously with the doctor and didn't even flinch for his flu shot - I was impressed.
Nick continues to amaze us with his feats and antics. His memory is fantastic and we're learning that even though he doesn't appear to be listening, he is, as the phrases and explanantions come right back at us when Tim, Greg or I break the rules ;) Nick is also becoming very adept at identifying truck types from a distance (eg, dump truck, digger, cement mixer, flat bed tractortrailer, etc) and makes of pickup truck as well. We have learned, interestingly enough, that GMC appears to be the most popular kind of pickup truck in the Greater Bangor area...
Nick is also blossoming into a fabulous big brother. He loves to help out by picking up toys for Tim when he (T) throws them all off his exersaucer, and he's also tried to feed Tim, although we're actively trying to discourage that right now (I just have visions of "Tim, here have some peanut butter & jelly sandwich", etc...)
And while we're on the subject, here's an update on Timbo. Tim is quite the little character these days too. He is still quick with a great big smile, but even quicker with some complaining and tears if he's being ignored (or rather not the direct focus of someone's attention) or if Mom leaves the room. Yep, separation anxiety has set in. We never experienced it with Nick, and now understand, that while somewhat flattering, what a pain it is...
Also in contrast to his brother, Tim has been venturing into the foray of solid food rather slowly (Nick would just about take my hand off while feeding him, he was so interested in solids). He'll tolerate rice cereal about half of the time and we can occasionally get him to have some peas or pears but he's not really crazy about those and could really do without banana, sweet potato, applesauce and carrots. He has really taken a liking to the little beginning fingerfood banana & sweet potato puffs, although he hasn't quite figured out how to get them into his mouth by himself yet. Anyhow, we're thinking that he might be one of those kids that just skips over babyfood and goes right to pizza ;)
Just this week, Tim discovered that one of the skills he picked up a few months ago is actually useful and fun! Although he first rolled months ago, he really hadn't been doing much of it until this week when he figured out he could get to other toys by rolling across the floor. And there he went, rolling across the living room floor over to Nick's pile of cars, much to Nick's chagrin. Tim is so proud of himself too - he'll stop half way cross the room, look up, roar with laughter and continue on to his destination. Its very cute :)
And for the best belated birthday present I could think of, Tim said "mama" the day after my birthday, and he wasn't even crying when he said it!! Ok, so he wasn't looking at me (we were in the car) and probably didn't mean anything by it other than to test out some new sounds...But, hey, I'll take what I can get!
A few pictures from October:
