So Many New Things

Notice he's holding his prized possession in his hand

I'm kind of mad at myself for taking so long to write about all of the new things Nolan has been doing lately. It seems like every day he's learned to do a new thing or say a new word! He's growing up so fast!

I remember the first time I knew he understood what we were talking about. I was at Jeanni's house picking him up in the evening. He has this habit of taking his socks off. It doesn't matter how cold it is outside, he's always taking them off. Anyway, Jeanni pointed at his feet and said, "He's left them on for at least half an hour!" I then looked at Nolan and said, "Good job buddy for leaving your socks on!" As soon as I said the word "Socks" he looked down at his feet, smiled, and pulled them off!

I showed Justin and he was so surprised! Then a few days later Justin was getting Nolan ready and he said, "Hey Nolan, where are your pants?" And Nolan turned around, crawled over to his pants and held them up! Then he tried, "Go get your ball." And sure enough, he went and grabbed a ball!

This kid is smarter than we give him credit for!

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So in no particular order, here's a smattering of fun things Nolan has been doing/saying lately:

When you ask him, "Nolan, what does a lion say?" He responds with the cutest "Rrrawwwwrr" you've ever heard. One Sunday a few weeks ago, Nolan sat on our friend Melanie Campbell's lap for like 20 min. and played with her 4 or 5 year old son,Wes. When Nolan came back to our row to sit with us he stood on my chair facing Melanie. We whispered the question, "what does a lion say?" And he gave a super loud roar , right in the middle of sacrament meeting haha! It was too funny!

Nolan enjoyed playing with Wes's baby transformer cars so much that we decided to get one for him ☺. Our justification for the purchase was that he was so good at the doctor's, even though he got 3 shots!


He's started saying "Amen" after the prayer over dinner. It is seriously the cutest! 

One of the first words he learned was "Bye!" And after a while he finally learned to wave as well and the combination is adorable!

A couple of weeks ago we were skyping with my family. Of course Nolan's sole mission was to get his hands on the computer. Finally he got up on the couch and up to the computer. He looked into the camera at everyone, then all of the sudden said, "BYE!" and shut the computer! hahahaha! My family was dying!

He looks like he knows what he's doing!

One of his favorites words is "Up!" when he wants you to pick him up.

Some other new words (I can't think of them all unfortunately):
popcorn "paw po"
buttons "buh bo"
all done "ah don"
grandpa "papa"
I know (Sometimes we'll say, "Nolan, you're the cutest!" and he'll respond with "I know."
ball
light "ligh" (and he always points at the nearest light)
Nolan (at first it sounded like he was saying "Nona", now it sounds more like "Noah" ☺)


And our personal favorite: "I love you."


Nolan loves peppermint bark! If you ask him to go get the 'Bark' he knows right where it is. Sometimes I'll say to Justin, "I think Nolan ate his dinner pretty well!" Justin knows that means he gets bark and I'm honestly not sure who's more excited, Nolan to eat it, or Justin to get to feed it to him!

Funny story: 
One night Justin was feeding Nolan some bark. After a bite or two Nolan decided he wanted to share and started handing the pieces back to Justin. He did this two or three times so Justin decided he'd grab a bigger piece, since he'd eventually be eating it anyway. So he picked out a bigger piece and handed it to Nolan, expecting he'd get it back. But, not to be out-smarted, Nolan decided he wanted that piece and shoved it in his mouth! Hahahaha, he 'aint no dummy!

He likes to stand in front of his bookshelf and pick a book, then crawl over to you with it in his hand. Then he'll hand it up to you, and crawl in your lap. So cute. We love that he loves books.

"Nolan, give me a kiss!" Then either opens his mouth and plants one on you, or closes his eyes and puts his forehead on yours. I melt every time. Although it's kind of hit or miss these days, about 75% of the time when you ask him for kisses he shakes his head no ☺

Here's a long video, but we got him giving daddy a kiss


Still not walking, but is a really fast crawler (naturally).

He loves playing peekaboo under his blanket.

He is still crazy, and loves swinging with daddy.

He loves drinking from a glass. But not just any glass, he wants your glass. We always give him his own cup, but most of the time he still wants to drink out of the glass we are drinking out of ☺

He also wants whatever spoons (or knives or forks!) we're using, even serving spoons haha. And if we're using peanut butter or salsa (basically, whatever is the largest receptacle on the table) he wants to touch it and have it on his tray with him. Silly kid.


A new car seat!

 Hiding from the camera

 Can I take the Lexus out for a spin daddy?!

Not on your life son! (Look at that dejection!)

 Oh remotes! This kid has always loved remotes. I swear his mission in life it to find every remote in the room. And he knows which ones do what! For awhile we tried to out smart him and just give him the remotes we weren't using at the time. Even going so far as to pretend to push buttons on them. That only worked for a few weeks. Now he knows if you've given him the DVD remote, but he wants the one that turns the TV on and off.

He also crawls with them in his hands

and sleeps with them! 

(most kids like a teddy, oh well, whatever floats your boat kid)

There's always fruit at work so sometimes I bring home a pear for Nolan. Last week I walked in the door and showed him what I brought for him. He immediately said, "Pear!" and grabbed it. I'd say he enjoyed it haha.

And he even wanted to share ♥

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