Oh Nolan

Some funny things Nolan has been doing lately:

So, you know how some ladies put their phone in their, uh, shirt when they don't have a pocket? haha. Well, Nolan sees that sometimes and we all know he is very observant, especially when it comes to phones and their hiding places☺. Well, after softball last week we went to Tonyburger for some dinner. I forgot my punch card so I got another one when we ordered. After we paid, Justin went to the restroom and Nolan and I went to find a booth to sit in. I put our stuff down, then set Nolan down on the bench, and threw the card on the table. As soon as I set Nolan on the bench he looked down and grabbed the card, quickly folded it in half, then grabbed his shirt at the neck with his free hand, and tried to tuck the card in his shirt!! HAHAHA I about died laughing and couldn't wait to tell Justin! The motion was so smooth, you'd think he'd done it a million times!

Lately he has started saying "mom" and "dad" more often than "momma" and "dadda."

He loves french fries! I know haha. Any time we walk into an In n Out or he sees a sign or a gift card with fries on it he gets excited, points, and says, "Fies!" A couple weeks ago we went through the Chick-fil-A drive thru and, of course, Nolan got really excited when he saw fries on the sign. We were taking it home to eat so we didn't give him any in the car. He really wanted some though so he said "fies. fies. fies." for at least 5 minutes straight haha. I'll give him credit though, he wasn't mad or yelling for the fries - just calmly stating over and over and over again that he wanted some ☺ He also loves beans (any kind of beans - black beans, bbq beans, edamame, you name it).

He started making a smooch noise whenever he kisses or blows kisses, it's adorable!

A couple of weeks ago at a softball game I was holding our friends baby, EJ. Nolan was a foot or two away watching us, and the second I gave EJ back to his mom he immediately came up and stood right against me, between my legs. The sweetest little jealous boy ever.

He now says "Ya" all the time if you ask him a question. He says "Ya" so often in fact that we've wondered if he really knows what he's saying, but he must because sometimes he'll say "No" too.
UPDATE: He learned "NO!" very quickly and the pendulum has swung in the other direction. He loves saying no, and sometimes with a lot of...emphasis. Oh boy. Good thing he's still a really, really good kid.

He still always has his feet up on daddy whenever he's laying in the bed with us (but from what I hear, Justin had that coming to him ☺)

And the best for last -- I think today has been the best day in my life as a mommy since the day he was born. Today Nolan looked at me and said "I love you Mommy." I about died of happiness and love, and as I went to give him a big hug and a kiss he looked and me and smiled the biggest smile ♥ I am a lucky, lucky girl.

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He still loves "bark!" and is saying some 3 syllable words like basketball, strawberry, and Mariners (daddy's personal favorite). I need to get a separate video of him saying some of these words because it's so cute, and this one wasn't the best time to try to get him to say them because his mouth is full of peppermint bark haha.

He'll sometimes spend 10-20 min playing with the magnets on the fridge. He'll grab one and bring it into the living room to one of us, then go back and grab another. When he almost has them all he'll start taking them from our hand and putting them back on the fridge, one by one.

Sunday afternoon walk!

He is still a little nervous around even single steps up or down, and ground changes such as asphalt to dirt or sidewalk to grass. But he's sure a good walker! In fact, it's funny because a lot of people talk about how scary those first few months of walking are because they fall so much, etc. but it has been a cake walk with Nolan, probably because he's so much older when he finally started walking. I don't worry too much at all!

Well ok, there was this one incident. This is sad and Justin will probably be mad at me for posting it (he didn't want Gm Bailey to see it because he thinks she'll cry and immediately jump on a plane to get here ☺), but a while ago Nolan face planted going down Jeanni's driveway and got some owwies. However, I'm proud to say that he only cried for about 5 seconds! Tough little man! Jeanni said she cried more than he did haha! 

 He has been watching Elmo's World at Jeanni's for a while now, but he's really gotten into it lately. We hear requests for "Elmo's World" a dozen times a day  (or "Ehmo's Wud" as Nolan says it, sometimes adding in a "watch" at the end).

A couple of weeks ago I had a hockey tournament in Ogden. In between games we decided to get some lunch and on the way passed a Kid to Kid so we decided to go in and see if we could find anything good. Within 1 minute we came across this Elmo doll in almost new condition for $5. He was SO excited when he saw it and carried it around the store. How could we say no to that?!

It's actually a talking Elmo, but the night we got it it kind of shorted and started vibrating really hard which terrified Nolan (so sad!), so we took out the battery pack/voice box and re-stuffed it with some pillow/doll stuffing I already had. I like it much better this way, it's softer and snugglier and we can put it in bed with him without worrying it will go off and wake him up ☺

 

He's also started really liking Daniel Tiger. Usually his words are pretty clear, but when he says Daniel Tiger it sounds kind of like "ava dahta." It took us awhile to figure it out! At Deseret Book the other night we found a Daniel Tiger book on clearance for $2.99 and he kept showing it to Justin saying, "ava dahta, ava dahta" haha. Yes, we got it for him ☺

It's kind of funny actually because he doesn't actually just sit there and watch these shows, he just wants them on while he plays. In fact, most of the time we don't think he's paying attention at all until the show is over and he immediately brings us the remote and says, "Ehmo's Wud!" or "ava dahta!"

Nolan taking a video of himself

Just being silly while mom's trying to get his breakfast/lunch ready 

My cute boys after daddy's men's league softball game. 

Nolan sat on my lap and watched for about 1/3 of the game (pretty good if you ask me!) and played with a softball (mostly throwing it, then chasing it), babbled, and explored the rest of the time.

I don't know about you, but I sure can't eat without remotes nearby ;)

Mr. Personality

He apparently likes to snuggle with hard, decorative bears? 

 Apparently when she took this Jeanni said, "Nolan, you're so handsome," and he responded, "I know." 

I hope he never lacks in self confidence, but we might have to tone it down a bit before it turns into full-of-himself hahaha.

But at the same time, he IS pretty stinkin' cute!!

Going out for a walk! Jeanni makes sure that fair skin and hair don't see too much sun ☺

Playing at the park in his I ♥ NY shirt

He still loves brushing his teeth. Lately in the morning he'll walk to the bathroom and say, "Ahhhh" which means he wants his toothbrush ☺

Just chillin' in his carseat

The hawk is back! ☺

Skyping with the fam!

He seems to like seeing if he can get through tight spaces

He loves his "Cougar" and "Jazz" balls and usually needs both of them at the same time. He likes to either hold them while being chased, put them in his basketball hoop, or throw them (he's throwing a lot harder and more straight these days too!)

Gotta get my hair juuuuust right

Aaaaaaand, he can stop growing up now. Thanks.