I MISS MY LONG LONG HAIR! PLEASE GROW FASTER!!

Cutest Boy Alive?!

So Niko is a whopping 16 months old now! Almost a year and a half, where has time gone?!?! Well he has been keeping me smiling and very busy these days with his new found skills and his developing personality!
Here's what's new!

-He loves loves loves string cheese. It is the first thing he has every morning. He walks to the fridge, opens it up and whines for his cheese.

-He almost sings his ABC's. He carries the tune, and you can pick out the "H I J" and "Q R S" part of the song! What a smartie.

-His 2 new words are "oww" and "uh oh", and sometimes the occassional angry sounding "NO!". He likes to bang things and say "oww" over and over again.

-He has definitely moved on from walking and is trying the running thing out. He falls all the time says a simple "ow" and gets up and tries again.

-Niko has gotten better on the piano keyboard. He knows which buttons make the beats and fusses if the keyboard mysteriously gets unplugged.

-He has become a cuddler, every morning for playhouse disney cartoons.

-He understands my "look" and will generally obey it.

-He is obsessed with the act of me folding blankets. Every morning when I fold blankets he gets excited and throws himself onto them.

-He has been looking through his books more and looking at the pictures. He has also been playing with his big lego blocks more and can actually build small things out of them!

He has become the best little boy possible! I just love the little guy more and more everyday. Niko makes me laugh and smile so much. It may seem like every post is about him, but come on, I am a mom and love that guy so stinkin' much!

A friend we will miss.....

This morning I found out that one of Niko's "elderly friends" passed away last night. Joel Young, 77, was one of Niko's favorite people! He always rode around town in his motor wheel chair and we would run into him everywhere! Whether it was friday night markets, Broulims grocery store or just seeing him on our daily walks. He adored Niko. He would get Niko's attention by saying "Hey small guy! Small guy, oh you wanna fight, you wanna fight?!" He was so funny. He never knew my name, but whenever he needed to talk to me he'd say "HEY LADY!" He made us smile and laugh all the time. Our favorite thing is the Shrek watch he gave to Niko. He rode his motor wheel chair all the way to McDonalds and got a happy meal just so he could get Niko a little toy. We will never forget our friend and will miss seeing him almost everyday.

Luckily, Niko has not lost the watch and we have this to remember him by.

Last Warm Day.....

I predict that today was the last day of summer. It was in the 80's today and I looked at the 10 day forecast and the weather is definitely getting cooler. I doubt it's going to get warm again so Charity and I took advantage of the weather. We biked around mainstreet and looked in some stores, and ended the ride with some shaved ice. Niko loves to ride on the back of my bike so he was our companion on the trip as well. Shaved Ice was the best!