nicknames

Nolan has started to give many objects around the house cute little pet names. He adds the "ee" sound onto the end of many words. I guess he picked this up from Matt and I, but I had no idea that I used this ending so often. While he was playing Playdoh today, he said, "make more snakeys"

snuggle puppy

Nolan loves his puppies, but has gotten into the habit of using my favorite phrase "go away dogs." So when he snuggled up with Rudy on the couch in the morning, she was so happy!

morning antics

Nolan still wakes up in the middle of the night to come sleep with Mommy and Daddy. When he is having a particularly bad night, he may wake up more than one time and the first word he says is "downstairs." I finally wised up and told him that we could not go downstairs until it was 6 o'clock. For a few nights, he wanted to look at the clock to check the time, but now when he wakes up he says "6 o'clock, downstairs?"

family time

Every night after dinner, Matt and I sit on the floor with Nolan and play whatever he wants. Usually this involves singing, playing the guitar, running up and down the hall, doing obstacles, and wrestling. Tonight's activity was singing "Happy Birthday To You" to everyone we know, and wearing our modified birthday hat. Nolan sings along "Happy To To."