On Top of the World

Well, is this the picture of a happy boy or what?  We put the finishing touches on Nicholas’ bunk bed this weekend and bought some new mattresses for it.  Now we’ll see if Nicholas can adhere to the rule of no climbing up there when we’re not around.  We may have to take the ladder back off until we get over our paranoia of falls : )  For now though, Nicholas is happy to put all his stuffed animals up there and “rest".

  

We Love Mail

My mom sent a package this past week with the robe that she made for Nicholas.  As soon as we opened the box, Nicholas had me put it on him.  Thanks Grammie, it will keep him cozy on chilly days!

 

What Nicholas thought about school...

yep it was a great day! I did the daddy thing and asked Nicholas about his day at school - he proudly reported they had a shark and two crocodiles. I couldn't get much else out of him, but that seemed satisfactory to him...cracks me up.

First Day of School

Nicholas finally got to start preschool today.  He was excited to go and had no problem running in and saying hi to his teachers : ) 

    

He spotted this bulldozer right away and I don’t think he even heard me when I said goodbye.

He was still smiling when I picked him up so it was a great first day.  He’s already got homework, which he did without any fuss.  It’s going to be a fun year!!  Yeah for school!!!

Labor Day Weekend

Luckily Nicholas’ cold got better so we could drive down to Santa Barbara this weekend to see Mike’s sister and her family. 

 

 

With four boy cousins, Nicholas was in seventh heaven.  I don’t think we hardly saw him all weekend….he just ran in the house and starting playing : )

 

Here’s Nicholas and me with the newest cousin.  We were so glad we got to be there for his baby blessing on Sunday.  And looks like Nicholas is going to enjoy being an older brother come January.

 

After dinner on Saturday, we drove to the nearest beach (only 2 minutes away) where the boys had a blast throwing rocks in the ocean and we got to see a beautiful sunset.

 

Look at all those wonderful future missionaries!

We had a great time, and Nicholas was so sad to say goodbye to his cousins…but we’re glad they live closer by now.

The BIG Day!!

Well, today was supposed to be a big day on two accounts. First, Nicholas was supposed to start preschool today but he started to get sick yesterday. And then last night he woke up at 1 am throwing up. So I had to keep him home today. That led to a hiccup with the second big thing...the ultrasound. After making some last minute calls, my dad was able to drive down and stay with Nicholas while Mike and I went to my appt. That's our son for you...never sick except for the first day of school (oh well, his teacher was nice when I talked to her and said he wouldn't miss anything).

So for our next big news...we did make it to my appt and got to see our next baby for the next hour or so onscreen. While we waited to find out the sex with Nicholas, we knew we couldn't do that again so we were definitely ready for the ultrasound today. And we got lots of good views : )...it's a boy!!! YEAH!! We're so excited and deep down in our hearts (while we would've been happy either way) we really wanted a boy. A brother for Nicholas and what we can say, boys are so fun!! So we're thrilled that another sweet boy will be joining our family in January. I'm outnumbered for sure now, but I couldn't be more thrilled : ) Heavenly Father has blessed us with such sweet spirits.

PS.
I will post pics of Nicholas' "first day" next week!!