All About Nixon

My little man is close to being 17 months old and he's growing like a weed!!! He's definitely not my little baby anymore which makes me sad, but he is SO SO SO much fun right now. I am seriously loving this age. There are times when he wears me out because he never stops, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I haven't done a post on him for the last 2 months to update on what he's doing so this is basically for me to remember when I get my blog printed into a book.

This is his favorite position to sleep or just lounge around lately. Whenever we put him down for a nap or for the night, his arms automatically go up behind his head. He does it in his car seat, when he's sitting on the couch watching t.v. and even when we change his diaper sometimes. I love it and think it's the cutest thing ever!
He's been such a happy little guy lately. He's always making us laugh and he's always making other people laugh too. He's not shy AT ALL and he's a very outgoing little guy. He says and waves hi and bye to anybody we walk by whether it's at the park, at the grocery store or anywhere that we are. He's always smiling!! Out here in Boston, babies aren't a common occurrence like they are in Utah. We seriously can't go anywhere without people commenting on him. They always say how handsome and how cute he is and I would definitely have to agree with them!!

This is his surprised and excited face. When he sees a train, a truck, an airplane, or a tractor he always looks at me, points at it and makes this face. I'm SO glad Andrea got a picture of it because I have attempted so many times and haven't been able to get in on camera. This picture was when we were on the metro and he loved seeing the other trains go by.
He is such a curious little guy. He's seriously always looking around pointing at things. He never misses a thing!!!

Here are some things that he's doing as of late. ( I don't even know where to start)

-LOVES to be outside...he could be outside all day and night if we let him

-loves to go to the park and swing and go down slides

-LOVES to read his books

-enjoys watching Handy Manny and the Mickey Mouse Club (for short periods of time)

-climbs on anything that he can

-starting to imitate things that we do and say

-loves to look at our family picture book of everyone back home and he points out and says who everyone is

-loves fruit

-says bye to EVERYTHING ex: his bath toys when he gets out of the bath, the fridge when he closes the door, any room when he shuts the door, his clothes when we close a drawer, I mean everything

-dances anytime he hears music

-snaps his fingers when he dances (it doesn't make a sound but it's super cute)

-constantly talking (Nic and I are pretty much the only ones that understand what he's saying)

-says ball, more, Manny, hot dog, no more, bath, thank you, please, slide, mama, dada, papa, grandma, Lani, Char Char, Emmi, car, plane, ball, bike, water, baby, choo-choo, binky, blankie (obviously not the exact word but in his baby talk that we understand)

-knows where his hair, head, nose, ears, eyes, mouth, hands, feet, toes and belly button are

-lifts up his shirt when we ask him where his belly button is

-opens his mouth and sticks out his tongue when we ask where his mouth is or when we ask to see what's in his mouth

-can make the sound of a cow, monkey, chicky, lion, tiger, pig, horse and dog

-asks us for his binky and blankie when he wants them

-he tells us no when he doesn't want something or when he doesn't want to do something

-constantly on the go

-he hates to have his hands dirty (just like his daddy)

-he'll wipe his hands on anyone or anything he can when he gets them dirty

-when both of his papa's are around, they are the only one he wants

-since Nic is gone all day every day, when he's home, Nixon's attached to his hip and Nic LOVES it!

He keeps Nic and I on our toes at all times because he's always up to something. He can be a little stinker at times. When he knows we aren't watching him, he's usually up to no good. He makes us laugh so much and he knows when he's being funny. We are seriously loving this age right now. I know that it's only going to get funner from now on but we are trying to soak all of this in. I am seriously so lucky to be the little guy's mom. He brings so much joy and happiness into our lives. Nic and I are VERY lucky!!!