News from the Chiappetta Family!: February 2010

Friday, February 26, 2010

Show me your muscles!

I have some more words Nico has been saying that I forgot to put in the last post. He says "oh, uh-oh, pup" (for puppy). He used to have the idea of uh-oh but now he purposly drops something and then looks at me innocently and says it! He is repeating animal sounds like baa baa, moo, meow, and he tries to snort like a pig but he thinks it is a noise made in his throat not his nose. He cracks up when I do it though. He loves a book called Peekaboo Farm and when I start to walk towards the rocking chair at night he says "baa baa" because there is a sheep on the front and he wants to read that book. I feel like he is going to be too smart for his own good! If he screams and we tell him "No", he whispers a little scream and looks right at us for a reaction. I usually have to turn my head away instantly so he doesn't see that I burst out laughing. Lou and I were crying because we were laughing so hard the first time he did it. He does the same thing when he opens the cabinet in my bathroom vanity. I tell him "No" so he sits back for a second and then with his pointer finger he looks at me and carefully touches a lotion bottle to see if that is ok or not. He is definately testing his limits. I think he is a little young for all of that. Isn't he just supposed to want to play with toys and be a good calm little boy??? He is my wild little man but amazingly he gets instantly calm when I sing the song "Have Patience." I sing it often now. Sometimes it is the only way I can get a diaper on his little tush! He continues to love the water so bathtime is a highlight of his day. He thinks it is funny when we dump water on his head. We let him play with toys on the floor of our shower when one of us are in there because he loves it so much and he is contained and calm for a while. He will stay in there an hour if we let him. He will definately love the pool this summer. We are going to visit my dad over spring break in Las Vegas so I am looking forward to some pool time with Nico. He is going to have a blast and hopefully I can get a tan!

Here is a video clip I took of Nico this morning. He is proudly showing off his muscles! And you can hear him say Baa Baa as he looks for his book. Notice how cute he looks in his Snuggly Baby Power Letter onesie.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Nico has a girlfriend!

This is Nico with his "older" girlfriend, Kassidy. She walks now and he is really impressed by that! She is my college friend's daughter so we get them together for playdates often. They are only 2 months apart. At the end of this playdate, Nico leaned in and gave her a sweet little kiss on the lips, twice...and she liked it! It may have been the cutest thing ever but since both mommies were holding the babies, we didn't get a picture of it. I am sure there will be a next time! We are going to start supervising their playdates a little more closely!!!

By the way, we couldn't get either of them to smile for any pictures. I think they just thought we were weird for doing all of the crazy things that you do to get kids to smile for pictures.

Nico is 11 1/2 months old now and may be the busiest boy I have ever seen. By 7pm I hit a wall and am so tired I can barely clean up dinner and get him to bed. This is more tiring than when he was a newborn! He loves to be chased, pull out the garbage can cabinet and climb in behind the garbage cans, cruising furniture and playing with anything except his toys! I spend all day making sure he is not getting into trouble or getting hurt! He is really talking more and repeating words. He has said..."whats that?" "two" "three" "Jack" .....it seems like he is going to be an early talker. I told Lou he better start sensoring his words!

Poor Nico got sick for the first time ever this weekend. We almost made it one year without even a sniffle! He had a fever and a bad cold and on top of it he scraped his face trying to stand next to the exersaucer and then fell the next day and bumped his head...poor baby looks so beat up and miserable. We are keeping him home so he gets better but Lou and I were going stir crazy by last night.

In this video clip, Lou is turning a "button" on Nico's back to put him into "slow mode". Notice how Nico keeps taking Lou's hand and putting it on his back for more button turning. The next day Lou was rubbing Nico's head in the morning and when Lou stopped Nico grabbed his hand and put it back on his head for more! He cracks us up!