The Little Man of the house

Nico has started to get into anything and everything lately from walking around in our shoes including my high heels, to finding him out in the garage up on a step stool trying to fix Oz's work bench with a screw driver. He carries those screw drivers around everywhere, I'm always trying to get him to put them down so he doesn't hurt himself but you never know when something will need to be fixed and so he must have one in hand at all times.
He also likes to get in my car and pretend to go places, he could do that half the day. One time I looked out and saw him in the car driving with our dog, Yzma, in the front passenger seat.
Always looking to help, he gets out the spoon and spatulas and says "stir mommy" getting his step stool once again to get tall enough to dip all his utensils in to "help stir."
That step stool made another appearance as he tried to climb into the baby bed and then took it to the kitchen to grab some bananas which he tried to eat with the peel on, gross!
We've also noticed that he climbs out of his bed when we didn't think he did. One morning I found all his shoes in bed with him, another time toys were all over but at least he seems to get back into bed and go to sleep with Mom and Dad none the wiser.

Nebulizer

Nico started getting a really bad cough the past week once allergy season hit. I noticed wheezing and whistling in his chest and decided it was time to take him in. We seem to always have a problem with him developing a bad persistent cough after any cold or runny nose. Finally the Doctors decided to start him on nebulizer treatments. Right now he has to do 3 a day but we hope to get it down to 1 a day after the allergies get better. The machine is really cute, it had stickers he got to decorate it with and the mask looks like a fish. His first treatment didn't go well, he panicked and tried to kick and scream his way out of using it. After that first time though he's done great, he just sits real still, takes in deep breaths while he watches one of his favorite movies which right now is either Cars or Dumbo. The treatments started to work right away so I'm really glad we did it. Our only problem now is the day I took him in was the day I turned in paperwork to a new Doctor's office since we don't care for his current primary Doctor. Now I'm in between the two places, I have to call the old one with questions about his treatment until the new place gets his files which they said takes 2 weeks. Customer service in the health industry around here is horrible, it was way better in Ohio.

Freezing Pool Play

Nico and Papa went for a swim in the lovely new pool that Oz bought over the weekend. I wasn't too excited since you have to get in with Nico and the water is sooooo cold! He was turning blue and shivering and still didn't want to come out, we had to force him to get out which wasn't pretty!
Over the summer it should be better once the air can warm the water better.

Easter Pictures

I wanted to post these before I forgot. They've been in my camera forever but I finally downloaded them. Just some of Nicolas at Easter, he loved hunting for eggs!

This weekend the weather was wonderful so we went to an art festival in town and had a wonderful meal and wine tasting, (I didn't get to taste since I'm pregnant but Oz enjoyed it.) On Saturday we bought a small ugly pool for our patio so Nico could get in to cool off. He and his Dad played in the pool all afternoon until Nico started to turn a little too blue for me. We had to force him to come out, it wasn't pretty but the child was shivering and turning into a little raisin so I had no choice.

Sunday after church we picked our strawberries that were ripe and washed the cars with Nico's help; then headed over to our friends for a BBQ. Nico absolutely loves to go to their home and play with their two little boys. It's always a good time when we can all get together.

Sping has Sprung

Here is a rare family picture we took at the Botanical Gardens, notice Nicolas is trying to get down and managed to flip a shoe off in the process; family pics are to come by these days since he just can't sit still for the picture.
Our time with Oz's parents here was great, Nico thoroughly enjoyed playing with them and was not so happy when they left and I couldn't just sit and stare and him play with trains all day like they were able to do. I need a maid and a chef and then maybe I'd be able to just play all day with Nico; that would be wonderful!
We are enjoying the first spring here, I love that I just put some strawberries and raspberry plants in the ground and already have fruit almost ready to pick. We are NOT enjoying the allergies in the area, all 3 of us are suffering and I can only take Claritin since I'm pregnant. I'm hoping now that everything is done blooming it will get better.
It's suppose to be in the mid 80's all week, I can't wait to get Nico outside to soak up some sun.

Chattanooga Trip

Now that Nico's Grandparents are here visiting, we decided to head over to Chattanooga for a day trip at the Aquarium and Children's museum. I guess we are doing an Aquarium tour since we just got back from the one in Atlanta. Nico loved the fish in the big floor to ceiling tanks the best.
After lunch we headed to the Children's museum, it was rated as one of the best in the country and I could see why, it was a lot bigger than the one here with tons to do. Nico was so tired by then but kept going so he could see all the fun things. One of his favorites was the dinosaur dig. He tried to put one of the big archeology hats on another boy who wasn't having it and then when that didn't work he decided to just fill the hat with sand instead.
It turned out to be a nice day trip, we'll have to do it again.

Funny Words Around The House

Nico is cracking us up with the way he says certain words. I love hearing him talk in more and more sentences and how he decides the way words sound.
Yesterday he said, Mommy, Mommy, Strawbabies please please Mommy, strawbabies!! He loves strawberries or babies as he calls them :) We make him excuse himself before he is allowed to leave the table after dinner, he says Accuse Me Peas, I love it!
I'd love to freeze this time with him, I love this little stage that he is in, between baby and little boy. Time always flies by so fast and if I could just slow this part down a little before the baby is all gone and the big boy is here I would.

Nico's Abuelos come to visit from Brazil Friday, he will love spending the week with them. We are hoping to go to another aquarium in TN since he loved the one in Atlanta so much. We really want to explore the surrounding area here since we are still so new to the area.

An update on Yzma, does anyone want a dog? She's free! The tranquilizers did not work at all so I guess Oz and I will have to start taking them to sleep at night with her storm phobias :) Now she is on phobia medication that we give her daily, it will take a month to tell if it's working so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Yesterday we came home to a smelly present right at the back door and another present in the kitchen, she also pulled all our coats off the coat rack and opened a cabinet door and pulled out a wooden basket and tore it apart, it wears you out to worry every time you leave the house and it's raining; you never know what you will be walking into when you return.

I'll try to post pictures of our time with Nico's Abuelos next week.