Mommy needs to brag for a minute…
Nicholas has hit a “learning spurt” or something lately because he seems to be doing lots of new things all at once. I’ll just list them for convenience’s sake. It is our blog so I’ll brag if I want to! 
- He knows “eye”. If you ask where your eye is, he’ll point at it (aka try to poke your eye out). He also knows “ear” but that isn’t as consistent yet. He is also catching onto “mouth”. “Belly” is still a favorite though.
- He is getting much better at eating with a fork. He mastered the spoon awhile ago but we are offering more and more things with the fork now- rather than just cutting up pieces for him and scattering them on his tray. He even ate a few mouthfuls of spaghetti with a fork tonight! And if you know him and spaghetti, then you’ll realize how much of an accomplishment that is. He even took a forkful of spaghetti, got some green bean on it then ate it. Not sure if that is a “skill” but we were impressed!
- He said “kitty” today! We were on the couch and he stood up and looked saying “kitty”. Zoë was in the other room, so I was confused. Turns out he saw the picture of Zoë on the blanket that was on the back of the couch!
- When he is done eating he throws his arms up and says “all done!”. It is adorable. And you better wrap up the meal at that point because when he is done, he is done.
- He has several new words, including eye, kitty and now Zoë. In retrospect, I think he’s been saying her name for awhile now but we didn’t get it. Now we totally recognize it since the kisses video. We should have caught on sooner since he adores her.
- He is all about stacking. He stacked 6 cups today and has done up to 6 blocks too. He also took the cup tower apart and nested all of the cups back together. It is so neat to watch because before if he got stuck, he’d throw them away and move on. But now he gets frustrated and keeps trying to fit the big cup into the smaller one until after a few tries he switches them and gets it. Then he is so proud of himself!
- Overall his comprehension just seems to be through the roof! He can go get objects in other rooms when you ask for them, he will put things back where he found them if you tell him to, he helps out more when you dress and undress him, he puts his own towels in the dryer before bathtime, he points up when you ask where the light or fan are and a slew of other things that I am forgetting at the moment. I really should keep a running list on the fridge or something.
Here are a few pictures of our brilliant boy from today. I set up his igloo tent but after spinning in it for a few minutes, he figured out how to flip it over and roll in it like a hamster wheel. He is a nut. A smart nut, but a nut all the same!
