Nolan has discovered this really great game, and it goes something like this: he dumps all the toys out of the fabric cubby, laying the cubby on its side. He takes a toy (usually his red ball, teething ring, baseball or lion) and places it on a side of the cubby. Then he looks at it for a few seconds and then uses his hand to bounce it off the cubby. For whatever reason this is super entertaining for him! He also discovered he can do this in the bathtub, too, by placing one of his toys on the ledge. He'll stare at it for a few minutes, and then take it off the ledge and put it back in the water. As the saying goes, "whatever floats your boat!"
On Saturday we took Nolan to the Eden Prairie Sears for his 9 month pictures. Both Adam and I were super impressed with the photographer who worked with us. Her name is Arianna, in case anyone is looking for a great experience! We had the first appointment of the morning, and she spent 45 minutes with us. She worked really hard to get Nolan to smile, and it worked in a few of the pictures! After his pics Adam left to go help our friends Kirk and Kate move in to their new house, and then spent the rest of the evening hanging out with some friends. Nolan and I spent a lot of quality time together! I guess that's okay, since I was gone Friday night at my work party. I really wish Nolan could re-set his internal alarm on the weekends. He was up at 5:30 on Saturday morning and 4:30 yesterday morning! Ugh, those early a.m. hours are tough - especially since Adam doesn't do well that early and I usually end up with him.
Yesterday we spent the entire day celebrating our first family Christmas with Nolan. It started out with waffles in bed for the 3 of us (no syrup for Nolan). We ran a few errands and bought Nolan his first sled, which he didn't really like a whole lot when we got him outside! After his nap we delivered the Christmas goodies to the neighbors, and then came home and opened our gifts. Nolan did really well, considering he was mostly interested in eating the wrapping paper! He loves his new Fisher Price singing toy we bought him, and his book. Nolan got Adam some necessities, like new undershirts and socks, and I got something I've been wanting for quite some time - a plush electric blanket! It is the most awesome thing ever. Hmmmmmmm, I wonder if that means I'm getting old?
Nolan is learning to play the "I'm going to be a perfect kid at daycare and then see what I can get away with at home" game. Don't get me wrong - he's a really great kid. However, yesterday he had a tough day that started very early, and he did not want to go down for naps. He didn't really feel like eating a whole lot, and has decided that he wants nothing to do with his sippy cup. One minute he would be smiling, and the next crying and fussy. The report from daycare goes something like this: "How was Nolan today?" "Great. He napped good, ate good and was in a great mood." I talked to Gina tonight and she said her girls do the same thing. When I asked Julie if Nolan uses a sippy cup at daycare she said he does with no issues. At home we literally have to hold a regular cup for him to try and drink out of - which is a slow process and really messy! Julie was nice enough to borrow us one of her sippy cups to try on him, and of course he liked it. I guess he's just figuring out his likes and dislikes, right?
We're really keeping an eye on the weather, as we've been hearing that "the big one" is going to be rolling through the state on Thursday and Friday and may hamper our travel plans. If worse comes to worse we'll head up to Browerville on Wednesday night to beat the storm.
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