This is definitely a time of transition in Nolan's little life (and therefore lots of transition for me too)! First we made the glorious switch from formula to milk--Halleluya! I am so grateful to not have to buy formula anymore!! Nolan has had a much harder time with the switch from the bottle to the cup. But on Sunday I decided that we just had to suck it up (ha, no pun intended) and he's going to have to just learn to drink from the cup. He's made some progress and is a little better than he was but he's still not drinking the amount of milk that he should. Of course he still loves to throw his cup too. I really hope he stops that soon. I'm still giving him a bottle at night for now, just to make sure that he gets a good amount.
The next change that we made was turning his carseat forward facing on Monday. I can't tell you how cute it is to look back in my rearview mirror and see those two adorable faces staring back at me. Nolan has done so well and just loves looking around at all the new sights. On Monday we spent an hour and a half in the car driving to and from a friend's house and I never heard a peep out of him!
The fourth transition is that of moving from 2 naps to one. He's been showing signs that he's ready for the change but getting him to stay awake all morning long until after carpool at 1 so that both boys nap in the afternoon, is going to be very challenging. I've only had two days so far of trying to keep him busy and engaged all morning and I'm exhausted and running out of ideas! Yesterday we went to the mall to play and meet up with Holly and Caroline for Holly's birthday. Today while Nicholas was in school we went to Target and slowly went down every single aisle. Unfortunately that only lasted me until 10:20! What in the world would I do with this cutie for the next 2 and half hours??
Well after he was mistaken for a girl twice yesterday at the mall, I decided it was time for his first haircut. I was amazed at how well he did, and how different my two children are! Nicholas screamed hysterically at his first haircut, and basically every haircut after that. Nolan on the otherhand, never cried once and would every so often look back at the man cutting his hair and smile and laugh. He was wonderful! So then I wasted all the time that I could there and finally had to put Nolan in the car and of course he fell asleep immediately--11:00! Any ideas of what I can do with him tomorrow??
One more adorable note on Nolan: I realized that he has another word that he is saying now--Baa for Baxter. He chases Baxter around through the house and screams BAAA! It is so hilarious. Of course Baxter isn't as excited about his little fan.
I can't let this blog end without a cute story on Nicholas. He's such a great helper anyways but the other night he wanted to help me do the dishes after dinner. Since that would mean Nolan also hanging on the dishwasher, I told him thank you but he and Nolan can go play and I'll do it. Nicholas responded "No Mommy, I'm a Superhero for God, I have to help you!" Well how do you say no to that!
P.S. We had a great time on Saturday visiting with Lauren and TJ and the kids and Grandad and Kaki and celebrating our late Christmas. It's so much fun getting all of the cousins together! I had to include this awesome picture of sweet Mady sharing all of her naked baby dolls with her Uncle Graham. This daddy of cars and transformers had no idea what to do with all the baby dolls!
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