sunshine and giggles

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This weekend we discovered our little boy can laugh. We hold his toys above him and shake them and then drop them and he giggles. It's really really addicting for us. And so we spent part of our weekend watching this phenomenon.

(sigh) Lately, I find myself concentrating on his face or his hands or his eyes and holding him up with my hands while he stands on my lap and hoping that I never forget any of it. He is growing and changing and Martha and I are realizing its all happening way too fast.

Some things we did this weekend: introduced him to the neighbors, took him for lobsters (which he didn't eat), let him help us plant shrubs (he managed the project for us - see picture above), coaxed as many smiles out of him that we could, and again, we watched him laugh at his silly parents.

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Nicolas's first laugh

Well it's the first one we caught on camera anyway. :-) I think it was sunday?

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Yes... that's right... he's wearing ROBOTIC clothing (courtesy of ashley and cheri - who know my warped-ness).
And me I'm jealous - very.

This week the doctor gave Nicolas permission to GO OUT! Yes, at last, to walk freely amongst the other members of his species and so we went out... TO THE DELI!!!

Seriously. We did. :-)

We had to get groceries and the idea of going to a BIG supermarket was WAY too much for us. As for the deli, we got so many "ooohs" and "he's soooo cute" from total strangers we decided it might be better to shelter him a bit more -- before he gets a big head -- oops too late. :-)

Kidding. NEXT STOP --THE MALL!!!

Maybe. Stay tuned. Coming next: Nicolas' first on-camera giggle. :-)

10 pounds +

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This week Nicolas weighed in at 10 lbs and 7 ounces.

We had a great weekend last weekend - it rained and we spent most of it indoors- cooking and cleaning and watching movies. Nicolas has been practicing making his noises and holding his head up. Little by little he is getting stronger and this afternoon my mom said he rolled over from his belly to his back.

I had to see this for myself - so I placed him face down on the playmat and he did it again! :-)

It's great to watch him make these changes and grow stronger -- we are looking forward to more adventures with him later this month when we are finally unshackled from staying away from crowds -- our doctors current advice.

patience. patience