The most horrible sound...

is that of your 8 month old grinding his teeth!!  And it is loud too!  I know this is (hopefully) just a phase since all those teeth have come in, but ugh this is not a fun phase!  Hearing that noise makes us cringe every time.  We try not to overreact so we don't inadvertantly encourge him to continue doing this, but it's hard not to react.  Our friends the Spanicks and Perrys can attest from hanging out the other night, that this is a horrible, horrible sound.  Oh please let this one pass quickly!!

Giggles and Grace

I have worked our church's children's consignment sale - Giggles and Grace - since before Nicholas was even in the womb. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this sale and highly recommend it to those with little ones (especially little girls - it seemed like there was twice as much girl clothing than boys).  We have definitely racked up over the past several sales and did so again this week. Unfortunately I did not find a good umbrella stroller that I was hoping for, but I did stock up on some great things for around $80.

My bargains included:

• two pairs of shoes - Crocs and Nike tennis shoes that I knew daddy would love
• a new Baby Einstein DVD - can never have too many of these
• a cool basketball goal toy - it's never too early to start
• a Leap Frog play table for Mimi and Pop's house
• loads of clothes

I'm going to check out the Trussville Methodist sale in two weeks.  For new moms or for those expecting, you can sign up to shop early.  Hopefully I can find some good stuff there too!

This week Gabe and I decided to lower the crib mattress and remove the bumper pads.  Although Nicholas cannot sit up from laying down just yet, when he was sitting in the crib recently he grabbed the slats and was trying to pull himself up.  Better to be safe than sorry...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day! Aren't my roses just beautiful!?! My valentine did a wonderful job picking those out!

I thought I would also share some picks from Nicholas' first real snow experience. I'm thankful that we didn't have the blizzard experience that the Northeast has experienced, but it was nice to have our few inches of snow.

Socks as gloves - they worked great!



You can see those top teeth coming in.




Swinging in the sunroom. Much warmer...


"If I can just grab that big ear..."


"What did I do?"

Three for one deal

Things are looking up for Nicholas as this past week three more of his top teeth cut through. Since this happened he seems to be back to his happy-go-lucky self and is sleeping much better at night.

I can't help but smile every time he smiles. Even with his crooked freshly popped teeth, he is just the cutest thing ever! (In my totally unbiased motherly opinion). He has started sticking out his tongue like a lizard (my guess is he's trying to figure out what is going on with his gums).

It just seems that his cuteness grows by the day. Here are some recent pics that we just love...

Who doesn't love naked babies?!?



Daddy and Nicholas "talking". They love it!


Bundled up! Bring on Spring!

Another Tooth

After much anticipation, Nicholas now has another tooth that has popped through. It is one of his top central incisors and from what I can see the other one won't be far behind. Nicholas has been sleeping better recently, so hopefully the worst of the teething process (for these teeth) is behind him.

We started "lunch" with Nicholas this week and of course he is enjoying it as he does all baby food. We are also introducing water out of a sippy cup. Nicholas hasn't quite mastered the sippy cup, but it seems that he enjoys water (when we take the filter off the cup and he is able to get water more easily).

I would post a picture, but you wouldn't be able to see the tooth. We'll make sure to get some good pics once it has fully popped through.