June Update

Two weeks ago, Nicholas started a Mother's Day Out program.  He goes two days a week for four hours.  The first week was great, but last Tuesday I went to pick him up and found him boo hooing.  I got there 5 minutes before it was over and I guess Nicholas was one of the last left and wondering where mom was.  Sort of odd since I was five minutes early, but I told him from now on I will be there early to get him so he doesn't have to be the last one there.  Broke my heart!  And to be expected Nicholas came home Thursday with a runny nose.  Luckily it hasn't developed into anything else, but knew this would happen with Nicholas finally exposed to other toddlers.  Today I dropped him off and he was extremely hesitant (there were other kids crying, which I think triggered him).  He was clutching on to my leg.  That was rather hard to do leaving him.  Hopefully this won't be a regular occurrence. 

Just recently Nicholas has started to say his name.  In the past when we tried to get him to say Nicholas it would come out Nikus.  I received copies of his 2 year pics in the mail and was showing them to him and every picture he would say Nicholas.  It was slow and methodical, but he got out all three syllables correctly.  Yea!  Now on to his three syllable last name...

Ever since the tornadoes hit in April (and actually before that) Gabe wanted to visit T-town.  We finally went down a few weekends ago and it just blew us away at what we saw (or I should say didn't see).  The intersection of McFarland and 15th was completely cleared.  We couldn't even remember what stores or restaurants were there.  In fact there was a small lake right off 15th that I had no clue was there and Gabe said it was because buildings and trees always blocked the view of it - now you can see it clear as day.  As we kept driving, there were signs on most businesses in the area saying Yes they were open again or that they would be reopening again.  Very humbling to see.  We also checked out the quad and the new Nick Saban statue.  I wasn't very impressed with it, but they didn't ask my opinion.  Nicholas enjoyed running all around the quad and chasing after squirrels.      

I thought I would share my first attempt at a diaper cake. It boggles my mind how much these go for online - sometimes costing $70 or more.  I've done a few diaper wreaths before, but this was my first cake.  This past weekend, I helped co-host a baby shower for my friend Janna and it was a nautical theme. The shower turned out great!  We can't wait to meet Andrew in a few months!