We have a hole in the ground!

All morning today, an excavator worked on digging our foundation.  When all was said and done, the deepest part is right at 6 feet deep.  We ended up having to reverse our floor plans because it turns out the land slopes down towards the East, so we need the garage to be on the West side of the house.  This really didn't matter to us and may actually work out better this way.  We are beyond excited to see work being done.  We have also had record breaking heat and a bit of a drought.  Obviously dry weather is good for building, but I hope we do get a little bit of rain soon as all the plants and trees are looking really rough.

Nicholas in awe of the BIG tractor!

Facing East - Lots of dirt, which was rather dusty due to the heat. 

Facing North - this will be the front of the house

On a side note, Nicholas is as funny and quirky as ever.  Some of my favorite lines/quirks from the past few months are:

• Never!  - This sounds bad, but you can't get mad the way he says it.  His voice gets real deep and we know he is just teasing when he says it. 
• That's preposterous!  - Not exactly sure where this came from, but busted out laughing the first time he said it. 
• He has a hard time saying his "R's" and his "V's" sound like "B's"
• Whenever he eats a PB&J sandwich, he always pulls it apart and eats it.  He doesn't do this with any other sandwich and it usually results in food all over his face
• He was playing with a pool toy and before I realized it he had chewed threw part of it and proceeded to blame it on the dog, who at the time was outside... 

He loves running around and dancing.  I tend to think he is going to be a track star, while daddy equates this to him being an all-star runningback.  We recently have been swimming with his buddies Colin and Evan, and he LOVES the pool.  He would stay in all day if he could. 

At this point Nicholas still takes good naps.  He may resist at first but will usually sleep 2-3 hours most days.  Recently, he has been getting out of bed after we put him down at night.  He tiptoes out his room and then turns on all the lights in the nearby rooms.  He is being stubburn about this, but I'm assuming as with all things this too shall pass before long.  As far as the potty training saga goes, he will use the potty but never initiates it himself and still won't go #2.  I decided to take a week off and devote the entire time to potty training.  I don't know if this will be effective, but this is my last ditch effort to break him of the diaper habit.