The tradition lives on...

The year Gabe was born, Alabama won the national championship. So, it's only fitting that the year Nicholas was born brought number 13 for the Crimson Tide. That being said, we will leave it up to the Tide to produce 14 next year because a little brother or sister for Nicholas just isn't in the plans just yet. Gabe and Pawpaw were able to experience the Rose Bowl in all it's glory and luckily came home with a "W" as well. Needless to say that experience tops Gabe's all time favorites besides the day Nicholas was born and our wedding of course... :-)

While daddy and Pawpaw were out having a blast in Vegas/Pasadena, Nicholas and I were doing our best to stay warm (AKA stay inside). All week it did not even get above freezing, which is extremely unusual for us. It actually snowed here on Thursday and even though it stayed below freezing the whole time, none of it stuck. However, we can say Nicholas experienced his first snow (by watching his cousins catch snow flakes in their mouths).

The most exciting thing that happened to us occurred just before the national championship on Thursday. Nicholas and I joined Mimi and Pop for dinner. Pop was feeding Nicholas and at the bottom of his Gerber jar he discovered a large piece of glass. It wasn't from the jar itself, but looked like it came from another jar in the factory. It was very bizarre to discover and didn't really sink in for awhile. After a few minutes, we decided to make a call to our pediatrician's office to see what they recommended. Granted Nicholas hadn't coughed or made any signs of choking/swallowing anything out of the ordinary, but we just wanted to make sure. I ended up talking to the on call nurse and she said to just observe his dirty diapers over the next day or so and call back if he gets sick in any way. Thank God nothing ever happened and he is still as happy as a little clam. Mimi did report the problem to Gerber, so hopefully they are taking all the measures necessary to make sure this doesn't happen again.

They don't make a national championship hat small enough, but plenty of other items are just his size I'm sure...


What is it with males and their remotes?



Is it game time yet?

Say Cheese!

Last night, while celebrating my friend Elizabeth's birthday, we felt a little something in Nicholas' mouth. Then this morning we could really feel and see both of his bottom central incisors. According to his baby book, he is right on schedule for this. I'm really going to miss those gummy grins! Also, we believe Nicholas is entering the early stages of crawling in that he has started to stick his butt up in the air and pull his legs underneath. For now he is content rolling over in order to get anywhere.

Apparently Nicholas has brought daddy and the Crimson Tide luck since they are headed to the National Championship in Pasadena. Daddy says it's only fitting since they also went the year he was born.

I finally ordered our Christmas cards. Hopefully I can get them, address them and send back out before Christmas gets here. We had contemplated putting the following picture in the card because we both thought it was too funny, but in the end I decided to go with the traditional Christmas sweater/Christmas tree pic.

Love those hands

For the past three months, Nicholas has spent the majority of his days and part of his nights chewing on his fingers. He has no preference as to which hand or finger, as long as they are in his mouth. He will even put our fingers in there. Let me tell you, he has some strong gums! The few times we let him use our fingers, he will chomp down. Recently we have noticed he has a tendency to turn his hand upside down and then stick it in his mouth. Your guess is as good as mine as to why he does this, but it is rather funny to watch.




Daddy has been extremely happy this football season. This past weekend he was actually home for the game since it was at Mississippi State, so he had to get Nicholas into his game gear as well. From the look on his face in this picture, he has his game face on too!




Finally, congrats to the Tortorice's! Ella Grace was born on Saturday - 20 inches long and 7lbs 11oz. Everyone is doing well and Nicholas is looking forward to meeting his future girlfriend!

Georgia on my mind

So Nicholas had his first out-of-state experience this past weekend when we visited our friends Ben and Jamie in Georgia. Gabe went to the Bama/VA Tech game on Saturday with Mumbles and the rest of us watched the Auburn and Bama games back at the Tortorice house. We had a great weekend except when I upset Nicholas by yelling at the Auburn game. I was holding him when LA Tech scored and apparently I was louder than I realized. Nicholas made this horrible face and started crying. Luckily he quickly calmed down. Gabe says that no one would have guessed that of the two of us, I would be the one to upset Nicholas by yelling at a football game. Thanks again to Ben and Jamie - we had a great weekend! We can't wait for Ella to arrive and give Nicholas a playmate!

Nicholas is still doing really well with sleeping at night (with a few exceptions where I think mama drank caffeine that day). Mimi and Pop reported that he laughed yesterday, so mama and daddy are anxiously waiting to hear as well. He loves sitting up now (with assistance) and is still amazed with those things we call feet.

Tomorrow I will get to shop at our church's childrens consignment sale. This is the first one they've had since Nicholas was born, so it will be interesting to see what all I find for the little guy. He already has plenty of clothes, but I have a feeling a few more will be added to his closet.