Happy Birthday Nicky Beans! Wow, what a year, who would ever have suspected that Mark and I would not only have a baby but would find it so incredibly entertaining? A little over a year ago Mark and I were heading to the hospital with no idea what to expect to find out what brand of little bundle of joy we were having. At that point, all I really wanted was an epidural (and maybe a milkshake) and for my feet to return to human. By three o' clock we were a whole new type of family and now, a year later, we are another type of family still and looking forward every day to the constant daily change that becomes part of your life once you have a baby. Just this weekend Nicky, who has been tottering around for a while now, took off and started really walking. He had his first bacon and egg breakfast. He learned how to say both "Wow" and "Whoa" and added to his "UhOh" and "OK" commentary on the state of his life. He learns things in giant leaps, seeming not to be paying attention until suddenly he just starts doing something new like he has been doing it all along. It is amazing to watch. A grin and a giggle has become our favorite way to start the day and more than makes up for his reluctance to go to sleep at night. For all of you that have shared this first year with us and helped us out while we got our "kid legs" and everyone that came to the compound for the party, Thanks for helping to make this past year so wonderful.
We love you,
Mark, Alli and Nicholas
The year in Pictures
Hmm, these contractions are really uncomfortable, I am ready to go to the hospital now! This was at about 12:30 with a little over two hours to go. Amazingly enough, I was on time for possibly the first time in my life! I was really looking forward to that epidural....
July 19, 2006
Welcome to the world little man!
August 28, 2006
Here I am at one month wearing my first big boy outfit. I haven't found my smile yet but I like to snuggle. We are leaving in a minute to go to Tampa to visit my Grammy D and Unka Ed. It will be me, mommy, grammy, dad, robert and Wioletta.
September 4, 2006
Here I am at the Labor Day party. Not even two full months old and they are already teasing me and making me look goofy!
October 23, 2006
Look at me! Almost a week after my 3 month birthday, I have figured out how to sit up in this thing and I LOVE my toy! (This ended up being the best money we spent on the kid all year long! Sadly, he has outgrown but we have given it to another family and hope their little man loves the 'donut' too)
November 2006
Yea!!!!!! I found my smile. All month I have been giggling and laughing and my mommy is thrilled!
December 2006
Here is my first picture with Santa, aren't I cute in my blue Grandpa hat? Next year I will really have the hang of this!
January 2007
It's a New Year, and I have really big plans for this one. New Years Resolutions: Learn to Walk, Start Talking, eat food that isn't liquid.
February 2007
7 Months old and I am getting cuter every day.
March 2007
At 8 months my parents have to pull out the big guns. The floor is littered with stroller, pack-n-play, the donut, the walker and they really need to get on the childproofing thing. I have a deep love for cabinets and anything inside of them and I can stand up now so any day now I will run the house!
April 2007
Told you so!!
May 2007
Next stop...THE WORLD!
June 2007
This is my first Father's Day. I don't think any kid has ever been as crazy about his Dad as I am. Since I can do a lot more stuff now and it's a special day, I'll bet Daddy will be willing to spoil me with a swim and a GoKart ride AND a tractor ride. Then we can lay in the floor and I can climb Daddy mountain for a couple of hours. What a great day!
July 19, 2007
It's my Birthday, It's my Birthday, Gonna Party Like It's my Birthday!
WOW! What a birthday week! I saw my Grammy,my Babcia and Dziadek, My Grammy D, My great Granny, all my local friends, I saw most of my friends from Poland, we had Camp Compound and Lindsay and Cammo spent a couple of days with me and we went to the Georgia Aquarium and saw fish and Penguins and Whales, we rode everything with wheels on it and we planted a tree just for me! All my Grandparents and my Parents and even my Great Granny helped dig the hole and we planted the Nicky tree that is going to grow up along with me! I had a great year, can't wait to see what next year will be like! Til then...
Look at me standing up!
My new wagon
My Little Pony
My First Cake! It's really ugly but I am the only person in the world mom would bake for...and it tasted pretty good. Grammy will make me pretty ones later when I am old enough to get picky
This is my cool new car
Here is my party at Grammy's. We had fun hats and the quality of cake was WAYYY better!
At the Aquarium
Here is my tree!
Ok, after a year like that, I think I deserve a nap, don't you?
Good night!
It's the Puppy!!!
Hmmm, my first Twix bar, YUMMY!
Practicing my catwalk!
I love running through the park!!
I Like to Color!
Here I am at one month wearing my first big boy outfit. I haven't found my smile yet but I like to snuggle. We are leaving in a minute to go to Tampa to visit my Grammy D and Unka Ed. It will be me, mommy, grammy, dad, robert and Wioletta.
Here I am at the Labor Day party. Not even two full months old and they are already teasing me and making me look goofy!
Look at me! Almost a week after my 3 month birthday, I have figured out how to sit up in this thing and I LOVE my toy! (This ended up being the best money we spent on the kid all year long! Sadly, he has outgrown but we have given it to another family and hope their little man loves the 'donut' too)
Yea!!!!!! I found my smile. All month I have been giggling and laughing and my mommy is thrilled!
Here is my first picture with Santa, aren't I cute in my blue Grandpa hat? Next year I will really have the hang of this!
It's a New Year, and I have really big plans for this one. New Years Resolutions: Learn to Walk, Start Talking, eat food that isn't liquid.
7 Months old and I am getting cuter every day.
At 8 months my parents have to pull out the big guns. The floor is littered with stroller, pack-n-play, the donut, the walker and they really need to get on the childproofing thing. I have a deep love for cabinets and anything inside of them and I can stand up now so any day now I will run the house!
Told you so!!
Next stop...THE WORLD!
This is my first Father's Day. I don't think any kid has ever been as crazy about his Dad as I am. Since I can do a lot more stuff now and it's a special day, I'll bet Daddy will be willing to spoil me with a swim and a GoKart ride AND a tractor ride. Then we can lay in the floor and I can climb Daddy mountain for a couple of hours. What a great day!
It's my Birthday, It's my Birthday, Gonna Party Like It's my Birthday!
This is my cool new car
Isn't he just the cutest thing ever?? This is what he would look like had he slept at any point in the last week! Poor little tyke, Nicky's been running a fever all week and has a sore throat, but he's still my little angel. But man am I glad everyone has come home! Mark is back in town, Deana will be here for three whole weeks and Barbara gets back in from Poland tonight and will be spending a few days with us. Nicky will be spoiled rotten and I'm going to take a nap! Nicky is starting to feel better and has been standing on his own and taking a few steps, I'll bet he'll be walking by his birthday, good thing, he is getting a little heavy to be holding all the time. This is definitely the first time in my life that my left arm is twice as strong as my right. We are looking forward to a fun summer and will be starting swimmy lessons for Shorty hopefully next week. If hysterical giggling is any indication, this kid is going to love the pool.
Nicky is also walking a lot, playing with his new blocks - which he loves - and listen up, this is the best part...he puts away his own toys!!!! Finally, a trait from mommy!
He is also very tidy with food. I gave him some jello expecting a cyclone, but instead he scooped up all the pieces I laid out for him, put them back in the container and picked up the spoon to try to figure out how to feed himself. He actually made spoon-mouth contact a few times!
