Never a dull moment with our little fella!

I love hearing the silly things my nephews or niece say and would get so excited for the day I can tell people about Nixon's funny conversations. We are by no means close to a conversation but I thought this one was close enough...
***I always am telling Nixon to share his toys, or share whatever it may be with other kids. A couple of days ago we were sitting at the table eating breakfast. I had my food and he had his. He inched his way as close to me as possible and said, "SHARE!" I had been sick so I didn't want to give him any, but he kept insisting on 'sharing'! I felt like a mean mommy but had a good laugh all at the same time! 

Along with the terrible twos (that actually hit a few months ago) Nixon has been super clingy and very independent all at the same time. He always wants me by his side. To make sure I don't leave him he will always say, "Sit, sit!" or "DOWN!". If we are riding in the car I have to reach my arm back and hold his hand. If I leave the room he is always sure to follow only a few steps away. He usually won't let anyone hold him, feed him, or play with him if I am in the room. :( Each morning when he wakes up he yells "mama, mama, mama until i come in to get him! The last two nights I he has been SO cuddly and will lay on my chest until he is asleep or else begging to be put in his bed, I won't lie....I kinda dig that!


As far as being independent, say goodbye to the highchair, goodbye to holding my hand when walking into the grocery store, and he tries so hard each time to buckle up his own seat in the car...I have to pry his hands away in order to actually get him buckled. He wants to do everything all by himself! The good thing with all of this is that he is ALWAYS doing funny things that make me laugh. He is such a nut!

Some of today's highlights are...

*When I got in the shower today I specifically told Conner to keep an eye on Nixon. The second I close the bathroom door I hear Conner say, "Go find mommy!" (GRR...Does all husbands do that or just mine? His excuse was that a GAME was on!) Anyways, when I got out of the shower this is the cutie pie that I found saying, "uh-oh! Mess!" I totally think we have been watching a little too much Minute to Win it at our house!

*Now when Conner or I wear a hat, guess who has to wear one too? The bad part is that there is a specific hat he wants every time, and it is NOT his hat to begin with. He throws a big tantrum if he doesn't get it (yes already...sad I know!) So I(we) usually give in and he ends up looking like a goof ball. Like today for example...

*Nixon is the king for playing copy cat. Anything we do, he has to do as well. Deodorant, cologne, hair spray, getting a drink, and the list goes on and on. Today Conner was brushing his teeth and Nixon was trying to keep up....but with his finger of course!

* Hopefully this isn't a bad sign of the future, but whenever I leave a bra out where Nixon can get it he will always hold it up to him and say, "na na na na na". It makes me wonder if that is the impression he gets from me always saying, "na na na na"? 

* When going down the stairs Nixon either has to be holding on to our hand, going down on his bum or tummy, or holding on to the wall. Today he went down all by his little self!! I wouldn't let him do it with our big stairs, but still that's kinda cool right? Way to go little buddy!! (You can totally tell I am his mommy by how geeked out I get over the silliest things!)

* I feel like an awful mother to say that TODAY, almost two weeks before Nixon's 2nd birthday, was the day he had his very first ice cream cone! With how much I love ice cream this is a shock to me! He has had ice cream before, just not ever his very own cone. It was a hit! Even though it took A LONG time for him to finish the dang thing!

 

ps. I am CRAZY about that boy!!! 

Another Adventure

Conner and I were going to go ice skating for my birthday, but when we went to the ice rink and saw strollers being pushed on the ice we decided we wanted to wait and go with Nixon. Well, over a month later we finally did it! 
Nixon had a late nap and woke up having a complete melt down. He cried and CRIED for a good 40 minutes wanting me to hold him a certain way, with my arms a certain way, and only touching his back and nothing else. As soon as I sat on the bed (my arms were getting tired) he freaked even more. Plain and simple, he was not stopping and there was nothing I could do or say to make him feel better. (I tried) Anyways, after awhile I asked him if he wanted to play in the snow. He still cried and said "NO". I put him in the tub thinking he'd be happy but he screamed louder. It was a fast bath and then he just wanted to lay on my nap watching Nemo...naked. I asked if we should get his diaper, shirts, or pants and he replied no every time and would fuss if I tried to move. He started to calm down and was content watching Nemo...once again, naked. 45 minutes later when I finally got him dressed and we were ready to leave the house he found a hat and gloves on his own and went to the door sayin "no, no, no" (this means SNOW). I thought it was funny that he remembered me asking earlier if he wanted to play in the snow. The bad thing was that when I asked that I was really talking about ice skating. Snow, ice skating....they are close right? 
This is him ready to go out and play...so funny!

We ate at La Beau's before going skating. The ice skating closed at 9:30 and after we left La Beau's it was 8:40. I was stressing that we wouldn't have enough time! Silly me, we ended up getting on the ice around 8:50 and left at 9:15. After so many laps around it can get pretty old!

I don't think I have been ice skating since I was 12. I was scared. Luckily I had Nixon's stroller to hang on to, but when Conner pushed Nixon around you can bet I was standing on the side holding tight to the railing! 

 Even holding on as tight as I could to the stroller, I still feel like I had a couple near death experiences!

 It was very clear to see that Nixon had the most fun cruising around with his daddy. Daddy is SO much more fun that I am, and it showed in Nixon's face! It was so cute to watch him and see his huge smile when they would come flying by me. When I would take a turn and him and I would go around slowly, Nixon just kept saying, "Dada, go?" Thanks buddy!

It was definitely a great family night, and fun to do something different that we all enjoyed!

 

Oh and for some reason....Conner wanted me to take a picture with him and his figure skates in a special post. Here you go baby! ;)

 

We then ended the night with a frozen yogurt treat at Twizleberry...

Happy Saturday!

ISH...ISH...ISH!

Nixon has a new favorite food, or snack I guess would be more like it. He has always liked these, but lately it is more of an obsession and he ALWAYS wants them. What is it? ISH of course! AKA fish...aka gold fish crackers! From morning till night he is always asking for 'ish'. Oh, and I can't just pour out a few on a plate, heaven forbid! He has to have the entire container full in front of his chompers. The sad thing is, that big container is nearly empty. Don't worry, he eats other things as well...at least when he is not consumed in all of the fish! 

 

WINTER WONDERLAND

The last few days here in Logan have been sunny and warmer than usual. By warmer I still mean 40-50 degrees...I saw a guy at the grocery stores with his plaid shorts and sandals. I had to laugh! If it is summer going into fall and 45 degrees I can guarantee people will not be in shorts and sandals. Some people get really excited about the warm weather, but I for one am not fooled one bit! Good weather usually means something bad is soon to follow.
I went to enrichment at 6:30 with it sprinkling outside, when I walked out of the building the roads, my car, and everything else in sight was COVERED with a thick white blanket. Conner was home with Nixon and didn't know it had snowed like that in only an hours time. When I finally got home around 8 I mentioned how I wanted to go out and play in it the next day with Nixon. Conner then said, "Nixon do you want to go play in the snow?" Nixon with a huge smile said, "YES!!!! know (snow)!!!!" So the Edwards family was geared up and out in the snow at 8:30 at night. Nixon was in heaven! 

 

The day of LOVE,,,

Conner and I were able to get away on our own for dinner while Nixon was being babysat. It was SO-O nice!!! Conner got me some beautiful flowers which I thought was so sweet!! I have spent a lot of my time lately planning for V-Day. I was so excited for this holiday this year..just because I love my little family SO much and wanted to do something fun for them (more Conner I guess!) Anyways, this

was at home waiting to surprise the hubster when we got home from dinner.


Here are some pictures of how the night went down...minus the after party. ;)

I made Conner this jerky/almonds bouquet. I even had to learn a tutorial on the internet how to tie a tie for the ribbon. 

I had a lot more fun with his card this year rather than just getting a card from the store....It was so fun to make and I knew that he would actually pay attention to this one!!! HAHA!

The suprised husband...