Straight from the Cow

Nick is drinking straight from the cow. The Braum's cow anyway. It amazes me just how many milestones a baby goes through in that first year and how many of the big ones seem to come right at the end. Nick is now cruising through the world facing forwards. Franklin turned his car seat around the other day. He loves it. He can see and talk to his favorite person, the great and mighty Da (seriously, just ask the boy). He sits right behind me on the passenger side, so unless I'm driving, he still really can't see me unless I peek around the seat.

He still only has the two lower front teeth. He keeps making motions like he's teething and frequently has days where he'll soak three or more bibs, but we've yet to see anything come of it. He's being stubborn about it, I think.

Nick travels like a champ. He's very mellow with a "sleep now" button on his fanny that appears to be activated by the car seat. If we're in the car more than 15 minutes, he's out. We took him and his sister off to Silver Dollar City on Saturday. We'd have made reasonable time if we hadn't had to make 4 pit stops along the way out. He may travel like a champ, but there are days when I really wish we hadn't potty trained her. It usually passes though, particularly when we're buying diapers. We made it home on just 2 stops and a bit of threatening. It's one of the bonuses you get as a parent.

The bottles went bye-bye on Monday. It's been a bit of an adventure. Unlike his sister, Nick is a very leisurely eater. He can make a bottle last forever if we let him pause and play with it. In a just a few days, he gets cake. Surely that's enough milestones for one boy in a single month?

We won't tell him about the 1 year shots for now. :)