46
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12
Hours
8
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...But who's counting?
I know that it is hard to believe, but Christmas is just around the corner. I have spent most of my morning wrapping Christmas presents. I am almost finished shopping. I do have to say that if I get finished early I will probably get to enjoy the holiday a little more. I cannot wait to watch the excitement on Nick's face this year when he figures out that Santa has come. I guess i should probably get through Thanksgiving first though.
Nick has had teeth since he was four months old so i started brushing his teeth pretty early. Every time Ryan and I are in the bathroom, Nick insists on brushing his teeth with us. I can't believe he actually wants to do it by himself. 
I guess I better be glad he is doing it now because when he is old enough to realize what he is doing he wont want to do it anymore.
I was studying for a big Anatomy test the other night and when I came down stairs, this is what I found.
Ryan said he just curled up in his lap and started to watch TV. When he looked down at him he was asleep. How sweet is this?
Although I am known to wrinkle my nose on occasion when Ryan announces to me that the "The game is on", there are two sports that I find myself just as deep into the game as he does. Illinois Basketball and St. Louis Cardinals baseball. We had to switch cable providers to make sure that we would get the basketball games because Ryan missed out on a large number of Michigan football games this season. We didn't want the same thing to happen with Illinois basketball. Direct TV carries the Big Ten Network and they installed our new system today. Boy am I glad they came as fast as they did. Ryan may have had a heart attack if he had to miss one more game. Anyway....ILL......INIIt is amazing to me just how fast Nicklaus is growing up. It seems like just yesterday we brought him home. Everyday i look at him and he changes in some way. In the past three weeks or so he has really expanded his vocabulary. He says so many words that you would not even believe it. (hot, cold, eyes, ball, cup, book, just to mention a few) He even calls himself Bubba. It cracks me up. I wish he wouldn't grow up so fast, but i am also glad that soon he will be able to tell me what he wants. But where does the time go?
Handy Nicklaus?!
Nick is so independent and always willing to help you out. Today when we got home from my mom's house he wanted to help Papaw measure the fireplace. As you can see he was a tremendous help.
