[Nicolas] Cooker Baby

wow, what a trip! nicolas spent a whirlwind 5 days in new orleans that culminated with the annual negrotto christmas party at uncle lj's and aunt rita's. he met most of mary's relatives there and they really enjoyed meeting him too. a few pics from the day are in a new flickr set we created just for christmas 2006. and here's some video of nicolas hamming it up with his cousin mandy:

wishing everyone a merry christmas from down here in new orleans. nicolas got to open christmas presents for the first time yesterday at aunt leslie's. he had so much fun. more pics of him and mary's family are in the flickr set .

we're in new orleans for the holidays and nicolas spent the afternoon with us visiting friends and hanging out uptown. he finally crashed around 3 this afternoon at CC's coffeehouse on Magazine and Jefferson. so we just hung out there for an hour and let him sleep. it was a gorgeous day in new orleans and we saw lots of old friends just passing by. it's great to be back home if only for a few days.

nicolas had a rice cake for the first time today. he's learning to feed himself! amazing how little mundane things like that get us riled up around here. enjoy:

it felt like spring here in Nashville on this mid-December Sunday, so Jeremy and Nicolas hooked up the baby bjorn (thanks Aunt Leslie!) and walked down to a nearby park. nicolas continues to crawl more, talk more, and interact with us more. he and mary even play catch (sort of) with a little inflatable ball from his bouncy seat. we're having so much fun with him these days.

nicolas is doing great everyone. he's crawling faster than ever before and interested in everything ! we don't have a christmas tree yet or any decorations, but we thought this might help us all get into the holiday spirit a bit:

wow, it's hard to believe it's been 8 months since we first met nicolas. time has flown. each day we see more personality and get a little deeper glimpse into his world. it's mind-blowing for us. here he is saying "mama" for the first time Saturday night: mama

happy times