[Nicolas] Cooker Baby

mary and i spent the past week in new orleans, while nicolas stayed with his grandparents in Oxford. we saw him for the first time since Sunday last night and he seemed to have a wonderful time. we should have some pics and video from his visit soon, but in the meantime, here's some more dancing for you:

he loves this song and loves to dance to it, but can only take so much videotaping:

today was our sitter liz's last day. she's been amazing with nicolas - encouraging him to draw and read, and always teaching him fun stuff (like salsa dancing for instance. you'll see a few of those moves he learned in a future post). at any rate, we're grateful to her for the time she spent with nicolas, and for staying with us as long as we did, despite a grueling class schedule at Vanderbilt. We hope she can come back and visit some time soon. We'll miss you lots Liz!

last week nicolas started counting for us. well, reciting numbers in order, actually, which is kind of close to counting. a first step, nonetheless:

i had a great birthday last week. nicolas helped me celebrate by not taking his eyes off the cake and eating as much of it as he could before we took it away. he and mom got a little dressed up for halloween too: and our neighbors edwin and karen brought their daughter sophie over for some trick or treating. Nicolas got a kick out seeing his friend dressed up as a bumble bee, while I'm sure she enjoyed his young Buzz Osbourne (of the Melvins) look.