More Birthday Pics

Last year, I remember clearly commenting on how I had never seen a child eat a piece of birthday cake like Bug did. He grabbed it in both hands and inhaled it as fast as he could! Well, this year, he used a fork most of the time. But this year, he showed another peculiar habit I have never seen of another kid. When opening his presents, even when I gave him a starting place for opening, Nick would stick the gift in his mouth and rip the paper off with his teeth! He would pick little pieces off until he had a big enough whole to use his hands. It was crazy. I sure had a more difficult clean-up! Instead of several large pieces of paper, I had hundreds of tiny shreds to gather!
Here he is demonstrating his unique unwrapping technique.
Here he is showing off his new Mickey Mouse plate. He loved his new dishes (thanks again Josh and Stacei). He loved eating with his new dishes at dinner, too.
Here he is with paper hanging out of his mouth. You can see on the floor next to him a pile of tiny scraps of paper.
Again, he shows his interesting approach to gift opening.
Bug loves to be just like Joey, therefore he loves to color. Thanks to Nanny and Papa Buddy, now he has his own coloring supplies (which Joey will be very happy to share with him) to color his own masterpieces. What Mommy likes best, is that it all comes in its own container which I can keep closed and distribute as I see fit.

Joey had a difficult time allowing Nick to have his own birthday. He kept wanting to help open and play with the presents. This is not uncommon, nor was it unexpected. However, he is having a difficult time learning the lesson that sharing goes both ways. At this point, Joey thinks that he should have first dibs on EVERYTHING and only have to share when he feels like it, whether the toy is his or not.

Well, it is getting late and I need to try to get some sleep. Not that I get much sleep now anyway. Not only am I uncomfortable because of the pregnancy, now I have something wrong with my neck and right shoulder. It is so stiff I can't turn one way or the other and I can find no comfortable way to lay down. Even with my head resting on the pillow, the pain is so bad that I can not relax the muscles. I have had to take Tylenol in order to try to reduce the pain....but even that does not work very well, nor for very long.

Have a wonderful week. Stay safe and be blessed.