"Three Hundred dollars please"

Neacel is one in a million. The things that come out of his mouth just amaze me. This morning I was sitting eating my breakfast and Neacel was sitting next to me playing with his dragon and a plush dino. All the sudden he goes to give me the dino then said "Three hundred dollars please" I said "No way, its a tiny dino, I'm not paying three hundred dollars for it!" He throws the dino at the wall next to me and says "You cheap!" He says things like this often, just random, off the wall things. At night he gets really goofy. We will go lay in bed with him just to talk to him and see what he says like...a goldfish wearing boots, a blue giraffe, someone is eating a bathtub etc etc. Then there are the times he rambles and you don't get a word from it then he says "Ewwwww Caca!" Neacel couldn't be anymore like Nick, its impossible. He loves and adores Nick so much. He is already trying to wear his shoes. Besides all the funny boy stuff, he is such a sweet boy. Im sure one day he will get rosy cheeks over this story but that's ok. He recently wants us to stay in bed with him. It's really cute, we will lay next to him and sing songs, and read but as soon as we say we have to go then he grabs us (like a hug) and says"Stay here, please" We will agree to a few more minutes, but again as soon as we get up to leave he begs us to stay. Once we pull apart he says that he needs hugs and kisses, even though he just got them. Neacel has never been the cuddly type, but I won't lie, we LOVE this. We love every minute of him wanting us to stay there with him. This is the same kid that jumps on you and when you say "OUCH" he gives you a hug and says "It's ok, your fine" This repeats itself till we finally get up and move.

Neacel's biggest news! He uses the Big Boy Potty now! He is doing pretty good. He usually makes it 4-6 times a day with only 2-4 accidents. He has a potty chart, and after 10 stickers he gets a ball (which we are going to buy today) after 20 a new book, 30 he gets a Buzz Lightyear toy since thats his new favorite thing. (Believe it or not he sat through Toy Story 3, he never sits still that long) After 40 stickers he gets his big boy underpants of his choice and are going to take him out for ice cream. He of course doesn't know that part because he would only talk and drive us nuts over that one thing. He is really doing great though. It can't be boring of course, its full of weird things. We put fruit loops in the potty and he makes them "float" (I had to share the picture, Im sure other moms understand the excitement on your kid finally using the potty!) We tell jokes, play with the lights, turn the fan on and off, read books, play with toys....anything to get him to sit long enough and to stop thinking about it. The minute he is distracted, he goes! It's weird, I know but you have to do what works right?

Nick and I talk a lot about how fast neacel is growing up. He truly is such a smart little boy, with such a big love for sports. This kid plays soccer and basketball better then I do, not that I'm any good but seriously, he knows what he is doing. He loves church and always talks about a boy named Jude, and how they are friends. He loves his little brother so much and doesn't hesitate to help us with Broden. We are so proud of the little smarty pants he is becoming!!