Nasharoo...

Our little Nash is growing up so fast.  Darin has been SUPER busy this month in the ER and I have been wearing myself ragged working on our new house.  Nash has been so good at keeping himself occupied through the past months of chaos.  Today I took a long look at Nash for the first time in a while and the child's hands and feet are massive.  What happened to our tiny little boy???!!!  So I decided I needed to take some time here and there to write down the cute things that Nash is doing/saying before they are forgotten.  I have a journal of Nash's life but it is still packed away so I thought I would share some cute things on here.  I am sure the grandma's will enjoy it. :)

Nash has been receiving Speech Therapy for almost a year now and has recently gone to twice a week.  The Pediatric Specialist recommended we tack on medical speech to this as well where he will go to a center for therapy.  All this therapy is really building confidence in Nash and we are hearing more language every day.  Lately he has taken an interest in saying the prayer.  He can't say sentences yet so mostly he just repeats the last word or 2.  He is so cute when he says the prayer because he folds his arms and then quickly covers his eyes with his fingers.  Once I start saying the words he ALWAYS opens his eyes and watches my face very intently.  He loves to say the prayer although one day I was enjoying hearing his voice and made the prayer pretty lengthy.  Soon he started saying "Amen mama AMEN!" in a desperate plea to make the prayer stop so he could eat. :)
Nash has always been a touch me not kid.  He does not like to be cuddled unless he is sick or he is ready for bed.  Darin and I have always taken advantage of the cuddle time during naps and night-time.  Nash was always rocked to sleep and now that he is in a big boy bed we have laid by him just so we could get some Nasharoo cuddle time.  I have been worried since day one that Nash would become dependent on us to put him to sleep.  Especially since Darin and I usually fall asleep in the process of getting him to sleep and usually sleep a good chunk of the night with Nash. (Darin does this more so then me.)  

The other night I was putting Nash to bed and he likes to have our arm around him.  I fell asleep and woke up to him squirming underneath me saying "stuck mama STUCK!"  I have decided since then it is time for Nash to go to sleep on his own.  Nap time has been easy I read him books, then give him a book to read on his own and has fallen right to sleep.  Bedtime on the other hand has been a struggle.  I feel like I am on an episode of "Super Nanny." Nash is really good at coming out of his room to find me.  I just lead him right back into his bed, and we do this over and over until he finally gives up and reads his book, sings or cries himself to sleep.  I have found this time convenient to study my Relief Society lesson as I sit outside his door waiting for the next trip back to the bed.  It is our own fault that he is dependent on us but I am sure happy for that little bit of cuddle time that we had.  I know I will miss it.