Nikolai the silly

The awesome thing about watching Nikolai grow is seeing him develop his own (tiny) personality.  He really is a very small little person, with the exception being that he doesn't know how things are typically done and therefore does some very odd and silly things.  

The first silly thing was actually not in relation to anything Nikolai did--but I happened to notice one afternoon that he and his papa were matching (in reverse)!

But the next thing is very much a Nikolai silly.  One day last week when Nikolai woke up from his nap I was in the middle of finishing some project or other so I let him fuss for a few minutes while I finished before I went and got him.  When I did get him, he was sobbing gigantic tears and had pulled his arm out of his sleeve, as seen below: 

He was so upset he wailed and gnashed his teeth and rent his clothing! 

And then there was the day he yanked open his sippy cup at dinner (thankfully it was only water) and then proceeded to suck on the lid, as though he'd get something out of it! 

But our favorite Nikolai silly-ism is when he hangs out in his Johnny-jump up.  Now that he can walk it's not very exciting to stand in, but it IS exciting to spin around in! 

So here he is, wiiiiiiiding up (around and around and around and around):

And then....release! 

We think he's very clever for figuring out how to spin around and also that he's very silly for doing it! 

He's our sweet little guy and we sure do like being his parents!