May has been a fun and busy month. We began by driving to Cleveland to celebrate Papa and Grandma's 50th wedding anniversary. We enjoyed the celebration and seeing all our family and friends back in Ohio. Nicholas did a great job with hanging in there with the gang way past his bedtime. We've attached a couple of pictures with his Mancuso cousins who he loves spending time with. He also did well traveling. He's become a decent rider especially when he's tired. Good thing, so, we can make it up to the lake house this summer. We enjoyed a nice Mother's Day drive back from Ohio on Sunday. It was nice quality family time. Nicholas took his first trip to the zoo this past weekend. Let's just say if he has a good memory, he's not looking to get back there anytime soon. He's been battling a cold for the last couple of weeks and was a bit fussy on Sunday. We thought it would subside once he was outside as he loves going for walks, especially in his wagon. I applied sunscreen to Nicholas when we got to the zoo and due to it being hot out of course he sweat and the sunscreen got in his eyes. Anyone that has had sunscreen in your eyes knows that is not fun. So, that added to the grumpiness, poor guy. His eye is still a little red but is doing much better. I mentioned Nicholas has had a cold for a couple of weeks. We had been contemplating taking him to his pediatrician for our peace of mind and decided this morning was the time as he woke up at 0300 this morning, he usually sleeps from 7:30pm - 6:30 am and also had a rash that covered his entire trunk and head. Turns out, it's likely viral and we got some creme to put on it to make it heal faster.

Other than battling a cold, Nicholas's favorite past time is getting into whatever cupboard he can, the spice cupboard is his favorite, furniture walking, climbing the stairs in nothing flat and pulling himself up on everything. His latest is pulling up on the front door and reaching for the handle; seems he loves bye bye and constantly signals that he would like to be outside. It's always neat to look back a year and see how far we've come. It's amazing how time flies!

We hope you all have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend.We'll take a step back this weekend and remember the many soldiers who lost their lives for the very freedom we often times take for granted.

Love,

Denise, Denise and Nicholas