Today is Nicky's 3rd birthday, and although we haven't known him the entire 3 years, we sure have seen a lot of changes in him over the time we have spent together! It's hard to believe he's a "big boy" now! He seems like he's grown so much, yet he's only gained one pound and grown one inch since bringing him home...and I have the monthly progress reports to prove it. He's definitely speaking and understanding more and is a whole lot more independent. I can actually go to the bathroom by myself without my little shadow!!! I know a lot of that behavior has to do with 1) his age and 2) orphanage living & never being left alone, but it sure is nice to be able to have a few seconds of privacy every now and then! This morning as we were all getting ready for our day, Nicky told me "Nikita nervous" as he was putting on his socks. Kris and I gave each other confused looks and asked him why, to which we did not receive a response, nor did we know he even knew that word! We tried to talk to him more about it, but then he heard one of the dogs barking outside, and he was more concerned about that than his nervousness, so all was good in the world again! Gotta love the 3-year-old attention span! Then off he went to school, with a belly full of pancakes, where he enjoyed not 1, but 2 birthday cupcakes, and a birthday lunch with Daddy, Granny & Papa! The afternoon was spent with Granny & Papa playing and having fun at the playground in one of our local malls and watching "The Incredibles" (thank you Uncle Brent, Aunt Caroline, Brenden & Emily! He was soo excited when he saw the box & asked me to "open it" and said "Nikita watch it"!). I think, as your average birthdays go, this one was a good one! 
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