He uses a spoon!

We are so excited, and beside ourselves! Nicholas is using a spoon! And rather appropriately! This is a huge step! We are so excited, but it is really messy! So far, chili has been the messiest. The applesauce we can handle, but chili just about took us to our breaking point! We need to insert "feeding shirt" so that the mess is totally OK!! He seems to eat more, if he can feed himself, so I am also loving this new independence he has, and so is he! He gets the biggest, goofiest, proudest grin on his face when he scoops the food, inserts it into his mouth, and then goes again. Of course he could be grinning because we are breaking out in applause just about every time he does it, but that is beside the point! What isn't beside the point is this - what a hot mess - literally and figuratively! Both him and his space when he is done! Look out world, here we come!!! What's next...