Ladies and Gentleman, Boys and Girls, Presenting...

NIKKI NYDEGGER!!! If anyone knows Nikki they know that is the perfect way to introduce her. She is our little performer, drama queen extradinar. There is always a show to put on, and they are always introduced as described above. Her first BIG performance was July 16th, 2001. I have to say this little girl brought such an amazing spirit with her. I remember not being able to say a prayer without crying because I felt so blessed to be a mom. Nikki was a great child. As most 1st children do, she got so much attention. I laugh now about how I was always in her face, playing with, talking to her, helping her to learn. All of this attention made having a new brother a really hard adjustment for Nikki. She still craves one on one attention which doesn't come that easy now. As I mentioned before she loves all things that give her the opportunity to show off her dramatic flare. She loves to make up her own songs, dances, cheers etc... I get such a kick listening to what she comes up with. I imagine that I was much the same as a little child. I await the day when she and her friends put on there own little backyard musicals. Mine was always Grease, she'll probably be doing more of a High School Musical, or Hairspray number.
Nikki adores her little sister-as long as she's not destroying her own plans. When Faith was first born we would be in the car and she would say. "I just can't get over how cute she is mom." She still proclaims similar sentiments, "she is so funny mom". She has a love hate relationship with her little brother, again much the same as I remember childhood. They can be the best of friends and play so well and they can be the meanest I've ever seen to eachother. I just keep hoping they'll grow out of it like my brothers and I did.
Nikki is all about the friends. She thinks I have tortured her if she has to go more than a few days without playing with a friend. She is a great friend to others and I really appreciate that about her. She is very devoted to her friendships.
Nikki loves her cousins also, again she is a relationship girl. People are very important to her and I love that she is able to show that to people around her. She loves being with her Grandparents and cousins. Nikki also enjoys riding her bike, rollerblading, riding her scooter, playing soccer. I was her soccer coach last fall and she loved defense. She still enjoys that position the most. I don't understand that much, I was always about the glory of the goal. :)!!!

Nikki really enjoys school, mostly for the social rewards she reaps from it, but she is a good student and her teachers love the sweet way she interacts with them and her classmates. She doesn't know how she is ever going to have a better teacher but always ends up loving the next one just as much as the last. She'll be going into 2nd grade next fall. She is getting so big.

Nikki is my little sweetheart and really just tells you how it is.She has called me to repentance many times. One time she declared that she really didn't like the way I was talking to her and the other day she mumbled under her breath that Christian always gets more hugs from mom. Ouch!!! I love her dearly and wouldn't want to imagine our home without her.