11 months

11 months have just flown by. I cannot believe that in just a month we will be celebrating this little guy's first birthday. He is so much fun and we all just adore him. He is growing so much everyday. He is exploring and learning new tricks all the time. Noah is seriously the happiest baby I have ever met. I have people stopping me all the time just to tell me what a radiant, happy little man he is. He makes friends instantly. He will flirt and laugh and wave. He loves kisses and gives the best hugs. This past month he got 4 new teeth! He is learning to eat table food. He loves to drink from his sippy and we have to be very watchful because he loves to steal Myles' sippy cup (with chocolate milk).

His hair is getting darker and really getting some curls. Love it!

First Day of Preschool

Despite the look of pure anxiousness on his face, he was so excited to start preschool. We really wanted him to go to some sort of preschool this year even though he will probably not be going to Kindergarten next year. So we looked all over town for a program for him. I visited several but when I walked into this school I knew it was the one. It is in a little Lutheran church about 4 miles from our house. Myles is in the Brown Bear class. There are ten kids, five boys, five girls and two teachers. All of the staff are so wonderful and they just adore these kids. He has been going for a couple of weeks now and just LOVES LOVES LOVES it. We are so excited to watch him grown and learn new things.

Alligator Tears and Snot.

Look past those alligator tears and snotty nose and what do you see?

TEEFERS!!

First tooth 9.19.2010

Second tooth 9.22.2010

Third tooth 10.8.2010

Fourth tooth 10.13.2010

We know how to party!

So James had a birthday. Who do you think was most excited about this? Myles. You see, he just had one and completely understands how important this day can be in a boy's life. He was even more excited when he heard that we were having football players over for dinner. We had the O-line over for a big dinner with all the fixins. Myles was right next to James all night long (he didn't want to miss a thing) And I am sure James appreciated this...

(notice the black chair next to James? notice the little brother?)

I am not even kidding when I say that these were some BIG boys.

(that ate A LOT of food)

(Again with the little brother)

This picture above just cracks me up. Matt looks so... much shorter...

After all the boys left we had opened gifts.
Here is Myles explaining what it is to James.

The boys and their snuggies from Grandma and Grandpa. They seriously LOVE these things.

17...

How is it possible?

It seems like only yesterday that I brought this babe home from the hospital. He made me a mother.

He changed my life forever.

I had never known a love like this before.

Happy 17th Birthday James!
I hope all your wishes come true.

I know for sure that your birthday wish of a new car is not going to come true, but all your other wishes, I hope those do come true.

Name and a blessing...

Noah's Blessing

7.17.2010

Noah was blessed when we were in Utah visiting our family and friends. I wanted to make him a special little outfit to wear for his blessing. Many hours, blood, sweat, tears and a few swear words went into this project. But in the end I was so pleased with the results. I love this little man so much. I am so glad I could make this for him.

10 months

Mr. Noah Bug is ten months old already. Amazing. He is such a little man. Just some facts about him.

~Loves to eat baby food but not crazy about table food.

~ Follows Myles' around and wants to do everything he does.

~ Loves to sit in my lap and listen to stories.

~ Loves to swing.

~ Loves strangers, especially women.

~Just got his first two teeth.

~Cruises, crawls, scoots his way around everywhere and gets into EVERYTHING.

(his hair is starting to curl. so excited to see how this turns out)

Stats

20 lbs 4 oz.

28 inches long.

(that puts him at 50th percentile for both height and weight)

First Day of School...

September 7th.

First day of school in our new town.

Nervous. Apprehensive.Excited.

Jessie's first year in the High School.

Liam's first year in Junior High.

Since the older kids are in school our days are filled with playing in parks, picnics, bugs, cuddling and a few naps.

memphis 2010

we went.

we played.

we ate.

we had fun.

They turned...

Have you ever been so far behind on a project that you just don't even want to do it? Anyone?? This is my current relationship with my blog. I am so far behind. I really want to just jump in and move forward. This is my attempt...

So in the last three months we have had three birthdays. Jessie had hers in June. She turned 14!! Wow. Happened so fast. She spent her birthday in Utah with Grandma and Grandpa and had a special girls day out with the her grandma, aunt and cousin. She had such a great time.

(pictures go here)

Then in July Liam turned 11. We have a special tradition in our family that on your 11th birthday you get a $100 bill. Liam has been looking forward to this day for a couple of years now. We celebrated in Colorado with Uncle Richie.

In August Myles turned 4. He was so excited. We went to Chuck E. Cheese and had pizza. We were in the middle of a crazy whirlwind move (more on that later) so we went back and had cake in the lobby of our hotel. He was in heaven.

I swear it feels like yesterday that I brought each one of these babes home from the hospital. Time is just going way too fast...

7 months

Seven months ago I had this tiny little bug of a baby. Just itty bitty he was. Skin and bones. Sweetest little thing I have ever met. All five pounds of him.

I said back then just give me some time and I will fatten this kid up.

Well I tried. I really, really tried.

He slowly but surely got bigger. Not fat by any means. But he grew. Then one day he discovered food. It was love at first bite. Okay maybe not but after two months of working on the whole eating thing he finally got it. He hasn't stopped since.

A little bit of this...

And a little bit of that...

Look at this. A fat, happy, butterball of a babe. He was rolls and sweet little chubbers.

7 month stats

17 pounds (that's 3.5 pounds in a month)

25 3/4 inches long

Now that's what I'm talking about

he's home...

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6 months

I know it seems like I just posted his five month stats :)

Sweet Baby Noah is six months old. Sweetest little bug ever. I love him so much. He is heaven sent, no doubt about it. It is so nice to wake up to that sweet smiling face every morning. It is so fun to see his sweet little personality start to emerge.

6 month stats

13 pounds 6 ounces

25 inches long (25%)

How's that for packin on some meat! Mr. Fatty McFatterson!

{{ btw, i pick up our homecoming pictures from the photographer tonight. can't wait to share them with everyone }}