Friday, January 23, 2009

Noah's Raspberries...(almost a month ago)

This only lasted for a couple of days...but he was sooo cute and he kept trying so hard! :)

House full of Laughter

Noah loves his Daddy SOOOOO much!! He just lights up whenever Josh is around!


In this one we all are laughing! It is hard to separate us all!



Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Major Catch-up! Please start with Part 1 and work your way up!

Hello everyone!!! I am soo glad to get this blog caught up and I am very sorry for keeping you all waiting!! We were pretty much sick with 2 different bugs for about 5 and 1/2 weeks!!! Noah and I had it the worst! Noah started with Bronchialitis and then after improving, a week later ended up with pneumonia. We just slowly plugged our way through it, holidays, and anything else that came our way...2 flat tires, freezer on our fridge stopped working, sprang a leak in our kitchen pipes on a night were the outside temps were around -30 below zero for example. Then once we were doing better (a few weeks ago...) and I knew I was really behind on here...I just froze (no pun intended). Do you ever do that? Get so overwhelmed with something that you just can't do it? That sometimes seems to be the story of my life :) OK...enough of the exposing of my weaknesses!! I hope you all enjoy these pages :Major Catch-up! Part 1-8. They are in chronological order, so please start there! We hope you all had wonderful Christmases! We would love to hear from you all! Keep in touch!

Major Catch-up! Part 8

OK LAST CATCH UP!! MISC. Stuff from the last couple of weeks:


Today...Mommy got a make over (because she is feeling old and frumpy)

Before...



After...I had a great experience at Marie's! I got to donate my hair and I found a stylist that was wonderful at what she does and was friendly (and normal :)) I am really happy with it and ...she said it makes me look much younger (I agree and this makes me much happier)!
I don't normally carry Noah around in this all the time...but he was having a rough afternoon and he needed some lovin from his Mommy and I was trying to update the blog from the last 2 months! So it worked out!
Poor little teething Noah!





Mommy also had a birthday last week...no I am not one but we didn't have any other candles for the cake Daddy made me and I was in the mood to blow out the candle!

How cute is this little monkey coat!! My friend Virginie sent a whole monkey outfit from gymbereee (sp?) it is sooo adorable. I wasn't sure when he would get to wear the coat because normally he is very bundled when we go outside because we have had over a month of below 0* degrees! Very COLD!! but then within 2 days we were having 40 to 50 degree weather! It was practically summer here! (not really but what a blessed reprieve!)










Major Catch-up! Part 7

Noah's new friends:


Well..OK...Oliver is not new but they just love each other so much! Or at least Oliver really likes that the blanket that Noah always gets! ;) No...he really does like Noah!






And here is Cody, Noah's new friend, and Zach's (the 3 year old I watched last year) new 3 month old brother. I have started watching Cody 2 times a week. It is nice and so far not too crazy!


Major Catch-up! Part 6

Noah's 5 month and milestones:



A day or two of Raspberries ...it was soo funny!



We have started eating solids! He is a good eater so far...he is not into sweet things (he doesn't like bannanas) but he does like oatmeal, avocados, sweet potatoes, squash.







After Christmas...Mateo loves to read so much that though he likes this Christmas present (baby stuffed lion) he plays with it like it is a really special book that has a soft thing attached to it! (It came with a really fancy large tag that shows all the other animals this company makes!)




Can you all imagine this pose in a year or two?




I love these pictures! I won' t put too many ideas in your head but here are a few: Caribou, Pippy-LongStockings ...(my personal favorite from when I was little)







Another Caribou or Reindeer?






5 Month BirthdayPics!!!









Noah is growing so fast. He is almost 18 pounds, wearing 9-12 month
clothes. He is teething like crazy (poor baby) and he is almost always moving, kicking
and wiggling like he wants to crawl and get in on all the action. He
is also trying to sit up on his own, especially when he is sitting on
our lap. We think he will be a strong, active little boy. He laughs
and squeals when he is happy (which is most of the time) especially
when music is playing and is very ticklish. He likes to play with his
toys more and more, and holds onto them very tightly. Noah is very
watchful of Mateo (and Oliver our dog) and they both love each other so
much. We can't believe he is 5 months old ... time passes so quickly,
but we are cherishing every moment of his baby year!