Surprise

So the secrets out. I'm pregnant. We wanted another one and were so pleasantly surprised when we found out we had another one coming. It took so long to get Noah that we didn't really expect it to happen so soon. We are thrilled. My due date is May 22nd but since this one will be a repeat C-Section they have already scheduled the surgery for May 15th. 2 days before my birthday. Yay!

Halloween

I figure I better get with it and post about Halloween before I just decide it's been too long and to move on to another topic. The day before Halloween we carved our pumpkin.

 

 

This was Noah's first pumpkin and although he doesn't look thrilled, he really enjoyed it.

He was really interested in what Jason was doing. He kept grabbing the pumpkin with both hands and pulling it down to look inside.



 

Then the town trick or treating was that night so Noah (and Jason) got dressed up. Cute little Kermit.

 



I had a hard time getting good pictures of it.

 



We met up with the family and a few friends to go trick or treating together. Here he is with Jason's mom. Our town has a pretty neat set up. You can go door to door but they also have businesses up and down Main Street that sit outside their business and pass out candy. It's pretty crowded but I like it. Makes it a lot safer I think.

 



Here's Noah outside the firehouse. He didn't really understand that people were giving him candy (although he does like to eat it) but he loved walking around downtown.

 



Jason gutted the pumpkin and I carved it. Jason picked the design. :) We turned the lights off and said, "ooooo" so Noah kept looking at it and saying "oooooo" over and over.

 



On Halloween we went to our church Trunk or Treat. Jason wanted Noah to be Thing 2 but we just didn't have the time to get it ready. It would have been pretty cute.

 



Jason was in charge of a game at the Trunk or Treat so he did pumpkin bowling. It was a huge hit with all of the kids. They kept getting back in line for it. Our nephew Vincent is there as Thomas the train and I know he's blurry but Ashton is the bowler.

 



 

Noah wouldn't eat at the church (big surprise Mr. Picky) so he didn't eat until we got home. He had a late dinner. He did have a nice little tantrum at the church where he screamed and head butted me. He's getting pretty good at those. But, we had a good Halloween and now we are ready to move to Thanksgiving!

 

So excited for the next 2 holidays!

Costumes

Okay these are from last year. Noah was 6 months old and we tried on the lobster costume handed down from his cousin Vincent.

 

Unfortunately it was too big. We weren't surprised because it is a 12-18 month costume. Looking at these pictures it doesn't actually look that big. You'll just have to trust me that it was.

 





 

He sure looked cute though.

 

 

This is what he was. The cutest bear I have ever seen.

 

 

Seriously....my kid is adorable. :)

 

 

Today I tried the lobster costume on him again since he can still wear a lot of 18 month clothes but unfortunately it is too small this year. The sleeves were way too short, it wouldn't zip all the way and we had to basically force the hood on. No wonder he didn't like it. He kept fussing and trying to rip the dangling things off.

 

So the moral of this story is.......my kid is cute, and we have no idea what he is going to be for Halloween. :)

Stupid Mosquitos

Noah has started getting the xbox controller, turning it on, turning the tv on, and then sitting on the floor pushing buttons and then looking at the screen trying to get it to work. So here Jason was more than happy to play xbox with Noah.

They are pretty cute.



 

Noah brought my shoes to me today and was convinced I needed to wear them. What do you think? New fashion trend?

 



This isn't a great picture of it but my poor little guy got a mosquito bite under his eye. It's really red, puffy, and swollen. It looks much worse in person but this was the best shot I could get. He moves so fast and I have to use my phone to take pictures since my camera still doesn't have the cable and takes lousy pictures anyway. So most of the pictures I take of him are blurry. :)

 

I don't know why the mosquitos go directly to him. I guess he is so sweet and tender. :) He gets bites all the time and he always has an allergic reaction to them. Right now he has the one under his eye, a big one behind his ear, and one on his leg. He was rubbing on his eye and ear so bad I called the doctor's office and asked if Benedryl will help so he's had a dose and seems to not be as itchy.

 

Poor little guy fell down the stairs for the first time last night at Jason's sisters house. I guess Jason thought he put the baby gate up alright but it was too wobbly so when he pushed on it down he went. My guy had a hard day yesterday. 3 bites, falling down the stairs, and he got 2 shots. Talk about a bad day! Luckily he is alright and was more scared by the fall then anything.



October!

 

A couple days ago we went on a family walk in the nature trail. We like to walk in the nature trail when we can. It's very pretty. Here is Jason and Noah. Noah loves to go on walks. He would not look at the camera because he was so concerned that we turned around to get the picture.

 

 

Here is proof that I exist. I think I should have put some make-up on though. :)

We walk past the lake many times in the nature trail. It's so pretty and peaceful.

 



 

Noah had his first day of nursery at church on Sunday. He did okay but then again I was in there the whole time. The nursery leader wasn't there so it was only one lady with 5 kids so I stayed to help. He likes to play but the main problem is he is so exhausted by that point. One of the kids knocked him down a few times and so he would start bawling and then true to his nature he would then scream in rage and try to retaliate. Ah, my sensitive, firey boy.

 

 

Today is October 1st. I'm pretty excited about that. Fall!! I've been waiting for it. I've been trying to put up our Halloween decorations today.

 



 

I think it's time I change my blog background to something nice and Fallish. Oh, yeah. I'm pretty excited about that. Don't judge me. :)

Oh and while we are on the subject of not blaming......Noah is taking a bottle twice a day again. I know...I know. He was having a hard time with it and even though I know I need to do it soon or later I gave in and gave it back to him. I just don't have the energy to keep it from him right now. Hopefully by the time he is 2. :)



The unthinkable

So no pictures to go with this little post. My goal is to post more often. Saturday night my sister Karen and her two little kids (Andrew -3 and Emily - 1) came and stayed with us until Tuesday morning. We did a lot of the regular mom things but we also got to spend time together and do fun things once we got the kids to bed. Not that we didn't have fun with our kiddos. We had so much fun. I am sure she was ready to get home since they had been traveling that whole week before they got to our house but I was not ready for them to leave. I love spending time with my family and wish we could live closer. I can't believe I didn't take any pictures. I tried at one point when Noah and Emily were in Noah's car together but they came out too blurry.

I discovered a sippy cup that I like for Noah. He uses it well and it doesn't leak. We have problems with sippy cups because when he was younger he wouldn't or couldn't suck anything out of the hard spouted cups so I gave him drinks without the valve. Now he won't even try to suck on the hard spouts but soft ones he will. I suppose because he has to suck on his beloved bottles. These new sippy cups have a softer spout. So tonight I did the unthinkable. I brought a sippy of milk in with me to do our bedtime routine instead of a bottle. He drank a lot of it but would stop every once and awhile and point at his door. I knew he wanted a bottle but he drank his milk and I cuddled him and layed him in bed and...............he went to sleep. I am amazed. We'll see what happens tomorrow. I better hide all his bottles. It's time we say goodbye to them but I am not going to lie. I feel kind of sad about it. It's another part of my baby boy that is leaving and turning toddler - which is good.

18 months

Noah loves condiments. Ranch, ketchup, sour cream, etc. He is a pretty adorable dipper. Here he is dipping cucumbers (no he didn't eat them) in ranch.

He is growing so fast. He started walking independently at 16 months (he likes to take his time) :), he can say many words including Mama, Dada, Tessa, Ashy (Ashton), down, done, more, no, bottle and milk which are both bop. There are many other words that I think he said but am not entirely sure. 

Noah has started folding his hands for prayer. It is adorable. Now everytime he gets in his high chair (and sometimes other times too) he folds his arms automatically. He is a good example. We end up praying many many more times a day because of this sweet boy.

 

Today Noah turned 18 months. I can hardly believe that much time has gone by. We have really been blessed. He is such a joy. Sure he is quite the toddler. He can throw a fit with the best of them but he really is a sweet little boy. He loves animals and babies. He never wants to stop kissing on his 2 months old cousin Issac. Unless of course Issac starts crying and then Noah wants to hit him.

 

We went to his 18 month doctor appointment on Tuesday and Noah is 35 inches and 28 pounds (although when I weighed myself today and then weighed myself holding him it was only 26 pounds so I am not sure on that one). He got 2 of his shots and we go back in a few weeks to get the other 2.

 

Noah is a really good helper. He likes to clean up messes (in fact he likes to spill some water on his tray so he can clean it up) and he loves to help me unload the dishwasher and hand me clothes from the laundry basket (folded or not folded).

 

It's been a good 18 months!