Dear Noah

Noah, I can't even tell you how much you have grown up in the last two years and especially just in the last few months.  Today we went to get your haircut, which you usually hate!  Last time was better than all the others but you still cried and said you wanted down a lot.  Today, you had your mom shedding a few tears (yes it was a little embarassing) because  I was so proud of you, you were such a good boy.  I stood by you while I was holding your brother and watched you just sit there and watch them in the mirror cutting your hair while you didn't complain at all. As  I watched you I just couldn't believe how much you are growing up.  It doesn't help you look a lot older to me with your hair short.  But right before we even got your hair cut, you were talking to another man waiting non stop telling him all about something, just a few months ago you would of screamed at the man if he looked at you.  You didn't run around and you listened to me so well.

Noah,  I can't even put into words what a neat little boy you are.  You were such a difficult baby and have always been somewhat of a challenge but these last few months you have matured so much and we never imagined that being your parents would be as great as it is!

Noah, every day I get to spend time with you and that is such a huge blessing.    I can't believe I get to be your mom!  I treasure that so much!

You have been picking up a lot of new words lately, and with each one we just get so excited for you!  We love hearing that cute little voice of yours.  Right now you can tell you are like a sponge, paying attention to every word being said and taking in all that is happening around.

You are such a helpful little boy and to see how much you love your brother, makes my heart melt everytime! 

You are very quirky and have some very interesting habits but if you end up a crazy cleaner and neat freak like your mom,  I won't complain.  I would love to have a cleaning buddy some day! 

You have such a cute run and your dancing is pretty cute too!

You let us cuddle with you in the morning and at night.  Most every night at dinner you look at us, and give us your scowl and then switch to your happy face and crack up laughing because you know how funny we think you are.  You have the best laugh, and a good fake one too that gets us smiling/laughing every time we hear it.  You love it when we chase you and everytime you are getting mad at me, I can usually growl and start chasing you and you turn into a laughing little boy! 


You have been playing so well by yourself lately, I love to listen/ watch you and to try and figure out what the wild imagination of yours is thinking.  I could watch you play all day.  I love to see you talking to your toys and interacting with things.  Yesterday you were playing in your playroom, I was working on dinner and I didn't see you anymore so I walked over to see what you were doing.  You were laying on your Cars chair which was unfolded to the bed and you were laying there holding a book up doing your version of reading it.  It's in those moments that make me want to drop everything and just soak up where you are, because you let me lay down by you and read some more books.  I know you won't let me do that forever. 

Right now you also give the best kisses and hugs, when you hug me, I'm holding you and you wrap your arms around me and just squeeze.  It's pretty much the greatest, and with your dad you like to hug him and tap his back.  It's adorable to see! 

Now you still are a 2 year old, and we have rough days every now and then and I'm not saying you don't whine or throw fits because you do every day but at the end of the day you are still my favorite 2 year old and we still love you more than we ever imagined.  Those moments of you being a typical 2 year old are outnumbered by all the wonderful moments you give us throughout each and every day!  We wouldn't trade you for the world Noah, we love you more than we could ever express. 

Love,

Mom-mom and Dad-dad

Carson at 5 Months Old

Today little man Jones is 5 months old.  Wow, has it really been that long already? 

At 5 months Carson can be one smiley little boy

He is still getting up 3 times a night...grr.. Apparently Matthew and I just don't have the genes to make good sleeping babies

He is one antsy fella, he loves to jump and bounce around

Is really starting to want everything in front of him, he's quite the reacher

Takes silly little catnaps.  He usually takes 1 or 2- half hour catnaps and one longer one later.   The catnaps aren't long enough for either one of us.

Starting to talk and laugh more and more.  I absolutely love when he talks and coos... So so cute!

He will usually talk himself to sleep at night and sometimes for naps as well

Still loves to watch his brother, I know he is going to be really frustrated when he can't do everything he can in the coming months

Loves it when people talk to him.  He will usually give out big smiles for a few words

Hardly ever finishes a bottle and wants to spend about an hour eating each time

Has had cereal a few times but we haven't started doing it every day yet

Is quite the slobber monster lately, we have brought out the little bibs!

Loves the burp cloth and sound machine just like his older brother

Getting closer to rolling from back to belly, but not quite there yet.  He does what looks like mini back bends a lot so I don't think it will be much longer.

Still isn't a paci baby but does like his own hands to suck on.  Not my favorite habit, he gets his hands soaked and then that transfers to me, his cheeks or his hands.  We go through a lot of clothes and burp cloths each day!

Still in size 2 diapers but getting closer to getting switched

Wears mostly all 6 month clothes

Does a lot better in the car these days.  We haven't had any major trips just across town or to Grandma's in Altamont, but he usually does surprising well!

Is such a little cutie pie, and looks a lot like his brother did at his age just a lot less chunky. 

Carson, mommy loves you so much but she also likes a little freedom from holding you nonstop during the afternoon/evening and would love to sleep through the night (maybe a Vday present?)

Unsure

So.. This morning I have no idea what happened, but  I do have a good guess.

  I left the two boys in the living room so I could go get dressed.  Carson was on the couch laying in his boppy and Noah was watching Cars.  Now Noah will get in Carson's face and mess around with him when he's in there but he hasn't ever tried to actually pick up or anything.  Well I got dressed, heard Carson making some noises but nothing like he was hurt or anything and when I came into the living room, both Noah and Carson are sitting on the floor leaning up against the couch.  My only guess is that Noah picked Carson up and moved him and got him situated there because if Carson some how would of fallen off I'm sure  I would of heard him or he would of been crying which I would of heard as well.  I asked Noah if he moved Carson and he told me "I did this "  but he says that alot about a lot of things.  I guess I will have to put Carson in something from now on if  I need to leave the room or take the little man with me.  My boys are getting to big for their britches, if Noah thinks he can carry/move his little brother around.  Oh the fun we are going to have these next few years with these two!

I love Wednesdays

Wednesdays, oh how I love them.  Matthew and I are both off, we don't usually have anywhere to be first thing in the morning.  We get to get up, take our time and hang out together.  This morning Matthew had an appt at 8 but kiddos let us sleep til 7 (that's a big deal around our house) and I didn't get a chance to get ready until Matthew got back (another big deal, I usually always get ready first thing, but it didn't bother me today, I enjoyed lounging)

We had some errands to run but took our time getting moving, got a later start and ending up having to run them in the rain but kids didn't seem mind.  Our last stop was the Health Department and it went downhill from there, Carson had to get his 4 month shots, ( I know we are behind he basically is 5 months old, we are getting ready to switch insurance and I was going to wait but decided we just needed to get them done)  The first shot he didn't even cry which I thought was weird but then on the next two he was one upset little boy.  His mood was fine for a little while but then shortly after we got him, he turned into one cranky little man the rest of the day.  However we did still manage to have a good day and even got some good smiles and fun in anyway! 

The boys lounging right after Noah woke up, Noah has his weird smile eyes here. Carson I think would look at him all day if he could. 

 

 Big Smiles, So happy today when he first got up

 Wresting with mom, one of Noah's favorites!

 Enjoying some brother time!  They both make each other just light up!

 Carson kept grabbing Noah's ear, I don't think Noah likes it too well

I wish I knew what Noah was saying here, his profile is priceless and whatever he was doing, Carson was enjoying, haha 

Playing drums before bathtime, we took him downstairs to run off some steam and he always seems to make his way over to the drums.  

 Such a serious concentration face



Menu Planning

Menu planning is a very important part of my week but also a chore I dread.  Some weeks it doesn't take much time but other weeks I just can't think of anything to make and it takes forever for me to look around online for ideas.  Well anyway my point is.. I usually make my menu on Sunday or Monday and then from that I make my grocery list for the week and I was thinking if anyone else Menu plans and would like me to share I would be more than happy to start posting it, but didn't want to waste my time if noone would benefit from it.  So let me know what you think and it people may use it or get some ideas I would all up for sharing it with you guys!

Home Alone

Last Friday I had a day at home by MYSELF!  Since we had Noah 2 years ago, I have maybe been at my house alone without kids for tops a few hours.  Every time we go somewhere like work, meetings, shopping or out of town, people watch our kids here.  I never am home while we have a babysitter, until last week.  We have found an in home daycare that does drop in's so when I need someone to watch the kids we have been using them and last Friday I took the kids there for no reason so I could just stay home and get stuff done (the hubs told me I could do this on Christmas, I cried I was so excited)

  Now Matthew wanted me to do something fun just for myself, but he doesn't realize how that is what I wanted was just to work on that never ending to-do list and get some little things done that I never get the chance to do.  I worked all night on Thursday cleaning the house so I would be able to do different things besides cleaning (I can never relax to do anything I want to do, until everything I feel I have to do is finished, that's just me) on Friday.  Thursday night I cleaned bathrooms, vaccumed, mopped, dusted the house besides that boys room since they were sleeping, unloaded dishwasher, cleaned up the kitchen pretty good, organized our master closet and then sat down just to relax a few minutes before bed. 

Then Friday I got the kids off to daycare, came home, and began my monster list.  I was a little frantic at first because I wanted to get as much done as I possibly could and didn't really know where to start but first I swept out the garage, mopped by the trash cans, dusted the boys room, cleaned out and organized their closet as well, worked on a project for the playroom and got it hung, hung a wall decal in the kitchen (which isn't sticking by the way), worked on a command center for the laundry room, organized the junk drawer, cleaned out front entry closet, worked on my household binder ( I think this will always be a work in progress), did lots of laundry, all we had regularly plus, towels, sheets, and a bunch of fabric so it would be ready for some sewing projects.  After I finished all that I thought I would head downstairs to work on a few sewing projects, well in the first 5 minutes nothing was working, machine was being wacky, thread broke while I was trying to fix that so had to rethread and it wasn't cooperating, so I decided the day was supposed to be fun and I gave up on that.  Then I thought I would go run errands alone and do some returns that had been sitting around since before Christmas, so  I ran some errands and got everything I needed returned/ exchanged.

 By the time I got that all done it was time to get the kids and there wasn't any time left to just sit down and veg out but that's okay.  In the morning first thing I thought about taking a nap because If  I do ever take one it's when the kids decide not me and I thought it would be fun to decide to take a nap and do it for however long I wanted but I decided to be productive instead and I'm glad I did since now it's all done and the nap wouldn't have got me anywhere.  There are so many other things I thought about doing like beginning painting the many rooms we have left to paint or hang some items in the basement but probably better I let the hubby help me with those! 

All in all I had a great day and Friday night I did totally relax after the kids went to bed.   I was worn out anyway from being so productive!  Haven't got to mark that many things off  my list in forever!  I hope I can get days like this more often  than every 2 years.   I love my kids and the time I get to spend with them, but days like that are needed and now that I have a taste  I have a feeling I might pull for days like that a little more often!

Character Tees

Confession.....

Okay so every since I had kids, I have dreaded the day that they would want to wear character tees or have a room with a certain theme I just haven't ever really liked them.  I always thought it would be so hard to let them do it.  Well Noah has actually already had 2 pairs of Elmo pjs which didn't bother me since they were pajamas and I actually thought they were kind of cute.  Well lately he has just really gotten into cars and Papa Bob and Nana Jill got him a Cars shirt for his birthday. I was like oh great.. Here we go!  Tuesday I had to work and was going to pick out Noah's clothes (which lately he really hates putting on shirts, unless it's one he picks out of it's yellow or orange) and I decided since he was staying home and Nana Jill was watching him it would be a good day to get out his new shirt.  I brought it out and he lit up.  He was so excited and let me put the shirt right on, then he just had the biggest smile while he was pointing out Lightening Mcqueen and Mater on his new shirt.  In that moment I realized who cares, what he wears, he's two and if he likes it and it makes him happy, it's really not a big deal it's worth it to see that face! Now will I let him wear it when we go somewhere special or dressing for church, probably not but any other regular day I'm going to say go for it. 

Just look at him, he still is one of the cutest little boys I know and he actually let me take a picture since I told him I wanted to see his Cars, usually  these days he whines, hides or runs away when I'm trying to get a picture. 

Love this boy, no matter what he wears!  He still has his momma around his finger even in a Cars tshirt! 

2 Year Check Up

Today we had Noah's 2 year doctor's appt.  At his 18 months appt he was 32 inches tall and he is now 35 which puts him in the 70th percentile she said and then for his weight he was 24 1/2 lbs and now he is 28 lbs and 4 oz  which puts him in the 65th for his weight.

We were anxious for this appointment since we really just wanted to see where he was language wise and have been waiting for a little while to see how he's doing.  We were glad to hear she thinks he is doing great and on track.  She said boys generally are a little behind which I knew but she said a lot of kids take a jump at some time and really have one period where they learn a lot and she said some boys take that verge around 2 and she said if he hasn't completely had it he is right there in the middle of it and that if we were still worried in a few months to let them know and they can refer him but she thought he was right on track from what she saw.  Of course Noah talked as soon as she came in and was playing with his cars and making noises (showing off his imagination), which is pretty new for him in the last few weeks.  He said a few words right away and showed her a yellow crayon and telling her it was yellow.  It was almost like he was trying to show off a little.

 Matthew has been reading up on speech so much and there were a lot of things we just weren't unsure of like when the charts say he should use 50 words is that daily or if he says them once in a while do they count and apparently they do.  And also we thought everyone had to be able to understand him and doctor said at his age we should be able to understand half of what he says not necessarily everyone else.  So I think we were relieved a little to hear that good news today.  We were just worried that with moving and having Carson all around an important time in his development we might of pushed him behind and hated feeling like it was our fault.  We have been praying every night for him and he definetly has come a long way!  We also were telling her how he knows colors, shapes, and animals but won't say any of them but yellow, red, circles, dogs, horse and she said that's fine he is ahead since he knows all of them but it's okay, he will say them in his time which is pretty much true in every area for him.  We know he's smart he just doesn't always vocalize it and that's just how it is with him! So now for us it is continuing what we have been doing with him and just waiting for more language to follow! 

A Little Late

Noah likes to do things to surprise us sometimes.  Tonight Matthew had some of the Reality youth over for small groups and they were all sitting at the bar having some snacks and I had put out the cupcakes from Noah's bday party last Saturday (their last chance before they hit the trash).  He decided he wanted one today after not even touching it at his birthday so I put it in front of him and away he went.  He started dipping his fingers in the icing and then before long was putting his mouth on it and going for the cake as well.  He sure is something, if I would have asked him if he wanted one, I'm sure it would have been a no but if he decides he wants something it's okay every time.  I let him have that for snack tonight, last night he had an orange by choice so those even out right?  We were reading a book with an orange in it and as soon as we pointed to it, he got up ran to the fridge and with the help of us opening the door he got an orange right out of the drawer. 

After he was done eating his cupcake in true Noah fashion, he realized he was a mess and quickly got upset that he had stuff on his hands.  He's like his momma, likes things clean!

Need some Prayers!

Many of you know, I have dealt with hives for many years now.  The only time I haven't had them for an extended period of time since I was 17 was the two times I have been pregnant.  For some reason, each time I have gotten pregnant they have disappeared and came back about 2 months later.  Well now they have been back for a few months are are just gradually getting worse and worse.  Every night when Carson wakes up for the first time I usually realize I have them and gage whether or not I should take medicine.  At first I was toughing them out until morning and they would be gone but lately I just haven't been able to do that because I have been so stinking itchy and had more and more each night so I have been taking Benadryl again.  Well since I haven't had much of it in a long time, it has been making me sooooo tired and grumpy.  Carson isn't sleeping, he's still up 2 times a night and wakes up for the day between 5 and 6 so needless to say we aren't getting much sleep and with Benadryl on top of that, most mornings I'm pretty much a mess and an tired all the time morning, afternoon, and evening! I know that stress makes them worse but we never could find a cause.  Now I know it has to be something hormonal since I don't get them when I'm pregnant.  I'm trying something now that me and my doctor thought would help but so far I have only seen them get worse.  I am still going to wait it out awhile and hope/pray that these dumb things go away for good.  In the beginning 10 years ago we went all around to doctors and didn't get any answers just got put on all different types of medicine and I don't want to do that again but if they don't get better before too long, I won't know what else to do.  I know with two young kids I can't handle these things like I used to be able to.   I don't have the option to stay home from work when they are really bad  and take a bunch of medicine to sleep them off because I still have two little boys to care for every day!  So please if you think of it, say a prayer and lets say goodbye to these dumb things once and for all!  I've been healed before for a time, I know it can happen again!

Smiles at the same time, Impossible

Yesterday I was just hanging out with the boys after church before naptime and Noah wanted to get out his new Cars chair.  He sat in it, and then decided he wanted Carson to sit in as well.  I gladly put Carson in and quickly grabbed my camera to try and get some pictures and I found it's pretty much impossible to get them both looking and smiling at me at the same time. I still thought they were just adorable because they just show their personalities which have been so darn cute the last few days.  2 years old is really working out for us, despite Noah not feeling the best he has been the best little boy lately and Carson has been one smiley and giggly little man as well. 

Noah making one of his normal weird faces, and Carson doing his new tongue thing!

 Carson smiling and again Noah doing, who knows what

 Too funny.. He just started making this face the last few days, it's just too cute.  Him and his brother both have a thing with their tongues!

 Carson kept sliding and Noah didn't like when he got on his side.  There will be a lot more of this to come I know!

 Finally Noah smiling and now.. Carson staring off. 

Carson trying to cuddle, and Noah looks disgusted

 This is why sometimes 2 is easier, Carson loves to watch his brother.  Noah is showing him why not to put stickers in your hair, because the stickers they get from the nursery with their names on it get stuck pretty bad

Our two boys!  They are going to be best buds in the upcoming years!  I'm so lucky to get to spend my time with these two.  

Lucky Little Boy

All I have to say is wow, we so blessed to have such wonderful families and so many people to call family.  Our house was packed for Noah's birthday party over the weekend.  He sure is one loved little boy! 

This year I did a Mickey theme birthday party and of course with all the pinterest ideas, wanted to go all crazy wild.  But I put my real life hat on and decided to go simple and very low budget and just get a few things.  I had decided to do Mickey in the beginning of December and ordered the invitations off of Etsy so I was kind of locked in to the idea.  Little did I know that Noah would soon not be so Mickey crazy and would have a new fascination with the movie Cars otherwise I would have done that instead. I wish I would have known but since he is only 2, it wasn't like he was upset he had a Mickey party as a matter of fact he loved his Mickey balloons and we still have his banner up and he likes that alot as well. 

Here is little man playing with his balloon before the party

Cupcake tower and cupcakes made by mom 

Noah getting ready to attempt to blow out his candles.  He tries but still hasn't got them himself.  He is so cute when he tries to blow them. 



 Never really knows what to think about the smoke.  The first time it scared him but he did okay that day.

 Now next there should be a picture of a messy little boy from eating cake or a cupcake.. But not our Noah.  Yet again this year wouldn't try any.  At least he didn't cry this year like last, he just wanted down to play with cousins!

After a bit we got him to begin his long process of present opening.  He got so many wonderful things and it's stressful as a parent when you child opens up his toys not knowing what their reaction will be.  Some they make more of a deal than others but honestly he has played with each and every single thing he received by the next morning.  He really does love all his toys! It's also hard at this age because they want to play with everything as they open it.  After the first couple though he kind of got the idea that we were going to open up all the presents first before playing.  Yesterday morning after church was fun he just went everywhere playing with all his different toys.  Each one got a turn!  Our playroom is definetly out of control now, so I'm going to have to figure out something and some way to split up these toys!  I think we are going to start some sort of rotating system so they aren't all out at once!  It's just too overwhelming in there and it's impossible to clean it up since there isn't room for everything! 

 Starting to calm down for the day and playing with some cars.  Poor guy hasn't been feeling well off and on, I can't figure out if it's ears or teeth but he will just go into crying fits and hold his ears or his mouth like something hurts.  And his fever has been coming and going but overall he did great for a little boy who wasn't feeling his best.  We also gave him medicine right before so that didn't hurt either, haha. 

 It's so neat to see the excitement on his face!  I loved every minute of his special day!

What Noah's doing at 2 Years Old

At 2 years old
Noah is still all boy, everything is all about balls, cars, trucks, and trains.  I have a feeling in the next few years I will be out of my league with all this boy stuff

Eating more and more things!  He has been trying so many new foods lately.  I don't care if he doesn't eat all of something if he tries it, I'm just glad he gave something new a chance.  It's a start

Becoming more and more social, he's getting better and better at being around people and interacting more

Loves to love on us!  He has been giving me great hugs when I come home from works and squeezing me real tight.  I absolutely love it. Also every night before bed whether he is reading books or watching something on TV he will want me to sit right next to him and then he will get on my lap for cuddle time. (one of my favorite times of the day of course)

Such a good boy most of the time, Of course we still have our battles, but they are much, much , much fewer than before. 

Still loves when we read to him and loves to question us like we question him all the time
I think he actually likes learning now!

Knows his body parts, colors, some shapes, a lot of animals, will do some animal sounds, still working on the getting himself dressed part.  He can take some stuff off but haven't mastered the putting on yet. 

Getting closer to being ready for potty training maybe.  After the fact sometimes, he will point down and say "I did this".  We happened to get it on video one night too, hilarious!  If he doesn't do that he has mostly likely left the room, and decided to play really well alone so we won't notice he has filled his pants. 

Loves being near and around his brother.  He makes sure we never forget him when we leave. 

Starting to be a little more picky about his clothes.  Certain days lately he has tried to show me what he wanted to wear.  He loves yellow and orange!

Knows his daily routine and likes to stick to it!

Is such a good helper, he loves to help daddy anytime he has his tools out.  He also likes to help me when I attempt cleaning with him around.  But in the normal day to day things he tries to help as well.

Wears mostly 18-24 months stuff.  Old navy he now has to wear 2T in shirts because of his height but he really hasn't grown any besides getting a little taller in a long time

Is beginning to love to wrestle and jump on us, and roll around.  His favorite is while we are laying down to come up and do butt bombs on our stomach. 


Really getting an imagination.  It has been so neat to listen to and watch him play.  He makes so many more sounds and noises than before.  He plays with his fake food and says yum yum, plays with his cars and makes noises and makes them crash and will say oww ooww..  So cute!  .  You can tell he is just really getting so much and acts it out with his toys. 

Finally starting to learn more words just about daily.  I am most anxious for his 2 year appt so we can figure out where he is language wise.  We have been concerned for awhile and decided to just wait until his appt next week to see if he gets referred or not.  We still think he is behind language wise than where he should be but he definetly has seemed to be trying to gain some ground lately.  He has been saying words we have known he knew but wouldn't say before and has been making lots of letter sounds like he is practicing a lot .  He does still say a lot of things we just can't understand  yet so we may be missing some of  the things he is trying to tell us and not realize it.  

Is such a neat kid!  So thankful I get to spend most days with him!  Love him to pieces!

How Noah spent his Birthday

Noah got lucky this year, both mom and dad were off on his birthday since it was a Wednesday. After we all woke up and Noah was already playing in his playroom, we sang him the Happy Birthday song, he just looked at us like we were weirdos.  (someday when he reads this he will laugh because he will still think we are weirdos!)  Then we really just went on throughout the day just like any other..

He played with cars and of course lined them all up and turned them all upside down, one of his new things!

 Played with his brother

 He has decided he doesn't like his picture taken anymore, so he either gives me a dirty look or covers his face.  Not getting  the best pictures lately!

 We took him to Niemergs to eat some of his favorite foods, their bananas covered in strawberry gel, chicken tenders/fries and BBQ sauce, and then jello

 Then we went to Walmart to get a piece of cake and some candles, and bought him the Cars 1 DVD, he already has the Cars toon tales and loves it so we decided to add to the collection for him. 

Then we lit some candles for him not once but about 5 times.  He absolutely loved blowing out the candles (he thought he did but we really did for him, haha)  Just loved seeing that face of his light up.  So much fun!  Then he actually ate cake!  Last year he wouldn't touch it, this year he still wouldn't do it himself or stick his fingers in or anything but he did eat quite a few bites that I fed him and dipped the candles in the icing and kep licking them off.  Then we let him watch his new DVD.  We took a break in the middle for bathtime but other than that he sat there and watched the whole thing. Noah just loves certain shows and Cars is one of them.  Before bed, I got some cuddle time in with Noah while  he was  watching his movie and stole lots of kisses!  I know he doesn't understand yet, but I think he had a pretty good day. We didn't have him open any presents since we are celebrating his birthday Saturday with all of our family.  We probably should have let him open ours tonight but I just didn't think about it ahead of time for some reason and since he doesn't really understand yet, it makes no difference to him.  I am looking forward to Saturday to see if he will not eat a cupcake himself or not and see that face light up again when he sees candles again!  For his birthday I had planned a Mickey party awhile ago because he has liked Mickey for awhile now.  I had no idea that in just a few short weeks everything in his world would become Cars otherwise I would have done a Cars party.  Oh well, he is only 2 so I"m sure he will still like all the Mickey stuff still and maybe we can plan a Cars party for next year!  Pics of his party to come this weekend! 

Can't help but smile when you see this face, can you?

Happy Birthday Noah

Wow, I can't believe 2 years ago today we were holding our first baby boy for the first time!  These last two years have gone by so fast and we are more than blessed to have gotten to watch Noah grow up and spend each day with him. 

Noah just a few hours after he was born

 Noah in his car seat for the first time, heading home from the hospital.  I remember how excited I was to go home.. that is until we got there and realized we didn't know what to do next. 

 Our little chub at a few months old

4 Months Old, lost all of his dark hair and started growing his crazy blonde hair.  Such a chub he was, just love that smile.

 

 One of his first times swimming

 His first vacation to Tybee island, one we will never forget!

 And his hair was now out of control, I will forever look back on pictures from this age and still never understand why I didn't do something about his hair.  This one isn't the worst but it's just too funny

 Our cute little chicken, Noah's first Halloween

 Noah's first birthday party, he wouldn't even touch the cake

 Getting to be a walking pro, helping mommy swiffer

 We finally got rid of all of his hair, before this we were just barely cutting it.

 Such a cutie, fruit lover!

Happy Birthday Buddy!

Noah you are one loved little boy.  We love you more than we could ever express.  You have changed our lives, and we can't imagine life without you.  These last two years have been a rollercoaster ride, but all worth it.  You never used to be a cuddler but now you want to cuddle with momma just about every night before bed.  You give the best hugs and have such an infectious smile and laugh.  You are such a character and never fail to make us laugh.  You are growing up more and more every day and we are so proud of the little boy and big brother that you have become.  If we could freeze you right here, I think we would.  You are learning new things every day and are getting so smart you amaze us! You are my favorite toddler Noah, we wouldn't trade you for  the world!  Love you so much Noah!