Noah's Dedication

Last Sunday August 15th, we had Noah dedicated at church. We were so blessed to have our good friend Tyler do the dedication. He did a great job and were so glad that he was able to do it. We had our parents and siblings come up with us as well. Noah did really well, he let Tyler hold him. I think he really loved looking at all the people. You could tell he was excited because the whole time he just flapped his arms and at one time he squealed pretty loud. We didn't get very good pictures because of the lighting in there. There are shadows on Noah's face each time but at least we have some.

This picture of Noah cracks me up. He looks like he is looking up to Jesus, with his hands reaching. I think this is right when he was squealing, haha!

Girls Overnight Shopping Trip

Tuesday night after work, my mom, Randi and Katie and I left for an overnight shopping trip to Champaign. Not far, but far enough for my first entire night away from my little boy. I had to work on Tuesday so that stunk since I didn't get to spend the day with Noah but I got to at least see him before I left. I got to get in some good squeezes and lots of kisses and hugs. I knew he would be fine with his dad, but a little nervous since it was their first night together alone as well. Noah ended up actually doing well for his dad and let him get a good nights sleep. He hasn't been doing so well in that department so he did the best he had in awhile. He didn't get up til 4:45. Matthew waited until about 5:15 and then fed him and they stayed in bed til after 9. Noah was up part of the time but just rolling around and kicking dad. It's cute because Matthew talks like it annoys him that Noah kicks him if he lays him down by him, but I know he really likes it and thinks its cute! Oh how I love my boys!

Anyways about our trip we went up and got there about 5:20. We started shopping right away since we didn't have tons of time before everything closed. We shopped and shopped until closing time of the mall and a few other stores. Then we went on to Target. Oh how I love Target. I got some really cute diapers from there that were Target generic brand (thanks Kacie for telling me about them). Really cute with polka dots. I'm going to try them and see if they are any good, but the price was great and irresistable for their cuteness. I'm sure we will take some pictures in them. While we were at Target we picked out some snacks a necessity on a girls trip, popcorn, Ben and Jerry's ice cream, and turtles. After we were done at Target we went and checked into our hotel and started snacking and going through and showing each other what we all got. The picture below is everything laid out ( not just mine it was all of ours). There wasn't enough room so some of it is actually stacked up. My mom said this picture should be labeled sinners. She is right, it is quite ridiculous. I am officially done shopping for awhile!

After we went through our stuff we decided to do some fun face masks that I had found at Forever 21. They were cheap and I thought they would be fun to do. Randi, and I had papaya mud masks. Katie had a cucumber peel off mask and mom had a mud mask too but I can't remember what kind it was, mango maybe?

I know we look quite scary, like the scariest clowns I have ever seen. However it was worth it, my skin actually felt better afterwards and the next morning. Not sure if they really did anything but it felt like it. Overall we had a great time. It was nice to get away and have some girl time, especially with my family. I love them all so much and are so thankful for them.

Friday with my son

Noah and I had a wonderful day today, we didn't get much accomplished at the house but we did a lot of hanging out. We started out the morning with Walmart, then went to visit my cousin and her new baby, had lunch with Shae, Noah took a nap, Aunt Kate and Mitch came over and played for a little while, daddy came home we ate, went to see Great Grandma Jones, then Aunt Randi came to visit and then finally got ready for bed. Poor boy was tired he went right to bed tonight, he didn't fight it at all.

Looking out the window like we do after pretty much every diaper change. He just loves it, I love to watch him stare at the plants, trees and grass ( everything green). Aunt Kate snuck up on us and got this picture.

Smiling at Aunt Kate

He was talking in only a language he can understand, it was quite entertaining. He went on for awhile and I love it every time but I really can't wait for ma ma to be the words coming out!!

The beginning of a new hobby

I have been wanting to learn to sew for awhile. When I was pregnant I had fallen in love with tons of products on Etsy. I thought it would be a fun hobby to be able to make cute baby stuff for Noah and other people. So for my birthday this last June I wanted to get a sewing machine. My husband knows me all too well and thought that before I put any money into something like this I should find out if I actually even like to sew. So my mom taught me a little bit and is letting me borrow her sewing machine right now, so I have been able to work on my first project. The first thing I decided to start with were some burp cloths. I had ordered a couple of these off of etsy and they looked very easy so I tried some of my own. I really enjoyed making these and are going to try some more projects soon. There isn't really much in town as far as fabric choices so I'm planning to hit up some fabric stores next week while I'm in Champaign and then I plan to make a few other things on my wish list of projects. Once I've decided if this is something for me I might turn our spare room into a crafting room, which I hear really makes sewing a lot better if you have a place where you can leave the machine out. I have seen many wonderful looking craft rooms in the blogging world. Mine would be nothing compared to those but just a room to store items and a large workspace and possibly half playroom so that way Noah could play some while I worked on things. We will see how it goes though with the next few projects. I haven't always had lots of patience so we will see if I'm different with sewing.
Here are some pictures of my first burp cloths.

Big Boy Car Seat

I have been stalling and stalling moving Noah to his big boy car seat for awhile now. I have had the other for awhile now and just kept waiting. Our weight limit on our infant carrier is 22 lbs so we are pretty close. He is now really difficult to carry in it anyway now. I usually took him out and carried him instead whenever I could. There are a couple of things that were holding me back from switching him
1) I run a lot of errands, some of them not necessary I just need a reason to get out of the house, but I didn't know if he was ready to sit in the shopping carts. Well we have a cover for them and it has straps to buckle him in so I'm sure that will be fine. I did get it out and place it in the Highlander so it's ready whenever we go somewhere next. Also
2) we used to eat out a lot so the carrier was nice to put in the slings and I didn't know how he would do in a high chair well we will just have to make it work. Usually he wants to sit on your lap anyway so he wasn't always in the carrier. The shopping cart cover is also supposed to work for high chairs as well so I think we are covered there.
3) for those times that he falls asleep, he used to just stay asleep and you could move him into somewhere and he wouldn't budge. Well all of a sudden the last couple weeks as soon as you open his door to get him out, if he was sleeping he will wake right up so it doesn't work anymore anyway.

So anyways today I finally did it, Noah went down for a nap so I went outside and got the car seat installed. The book was quite lengthy and I'm not going to lie it probably took me a good 1/2 hour to get it figured out. I had to read everything of course and make sure I was doing everything correctly and knew how he was really supposed to be buckled and how it was all supposed to fit. I think I got it all down and we took our first trip in it to the mall to do a little walking. I think so far he likes it, he is up higher so I think he feels like he can see more. He looked so cute in it, but yet so big. It just seems like everyday there is a new milestone he is hitting. Here he is in his seat, in the first picture I couldn't get him to look at me, he had his eyes on the trees and all leaves in the front yard.

7 Months

Today my little boy turned 7 months old, I can't believe how much he has grown, these last 7 months and especially this last month. He has just seemed so much older lately. He makes me laugh on a daily basis, and I just can't get enough of his laughs, giggles, and squeals. We don't have another doctor visit until he is 9 months so I thought we would do a weigh in ourselves. I love this picture, it looks like he is really excited to get weighed ( we are very different, in that aspect, haha). Last month, he was a whopping 20.0 lbs and this month he is......

(excuse the wet onesie he is quite the slobber monster these days)

Swimming

We took Noah swimming again yesterday.. Lately he has just really enjoyed the pool, I'm so glad he has changed his mind about it. It's so nice to get outside and as hot as its been lately we haven't stayed out a whole lot.

Smiling at his aunt Randi

He was really into splashing this time

For some reason he has started to really enjoy trying to eat his raft. He was getting ready to here. I'm not sure if its the water on it he kept trying to get or for some reason he just enjoys putting his face into a bunch of plastic ( I'm not a fan it really makes me nervous)