It's been a while....

Sorry, I was just thinking today that it had been a while and by golly, it's been almost a month since my last post!  Where has the time gone!  I've also been working on Noah's 1st Birthday invitation!  Ahhh!  Truly can't believe it's already been a year since our little man came into our lives.  

This time last year we were getting so excited for Noah's arrival...  Noah is getting more and more comfortable cruising around the furniture and when we let go of him he'll stand for a little bit.  I just saw him today, for the first time, stand with his hands on the chair playing with a toy and then he let go with both hands to play with the toy, and he stood there, on his own, for what seemed like forever!!! Our little man is learning so much and growing up way too fast!  

We are also getting excited to see my grandma for Thanksgiving in Bayse, VA and then Noah's birthday and then up to PA for Christmas with Bob's family!  And then, of course, up to PA again to see our soon-to-be neice, Haley!  Whoa, what a lot to do for the next few months!  We wish you all, all the blessings in the world!

It takes a village....

I have really learned what a blessing a village can be when raising a child. We are truly blessed with the greatest village of all, our family and friends. They have helped us through the tougher, sleepless, times and have helped us celebrate the joyus times! This is a big "Thank You!" to all of them for their time, comfort and support, we couldn't have done all this without you and look forward to many more joyous times and fewer sleepless ones! =)

Noah also had his first outing to the NC State Fair! He loved it so much, seeing all the animals, lights, sounds, and of course his first ride on the carousel! I don't know who was more excited, mommy or Noah. The carousel is mommy's most favorite ride! He didn't take his normal morning nap, but he just couldn't close his eyes for fear of missing a single moment! We went early so it was pretty chilly, but we bundled Noah as only first time parents do, more thoroughly than probably necessary! We sat him on a haystack to get some photos and realized he had never felt hay before, so he stayed focused on that hay despite our many, many efforts to get him to look at the camera! Noah finally crashed while we were walking back to the car, a very happy boy who thoroughly enjoyed his first trip to the fair.

We hope you are all doing well and have a life full of blessings!

Looking back...

I still can't believe it was almost 10 months ago that Noah came into our lives! Now he is already eating "real" food like chicken, carrots, wheat bread and of course his all time favorite, Cheerios! Bob & I are getting ready for our very first outing without Noah, and we mean a whole weekend out of town without him! It's going to be hard, we will definitely miss him, but it is also a needed weekend to ourselves. It should be fun, it's for a wedding on the shore of New Jersey.


Noah's also found a new fascination with balloons! He got one at the store the other day from a nice man and then we had to get him another one today from the dollar store. He loves looking at it wiggle around and he loves hitting it! Well, he loves hitting anything, he's such a boy!

Anyways, thanks for stopping by and I'll try and be better about posting something more often!

Our love to you all....

Here comes trouble...

Well, Noah is starting to understand the word "no" when his mouth finds things that shouldn't be eaten (which is pretty much everything he can get his hands on). He's also starting to show a little 'tude when he doesn't get what he wants! He's also learning CPR technique as you can see from above! Our little guy is growing up and making his way in life! He's also started full fledged crawling (no belly on the ground)! No army crawl anymore. Our man love his Cheerios too, I think he could eat them all day! We started yogurt this week, but not sure if its working out yet. We also want to congratulate Betsy & Joe on finding out their having a baby girl!! YAY! Love you all!

Whoa, 9 months??

Noah's 9 month landmark is coming up soon and I truly can't believe how quickly time has flown. He just started a new sound, "dada". I don't think it counts as a word until he knows the meaning ;) But that's just "mama" talkin'. =) Noah went to his first rodeo last night and had a good time, for the small amount of time he was there (he had to be back by his curfew!). Mommy and daddy had an afternoon out this past weekend and went to see Dark Knight and have lunch! We had a great time and the movie was GREAT! We hope you all are doing well and we can't wait to put up another post of Noah's next great accomplishment!