Baby Shower #2!

(By Jen)

Yes, it seems a little late to be having another baby shower, but that's how they do it at my work. They like to take out the new Mommy after she's had her baby and meet the new little bundle - passing him around for everyone to get a turn to "oooohhh" and "ahhhhh" over him! =) It was a fun little turnout. Only a few people couldn't make it because of sickness and childcare issues, and I definitely came home with a TON of good stuff for Noah.

The gang - minus one who came late

The loot - SO FUN!!! =)

First Road Trip!

Well..... Noah is well-travelled now. He's been to Arkansas and back!

Jen and her parents set out for Arkansas (braving the 16+ hour trip) on the 12th to go visit Noah's Great-Gran and Great-Papa so they could meet him while he was still little and spend some good quality time with him. Even his cousins Aimee, Jenni, and Toshya made a special trip into town to come meet him (and bring him lots of presents - so spoiled!) He did absolutely fantastic in the car both there and back, and was the most perfect little angel boy the whole time we were there. During that week he started to become more smiley and chatty, and even outgrew a couple of outfits too! He's getting bigger and growing up right before our eyes and is even cuter than the day before (as if we thought that was even possible!). He does, however, have a fussy time every night around the same time, so during this trip, his Mimi (Jen's Mom) helped Jen get him into a nightly routine that seems to be working out great for him (and us)!

This Valentine's Day we were apart, but that didn't stop us from finding ways to celebrate. We both had surprises up our sleeves that the other didn't know about! Sunday, Greg had flowers delivered to Jen's Grandparents house and a card in the mail a couple of days after that. Jen sent Greg on a mini scavenger hunt to find his card and present on Sunday after church. Noah even got a Valentine's present this year from his Great-Papa. A stuffed dog that he absolutely LOVED! He smiled and even talked to it quite a bit! =)

Nothing else new to report at this time. Just some more pictures. =) Enjoy!

One Month Old!

Can you believe that today Noah is one month old!? Where does the time go?? It seems like we were just at the hospital yesterday, and it definitely doesn't seem like it's been 4 weeks that we've had him in our lives. Pretty soon we'll turn around and he'll be 1 year old!! =(

He had his one month checkup and shots today. Good thing his Mimi went too since Jen didn't want to be in the room when they jammed those needles in his precious little legs. =( All was well though. Noah is gaining good weight and progressing perfectly - right on track!! (As if we had any doubts) ;)

We had our first date night out alone last Friday and it was SO nice to get out just the two of us again!! =) Hopefully this will continue to happen since we always did it before we had Noah too. Everything else on the homefront is going well. We're adjusting better and better each day!!

Below are some more pics of our little cutie pie - he's just so darn photogenic!! =)