Well It Finally Happened......

We just bought our FIRST, yes FIRST box of diapers. Here Noah is a week shy of being 8 months old, and we haven't bought a single box of diapers. This is all thanks to everyone who spoiled us before Noah's shower, at Noah's shower, and long after the shower and his birth. What an incredible blessing!!!

HAPPY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GREG!!

We celebrated Greg turning 31 last weekend with dinner of his choice, ice cream and presents. It was a fun, quiet evening with the family - kinda nice to have those days since they are few and far between.





HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, GREG & JEN!!

This past Saturday we celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary! Greg had many plans up his sleeve, but Jen and Noah were still sick with colds, so we cancelled our plans, and instead, Greg spent the whole weekend taking care of them.

We also did the Parade of Homes this weekend with family and a friend. It was such a fun little adventure and it really helped us get quite a few ideas for our next house. We took lots of pictures, so all's we need is for this house to sell and then a new house under construction! =)

If only we had remembered to take a picture..... Sunday night we had a fun dinner at Mom Kelly's house. We picked this fun entree that we could double, all split up the ingredients and bring, and then all take home leftovers and freeze for another night. The kitchen was a mess, stuff was EVERYWHERE, and there wasn't one INCH of space that wasn't being utilized. =) Just use your mind. Picture craziness. Picture happiness. =)

HAPPY BOY!!

Noah is such a joy and brings great happiness to our lives. Who knew that one little person could light up your life in such incredible ways? He is THE best baby EVER and adapts SO well to any and all situations. Even when he's tired, he is still so good. We are very blessed to have him - that God knew just EXACTLY which little boy to send to us. He fits perfect in our lives.

Seven Months Old!

Noah cannot POSSIBLY be seven months old already!!! It's so incredibly fun to experience every milestone, but sad at the same time to see how fast he is growing up. We try to soak up every possible moment with him, but it still just never seems to be enough.

Here are a few things about Noah these days:

* He absolutely LOVES his homemade baby food that Jen makes. So far he has tried: bananas, butternut squash, pears, sweet peas, french vanilla yogurt, applesauce, and cheerios. Now that he's seven months old, we can keep introducing more and more new foods. He's such a good eater - not picky like his mama! He has even almost mastered feeding himself - which we think is WAY cute. =) We bought his high chair and you can tell he loves sitting up with the "big people" when he eats.

* No more army crawling for him! He now crawls like a big boy. He also has been pulling up to stand lately on anything and everything. He'll be standing alone and walking before we know it.

* He's graduated from sitting in his baby carrier to sitting in the child seat in the shopping cart. He LOVES it. He's such a people person and loves to watch people and see EVERYTHING that's going on around him.

* He has started saying "ma ma ma ma ma." Now, whether or not he knows what he is saying, it's still cute and it just thrills Jen to no end!! =) We also practice every morning waving "bye-bye to Daddy" before Greg leaves for work. He flaps his arm(s) up and down like maybe he knows what he is doing. Again, it's still cute to us whether or not he knows what he's doing. =)

* He does not like to be rocked to sleep anymore. We still try though! ;) He'll fight us the whole time, will play in his crib for 10 minutes or less, and then put himself to sleep. We don't like this. =(

* He was in his first car accident a week ago - in his Mimi's Mercedes. Jen was driving and got rear-ended. Thankfully it was VERY minor, we're all OK, and it didn't even phase him.

Here are a "few" pics of Noah the last month:

One of his first times pulling up to stand! He knows he's cute in his cow towel.
Looking like a stud in Aunt Becca's sunglasses. =)
In Mommy and Uncle Brian's old high chair.
Cute church clothes. =)
Playing with the boy in the trashcan.
Such a happy, beautiful boy!
LOVES that boy in the mirror!
Climbing on Daddy at Grandma's house. This is the coffee table he's chewed on. Our new favorite picture. Snuggling with his blanket during naptime. SO pleased to be sitting in the cart - especially in the toy aisle!
Mommy's boys. =) Sweet little angel. On Mimi's deck. Whatever Noah does, Greg has to do..... ;)