Halloween 2010

Firsts with Noah have been so much fun!! Who would have ever thought that kids could be SO much fun?? =) The "first" that we are referring to in this blog is his first Halloween.

Here are a few pics of him getting in the spirit of Halloween this year. Get ready to see a LOT of orange!! (We don't really "celebrate" Halloween, but we DO go to the Harvest Festival at church, sometimes we'll wear costumes, sometimes go to parties, we usually go to the pumpkin farm to pick pumpkins, and we sometimes carve our pumpkins. Eventually we'll take Noah out trick-or-treating, but that's about the extent of our "celebrating" of this particular holiday.)

Cutest Halloween onesie ever - on the cutest little boy ever!

"Helping" carve out his first little pumpkin.
Not sure about all of this AND all that yucky stuff inside.....
Hmmm....what's in here, Mom?
Loving his orange "ba-ba" again.
So happy to find a pumpkin on the porch!
I Love My Mummy! (This shirt glows in the dark - he thinks it's pretty neat!)
His Mimi got him a "boo beam" flashlight. He loves this like crazy!
Always gotta torture the kid with the seasonal headbands at Target. ;)
More torture. He doesn't seem to mind though.
Our little pumpkin at his first Harvest Festival. =)

Our little family. (Third time was a charm to get this picture.)
Noah and his Auntie.
Where we goin' now, Dad?
Auntie Cheryl and Mimi taking him around to "trick-or-treat."
Precious.
Off to get more candy - for Daddy or for Noah?
Noah and his Uncle Bob.
His first Halloween! HAD to get the shirt. ;)
Playing a game at the Harvest Festival.

Happy/Sad

Happy Birthday, Jen!

It was more like a Birthday weekend - we celebrated lots. =) (Even her co-workers did a little something for her) =) Her birthday morning started off wonderful. Went to breakfast with some of her favorite people. Then off to the Munchkin Market at a local church with those same favorite people where they scored some great deals again. Then back to her Mom's house for the whole weekend to celebrate and spend time together as a family. Jen's "birthday cake" was particularly awesome this year - cupcakes! She's been craving large, specialty cupcakes for some time now, so her Mom went to "The Couture Cupcake Company" here in the Springs and catered to that craving. YUM-O!

Helping Mommy open presents. =)

Delish!

Poor quality picture - but this is Jen's new birthday "toy." =)

Sad

This household is now all (hopefully) protected against the flu this year. We've all been VERY healthy and have taken great measures to stay that way. Why is this sad? Noah's poor little chubby leg... he didn't like his flu shot AT ALL. Cried big tears and broke his Mommy's heart. =(

For Sale

So as of last night at 7:00, our home is officially for sale. It's so very exciting, yet sad all at the same time. With this economy, we aren't holding out hope that it will sell quickly, however, we continue to trust God and that it will all work out in his timing. He knows our needs and wants - it will either happen soon or it will happen later!

Won't you pray with us?

Pumpkin Patch!

Yesterday we had the most fun taking Noah to pick out his first pumpkin! This is one of the many things we've looked forward to doing with him ever since we knew we were pregnant. =) Since he has a new found fascination with anything round lately (LOVES balls!) and his most favorite color is orange, he found himself in heaven. =) He loved the hayride, he loved all the kids, he loved having lunch outside at the picnic tables, he loved seeing all the bright colored pumpkins, and he loved picking out his own "ba-ba" (which means ball) to take home! We think he was on sensory overload though because he konked out pretty fast after we got in the car to head home. He had the best time, WE had a the best time, and we can't wait to take him back when he can walk! =)

The next fun step will be carving the pumpkins in a week or so and roasting the seeds. Mmmmmm!!!

Nine Months Old!

It's insane to think that Noah has now been on the outside as long as he has been on the inside. Actually, it's just unfathomable to think that we have a 9-month old. He is just growing up WAY too fast for us.

Noah had his 9-month well child check today. He never fails to impress the doctor every time we're in there. His health is excellent, his height and weight are great - meaning, he's now officially ready for (and has been using) his big boy carseat instead of his baby carrier. Sniff, sniff. We did so much research it was insane! But after many recommendations, a few trips to the store, we finally got one - and he LOVES it!! You can tell he feels like hot stuff too. ;) And as we were shopping, we got blessed with an awesome coupon by some strangers who weren't going to use their coupon. It saved us almost $100!! Just for fun, as we shopped for family and friends' baby showers these last few weeks, we decided to check to see if our own registry's were still online or available at the store to look at. Our Babies R Us registry is still available and it was fun looking back to see what all we registered for that we didn't know we didn't need, and what we needed and didn't register for. It's crazy how blessed we got at all of our showers though and that most of our registry got purchased! We are a very blessed little family. Have we mentioned that? =)

So what else is new with Noah? He now has 6 teeth through. He is almost walking - he took 2 steps by accident last Saturday, 3 steps this past Saturday, and 10 yesterday! He's now mostly eating what we eat, but still loves his baby food the best. He loves to try new foods and absolutely LOVED Grandpa Doug's pancakes last month. =) He blesses us a day or two during the week and sleeps in until 9:30 or 10!! (His record is 10:40) He still makes his silly faces, fake coughs and clicks his tongue to get us to laugh. He crosses his ankles when he sits. He LOVES to be chased around the house and will laugh hysterically. He claps his hands and makes noise with them now. He'll imitate us on most things we do. He loves to crawl really fast on his hands and feet instead of his hands and knees - of course this gets BIG laughs out of us. He loves to talk loud. Loves to crawl behind where the couches meet and play "fort." He still gets crazy excited about bath time. His binky is still his "BFF." His little personality shines through more and more and he just gets more and more fun as the days go by!

As a FUN side note: Jen and her Mom went to the "Just Between Friends" last week..... pretty sure they're "JBF Junkies" now. Jen got a "first time Mom" pass for her, and a "first time Grandparent" pass for her Mom. The deals were insane and you would not believe the huge bags-full of baby toys and clothes they each brought home! (You would not believe how other people were hauling stuff out by the truck-load! The deals were incredible!) It was so much fun and they definitely see themselves going back next Spring and Fall.

We're starting to plan his birthday. We've been talking with Jen's Mom and some friends about ideas and etc. Very sad to think that the time is drawing near. Our little bundle seems to be turning into a little boy right before our eyes. Pretty soon he'll be starting Kindergarten, graduating high school, getting married..... oh gosh, bring on the tears. This is why we try to soak up and enjoy every minute with him - going down that route just makes us sad. =( We can't think of anyone else that enjoys their kids as much as we do. If there are people out there, then there are a bunch of very loved, and very lucky kids. =) He just melts our hearts in such an incredible way and came along at the MOST perfect time in our life - looking back when we were SO ready to have a baby and God was not ready for us to have one, we can see now how come.

We got our carpets cleaned this weekend, and various other little things done in anticipation of putting the house on the market sometime next week - as if we don't have enough to do already. Now we have a lot MORE to do!

Now for a plethora of pictures to bring you up to date!

Tiny handprints on our back window. =)

Uncle Brian has the touch.
Watching Daddy mow. Watched the WHOLE time!
Still watching Daddy mow....
Happy boy!
On the riding mower at Mimi's house. Ready for a ride!
Looks just like his Daddy!
Beautiful binky baby. =)
Loving bath time. Making a silly face.
Trying on Halloween headbands with friend Emma.
Digging the new carseat.
Standing up like a big boy. Should we shove him down? ;)