Noah is going to be a BIG BROTHER!!!!

We have some great news...Noah is going to be a BIG BROTHER!!! As you can tell in the picture above, Noah is so excited with the news! :) As some of you know it took us some time to get pregnant with Noah. We ended up having to do some fertility, so when we were thinking of getting pregnant again, we decided to start early. We were going to start trying in January, but low and behold, we were already pregnant in December. What a sense of humor God has, because we thought it was going to take some time like last time. We are so excited that we didn't have the stress of that again, that this baby came along so easy! We are also so excited that they will be so close together, because Brian and I always wanted that. Now 17 months apart will be a test, but I know we are up to the challenge! We feel so blessed to now have 2 children! We can not wait to see what God has in store for our family! I am now almost 13 weeks pregnant.

Noah's Tummy Crunch Workout

I guess all of the random "big boy" comments by strangers have really gotten inside Noah's head. I think he might be trying to burn some calories by doing some tummy crunches. Don't worry Noah, mommy and daddy think you are perfect just the way you are...BIG BONED! :) Noah's favorite spot is sitting in the sink and watch his momma get ready every morning. He is happy as a horse sitting there watching me fix my hair and doing my make up. He is just so amazed by the hair dryer. Most of all he loves to look at himself in the mirror.

Noah's New Moves

Even though Noah is still not crawling, he is learning a lot these days. He is a smart boy, but we are thinking maybe he might be athletic as he shows us how he can pass the ball. He can now give "high five" and "high ten." It's so funny that he learned this so quickly, but all the other things we have been trying to teach him for months like crawling and "bye bye", he still has not yet grasped! Oh well atleast he is learning some things. In the past week or two, Noah has also leaned some bad habits like beating on his tray for food, screaming for no reason at the top of his lungs, and screaming for food when he sits in his high chair. If any mom knows how to stop this little habit, please share the advice, I am just blaming it on his "time of the month" and soon this will pass! Yeah right! :)

THE VAHJEN FAMILY IS MOVING TO GREENWOOD

We recently signed a contract or should I say Brian signed a contract with Greenwood Eye Clinic in Greenwood, SC. After 12 long years of sweat and tears, Brian will finish his residency with USC June 18, 2010! :) We can not believe that the day is almost here and we feel very blessed to finally make it to this point in our lives. We interviewed at about 6-7 different practices, but we felt that Greenwood was were we were called to be and was the best option for Brian to practice in and the best for our family. We feel great that our decision is made and are very excited for what there is to come for Brian and our family in the next page of our lives together. We feel so blessed by God to have made it this far and for the opportunity that awaits us! We appreciate all the love and support from our families to get to this point. I am so very proud of my husband's extreme hard work and his great love for our family. He is such a wonderful husband and awesome father. There are no words to express his hard work hour after hour he has put in for the last 12 years to become a doctor. I love him so much and so does our little Noah. Please keep us in your prayers as we put our house on the market and continue onto our mission field in Greenwood.

So Sorry It Has Been Soooooooo Long!!!!

This post is dedicated to April Stutts and Betsy Mitchell, as they have been on my back that I have been such a terrible blogger! I vow to all that one of my new years resolution is to keep up with my blog on a regular basis. I wanted to give everyone an update on our lives. I am now a stay at home mom as of January 15. I felt like this was a decision that needed to be made since we have been so blessed to be able to do it. I felt that at home with my little Noah is where God wanted me to be. Noah is now 9 months old and we can't believe it. He is getting so big and doesn' miss a meal. He now has 8 teeth, which I think is more teeth than any other 9month old. He has been teething since he was 3 months old! He is such a blessing and smiles all the time at just about anyone. Brian is still working hard for our family and will FINALLY be done with his residency in June!!!! We continue our lives in Greenwood, SC where Brian has signed with Greenwood Eye Clinic. We have prayed about it and feel this is where God wants us to be. We are very excited, but very nervous for the change. Well that is the short update and hopefully the next updates will come more frequently!

PLAYING WITH MY FRIENDS...

Noah is now at the age where he recognizes other babies. Its amazing to see the interaction between babies. We have had a few play dates with Anderson (Noah's cousin) and Hannah (Emilie Ingram's daughter). Anderson is exactly 6 months ahead of Noah and Hanna is 1 month older than Noah. So we get to see what Noah might be doing in the next month and the next 6 months. Its amazing how fast they grow. We went for a play date and to the pool with Hanna and Emilie. We went to the beach, the lake, and did P90X with Anderson and April. What fun Noah has had!

Noah is growing fast!

Noah has been such a great baby. He is a sweetheart and we have been so blessed. Lately, Noah has had some problems with his acid reflux, so he has been in some pain lately. We hate it cause we can't stand to see him hurting. He is being treated with Axid right now, so we pray it starts to work soon, so we can have our little Noah back without him hurting. Today Noah is 2 months old. Brian and I can't believe it. Lately he has been giving us so many smiles and is so happy!