Playing with my cousin Anderson!

Noah and Anderson have a great time playing together, especially now that Noah can interact and get around much better. Although Noah always wants to pull Anderson's hair, I think he just might be wondering what happened to his hair. It is so neat that they are so close and can grow up together. What a blessing both of them are!

Noah's New Best Friend!

Now that Noah has started crawling, he has a new best friend, Mia. Now that Mia is on his eye level, he is intrigue by her. He adores all the dogs, but loves his Mia. Mia loves on him back with kisses and allows him to do whatever he wants. He gets so upset when we close the back door and he can't see the dogs, so a lot of the time we open the back door and he just sits, laughs, and talks to the dogs. He loves it and just smiles the whole time!

Noah is finally CRAWLING!!!

Although we thought Noah was never going to crawl, he finally successfully did it right before his 11 month birthday. YAY FOR NOAH!!!! I guess "better late than never!" He is even happier than ever, because he is now on the move. We will see what is next to come from Noah!

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.