Noah's 1st Birthday

Noah's first birthday was great! We had a great turnout and beautiful weather. Noah had a great time playing with all of his friends, but most of all he really enjoyed the cake! YES HE ATE ALL THAT BY HIMSELF!!!

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! :)