celebrate.

after our day at the courthouse, we all headed back home for a huge party! our family and so many friends came to celebrate our special day with us. we are so lucky to have such wonderful people in our lives! noah managed to do wonderful considering he didn't have time to get a nap in.. he partied hard! what a special day :)

 


 

and  this was our gift from our good friend, tracy. it is so incredibly special to us.. she got quotes, verses, and messages from our family and friends so we can forever remember.

f  o  r  e  v  e  r.

noah and sadye

my post earlier left out our poor little sadye cat. sadye is always laying in noah's room, i think she is just waiting to get attacked. noah will literally roll over her and is like a speedbump (she's 25 lbs). but she is such a sweet heart and so affectionate to noah, even in her old age. he loves to pull her hair and he better stop soon because she appears like she is slowly losing hair in her old age.

but noah doesn't care, he loves her anyways :)

a shirt and a lobster

it all started with a shirt. with a lobster. and it did involve "mr. pinchy" from the simpsons. noah had on the shirt one day and his daddy was carrying him around and i came up to him and started "pinching" him with my hands like a pincer (never had to spell that before!) i swear, we have never gotten a full out belly laugh like that. so we kept doing it and each time, the laughter got louder and then he began to squeal. that day, "pinchy" was born.

noah loves "pinchy" in fact, he knows it by name. i'll tell him "pinchy" while we are sitting together and his eyes open really wide in anticipation. then jim will come out from around the corner running up to us hands in full pincer mode. noah will turn around really fast and "hides" his little head on my shoulders while laughing uncontrollably. i'll make him do it about 7 or 8 more times because noah enjoys it. and i do find satisfication in watching jim act goofy (but when is he not!)

silly, maybe. but we will do anything to make him smile.

da da da da

noah said his second word on saturday and hasn't stopped saying it. he loves his daddy so much and it melts my heart to hear him say da-da. and he is now "talking" to his toys and it seriously is the cutest thing ever. time is going by so fast and we are enjoying every single second of it.

we love you n!

wiggle worm

well, it's official, noah is off! he is crawling all over the place and can get from A to B (i.e from his room to the dog food bowl). he isn't crawling yet on his knees and he looks more like a little worm. but he's the cutest little inch worm that i have ever seen. and so it begins. loving every second. we are blessed to have this little ball of energy with us. he makes every day special.

best buddies!

then . . .

now . . .




the more time that passes, the more suki LOVES her noah. she follows him wherever he goes and always has to be the first one to give him kisses. noah now grabs hair (and it hurts, real bad) and pulls it until you unlock the death grip. who knew a baby could be that strong. well suki is long haired (plus a full on beard) so that does not come to her advantage around noah. but she will let him pull and poke at her only to attack him with more kisses.

and the cats, well, the cats. that's all i really have to say. they are 11 (sadye) and 9?? (seymour- rescue cat) so they don't get around. much.at.all. sometimes when i leave for work, sadye is on the back of the couch and when noah and i get home around 5:00, she is still there. but they do love them some noah and they both will let him literally roll over them. and grab handfuls of hair which mom isn't too thrilled about. hey, he's not allergic to cats which is good. i was deathly allergic to cats when i was young. no fun.

p.s.- sadye not that we don't love you but it's late and i searched for a while to find you in pictures...will post some of you later =o)

my little firecracker

noah enjoyed his first 4th of july. we went over to a friends house for a bbq and swimming. noah loves the water so that is where we spent most of the evening. i took a few pictures of him before the events began and as you can tell, he was not thrilled to be outside in this blasting summer heat! he was mesmerized by the wind chime. i was happy to try out my recent graduation present which was a nice new camera (which i have yet to figure it out). i have a good subject to snap away. i think he is finally gotten over the camera in his face. almost.every.day!

he also got to experience fireworks from our driveway from a nearby park where they shot them off. i thought he would be scared of the loud popping, but he loved watching all of the fireworks. he is definitely my favorite little firecracker :)

drumming with daddy

noah loves to go out when his daddy is practicing for his night job of being a drummer. okay, just kidding. but noah does love to be out there to listen to him jam out.

here's some pictures from the last few months... one at 2 months, 3 months and 6 months.

happy father's day!

june 20th was a very special day for us. we got to celebrate our first official father's day together. jim has been waiting for years to become a dad and we are so thankful that God placed noah in our arms to be his mom and dad. noah decided it would be a good idea for his mommy to buy him a nice leather recliner so they can rock in it every night. And daddy thought it was the best idea ever so noah, you did a pretty good job :)

noah LOVES his daddy with all of his heart. he waits for him to get home and is so excited to see him. I love watching his reaction when I tell him “daddy is coming”. He looks down the hall and starts smiling and laughing when he sees him. when noah just looks at him, he always bursts out laughing at him. For no particular reason.

He knows when I say “da-da”. It’s only a matter of time that he will learn to say it. he is babbling like crazy and loves to say “aaaaahh” I think it is the most perfect thing I have ever heard. His sweet little voice melts our hearts.

jim, you are everything i knew you would be and more... you light up when you are around our son and he loves his daddy with all of his heart. We are so lucky and blessed to have noah as our son, but more importantly, noah is blessed to have YOU as HIS daddy.

we LOVE you... mommy and noah (and the dog plus 2 cats)

saaaay what???!

On Friday, June 4th the three of us were just goofing around playing when out of the blue, we heard the sweetest, most beautiful thing we have ever heard. Out of no where, noah looked up at me and said “ma-ma”. We both got really excited, and of course, as I ran off like crazy for the video camera, he got distracted and had no interest of repeating his first word. Have I heard it since? No. but it doesn’t matter… I know what he said :)

our little water bug

noah had his first adventure at a pool over memorial day weekend. we weren’t sure what to expect but he absolutely loved it! the little guy loves to kick frantically in the air so he had so much more fun in the water where he could make splashes. he was so adorable in his shark swim trunks and camo hat kicking back and floating along without a care in the world.

 

he loved to be lifted up above the water . .

family pic :)

 

picking up his first lady..

swimming tires a boy out!