a day with mommy.. part one

i took off today to have an extra long weekend with noah.. just a day for me and him with nothing to do but play and have fun. noah slept in until 9:00 which is a record for him. we then played and had a late breakfast.. then we headed to go get some donuts.. his new favorite. we brought them to the park and ate them up by the slide.. it was perfect out..low 70's .. heaven. we played for about an hour and didn't think about anything i 'had' to do and just spent time with noah.. and it was the perfect day. noah was such a big boy.. he climbed all the way up the monkey bars and he was so proud of himself as i held my arms up underneath him just in case he slipped but he went all the way up. he loved to swing and we went down the slide about 20 times i think. after an hour, it was nap time so we headed on home .. until lunchtime that is.

celebrate adoption

today we celebrated adoption at our awesome agency, gladney. one of the reasons we chose gladney for our adoption agency was for this.. the gladney family association. a place where adoption is celebrated and where noah can come over the years and hopefully develop lifetime friendships with other adoptees. noah is actually a very lucky little boy.. he is incredibly blessed and have so many people that love him. adoption is a gift and we are so thankful God let us down this path. we would not have had it any other way.

 the last event we went to was in february and noah was a little too small to enjoy many things.. not today. it was a very hot and humid day here in texas. note the rosy cheeks in all of the pics.. and did i mention it was right smack in the middle of his afternoon nap? good thing i edited out many of the pictures.. he was beyond done after 45 minutes or so.

he started off in the bounce house for the kiddos under two and loved it.. he kept seeing his daddy on the other side and would scream in excitement but had a little problem walking over to get him.. i wish i had it on video.

then we road the cho cho train where he kept clapping and would say 'weee' under his breath.

 

when daddy found out a few weeks before there was a petting zoo, he was very excited about it. note: this is the guy who before we had noah, we would go to the zoo and he would be in line at the petting zoo between a 5 year old and a 2 year old. hah. noah was mesmorized by this weird white chicken with crazy hair. he was the mic jagger of chickens. hahaha. they had the cutest little pig that was about 5 pounds and noah would have been more interested if he had of not been 'no nap noah'. we then talked to heidi, the incredible lawyer who fought for our family last year, and to melissa and lisa, our caseworkers. noah was being a little fussy so they gave him a lemonade frozen pop which kept him entertained while we caught up. and he kept sharing his pop with me.. too cute :)

noah staring down the crazy chicken.. he was so perplexed!

the day ended with what else.. a pony ride! he perked up and was too excited while we waited in line. he played with daddy while mommy met some other adoptive parents and we shared stories. it is so neat to be around hundreds of other adoptive parents, and each story is completely different.. and wonderful. he LOVED the pony ride.. he knew exactly what to do and was smiling the entire time. he better not ask mommy for a pony soon because i don't think i could say no to that little face!

where did our little baby go? he looks way too big in these pictures. 

 

In love he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will.  -Ephesians 1:5

chocolate chip ice cream with sprinkles on top

we ended our four day weekend with a little sale shopping for clothes for noah next year and treated noah to his first ice cream cone. i got him chocolate chip in a dipped chocolate sprinkle cone. he loved every single bite of it. i was afraid he would drop it but i think it was actually stuck to his hands. it was such a mess.. but he loved it. and he polished it off down to the bottom of the cone. and then i had to take his shirt off.. he was a sticky little monster.

park time

it has finally cooled off a little bit and we had to go out and feel the seventy degree weather because we forgot what it felt like. we went to the park to watch daddy fish and fed the ducks. he loved watching them and his daddy fish. i can't wait for this fall weather.. we've been waiting way too long for our park excursions.

donuts with elmo and mommy

noah loves sweets. anything coated in sugar and sweet, he's all in. to start off our four day weekend, mommy decided to take him to get his first donut. nom nom nom. he was so excited when we got there and i knew my favorite, chocolate sprinkle would be his favorite too. we had to settle for the white sprinkle but i don't think he knew the difference. he was so excited because the sprinkles were one of his favorite things, 'balls.' he kept repeating that over and over and pulled up a chair at the table. he was a bit reluctant at first so he got a little pinch to taste, then got a big smile on his face. he hardly ever finishes a meal.. but he managed to scarf the whole thing down. and elmo never left his side in the process of his devouring.

riddle

what's cuter than pj's with dinosaurs with helmets riding tricycles?

nothing.

daddy's little helper

noah loves to help his daddy.. especially when daddy decides it's time for a tune up on his drums. noah loves when his daddy drums. note he has his own little snare drum in the background but doesn't seem to like it as well as the real thing :)

noah was helping him inspect underneath and loved to bang on them too :) he is such a good little helper!

got toys?

noah loves his elmo and his cookie monster!

pizza, pizza, pizza

the other night we ordered a pizza.. i walked away for um, 10 seconds, heard a loud noise and when i got back saw this...

this boy is addicted to pizza!

chip monster!

every day, you will find noah doing this...

opening up the pantry and grabbing a bag of chips

nom nom nom

color color

noah's favorite thing to do is to COLOR! every time he goes in his playroom, he points up to his colors on the top shelf and keeps saying, 'yeah, yeah, yeah' and away he goes.. he makes wonderful masterpieces ;)