noah's room

i have had tons of stuff going on (one being i finished my 2 classes for my MBA at TWU!!! :)) so i haven't gotten around to taking pictures of noah's bedroom. the only thing lacking is a valance which i need to get to work on. this is n's favorite place to be~ he loves listening to his music and playing on his gym. he loves his bird mobile but only likes it when mommy or daddy watches with him. before bed time, we rock him and read him a story while he drifts off to sleep with his rockabye baby cd's (his favorite is the radiohead version). for now, he is sleeping in our room in another crib. we can't stand to be that far away from him (even though we have a video monitor). his favorite thing is his sea turtle night light that projects stars and the moon. it lights up our whole room and we all fall asleep looking at the stars although our wish has already came true.

noah bug~ happy almost 3 months

n o a h,

we love you more than words can say. thank you for giving us so much happiness and joy. we love you more than life itself and are so thankful for you. you are a precious gift from GOD and we thank HIM every minute of the day.

you brighten our days and make every single second the best moment of our lives. your infectious smile makes our heart melt and your joy spreads to all of our family and friends.

these have been the best 3 months of our lives and we will live to make you happy.

as it states in your favorite book guess how much i love you.... i LOVE you right up to the moon and back.

we love you <3 noah james! xoxoxoxoxo


twinkle, twinkle, little STAR, what a gift from GOD you are. hugs and millions of kisses!!!

the best 2 months EVER

february has flown by and we have cherished every second with our guy. he is smiling and cooing away at us. he loves to challenge us to see how long we can stick our tongue out at him. he also loves when we imitiate him. he thinks it is the funniest thing ever.. we also see how long we can smile at each other. everyone who sees him can't believe how strong he is. he can keep his head up for minutes at a time. he loves to kick frantically while he watches his mobile. he is starting to laugh which melts our hearts.

this week we took him for his 2 month checkup and he weighs 9 pounds 13 oz. and is 21 3/4 inches long. he had to get his first round of shots which he wasn't too happy about which broke my heart :( he was so happy while we had to wait an hour!

we can't express how much he means to us and how much we love him. he has brought so much JOY to our little family. he is our everything and we thank GOD every day for what HE has brought into our life. we are extremely grateful for him.

here is one of my favorite quotes.... ~you know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams

2 months!

 

okay, so i am way behind at the blog but here are
some pictures of our sweet angel from february.
you are the best thing in the world! we <3 YOU N!!

our little snow bunny!

since it never snows here in texas, we had to run out to take some pictures with our little snow bunny! he managed to stay asleep most of the time and managed to get a few pics :)

noah's first restaurant!

back in the 80's, my first restaurant my parents took me was cheddars... apparently i loved staring at the big fans. i already knew that n's first restaurant would be that as well! he did so well... i was a dork and made our waitress take our picture... poor child is probably so tired of the camera by now. anyways, he slept for almost the entire time but then he finally woke up in time for a family pic..

5 weeks old!

 

our little guy is getting so big! sometimes i wish he could just stay this small forever. here are a few pictures from today at 5 weeks. he is very strong...he has been holding up his head since week 2. he loves his tummy time... here are a few of my favorites! we love him soooo much!!

happy 1 month n!!

we can't believe our little guy is a month old. this month has flown by but we have cherished every minute of it (even the 3 a.m. feedings) and love noah so much. he has been changing every day, getting a little bigger, filling out some, and doing different things. and we have been getting more sleep (thank goodness)!!

tomorrow he goes for his 1 month checkup and we are very curious to see how he has changed. at the last appointment on the 14th, he was 6.3 pounds. my guess is 7.6 and jim's is 7.0 we will see who is the champion of the weigh in tomorrow :)

here are a couple pics of him on his 1 month b-day!

we can't wait to see what february has in store for us!!

HAPPY 4 WEEKS OLD N!!

today our little guy is 4 weeks old.... hard to believe in such a short time how much we are in love with him. he is such a sweet little guy, can be a bit fussy when he is hungry (takes after me). we have been enjoying spending every single day with him. suki has also been enjoying us being at home for almost 2 months. we are thankful that my grandma can watch him during the day which will begin in march. we feel so much better taking him there where he will be loved and will be less likely to become sick. we are enjoying how he continues to do different things each and everyday. he is staying up for most of the days and is sleeping for up to 3.5 hours at a time. can't wait to see how much he has grown on friday for his 1 month checkup! here are a few pictures from the past couple of days my absolute favorite picture is the picture i snapped yesterday while he was napping away in his STUD shirt for valentine's day... Cuteness Alert!!!

noah's room

as promised, here are a few pictures of noah's nursery. it still needs work but the for the most part it is DONE!! i had a bedding issue and got upset that it kept getting delayed due to backorder so i cancelled and lucked out finding the bedding on clearance! i think i like it even better. many hours went into creating it and i thank my mom for the help! she did the awesome tree by hand. we still need to shade it and add a few birds but we are getting there. we also painted a dove but i haven't downloaded them.

notice suki in the pictures! she loves it in there (hey- it was her room before we kicked her out!) so i moved her bed in there.

i will send out more pictures when we are 100% done....hopefully very soon!

shower- round two

this past sunday on the 17th, our mom's threw us a shower at our house. it was so much fun! we had a great turnout and saw many friends we haven't seen in years! everyone was so generous~ noah got so many awesome gifts! noah was on his best behavior and was the hit of the party! suki also did really well. however, she did think most of his presents were for her! notice her in the background ringing her "poochie bells". yes, the dog rings her bells to go potty (and bark at the neighbors dogs). and noah got his first drumset! hopefully this child will be musically inclined. i have a strong feeling he will!

thanks again for the gifts... now i got find the time to do the thank you cards!

suki loves noah

before noah came into our life, i was so worried about how suki, our 3 year old yorkie, would act towards him. (the cats are a different story, they don't even seem to be aware they have a new member to the family)! suki has been our baby and we were afraid that she would get upset when another baby joined our family. little did we know that she loves noah sooo much! she learned his name in a couple of days and is glued to him wherever he goes! she loves to snuggle with us and sit by us when we feed him. i know they are going to be the best of buddies!

here are some adorable pictures of our 2 little babies!

it's shower time!

i have been looking forward to a shower for a very long time... and it was well worth the wait! i had a wonderful shower today with the wonderful ladies from our church. it meant a lot to be surrounded by these incredible ladies who have been every step of the way with us through the entire adoption process. many of their prayers got us through the difficult times. everyone was so thoughtful, noah got so many cool things!! noah somehow managed to sleep through the entire shower and even while he got passed around to everyone!

a big THANK YOU to everyone and thanks again to holly for her hospitality!

wordless wednesday

noah's first dr. appointment

noah had his first dr. appointment today... he did great.

here are his stats:

january 4th ~ 7 days old
5 pounds 13 ounces
19 inches long

getting ready for his appointment..
one of his first smiles in my book

we are already head over heels in love with him :)