Sunday, February 27, 2011

Happy Birth Day Sweetie Pie

My snuggly sweetie pie baby Noah turns the big number "1" today. He knew his closest family and friends were coming over today because just yesterday he perfected his two-step-walk-plop routine to a series of steps that has just made Noah's world enormously bigger. Suddenly new things like the drawer and cupboard handles are at eye level. The outdoors has totally opened up to him as well.

I can not believe it has been one year since our eyes met in that magical moment. I feel like in just a weekend my baby is "all-grown" up. His personality has even matured and he isn't letting Eric or anyone else just bully him around without showing his teeth with an intense grrrr and a good swat from his hand. He is also climbing on everything. Watch out! He is waving and saying hi to people - a new combo  just started today. He is really just exploding with new things he learns each day. This shouldn't surprise anyone because he watches and listens and studies everything and then with little inhibition tries it, even if it is something like saying the word "shoes". He is also doing the sign for more every time I take him out of his high-chair, which I think he thinks is the sign for all-done, but who cares, I know what he means.

The weather has finally been nice enough for us to emerge from the house and stroll around. Here is Noah on one of his first neighborly walk-abouts.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Naya naya naya

Noah is a talker. Tons of baby talk. I have said since his first week that he is very good at expressing himself and he is.


Today while I was washing my hands in the bathroom Noah crawls and toddles over to the toilet paper roll and points while proclaiming "naya, naya , naya". This is him saying "no, no, no" with the exact same tone I use with him when I say it.  Amazing. He has been doing this since the first no-no I gave him for trying to climb onto the dishwasher door. It also amazes me that he now knows what is no-no i.e. the toilet paper. He smiles at you while he is saying it in a way that is like he is asking if this is really a no-no.

Noah is also immensely proud of his achievements and grins ear to ear when accomplishing something like climbing up on couch, rearranging furniture, or taking his first steps, which he is managing in a one to two step fashion.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

A power post

Momma here. I have mentioned on many occasions how I wouldn't mind if it was my job (well-paying) to be a blogger on a regular basis. Lately, however, when I have the time I lack the motivation and when I have the motivation I lack the time. Well, at this very second I seem to have both so I am going to post this post Valentine's Day post probably without a photo because that would likely delay the posting because it would take more time that I may get at this early, quite moment before everyone in the house wakes up for another day full of fun and challenge.

Valentine's Day was Monday and I will be honest it has never been a day we celebrate and so expectations are nice and low leaving room for easy surprises with simple pleasures. Aaron and Eric took a visit to Home Depot last weekend where Eric made me a hook to hang on the wall. It was in the shape of a heart which he painted purple and adorned with heart stickers. He was so suppose to keep this a secret until Valentine's Day, which went something like this, "Momma, I have a SECRET (giggle, giggle)! It is a purple heart."

Eric hasn't yet grasped the concept behind a secret.....that it is something your keep to yourself. This is much like playing hide and seek with him. He hides and before you can even start seeking he bursts out of his "secret" spot all a giggle and laughs. Who can blame him. All that anticipation and excitement is hardly worth containing and much more fun to share than keep to yourself!

Thursday, February 10, 2011

getting a morning workout


This is the just-your-size gym at CLIF school. It should come to no surprise that Noah knew exactly what to do. He did take a few bites out of the railing, unable to resist chewing on the rubber foam.
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