Halloween Festivities 2011

Pumpkin Patch 2011

Noah Update

Our desktop computer went kaput so I still don't have Noah's 1 year pics up, but he has done so much in the past few weeks I decided I need to sit down and make a post to document all the milestones since his birthday! It's funny how things just "click" out of nowhere. Hopefully I'll get to post some pictures soon!

1.) On September 30th the big boy got his hair cut for the first time!

2.) We had been trying to get Him to stand for quite some time, but he would only do it occasionally...then out of no where on October 9th while Brett was getting ready for church, he stood him up and he didn't sit right back down. He even tried to take a step!

3.) The week after the standing began he learned to climb on the couch and slide down on his belly.

4.) The next couple weeks he continued trying to take steps. We would stand him up and he'd walk 5-6 steps and fall. the just last week he has been pulling up on things then just walking away 10-20 steps at a time!

5.) Last week he mastered going up stairs...going down is a little harder, but usually he just slides down on his belly!

6.) Then this morning he made a huge "step!" He stood up in the middle of the floor all on his own. He stood up, walked, fell down, and then continued to do it over and over again!

He's made big changes then past few weeks since his birthday a few weeks ago! He learns something new every day!

State Fair Fun!

When I was a little girl I remember going to the state fair several times... As we got older, it seemed we went less and less. I remember going, but Brett never went. His first trip to the state fair was when he and i went to a concert before we even had kids! So as you might have guessed this trip was definitely Momma's idea! We went the opening day because Daddy's Saturday is actually Friday. We were there 4.5 hours and the kids loved it. Rachel walked almost the entire time and Noah relaxed in the stroller as usual. (He even snuck in a nap!) There were so many things to do and see, but 4.5 hours was the max time limit for us. Pics below of the memorable trip. Hopefully we can convince Daddy that this should be an annual event!

Happy Birthday, Noah!

I cannot believe a year (and a week) has already passed. I love this little guy, but his year milestone was somewhat bittersweet. He's growing up and there is absolutely nothing I can do about it. He still isn't walking but he is definitely into everything. We were able to celebrate him on his actual birthday, last Friday. The party went well and he is thrilled to now have "boy" things to play with! He won't have a memory of that special day, but it's a day this momma will never forget. Happy Birthday, Sweet Boy!

11 Month Pics

As always, I am behind on monthly pictures for Noah. They were about a week ago, so really they are 11.5 months, but at least they are in the 11 month period! Hopefully we will have 1 years in a couple weeks!

Standing

Yet another thing Noah really hasn't had any interest in...BUT on Wednesday evening (9/7) we were at Ryan and Rebecca's and the little guy stood for 14 seconds all by himself! After 14 he abruptly face planted on their wood floor, but nonetheless it was a milestone! Since the 14 seconds he won't do more than just a couple but has started pushing the push toy around! Now, if he would just let go. This little guy won't be walking by his birthday, but hopefully in the next few months following! :)