Its been two years since I have written on this blog, maybe I should start again. Thinking, thinking...

And he WALKS!!!

Noah started walking again last Thursday!!! And through the weekend he kept going and going and now he walks more than he crawls or scoots. He looks really proud when he walks too... what a big boy now!

Noah Scooting

Noah learned to crawl at 7 months. We thought for sure he would be walking WAY before his 1 year birthday. He did take his first steps on December 20th, but stopped practicing after that day. He then started this silly scoot, and after a month of doing it he really gets around fast. Everyone who watches him finds it hilarious and we think so too!!

Coming...


Going...

Noah 1 year

Noah had his 12 month check up this week. He weighed in at 26.6 pounds!!! That is a whole 3 pounds more than Susanna weighed at 12 months old. I could tell Noah was heavy just because my arm gets so tired when I carry him around but I had no idea his was THAT MUCH bigger than his sister!! He does not have a lot of fat rolls but is just super solid, muscular, and strong. His belly is quite cute and does get a lot of pats because it is soo round.

It is hard to believe but now there is only 10 pounds seperating Noah and Susanna (she is 36 pounds). Watch out Susanna, your brother is going to be bigger than you soon!!

Noah's 1st Birthday

Noah is now 1 years old!! We celebrated his first birthday with a big party with all our friends and family. It is hard to believe he is already 1 years old, where oh where did this year go?? I keep thinking back to last year at this same time, we were just home from the hospital with our newborn son. And now he has grown and changed and become a little boy right before our eyes. He is a very funny, playful, loving little boy. Noah adores his big sister and Susanna LOVES her little brother. I love having a boy and a girl, it has been even more fun than I could ever imagine!!




Here are a few pics from his birthday party. Just like with Susanna, Noah did not have many sweets in his first year. So his first taste of cake was his birthday cake and HE LOVED IT!! He ate it all and wanted more. Watch out Daddy... this kid definitely has a sweet tooth!!







Noah had a lot of fun opening his presents and he was definitely spoiled rotten with gifts!




Noah's Favorites at One Year Old:
Food: Any red sauce pasta and he loves to make a BIG MESS with sauce all over his face and hands! On his own he decided to stop taking his milk bottles so he only drinks from sippy cups now.
Toy: His ride-on car he got at Christmas. He and Susanna love to race around the kitchen.
Mischievous: He LOVES to get into the pots and pans and take them all out of the drawers, spreading them around the kitchen floor. He also will grab ahold of the cabinet handles and pull and pull and pull trying to bang the child locks off.
Abilities: He climbs stairs by himself, stands and walks, starting to point at everything, can show you where his belly is, and give a high five!
Walking: He is able to walk but doesn't practice much. He has instead perfected a one legged scoot and can really go fast.

Sir Buds

Yesterday marked the beginning of Noah's pre-birthday week. Next Saturday, January 8th, he will be turning ONE YEAR OLD!! It is unbelievable to me that a year has passed so quickly. Susanna's first year seemed to last forever, with each new milestone and adventure. Noah's first year has just flown by!! We are all getting very excited to celebrate his big day!

Noah update:
Food - If it is up to him he will eat everything and anything we eat all by himself! He loves to self feed!!


Walking - On December 20th Noah took his first steps. He continued to walk multiple times that day, taking up to 6 steps at a time. Since that day of mastering a new skill he has decided NOT to practice anymore. He will stand on his own and if you encourage him to walk he smiles over his shoulder at you and then sits down and crawls. It is almost as if he knows HOW MUCH I really want him to walk and he is NOT doing it on purpose. He gets this attitude from his daddy!

Talking - He says DaDa, Momma (every once in a while), Dog (which sounds more like Gog), and Bye Bye with a cute little wave.

Teeth - He has four teeth on the top, 3 on the bottom and his top and bottom incisors are almost cut through. He definitely puts those chompers to work too

Play - Susanna and Noah LOVE to play together and Noah will copy anything Susanna does.


He now has his own push car to ride-on and can get on and off by himself. He and Susanna drive their cars around the kitchen and have soo much fun.




It is amazing he has changed from this...






To this in just a year....



Happy Pre-Birthday Week Noah Bear! We love you Buddy

Mommy's Helper

Happy Thanksgiving!!

My computer is broken but I hope to be able to update the blog soon. We would like to wish everyone a wonderful turkey day!!

Angel

J: Susanna, do you know what today is? It is Grandma Sue's birthday!
Susanna: It is? It is Gigi and Grandma Sue's birthday?
J: Yes it is.
Susanna: Mom, where is Grandma Sue?
Me: She is in heaven.
Susanna: After a pause.... She is my angel. She is our family angel. I love Grandma Sue.
Me: Yes she is Susanna and she loves you too.

Happy Birthday Mom. I love you and miss you soo much everyday.

Happy Halloween

This is the first year Susanna REALLY understood Trick or Treating and she LOVED IT!!! She kept saying, "More Trick or Treat Mommy, Lets do another house!" Noah joined in too and both kids had a great night!



"This is a nice ghost Mommy"


Posing with her candy after we got back home, she was VERY happy and proud of her full pumpkin!


"I wanna eat this one first please"


Even though the lolly was still covered Noah was trying to eat it through the paper!


Check out the candy stash!!!!


Happy Halloween Everyone!!!

Clap Clap Noah

Noah has been practicing clapping for a while now and finally figured out how it really works. And he has been clapping ever since, sooo cute!!!

Whoops, sorry!

I realize it has been a while since my last post and after logging onto the blog I now see it has been over a month, WOW!! Since coming home from our trip to Ohio we have been busy busy busy getting back into our normal routine. Susanna is back to her gymnastics class and playgroups. Noah's crawling VERY fast now and pulling up on anything and everything. He has not started walking along the furniture yet but I know it could be any day now. He had his 9 month appointment and weighed in at 23.1 pounds!!! So far he has been right on track with Susanna's growth but this time he weighed almost a half a pound more. He doesnt have fat rolls like many babies do but he is VERY solid and VERY strong!! He is trying new foods everyday and this week he ate his first spaghetti and loved it!! He looked soo cute all covered in noodles and sauce.




A few weeks ago we visited Hillridge Farms pumpkin patch. This trip has become a tradition for us and this year we went with The Rutkowski Family. We had a wonderful time with wonderful weather.











We now have four pumpkins decorating the front of our house and Susanna likes to point out which pumpkin belongs to each of us!


Two weekends ago Susanna and Noah met their cousin Sophia for the first time. Gabriel and Meagan came to visit and spent three fun days with us. Sophia was born in July and is almost 3 months old now. She is such a great baby with the cutest chubbiest little legs and we all loved having her here. Susanna and Noah love their newest cousin and look forward to growing bigger so they can play with her even more!!

Over the weekend Miguel and Gabriel smoked a pork shoulder, Meagan and I drank wine as we cooked lots of food, the kids played and napped, and we all enjoyed the first fire in our new patio firepit! Fun was had by all and we really enjoyed their visit and cant wait to see them again very soon!!

In other baby news I want to say a big CONGRATS to my friends Cara and Daryl as they are expecting their first baby due May 2011!! Cant wait to find out if I should be buying pink or blue for you!!!
Also, my best friend Vicki found out that her baby due in January is a GIRL! They are very excited to be adding another girl to their family, Congrats big sister Ava!!