Fun at the Park

The weather this past weekend was great so we decided to take Noah to a local park near our house. On Saturday, Daddy was working, so it was just me and Noah (and about 1,000 other kids) that went. The playground was so crowded, so we just hung out in the grass, played with some toys and watched all the big kids play.

On Sunday, we all went together after church. It was a little chilly but we still had fun! Noah had a good time swinging and going down the slide!

What a Beautiful Day!

It was so nice outside today, we decided to go on a walk in our new wagon! It's the first time we've seen the sun in days!

I made sure Noah had plenty of toys to play with, but you can see what the "toy" of choice has been today. Ha!

7 Months

You are 7 months old today, Noah! Here is what you are up to this month:

• You won't go back to the doctor until your 9-month well exam, but you weigh about 20 lbs.
• You are growing out of most of your 6 month clothing and are starting to wear more of your 9 month clothing.
• You eat so well now! You eat everything we have fed you but you LOVE bananas, apples, and sweet potatoes. You also enjoy eating chicken and turkey baby foods.
• You now can hold your own bottles. When it's time to eat, you grab the bottle out of our hands and hold it on your own. Sometimes, you hold it with one hand!
• You roll over easily from your back to your belly and belly to back and will roll all over the floor when we put you down. You also like to scoot around on your belly in circles.
• You started sitting up on your own pretty much the day after you turned 6 months. You love to sit on the floor and play with your toys.
• You still love to babble and talk. You will say "mama-mama-mama" and have started saying "ba-ba".
• Just a few days ago, you finally cut your first tooth! It's coming in on the bottom and I can see another starting to come through on the bottom.
• You are starting to sleep really great! You can sleep for a period of 8 hours at a time and then will usually sleep for a couple more hours after your morning bottle.
• You really enjoy going out with Mommy to run errands or just go for a ride in the car. You will look out the window and talk to yourself. It's really cute to listen to!
• You also enjoy going to Sunday school at church and playing with the other babies.

I can't believe we are only a few months away from your 1st birthday! I know it will be here before we know it!

Eating your toys!

I love the look on your face in this picture. It's like I'm disturbing you playing. Ha!

So happy!

You're always kicking your socks off in your exersaucer

Laughing with Grandma

Wordless Wednesday

Prunes?!

Noah has been doing such a good job eating lately! Tonight we tried something new, prunes. Personally, I think they're YUCK! I honestly didn't think Noah would like them, but he LOVED them! I had to share these pictures of him after dinner. It looks like he has chocolate pudding all over his face.

Colorado and Christmas

Noah has had a very busy first holiday season! About three weeks ago we visited my Mom and brother, Jacob, in Atlanta. One week after we got home from that visit, we left for Colorado to spend time with Adam's family. His parents just built a beautiful house there and it was our first time to visit. It would also be Noah's first time to see SNOW (although most of it had melted by the time we got there with the unseasonably warm temperatures). He wasn't quite sure what to think of it. Or maybe he just wasn't sure about being all bundled up! Ha!

This picture reminds me of the little boy in A Christmas Story!

Daddy and Noah

Mr. Cool

Mommy and Noah

Mommy and Noah in front of Doc and Grammy's house

Adam's brother and sister and their families were also in Colorado. Noah was able to have some playtime with his cousin, Truett, who is one month older than Noah. It was so cute to watch them play together!

Checking out each other's hands

I love this picture! So cute!

Binky time

Rolling into each other

"Here, try my hand!"

When we returned home from Colorado, we celebrated Christmas, just the three of us! Noah had a good time opening all of his presents. I think he enjoyed the paper more than the actual presents!

Kisses from Lola

More interested in the bow

Daddy helping to open presents

"I can do it all by myself!"

On New Years Eve, we celebrated with Adam's family at Uncle David and Aunt Marilyn's house. Again, Noah did pretty well with presents! He's had a great first Christmas!

Figuring how to get this toy out of the box!

Cousin Ryan and Noah in Noah's new wagon

He loves his new wagon!

Noah holding his new Mickey blocks

We had so much fun celebrating with our families! We can't wait until next year!

Cousins Garrett, Bryce, and Drew opening presents

Cousin Truett opening his present

Grammy and Doc opening their new Kindle

Uncle Daniel and Noah

Mommy, Daddy, and Noah