Pictures....as promised

Two weekends ago we went on Jesse's aunt and uncles houseboat for the night. It was supposed to be two nights, but Noah cried enough going to sleep the first night we figured we'd be better off to go home on Saturday. It was Noah's first time in his life jacket and in the water. He cried at first with me... then thought it was okay. Obviously he didn't like it much with Jes the next day. ;)
Then on that Sunday we went to the lake because a bunch of people from church were going to be out there with their kids. Noah and I went for a tiny ride on a raft and he seemed to really like that.





This past week went to Jesse's parents for a few days and got to relax, until Noah and I came down with a cold. Noah did learn however to pull himself up on the couch this past weekend at home... unfortunately we missed it with the camera, and he has yet to do it again.
Sitting on Grandma's lap... this face just cracked me up

And he seems like he has just found his tongue again... he loves to suck on his upper lip


And I have a picture of Jesse when he was about 3 that he kind of stuck his lip out like this... I can't wait to see how much he looks like Jesse when he's a toddler.


Those are a few of the pictures we have right now... I'll try to post more after I resize the pictures.

9 months old!

Well, Noah has actually been 9 months since the 10th (11 days ago), but he went to the doctor last Tuesday and here are his stats....
Height: 28 1/4 inches, 2" longer than he was three months ago... that's a lot of growing in three months!
Weight: 17lbs, 7oz, that is one pound more than he was three months ago. I guess he went down on the chart for his weight, but his doctor said that if he goes by the visual test, he's doing just fine. His legs and cheeks are still chubby. He said we'll see how he does next time. Basicaly, he's doing great!

He's really moving now, he's all over the house. He loves to crawl directly at Teaspoon's water and make a mess in it, so we finally had to move that. And he pulled himself up on the couch yesterday! Big milestone for him!
I'll post pictures tomorrow or the next day... I just wanted his 9 month post to get done first.

His own little quirk

Noah has a new quirk that is all his own. The other morning he was asleep in our bed and I noticed he had his little knees tucked up underneath his body, with his little butt in the air. Jesse said he'd been doing it for a couple of days now (Jesse gets up before me, checks on Noah, etc). I love it. I think it's adorable! Even last night when I was done nursing him at 12:30 and put him on me to burp him, the first thing he did was pull his knees up under him like he was in his crib.

Getting used to the river

Since we pretty much have to beg, plead and pry Jesse away from the river in the summer.... meaning we are down there at least three times a week, Noah is getting pretty used to the environment. We still haven't found the best place for him to be crawling around, but he's used to being held, or sitting and playing with his toys.

BRRRRR... He doesn't quite like the cold water just yet

Sweet little feet!

He fought his nap as long as he could... and then crashed.


And of course we got some pictures of us with our little man... it's rare for me to be in a picture because I don't ever feel "Picture worthy", but Jesse convinced me that it doesn't matter, especially since the focus is on Noah. So... I caved.

I love when I can catch them both laughing



Notice how when he gets kisses sometimes he closes his eyes? SO CUTE!


And... because I had a long week, and I've been saying how badly I want more sleep, Jesse (being the awesome husband that he is) decided to take Noah for a little hike on Saturday morning and let me sleep in. They hiked up to the ridge at Castle Lake, and Jes got a few shots...

He likes being in the back pack... the handful of times he's been in it, he's fallen asleep.

Our last update is that Noah realized he can crawl into the kitchen from his room. And since the majority of the time we're in the kitchen when he's in his room... I think he just wanted to join the party. He also found a box by the trash (we picked up Teaspoon's water since that's what he was headed for first)... and decided it was mightly good!

He's Crawling!

Happy Father's Day, Jes...

The moment I fell in love with Jesse I knew he was going to make a wonderful father. He's very patient, loving, and dedicated. I fell in love him all over again when I saw him holding Noah for the first time. He IS a wonderful Father, he knows how to get Noah to laugh when I can't, he knows how to distract him when he's about ready to start crying, he goes and gets him in the middle of the night and changes him, and he'll even hang out with him in the morning before work if he's up. The love he has for Noah is undeniable...
For Father's Day he just wanted to spend a little time at the river with his family, and we did just that.





I know Jesse can't wait for the day that Noah asks to go to the river, or the day that Noah loves the water and we can't get him out. But, in the mean time, I think Noah looks pretty happy and content down at his dad's favorite place in the world.

Busy, busy boy

Noah has been eating butternut squash for about two weeks now. He seems to really like it. We went to Grandma Suep's this weekend and thought we brought enough squash. But Noah was acting hungry still so we gave him a little in the afternoon and couldn't find more. We opted to try the Acorn squash... in which we got a face of "I don't like this" followed by him throwing it up all over after about 4 bites. Onto carrots... he thought they were okay. We tried again later and he seemed to really like them. Butternut squash is about out of season now, so I think we'll switch. He is acting like his belly might be hurting a little, so we may slow down for now.




Noah has started getting on all fours like he really wants to crawl. We've seen him move forward with one leg, then topple over, but he's doing so good! And he's sitting up like a champ!



Grandma also bought him a walker since he has one at Auntie Coalie's and loves it, he thought it was pretty cool to be hanging out in the kitchen, especially since all the windows are lower and he can see out of them. He was quite content... that is until Papa Larry started the blender and scared the daylights out of him. :)


And a few more pictures for your viewing pleasure....

Sure looks like he's contemplating something

And I'm spent....