The love of a mom

I read a lot of articles on the internet, a lot of them are brought to my attention by women on my baby board... and I read TWO yesterday that were about abuse of little ones. Last night I had changed Noah's diaper and since it was about bath time I left all of his clothes off and let him crawl around. As he was sitting with his back towards me and I saw the frame of his little body, I started getting choked up wondering how ANY mother could intentionally hurt her baby, or any baby for that matter. It really makes me hold Noah that much tigther, and kiss him that many more times.
Here is a picture of two little body frames from the back... so, so sweet.

Noah, a pilot?

Some great family friends of ours have this little plane, that was built from scratch. It's amazing really, it has petals, a joy stick for steering, and the propeller even moves when it's being pushed (or peddled). So, we took the opportunity for Noah to get behing the wheel...er.. propeller. He's a bit short for it, but in a year or two, he'll think it's pretty cool. I think he enjoyed it, and of course the photo opp was awesome.



Seriously.... could he get any cuter? I didn't think so.

Another new trick!

So, I know that pictures of crying babies is really sad, and not very many people like them, but I had to get a picture of Noah's new trick! And since he's rarely in his crib during the day (since we're at work all day), it was the only chance I had to snap the picture. Usually by the time he goes in there at night, he's cranky. And since he hasn't been sleeping good, he doesn't wake up in his crib in the morning all happy like most babies.




Yep.... he's figured out how to stand up in there. Neither of us know if he knows how to get down once he's up, but I haven't heard him topple over. We go in there every few minutes and lay him back down... which angers him more.

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!