The Golfing Gang

In the past several weeks, Jason has been golfing three times. (As opposed to never before...) My younger brother Mark is on his high school's golf team, so he's been bringing along some brothers/brothers-in-law for some extra practice. Jason says he's not very good at golfing, but he really enjoys playing! He says he would like to get a few of his own golf clubs.

Noah (and his cousin Benjamin) tagged along on a trip to the driving range last week, but unfortunately I have no pictures. =(

Lake Cumberland in Kentucky

Here are some fun pictures from our trip to Kentucky the for 5 days of the first week of July. Noah loved "driving" the boat and playing with all of the switches...

I LOVE this picture!

Daddy and Noah enjoying a swim in the lake

Driving the boat again, this time with Grandma

Playing on the tennis courts with random abandoned sports equipment.

Hopping down from the big boy swings

Walking along the dock to watch the ducks and the boats.

Lots of stairs to walk down to the dock!

Enjoying being outdoors taking a walk in the woods.

Swimming in the pool with the borrowed floatie that Noah liked

Love the smile and the spandex suit!

Jason strutting his rooster tail, skiing on one

Cuddled up with Grandma

Having fun in the water in Jake's whale floatie

Noah loved playing in the tube!

16 Months

Noah is growing so quickly, and we are all finding he is abandoning his baby ways. July 10 marked 16 months old for him! It is so exciting for us to watch him grow and change. He is almost always wearing a hat, and he runs for the door when he thinks we're going to go play outside (even if I'm just picking up the paper or watering the flowers).

New words: "What's that?" and "That's cool!" (Or possibly "Let's go!" depending on the translator.)

He also started saying "Shoes" and loves to carry around his flip flops, crocs, or any other shoes he has. One day when I tried on a new pair of shoes for him in a store and then took them off, he cried because he liked the shoes and wanted to keep them on!

His biggest toddler developments lately have involved climbing onto things such as dining room tables, chairs, couches, and pretty much anything else he can find on the floor.... laundry baskets, toys, etc. Noah also finally figured out how to actually ride his little riding toy that you see above, instead of just pushing it around.

In two weeks we will take him to see if he has to have tubes put in his ears. We are hoping and praying that the allergy medication he has been on is helping to clear the fluid in his ears.

Visiting My Grandparents

We had the chance recently to visit my grandparents in Berne. They had not seen Noah since he has been running everywhere, so it was fun to catch up. My grandma is the sweetest person ever. She loves to read, laugh, and keeps the place nice and tidy. My grandpa loves to fish, tell jokes and of course loves his little obnoxious scottie dog, Keisha. They both enjoy spending time with their family and swapping stories.

Noah liked that Keisha was smaller than he is. Noah's word of the day...all day... has been "doggie" and "woof woof"...so it was lots of fun to see him play with a real dog instead of just looking at pictures in books. (Noah was also enthralled by the clanging of the grandfather clock behind him, so much so that he went to study where the gongs were coming from at one point!!)

Noah looks more and more like his daddy every day, like in this picture. My grandpa said that he is a little Liechty, "there's no Rosenberger in him"..... I don' t know, I see a good blend of both Jason and me in him. :)

Noah, by the way, will soon learn that grandmas like to feed him ice cream, as my grandma did while we visited. He had an ice cream sandwich, and he loved it!