Noah's News & Swimming in March

Noah has big news, and we are so excited for him....

This is Noah at age 4 years old, taken yesterday 3/21/12 on the day he prayed to ask Jesus to come live in his heart! He asked to pray with mommy and is very excited about his growing faith. He loves going to Bible study and learning verses and true stories about Jesus. He knows that one day he will be in heaven with Jesus.

Mommy and Daddy are very happy to see him follow on this faith journey and begin to make it his own. Hurrah Noah!

Who needs a pool anyway?

Yesterday we spent the day outside playing in the back yard. I tried to blow up our baby pool but all the air leaked back out. So, rather than waste a good 86-degree day (yes, in March!), I filled up a storage tote with water in the back yard and let them have at it.

The boys ate their dinner outside. Meatballs, mashed potatoes, corn and edamame! A very unusual meal for us, actually! But it felt like a summer day, so we acted like it was a summer day and ate some summer foods outside!

happy 4th birthday!

Noah is four years old. He was very excited to celebrate his birthday this year and talked for weeks about what kind of cake he wanted and who should be at his little party. Here are some pictures from his little birthday party.

Happy First Birthday to Isaac!

While Isaac's birthday day is today, we celebrated his first birthday this past weekend at our house. We enjoyed having our family over to celebrate with us for lunch. It was a difficult meal to prepare, let me tell you, since all Jason had to do was drive to Subway to pick up the Giant 6 foot sub. We have done this before and like this alternative to the prep work of making our own food. The price difference is negligible also.

Isaac's birthday cake was a real treat for him. It was his first taste of non-fruit sugar. Once he realized what sweetness was out there, he gobbled up his slice and proceeded to scream and cry for more! It was quite humorous!

We had a little Easter egg hunt as part of Isaac's party, too. The kiddos had lots of fun finding the eggs that were hidden around our house. Isaac actually did a great job for a one year old of finding his own eggs. He would pick them up and shake them to hear the jelly beans rattle inside. Cute! (Like our nice yellow wildflowers? ha....Jason is working on ridding our yard of them but there they are!)

As most little kids, Isaac was very happy to play with the paper of his birthday presents more than the actual presents. He did get some great birthday gifts. Clearly he is a loved baby. :)

Happy Birthday to Noah!

Happy birthday to Noah! We celebrated his third birthday this month with our families at our house. We had tacos for lunch and cake & ice cream. Our immediate families are big, because without all of them even attending we had a crowd of 20!

Grandma Betty brought Noah a construction truck birthday cake.

When it came time to blow out the candles, Noah wasn't quite sure what he needed to do...so Jason helped!

Noah was so cute when he went to open his birthday presents. After every present he opened, he looked at that person and said in a serious voice, "Thank you for getting me that thing." My mom asked if I had coached him to say that. (No, Mom!)

9 months old!

Isaac is 9 months old today! We'll go for his 9 month check up next week to see how much he's grown the past few months. At 7 months, he was 18lbs 50z. So I expect he's probably around 19 lbs.

This week he started crawling, and now he follows me around the house! It's so cute!!


Noah and Isaac are starting to play together every day in our little play area. Noah has been good so far about helping monitor just what is going in Isaac's mouth. So far, Noah has told me when Isaac is eating books, cords, and paper! I guess it's time for Mommy to kick it up a notch about making sure there are no little things on the floor.

Isaac makes a huge mess on the floor (and pulls his bibs off) when it's time to eat. He's been eating almost everything we eat in small pieces. He loves rice, Cheerios, beans, peas, corn, bread, green beans, bananas and applesauce. (He hates any vegetable puree that has to be spoon-fed though!) He still nurses 5 times a day, and we're working on teaching him how to drink from a sippy cup.

Isaac is on the move. Note the babyproofed outlets. We have to be so careful about everything with a little one who is exploring.

Isaac is standing well while holding onto things. He just started doing this, and it really transformed him in my mind to a pre-walker / pre-toddler instead of just a baby.

Here he is playing with the blocks and cars with Noah (who is scooting away).