Learning and Growing

Wow!  Our little sponge is really soaking up everything around him!  Our almost 14 month old is practically running anywhere he can get to, and climbing on EVERYTHING!  His verbal skills have skyrocketed as well.  He babbles pretty much non-stop, but can say several words now: hi, bye, ball, momma, dada, daddy, bath, up, duck.  Noah LOVES bath time.  As soon as he hears the water filling the tub he runs through the house to the bathroom exclaiming, "BATH, BATH, BATH".  He sleeps with his ducky every night and whenever he sees it he says, "Duck!"  He loves to color with crayons and gets upset when it's time to put them away.  He's really great at picking out the circle shape from his shape sorter and putting it in the right slot...we are still working on the other shapes, but he's starting to figure them out.  N has started to learn some sign language, too!  So far he knows the signs for "more" and "milk".  "More" has proven very beneficial because while he is eating he can simply sign "more" to us when he is ready rather than whining or crying to get what he wants.  It has really seemed to give him a good outlet for words he hasn't mastered verbally yet.  We are working on the sign for "please" now.  Noah's latest trick is blowing kisses!  It's pretty much the cutest thing ever.  He is growing up so quickly!

Noah's First Birthday!

What a wonderful birthday celebration for Noah!!!  Thanks to everyone who came to help us celebrate.  We had such a great time playing, eating, and laughing with you all.  The Farmville Train Station proved to be a perfect spot for the shindig!

Tumblebug

Ear Tube Update:
Everything went great with Noah's surgery!  It was a little scary for Mom & Dad as the nurse took him out of our arms back to the operating room, but it wasn't long before the doctor came into the waiting room to tell us everything went well.  However, when they came to get us and brought us back to him, he was pitiful.  He was incredibly confused and disoriented from the sleeping gas so he was screaming, crying and whimpering with his eyes closed...and he proceeded to do that for the next hour straight until he finally fell asleep.  He was sort of in and out of that state most of the afternoon, but by the evening little man was up and playing like nothing happened!  Thanks for all your prayers and well wishes!

Mom and Bob?

Lyndsie's post last night has prompted me to write one of my own. We have been saying for a while now that we need to write some posts but time gets away from us. By the time we finally get a minute to breathe at nights where we could write a post, all we want to do is zone out in front of the tv. So, this is long overdue but I guess better late than never.