Happy Valentine's Day

My family has always had a tradition of giving each other Valentine's Day presents. When I told this to Justin he responded with a rolling of the eyes and a snickering: "Valentine's Day Presents?!" I sure gave him a hard time when his parents bought Noah a present for Valentine's Day this year! They got him a very cute Valentine's Day book, which we read right after we opened it. Thanks Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Tom!
My mom stopped by tonight to give Noah his present from her and Granny. Granny got him a cute little summer romper. Grandma Debbie bought him some pajamas for next winter. They are size 18 months and look SO HUGE!!! It's hard to believe that he will be that big in a year.
Our little guy still isn't feeling that well. He's got a yucky cough and a running nose. It makes it difficult for him to eat because he's so stuffed up. He's also a little clogged in the other end. I never thought I'd wait with such anticipation for a poopy diaper.

This has been a very hard and long week for me. I feel like I haven't had much time to spend with Noah. He fell asleep at 5 p.m. on Monday night- we woke him up to vasoline him and change him into his p.j.s and put him back to bed. He slept until 6:30 the next morning!

On Tuesday my 4th graders had a concert. Then on Wednesday we had staff development after school until 6:00. It was still going after 6, but a hand full of us who have small kids left even though it wasn't over. One nice thing, my prinicpal told the whole staff about how great the concert was and how nice it was to see how successfull the second language learners are in my class. I also have a student in fourth grade who is a piano prodigy. He won the Stars of Tomorrow competition (again, he won when he was in 1st grade) this year. He performed at the concert, I think it was the first time the principal heard him. He raved about how great he was and told all the staff they should try to get a chance to hear him play. Justin says he gets mad when he hears him play because he's so talented and he is jealous!
We haven't started Noah on any foods yet, still just breast milk but we thought we'd let him experiment with his spoon while we ate. I think he thought the air tasted good. :)
It's getting more and more difficult to change Noah at night and in the morning. I bought this stuffed animal, Classical Casey, that plays 6 different classical pieces of music, at the Music Educators conference last year after I found out I was pregnant. Noah adores Casey and has recently found out that he can grab Casey. First he tried grabbing just the hat. Next thing we knew, he was hugging Casey and pulling his ears. One of the best things I've bought for him: if Noah is ever fussy, we push one of the buttons on Casey's feet, he starts playing music and Noah is grinning from ear to ear!

Baptism

Here's Noah before the 8:00 service at which he was baptized. He looked so cute in his little baptism outfit and he was such a great baby in Church! He started to get a tad fussy right at the end but I think Pastor Dan was impressed -he made a comment about how great Noah was in Church today in front of the entire congregation.
We weren't allowed to take pictures during the service, but Grandpa Tom was allowed to video tape it for us. This evening I realized I forgot to get pictures of Noah with Uncle Adam and Aunt Leahna, his sponsors- Whoops!!! After the service, the church was quickly filled with kids from Sunday school and I think everyone forgot about getting those pictures, I feel so bad about that!
We all met at my mom and dad's house for lunch. It was nice to have everyone gathered. Aunt Connie and Uncle Adrian had to leave right after lunch to head back to WY, it was great that they were able to come down for Noah's baptism.

It was such a busy day and our little guy didn't get much sleep. He woke up at 5:30, took a 20 minute nap between Church and my mom's and about a 30 minute nap while we were there. When we got home he slept for about another 30 minutes. He was so tired that we put him to bed a 1/2 hour earlier than normal. He's still fighting a cold but was such a little trooper today. Hopefully he'll get lots of rest at Grandma & Grandpa's tomorrow.

Another Day, Another 3 Outfits!

So, I realize that I have already written one post for today, but I couldn't resist sharing Noah's wardrobe change throughout the day. Some days are just like this!!

Here's outfit #1: Gray "Property Of Mom" shirt with navy blue pants
Outfit #2: Bronco outfit that Uncle Aaron and Aunt Janis gave him when he was first born. We topped it off with a 101 Dalmations hat (it's actually a hat that I had bought for Mary when she was a baby, now Noah gets to wear it) Notice that he's sitting up by himself in his Daddy's chair!!!
Outfit #3: "My Heart Belongs To Mommy" t-shirt (for Valentine's Day) with a pair of jeans. While eating dinner tonight at Gunther Toody's Daddy and Noah decided to accessorize it with a hint of ketsup on the front. (the man sitting behind Noah is non-other than his Uncle Adrian)
Here's Noah with Aunt Connie, still wearing outfit #3- shortly before he went home and put on outfit #4: his jammies!!!

We've Got The Sniffles. . . .

Noah's got sniffles, sneezes and coughs. Yes, I think he has his first cold and I'm pretty sure that I'm the one that gave it to him.

He had a hard time sleeping at Grandma and Grandpa's yesterday due to the congestion. He was pretty tired last night so we put him to bed at 7:30 rather than his normal 8:00 bedtime. He slept about 10 hours straight, so I hope that will help him battle the bug.
He's quite the bookworm, you know. The book at the top of his reading list is still Mr. Brown Can MOO Can You? He LOVES that book. If he's fussy or tired I start reading that book to him and he instantly smiles, it's so funny.
We've got a busy day today. We need to go to the mall to pick up something for my 4th grade concert which is Tuesday. We need to go by Kohls to get me a top to wear to the baptism tomorrow and Sam's Club to buy a cake, also for tomorrow. Aunt Leahna, Uncle Adam, Justin, Noah and I are meeting with Pastor Dan tonight about the details of the baptism. Aunt Connie and Uncle Adrian are coming in from Wyoming tonight so we'll be going out to dinner with everyone (depending on how Noah's doing. He seems to be feeling better today). Then of course tomorrow will also be a busy, but fun, day. The baptism is at the 8:00 service. Everyone will be going to my mom's house for lunch, where' we'll have Granny's tamale sandwiches (which are nothing like tamales, I still don't know how they got their name).

Hump Day

Whew!!! Parent-teacher conferences are done!!! (at least for me, J has conferences on the 28th). It has been so hard getting home just in time to put Noah to bed. I took this picture on Monday morning of him all ready to go to Grandma & Grandpa's house. He's always so happy, we're so lucky!

Today was a late start day, on which students don't have specials. After our staff meeting I went to Kathy and Tom's and was able to see Noah for about an hour. It was so nice to have that time with him, considering I had to be at school late today.
Sorry this picture is blurry. Monday, after we got home, I had just finished changing his diaper and he started playing with his shirt. He had a grand ol' time! I love that little belly!

Super Sunday

It was a "super Sunday", in more ways than one.

These pics are of Noah getting ready to watch the Super Bowl. He's sitting in his daddy's chair, tv remote in hand,(okay, most of the time it was in his mouth) ready for the big game. And, yes, he's staying true to his hometown team by wearing his Bronco's gear, even though they weren't playing in the big game this year.

Aunt Leahna and Uncle Adam were in town to celebrate Leahna's b-day. We all met at the Shoemaker's for brunch. Uncle Sethie and Aunt Julie were also there. It was great to get everyone together.

Uncle Aaron, Aunt Janis, cousins Mary and Ellie came over around 2. We played trival pursuit: everyone vs. Justin. And, yep, you guessed it- Justin won. My folks and Granny joined us later for dinner and the football game.

What a great Sunday- rarely do we get to see so many relatives in the same day. How lucky are we that we'll get to see them all again next weekend at Noah's baptism!

Hurrah for the Weekend!!!

I can't begin to describe how happy I am it's the weekend! I can't wait to spend all day tomorrow and Sunday with Noah and Justin. We're looking forward to seeing Adam & Leahna (we haven't seen them since winter break) and Seth & Julie on Sunday. We're also having people over to watch the Superbowl that night, so we'll get to see my folks, Granny, Aaron, Janis and the girls. And I'm going to try my hardest not to think about the fact that I have another long weekend with two nights where I have to be at school until after 7:00 p.m. I missed Noah and J so much this week.

Noah's such a little goof, he's been posing for the camera for quite a while now. Recently, when I get it out he tries to reach for it (as he's doing in this picture).

He's rolling so much more lately. He's got the hang of going from his back to his tummy. But he hasn't figured out that he can roll from his tummy to his back. He'll roll onto his tummy and get upset that he's there, so we roll him back onto his back. Within an instant he's rolling himself back onto his tummy. And the cycle continues. He'll get it eventually, but it sure gives us a chuckle in the meantime!