It Wasn't The Carrots!

If you read the previous blog you read that Noah had a hard time falling asleep last night and we thought it might have been because we had fed him carrots for the first time and it had upset his stomach. This morning after I had gotten myself and Noah ready for the day I discovered that it wasn't the carrots that were his problem last night. I quickly called Justin over- Noah's cut his first tooth! I didn't see it but you could feel something sharp on the front lower left side of his gum. No wonder our little pumpkin had such a hard time falling asleep last night! I just called Grandma and Grandpa, they've both felt the tooth now (Noah wouldn't let then this morning when I was there). He's playing and doing great. Yeah- first tooth!

We're Sittin'

Noah has started to get the hang of sitting by himself. He still is a little wobbly and you're not sure when he might slowly lean too much to one side but for the most part he's sitting for long intervals of time all by himself. Good job baby boy!

We're still having a hard time adjusting to the time change. I think tonight might have been the hardest night yet that he's had trying to fall asleep. It's hard to say if it's just the time change or if his tummy is bothering him too. Justin noticed that his tummy was rumbly while he was trying to get him to fall asleep. We added carrots to his diet tonight, so that might have done it. I thought (r)Abbotts were suppose to like carrots!
I lucked out tonight as I was suppose to have some of my second graders after school for a special project for their concert. We ordered plain white umbrellas that they were going to decorate for their rain themed concert, but the umbrellas didn't arrive in time. We'll have the umbrellas in time for the next session which is next Tuesday so the kids that missed today will just go then. I must admit I was glad to go home to my boys- this second grade bunch is tough, we had 3 of them suspended from school for kicking and beating up two classmates. The principal meet with the entire 2nd grade class today about the incident, I hope it helps. They have been a difficult class since kindergarten. It makes me worry about what things will be like when Noah is in school.

Monday, Monday

Okay, so these pictures were taken on Sunday, but it's Monday and that's the way the song goes :)

I thought after we put Noah down to bed last night that everything went too easy with the time change. He got up yesterday at the same time and went to bed at the new time with no problems. This morning he slept a little later than usual, but it wasn't too much later as we didn't have to wake him up to get ready.
Tonight, however, was a different story. He was so tired, you could really tell it. When we went to put him to bed he cried like crazy which is odd as he's gotten so he rarely cries at bedtime. About 40 minutes later he finally decided to nurse (which would have been almost exactly the old time) and fell asleep without any problems. We'll see what tomorrow brings, I hope he starts to adjust to the time change.
He has been so giggly the past couple of days. Aunt Janis was getting him to giggle and laugh at my parents house yesterday. Last night I had him giggling a lot and tonight he was giggly while I was trying to feed him. I think that's got to be one of the best sounds ever- a baby laughing. It's so funny. We had him in the jumperoo the other night and he was laughing- my eyes starting to water because I was laughing so hard. He was getting a kick out of one of his toys hitting the side of the jumperoo- just the type of thing that a little boy would think was funny.

We're still plugging away at learning how to eat "real" food. We've switched from rice cereal to oatmeal, he really likes that. We tried green beans, the first food other than cereal yesterday. That was interesting- don't think he really liked them too much. He did better with it tonight, but then again I mixed it more with the cereal. And of course the whole experience is always messy, as it should be. Just part of the fun of being a baby.


By the way, I added a poll located on the right column of the blog. Check out the bottom picture of Noah in his Cubbies shirt- do you think there might be dipples in those cheeks?

Noah's New Ride

So, we finally switched Noah from his infant car seat to his convertible carseat. There are both good things and bad things about this transition. The good things are he will be safer riding in this carseat as he is getting bigger, he sits higher so he can see more and it gives him more room to move. The bad thing is that it's not as convienent for Justin and I when we go places and he falls asleep. Now when we get to where we're going we will most likely wake him up when we get him out of the carseat. In the infant carrier carseat we could just carry him in the seat. It would have been handy this evening after church when we were going to go to Sam's Club but didn't because Noah fell asleep during church and was still asleep after we put him in the car. It will be a change for us all. The carseat is really nice, my Aunt Bernice and Uncle Gary gave it to us at our baby shower. It received the best safety ratings, which is very comforting. We actually ordered another one today so that Noah will have one to ride in when he's with Grandma and Grandpa Shoemaker, who by the way made it official that they will watch Noah for another year (Woo hoo!!!).

Our first trip in the new carseat was going out to lunch at Ting's Chinese Restaurant with Grandma Kathy, Grandpa Tom and Uncle Seth. It was the first time that Noah sat in one of the restaurant high chairs. He LOVED looking at the menu (or trying to put the menu in his mouth).
He also had a great time this afternoon looking at a magazine with his daddy. In addition to looking at it, he grabbed it, ripped it and tried to eat it! He sure loves to be read to, in fact I have added a new page element to the right side of the blog called "Noah's Book Club" which I will keep a list of all his current favorite books. You'll notice that "Mr. Brown Can Moo" is no longer on that list, poor Mr. Brown! :)

We're wondering how out little guy will do with the time change tomorrow. He wasn't fazed by the time change last fall, but then again he was only 2 months old then. We'll see how he does springing forward an hour. Happy Daylight Savings Time!

Late To Bed, Early To Rise?

That's not how it works, but apparently Noah thinks so. He had a late night last night as my fifth graders had a concert. He got to bed about 45 minutes later than normal but that didn't prevent him from waking up at what is becoming his normal wake-up time: 5:00!! He's such a happy little guy first thing in the morning which makes waking up that early not so bad. In fact, I can't think of a better way to start the day that seeing my smiling baby boy.
All the kids thought he was so cute last night. They've been asking since I got back from maternity leave when they'd get to see him so they were quite excited to finally meet him. The kids did a nice job, I got another compliment from my principal in front of the entire staff again, or so I heard as I was a music meeting this morning. Makes me feel like I might be doing something right. There have been a number of times this year that I have felt that my teaching has been regressing rather than getting better.

All I know if I sure look forward to coming home every night to my 2 guys.

Snowy Sunday

When I looked outside the window this morning, I just knew I'd have to post something. Only in Colorado can you have a beautiful, almost 80 degree day and the next day wake up to snow.

Noah slept in until 6:30 this morning. When I went get him out of his crib we looked out the window and saw snow! From the looks of it, I thought we'd get a lot more than we actually did. It was also very windy today, so all the blowing snow made it look like we got more than we did.
Justin is still sick, so Noah and I spent a great part of the day playing and working on sitting up. I got him positioned on the floor, against the couch with pillows on each side and we practiced sitting for a pretty long time. He's getting better at it. His Aunt Julie and Uncle Seth got him this cool flower toy that plays different songs, I put that between his legs and it helped him balance. By the end of the day he was doing it pretty well, for long intervals of time.
As always on Sundays, we went to dinner at my mom's house. Janis, Aaron and the girls weren't there. Janis and Ellie are sick, so if you guys are reading this we missed you today and hope that you feel better soon!

Sunny Saturday

It was a BEAUTIFUL day in Colorado today! Noah and I went for a walk from our house to Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Jerry's house. Noah of course slept the entire time- both going and coming from Grandma's house, but it was so great to get outside! The thermometer on his stroller (yes, the stroller has a thermometer!) said it was 78 degress outside.
Unfortuntaely, Noah's daddy didn't join us. Justin is under the weather, I don't think he ever fully got over his cold and it's come back again. He was able to get a nap in this afternoon before we went to church. I hope that he can get some more rest tomorrow and start feeling better before Monday. It is NO fun trying to teach while you feel crummy.

Noah was finally able to wear his "Eaton Ranch" shirt that his cousin Casey gave him when he was first born. With the nice weather today it was fun to dress him in a short sleeve shirt. I don't know how much longer he'll fit into the shirt, though, he's growing too fast! But, we love the shirt, thanks again Casey!!!