Car Man

Noah has recently discovered his toy cars. Part of it may be his facination with the Disney movie "Cars." But he will stand and play with them at the coffee table for hours. He drives them around making car sounds "vroom, vroom" for most of them or "weeoohh, weeoohh" for the fire truck. He is so delightful to watch.

Enjoying the outdoors

We walked to the park just up the road from us to play in the sunshine. Noah has really begun to enjoy the outdoors and would like to be outside ALL the time. He has started to love the swings and he goes down the slides mostly by himself. So fun!! Noah was riding down our sidewalk on his little car. I think it is time for something a little bigger. He is hardly able to push himself because his legs are getting so long.
Here is one of our views of Moscow. I love living on a hill.

Playin' the piano

Everytime we go to Andy's parents' house Noah heads straight for the piano. He loves to spend as much time as he can banging on the keys. Maybe someday he will make REAL music on it.

Sledding

It has snowed 3 times this winter and each time it snowed a couple inches and was gone the next day. Fortunately, this time it snowed we got to play in it. Noah thought the snow was wonderful. "Cool" and "pretty" were his choice words out playing. We went sledding at my parents house and had a great time. Noah threw a fit when we had to come in even though his hands and face were freezing. Any suggestions on keeping mittens on a toddler, I would love to hear it. This picture is at the Residence Street park before we went sleding. You can kind of see residential Moscow in the background.

Noah and Grandma Paula.

Onyx

This is our cat. We have had her for almost a month. She is such a nice cat. She does have a few quirks as most pets do, like the motorboat purr in the middle of the night, laying right on your chest before you are even situated in bed, and destroying beautiful grass before even taking a bite. I grew some grass for her, to aid with digestion, and what does she do? She pulls it out of the bowl and plays with it. Darn cat! We do love her no matter what she does, because she is so good with Noah. We couldn't ask for a better cat from the Humane Society.

Peek-A-Boo

This is one of Noah's favorite games at bedtime; after his bath, before he puts his jammies on. Noah has been very interested in helping get dressed into his PJs. I put his feet in and he gets his arms in and zips up. Most of the time he does it by himself, but with his new jammies the zippers are a bit stiff. I can't believe how much he is growing and learning new things.

Mom and Daughters

These are a couple of pictures that were taken at Corey's wedding of my sister, my mom, and I. I love these two women!!

December

December has been a busy month for our family. I can't remember what we did for the first 2 weeks. Some things I do remember, was getting my first mani/pedicure since Noah was born and having my first girls night having it done. What a blast Mandie and I had! We spent a lot of time doing fun wedding things for Corey, bridal shower and bachelorette party etc. My sister was here for a week and I hogged her the entire time. We got a cat from the Humane Society, and she is wonderful, Noah is adjusting to sharing Andy and I's affection and each day seems to get better and better. All the times Noah has cornered her or hit her (something we are trying to break) she hasn't scratched or hissed or done anything to him (I am very thankful).

Catch up

I am finally caught up for the month of October and November. I have been taking pictures and not taking them off the camera. So from Halloween to now is ready for viewing. Just skip over "WBE" post if you have already read it. There is more after it. Enjoy!

Rody

Noah got an early Christmas present from my parents this year. This is his inflatable pony. He likes playing with Rody as long as he has someone sitting near him. He got "bucked off" when Rody tipped over so is pretty cautious when he plays with him.