This is the face Noah J makes if you spray him in the face with water! All of his toys have little holes where you can spray water out of them, and when they are just about empty and mostly just misting water, he absolutely loves it if you spray him in the face! He also likes a regular spray bottle - at Grandma's house he brings her the spray bottle she has for the ironing and wants her to spray him. Sigh..... he's just too adorable.
First, the exciting part:Noah J went to his first storytime at the library today! He was a little shy at first, but then he enjoyed looking around at the books and playing with some of the toys. His favorite part, though, was the many many strollers that he could try to push around. So I had lots of fun trying to keep him away from those! He listened to 2 different books, sang some songs, attempted to dance, and even made a Father's Day craft. Well, I made the craft, but Noah J looked at it. The only thing was that I didn't bring him a good snack - thats how all of the parents bribe their kids to sit in their laps quietly for the books! :) Luckily we went with Adeline and she shared her crackers with Noah.Afterwards we went to Adeline's house and had lunch and played. Noah J was so exhausted, but he still only took a 2 hour nap. He normally takes 2 one and a half hour naps each day. But that meant he went to bed quickly and easily tonight!I was the only mother there snapping pictures of her kid. I'm sure all of the other mothers were thinking: hmmm, must be her first kid! If only they knew I take pictures everywhere - even just a normal trip to the grocery store! He had so much fun I think I'm gonna take him every week!Now, the frightening part:Noah J got locked in the car this afternoon! We went to Target after his nap, and it started like any other trip - fast forward to me standing outside of the car sobbing.Like I do every single time, I opening the hatch on the back of the Sorento and loaded all of the bags. Then I take Noah from the cart and strap him into his seat. Well, he was fussy an it was REALLY hot, so he cried while I was strapping him in. So to distract him I gave him my keys. Well, I forgot he had them, closed the door and went around the back. I took the shopping cart cover off the cart, tossed it into the back, and closed the hatch. I pushed the cart to the cart holder thing which was in the space next to us and went around to the drivers side. I pulled on the handle and my heart sank. I ran around to all of the doors and of course, they were all locked. I looked at Noah J and he had the remote in his mouth and was chewing on it. Evidently he hit the lock button. Whats crazy is that he's played with these keys about a thousand times, and has never clicked the buttons. Half the time I have to push it like 5 times just to get it to work.So I freak out. I had no idea what to do. My wallet and diaper bag were locked into the car, I didn't have my phone, absolutely nothing. And I didn't want to leave him there alone, but I didn't know what to do so I ran into the store and grabbed the manager and told her my son was locked in the car. So she's really calm and takes me to the customer service desk and gets on her walky talky thing and is like "We have a code 2968, repeat, code 2968." And I'm just rambling about who to call, like the fire dept or police or a locksmith or whatever. So all the managers and security people and everyone else start gathering up there and I run back outside to be with Noah J. I get there and see he doesn't have the keys anymore. So I pull on the handle and get this - the door opens!!!!!!!!!! That boy unlocked the doors! SO I'm just screaming and unbuckling him and hugging him and kissing him and I don't know what else cause its just a blur. He wasn't even upset - he likes it when we look at him through the windows like when we gas up, so I guess he thought thats what we were doing. He was beet red and sweating, though, cause it was about a thousand degrees. So we all go back inside and they cancel all of the people coming to rescue him. And thats when I just lost it. The horror of the whole situation and about a billion things are running through my mind. Like what if he hadn't unlocked it, he could have died, what if Joseph had been with us, and then most of all just embarassment that I'm the worst mother in the whole wide world. And I was just so embarassed as I drive away with all like 15 managers and like 10 employees out there watching me. I got home and just cried and cried and cried. The worst part was having to call Josh and tell him what happened. But then my mom came over and she made me feel much better. Thanks momma!
And the thing is that I am SO careful with the car and making sure everything is unlocked. When we first had Noah I was seriously stressed that there would always be times when he's alone in the car. Like even just for a second. You have to put the kids in their seat and then get into your seat, and for those few seconds they are alone. And I've always been freaked that somehow the doors would lock. I never in a million years thought it would happen like this! I was worried cause its so hot in the car, but you can't start the car and then put him in cause then someone could just hop in the drivers seat while you're in the back and take off. So I don't know what the solution is. Maybe just not giving your baby the keys?? :-)
My boy makes me so happy when he sits in his chair! You know the only television we let Noah watch is Wheel of Fortune every day, and tonight I caught him watching from his chair! Normally he stands around with toys in his hands playing and watching, but tonight he took his blanky and paci and crawled into his chair. He was so cute just lounging there I had to run and get the camera! 
This pic is from yesterday evening - even when he feels bad he insists on playing with the hose and his sandbox every single night! We're finally at the tail end of his sickness and he is feeling much better. Whew! I wasn't even the one sick and it was exhausting!
My little one has been sick! Wednesday night he was just crying and crying, and turned out he had bad diarrhea! SO we were very saddened to have to let him sleep in our bed with us. Since he had NEVER been in our bed to sleep he was jus so confused. He sat up for the first 45 minutes or so leaning against me staring at the little green light on the smoke alarm. And then in an instant he just feel backwards and was completely out! It was so funny - Josh and I had to really try hard to not to laugh at him! At this point it was about 3:15 or so, so you can imagine we were all exhausted. And then trying to sleep with this one cramming his little scratchy toes all over my legs and stomach was quite interesting. But I wouldn't trade it for the world!!!! He actually snuggled with us and it was phenomenal. I will say that I wasn't feeling phenomenal in the morning, though!He was sick all day Thursday still and at this point has gotten the worst diaper rash I have ever seen. And he screams, cries, and shakes all during his diaper changes - which is all the time. So we're feeling super sad for him! He seems to feel really well during the other times and then is just upset before he goes and when his stomach is rumbly and cramping. The nurse told us NO milk - and you know how much my baby loves his milk! And she said only starchy foods - lots of rice, potatoes, bread, etc. So he's been living off of grape and orange Pedialyte and bread. He's refusing potatoes, except for tonight. We picked up french fries on our way home from the pharmacy and the boy ate almost the whole container full. His stomach was HUGE!!! He has eaten like 3 bites of food in the last 2 days, so I don't feel guilty about the fries!The other thing he's eating are saltine crackers!!! They say its like one of the first finger foods to give babies, but it just scared me to give it to him. I was completely afraid he would choke. He was SOOOOO excited to bite into the cracker and hear it crunch. Thats what these pictures are - his first crackers!! Let me see, what else.......... oh yes, in the midst of my trying to care for my extremely upset baby on Thursday, I've been on the phone with the dr's office and I'm talking to my mom and Noah walks into the room with a poopy diaper with poop all over him. AGAIN!!!!!!!!! I swear, the only thing I can think is that this kid got into the trashcan and pulled it out. Then Josh calls me to say he's not feeling well and he's coming home from work. I was SOOOO frazzled. But I got the poop cleaned up and my wonderful mother went to the store for us and brought us some much needed supplies. I went to wal-mart Thursday morning and spent 50 bucks on supplies - 3 kinds of diaper cream, new diapers, Pedialyte, etc. Then I talked to the nurse and she told me to get totally different stuff. So my mom got us A&D ointment, tons of Pedialyte, potatoes, a hundred different bread products, gatorade, different diapers that didn't stick to his bum as much, Aveeno bath powder, and a ton of other stuff. Don't I have the best mother in the world????? Everything we could possibly need for 1 sick baby and 1 sick man. My mom is the best!!! :-) Noah seems to be much better now, but I think its cause he's not eating much or drinking milk. His diaper rash is still terrible, so we picked up a prescription rash cream today from the doctor. Let's hope it fixes him up! My brother was sick Wednesday night too and he's already feeling better, so I'm hoping Noah J will be too! Josh felt much better today (I think it was my homemade chicken noodle soup!) but still didn't want to go to work! :) he he he OK, I think I just told the most confusing story ever, so sorry about jumping around so much! If its too much just look at the pics of my beautiful baby and just be happy!
I can't believe I didn't take pictures today! Sorry for the boring, text-only post. Noah had tons of fun today playing with his friend Adeline. Which means Momma got to have fun playing with her friend, too! Yeah! At one point they were both in my lap together, being super cute and touching each other's faces. I don't normally get one cuddle bug, none the less two!! :) They played for so long Noah J was just exhausted and finally went down for his nap at around 3:15. The boy didn't wake up until 6:15!!!!!!! That's right, he slept for 3 hours!!!!!!!! I don't think he's ever done that. WSo of course he couldn't go to sleep at 7:20 like normal, so he got to stay up late and we had tons of fun. We even went to Wal-Mart to get a new phone battery at 7:00 at night! I don't even remember the last time I went to a store at night. It was a grand adventure! Then we came home and watched Last Comic Standing and didn't got to bed until 9:00!!!! He's such a sweet little bug - I like it when he stays up late cause he gets super cuddly!!
Oh yes, shouldn't I have known? Under the sink of course!!
Q: Do I have the most beautiful boy in the whole, wide world?A: Yeah, I do!!This is the cuteness I had to deal with while trying to cut his hair last night! How can I even concentrate on the hair when he's this darn adorable???? I'll have to snap a hair pic tomorrow to show the results!!! (Its not drastic, don't worry!)Noah seems to be feeling much better today. Had a 100.0 temp, but the doc says thats not a fever - only over 101.3 is a fever - crazy, huh? He was still pretty fussy, but I guess it was just from the shots. We had a fun, impromptu dinner tonight with G&G and Noah J was a ham the whole time and was way excited cause he got to eat his favorite rolls from Texas Roadhouse. Momma was pretty excited about it too!
I cannot believe I haven't posted about the nightmare of our Sunday morning. It started as any other day, but drastically changed in just a few moments.....Like normal, Noah J usually sleeps until sometime between 7:00 and 7:30. We ALWAYS make him stay in his crib till 7:30, though, and he usually just plays/moans on and off till we get him. Well this morning was no different - I get his milk cup ready while Josh gets him from his room. Well, through the monitor I hear Josh say "Honey, I need your help in here." HELP?? Why does he need help picking Noah up from his crib? Already I know its gonna be bad.Lets stop the story here let me fill you in on Noah's pajamas. Normally he sleeps in these skintight little sausage jammies. But he has the one pair that are baggy - EVERY time he wears these when we wake up he has them pulled off and on the floor. They are kind of long and as he walks around in the crib his feet pull them down farther and farther till he pulls them all the ay off and then plays with them. Saturday night he swallowed some water in the bathtub and was really upset while I was dressing him so I put him in the easy to get on, loose pants. Now, back to the story......I make my way to the bedroom to discover the most horrifying thing I have ever seen. My son standing in his crib, with pants and NO DIAPER on, covered in poop. Poop in his hair, on his face, IN HIS MOUTH, all over the crib, the sheets, his blanket, his toy, his stuffed animal, the carpet, the rug........... well, you can see where I am going with this. HE PULLED HIS POOPY DIAPER OFF!!!!!!!!! Can you imagine anything more horrible???? I spent at least 3 hours just cleaning everything and doing laundry.So that afternoon his has a 102.3 fever. Is it from eating poop? I don't know!! Try googling "my toddler at his own poop" and you won't come up with very many helpful articles! Josh thinks it from his shots he got on Tuesday, but I can't imagine it taking 5 days to bother him. He still had a fever today, so Joe didn't come over, which was good cause he was really needy, poor boy. He's getting better, though. I'm glad cause I didn't want to have to call the doctor and tell her he ate poop!!!!!
I figured you guys would appreciate not having a picture to illustrate this story!! :)
We haven't done anything exciting the last few days. Just playing outside in the heat, most of the time. I'm gonna have to get a job just to pay for all of the sunscreen!
Here is one of Noah J's favorite new birthday toys from Uncle Aaron and Aunt Christy. He can move himself along REALLY slowly, but mostly likes to just crawl along beside it pushing it with his hands. He REFUSES to walk behind it pushing it - he also won't walk behind his new lawnmower. What can I say, he's a strange boy! He does enjoy having Mommy and Daddy push him super fast through the tiled hallways - he sticks his legs straight out - you know like you used to do on your bike when you were a kid?! He's the most adorable boy ever!
Noah J had his first smoothie yesterday afternoon! I threw some vanilla yogurt, frozen blueberries, and juice into a blender and... voila!! A smoothie fit for a king! Noah J sat there and sucked down the whole thing. Throw in a few Cheerios and its a delicious afternoon snack!
We went to the park this afternoon and it was SO hot! The swings were in the sun and too hot to sit in, so we sat in this tiny little shade spot and Noah played with the stroller - you know, his favorite thing to do. When we got back we were burning up so I made him a watermelon smoothie for his snack - he liked it, but it was not as well received as the blueberry version! It didn't take much convincing to get Daddy to finish it off! This poor boy takes after his momma - when we got back Josh and Joseph looked fine - Noah and I were so red we looked like we had run a marathon. But no burns - we've been vigilant about the sunscreen!
So we have about a billion pictures of Noah with his new toys, so I'm rationing them out to make them last all week!! Here he is on Saturday playing with his new sand and water table Grandma and Grandpa got him. He wasn't too sure about it then, but we went outside today and he really loved it. Its pretty spiffy - it has areas to race cars over the water and then into the sand, its just the right height to stand and play, and it even comes with an umbrella! And G&G were so thoughtful they got him some of those foam mat things to stand on so its comfy, cool, and if he falls down he won't get hurt! Some birthday present, huh?We put the umbrella up on it and he was able to play in the shade, and it also protected him from the sprinkler that was running. He also got these little, tiny, hand-sized cars from Corrie and Mark, and he played with those in the sand and then dunked them in the water. He mostly likes to splash and take handfulls of dirt out of the box and put them on the ground. Of course, this is constantly interrupted by his obsession of walking all the way across the yard to the hose, and then back to his toy. Why does he love that hose so much?
As a side note, Noah J went to the doc today and his head is only in the 80th percentile now!!!! Can you even believe it? It HAS been looking smaller lately.....
That was the sound of Noah J's noggin hitting the concrete this evening!!! It was SOOOOO terrible! Can you believe that spot on his head? Just in time for his first birthday and all of those photos!!! He was walking on the patio and tripped on a little rock and fell face first. You can see it didn't keep him down for long, though!This is Josh's vacation this week so I'm not able to blog much! But I'll catch ya'll up next week!
Today was a tough day for the little boy!! I'm guessing that he's getting more teeth and its just really wearing him out. The front 4 on top are showing now, but I'm thinking there are more in the back. He cried for about 3/4 of the day and was chewing on his fingers and drooling a ton. That other 1/4 of the day I guess was when his Motrin was working.
Here is Noah J after his first lunch on his new back porch! We pulled the high chair outside this afternoon and we ate lunch together in the shade on our new patio furniture (thanks Granny!)!! I didn't think to take a picture till we were finished, so you just get his confused little face!
I think the grumpiness also has to do with the dropping the bottle thing - we're down to just one bottle first thing in the morning. But I KNOW he wants more - everytime I feed Joe he is trying to grab the bottle from me. Poor little bugger!! We're doing half milk, half formula except the morning bottle which is all formula. He won't drink much straight milk - hopefully he will get his act together!
My boy makes me so happy when he sits in his chair! You know the only television we let Noah watch is Wheel of Fortune every day, and tonight I caught him watching from his chair! Normally he stands around with toys in his hands playing and watching, but tonight he took his blanky and paci and crawled into his chair. He was so cute just lounging there I had to run and get the camera!
We went to the park this afternoon and it was SO hot! The swings were in the sun and too hot to sit in, so we sat in this tiny little shade spot and Noah played with the stroller - you know, his favorite thing to do. When we got back we were burning up so I made him a watermelon smoothie for his snack - he liked it, but it was not as well received as the blueberry version! It didn't take much convincing to get Daddy to finish it off! This poor boy takes after his momma - when we got back Josh and Joseph looked fine - Noah and I were so red we looked like we had run a marathon. But no burns - we've been vigilant about the sunscreen!
YEAH!! Our little boy is finally one!! We had such a great time at his party Saturday! The house was packed with people which made Noah James excited and he had lots of fun. He wasn't really interested in opening gifts, but I had fun doing it for him. He ate TONS of cake, with a large cup of milk, of course. He also loved his chair I made him - I was so happy!! Later on he crawled into it with his blanky and relaxed - so cute!! It was nice cause we got to see all of our friends, and Noah had fun following Adeline around. He got lots of toys and has already played with every single one of them. I will post more pictures later!
Can I tell you how excited Noah James was today that he finally got to kiss the puppy?? He so desperately has wanted to kiss and pet Zeus, but you know how weirdly skittish that dog is. Shockingly while Noah was in his sandbox at Grandma and Grandpa's house tonight Zeus kissed him. It was mostly just a ploy to get his toy back from Noah, though. But it made the little one happy none-the-less. Yes, he has a sandbox at G & G's house. He didn't want to have anything to do with it at first, but once we let Joseph sit in it he has decided thats its cool. He has also mastered crawling in and out of it without falling face first. He likes to bring rocks from their driveway and put them into the sandbox.
AND the water hose obesession is not limited to just Marlatt hoses, but evidently hoses in general. Notice how he's carrying the dogs toy around - he doesn't put them down the whole time when we're over there.
Check out his new kicks!! Aren't they just too cute? You can see that Noah J thinks that they are just toys that are attached to his feet. Also check out the car seat facing the front! We figured turning it around 1 1/2 weeks early was OK. It is SO much easier to put him in it now that its not only facing front but on the side. OK OK, we know its not as safe as being in the middle, but its just impossible to hoist this sack of potatoes into the middle anymore.
