Zoo!

So we went to the zoo today and had a great day - it was overcast and cool so we were very happy! Noah J had fun, but his favorite part was eating lunch. If I knew he was that excited I could just make a picnic lunch and take it to the park! There were too many pics that I just loved, so sorry for the abundance!

Afternoon fun!

Since the weather has been so nice we've been spending just about every afternoon outside in the front yard. For our poor neighbors, this means having to deal with Noah every single afternoon. He is OBSESSED with talking to them and their little girl when they come home from work. So even if they want to just go inside and relax they hang out and chat while the kiddos fight over toys!

Well they got this new buggy thing that you pull behind a bike (or you can just push it) and Noah and Maddie were pretty pumped to ride around in it! We didn't think Noah would sit there next to her, but they were happy as peas in a pod! The only downside is someone has to push or pull it around!

Children's Museum

Last week we took Noah J back to the children's museum to celebrate Daddy's return from Omaha. He had lots of fun, but was very serious the whole day - we're not sure what was going on there! He did think it was funny when Daddy put him on the pulley lift seat thingy - I was glad Josh was there cause it was REALLY heavy! He also enjoyed the multiple cars he could drive - you know how much this boy likes his cars! In the one pic he's pointing to the cat in Goodnight Moon - he is OBSESSED with the cats in that book!

Afterwards we made a dash over to Central Market where we all ordered sandwiches and got some fruit salad and had fun enjoying lunch. The cafe was completely full, but they put some tables in upstairs, and Noah had fun looking down at everything while we ate.

mmmm! Popsicles!

So my poor little baby is sick!! He's had a cold that has turned into this terrible hacking cough, and now he sounds like a little frog cause he's hoarse!! So this afternoon we had an afternoon treat of a fruit juice popsicle to soothe his sore throat! Noah was thrilled with it, and made quite a mess. Luckily it was only 81 today, so it didn't melt too badly. After he got it he decided that he just HAD to sit in my chair on the driveway.... needless to say my chair is now covered in purple stickiness!

Please forgive his outfit- - we have yet to buy any summer clothes! The only shorts he fit in from last year were these, and we didn't have any shirts that matched! We had lots of fun out in the sun today, but I'm thinking I don't want it to get much hotter than this. Noah helped us pull weeds and prune bushes - yes, we actually let him carry scissors around, but he wasn't sure what to do with them - he just held them up to stuff and thought he was doing something great!

Ride-on toys are fun!

So you know Noah loves his ride on toys - the corn popper, the hippo, Big Blue at G&G's.........
Well, he's decided that any toy with wheels can officially be ridden. WE caught him last week sitting on his teeny tiny tractor and trying to ride it all over the house. Then yesterday he was sitting on his Little People's airplane - you know, the kind that are the size of a football. It's truly hysterical.

Bye Daddy!

So Noah J and I had to take Daddy to the airport this morning for a flight to Omaha. I was sad, but Noah J thought it was lots of fun! He was even super sweet this morning sitting with Daddy drinking his milk. Then he helped him pull his luggage out the car - we were cracking up cause it was about a thousand pounds, but he really thought he could do it all by himself. You know how the airport is these days, where you can't see anything or do anything, but Noah discovered the escalator and decided that was great fun.

Josh will only be in Omaha for 3 days, so its not too bad this time (considering last time it was 3 months!). He said it was freezing and that there is snow everywhere and they are supposed to get 3-5 inches tonight. I think its exciting but Josh is freaked to drive in it! Wednesday's low is -7!! I can say I'm not jealous of that!

Eeeeeeeeeeew! But so cute!

Noah J and Joseph were just too cute together tonight! We went over to G&G's house to eat snacks and watch the Superbowl, but played outside for a while because of the nice weather. They were playing in their little house when Joseph leaned over to hug Noah and Noah returned the favor with a big kiss!! Silly boys!

Fun at the car show!

So the Merritt's and the Marlatt's decided to have a day of fun at the car show- and by a day of fun, I mean a whole day of fun. We didn't get home till 4:45. Noah seemed to have a good time getting into all the cars, but I think Daddy was a little bit tired of the in-out, in-out routine. And he refused to sit in the back seat - he insisted on driving! He actually did really well until the end of the afternoon when we put him in his stroller thinking he would maybe fall asleep, but he refused. And then everytime Daddy got in a car he screamed cause he wanted to get in too!

1st haircut!!!

Noah James got his first official haircut this morning. I have been cutting his hair since he was like 7 months old, but we decided it was time for the real thing. He was so good we were completely shocked. They put some kind of Baby Einstein video on and he actually watched it - I guess we got lucky it had fish in it! He was also really mesmerized that he could turn around and see himself in the mirror that was behind him.

He also really loved driving the firetruck and even ringing the bell. He only got upset at the very end when she got the clippers out to do around his ears. He was totally fine with them until she showed him they wouldn't hurt by touching his hand and he was just too freaked out she touched his hand. Cutting his hair was fine, but a stranger touching his hand was too much. So then at the end when they took a Polaroid for this little "1st haircut" book he just got hysterical - we're really not sure why!

I came so prepared with distractions - Oreos, lollipops, and even some donut holes! But he was just so shocked by it all we didn't need a thing!

He's a Weedeating machine!

So I know he looks terribly unhappy in these pictures, but he really was having fun. He wanted us to put his goggles on him the other night and he just thought it was hysterical. Of course as soon as the camera came out he decided to get serious.

And in the second picture he was running and fell face first onto the ground and the goggles smashed into his face - hence him trying to remove them with all his might! I guess we're bad parents for just taking pictures of him, but it was too funny.

Hide and Seek!

Noah has become completely obsessed with playing hide and seek. He is constantly hiding behind the bookshelf and the glider in his bedroom. When I ask him if he wants a new diaper he says "yes!" and then runs into his room and hides. Then I have to look for him and pretend to leave the room, only to jump out and scare him when he comes looking for me.

He has also decided that hiding under his chair is very sneaky. He and Josh and to play this game every night. Silly boy!

Oooooooooh! A fire!

Noah J is just so much in love with the fireplace that I had to take some pics of Daddy and him building a fire. Well, not so much building one cause we ran out of real wood and got those logs, but it's still a fire!

My absolute favorite picture is the very first one, cause you can see that its not even lit yet and he's already blowing on it! He just really believes that ALL flames are supposed to be blown out. And then the picture with him laying on the floor was showing how he then laid down on his side next to Daddy trying to be just like him in front of the fire. I was too slow with the camera, though, and I captured him rolling away.

Brrrrrrrr!

Is everyone enjoying the cold weather? We have been loving it here at the Marlatt house, although Noah J is missing his afternoon outside playtime. I took him out for a few minutes this morning to see the ice and he was just thrilled by it. But only for a moment - he then immediately had a meltdown cause I refused to stand out there in the sleet and push him in the swing!

We have had 3-4 fires everyday and he LOVES it. As soon as the fire gets too low he does the "all done" sign and then starts doing the "more" sign. That baby loves his fires!

Big Boy Undies!!

So Noah James has decided that he would like to try potty training, and so far has tinkled in the toilet twice, so we are very proud of him! I'm just putting him on the toilet whenever he asks to, and offering it a few times a day. I've been reading about potty training, and the baby whisperer lady says its good to put them in some training underwear to let them feel what its like to actually pee, and it seemed to work! We're just putting them on for like 20 minutes before our bath at night to get used to the feeling. He was SOOOOOOO freaked out by them!! He just kept pulling at them on his butt! Then when I made Josh strip down and show him how they both had on white undies he was beyond thrilled - thats why he's smiling so big in the picture with his blanky!

He's playing the "this" game in his new room. Last week Grandma took him around the room and touched the walls and told him where everything was gonna go - "here's gonna be a train, and over there a cloud..............". Well, now he thinks we must play this game all the time. He takes us in his room and runs from wall to wall saying "this???" and we have to tell him what Grandma's gonna paint there. So cute!