So Funny!

I'm at work right now, but I had to take a minute to write this down. Noah is with Tabitha today...so Josh walked over to let me know that Noah had escaped out of his PeaPod during naptime, locked himself in their bedroom and proceeded to go through their drawers and make a big mess. Awesome! Tabitha was able to unlock the door using her McGyver-mama skills, and Noah hadn't done anything to hurt himself, so all I can do at this point is laugh. Okay, yes. I feel really bad that Tabitha now has a big mess to clean up, but it's still really funny. (When did Noah's unzipping skills get so good?) So now Matt and I are going to have to figure out how to get him to stay in his PeaPod for naptime...

30 lbs, 34 Inches!

Noah had his 18 month check up today and is now 30 lbs and 34 inches. I know, I keep telling him to stop growing but he refuses...

Goodbye Curls (sniff, sniff)

I could have resisted a little longer...but really friends, it was time. Noah's sweet curls were so adorable (I'm almost crying as I write this). The reason Matt has been asking me to cut them for over a month...is that they only look like this...

right after his bath. They smooth themselves out and then it starts to look like he has a mullet. I'm sorry, I loved the curls too, but no child of mine will walk around with a mullet. So Noah had his first (okay, 4th - but first time I cut the back due to the curls) haircut. He was SO good. I snipped away with him in my lap while he ate some Kix and watched Mickey. And yes, this was very hard for me to do. But I did it and I can't undo it and if you give me a hard time about it I may fly into an emotional fit of hysteria (which I will blame on the pregnancy). So do not tell me that I shouldn't have cut his curls.
I go back and forth thinking that the haircut made him look younger and older. Above I think he looks younger. (And thanks for the shirt Aunt Rachel - Noah is definitely too cute to lock up).
Yes, I look crazy in this picture, but Noah looks super adorable and happy, so let's just focus on that.
And here' s another picture from this morning (oops, yes, that's 3 posts in 1 day folks, sorry - one day I will be better about this blogging thing). Noah was telling me about the birds...and he was pretty excited about them.
My sweet boy also likes to help me do the laundry. If throwing clean unfolded laundry on the floor and climbing on top of any remaining garments in the basket can be called helping that is.
Okay, this is a good example of him looking older with his new haircut. He's now 18 months old people! That's insanity! Look at him...oh I just want to go pick him up out of bed and hold him...he's growing up way too fast.

Virginia Beach Trip...only a month later

We had an amazing time on our latest trip to Virginia Beach over Labor Day. We drove up Friday evening which is the normal routine. Noah decided to only sleep for 1 hour of the trip, so it was a rough night for us all (but we were SO thankful for the portable DVD player we invested in after the Rehobeth trip). Despite the rough night of sleep, Noah was AMAZINGLY good the entire trip (oh, of course he didn't sleep at all on the way home either).

The weekend as a whole was really a reunion...with a double birthday party and a baby shower thrown into the mix. Beth is expecting her first (GIRL!!) at the end of January. And yes, there was a LOT of baby talk that weekend. This was a husbands included trip, so Matt enjoyed filling Ted in on all the fun fatherly things (like poop and spit up) that he likes to talk about. Beth and Ted are going to be such great parents...okay, enough. You want pictures, so here they are...
For some reason we did not take a full group picture. I know, I can't believe it, but between these two pictures here we all are...Krista (award for longest distance traveled for the weekend), Southern, Beth (above), and Kate, me, Beth again, Anna, and Liz. It was so great to see everyone and of course we missed everyone that couldn't come.

Noah and Hakon had fun playing together. Although it looks like Noah is about to beam Hakon in the head, he was actually aiming elsewhere. I definitely think this picture does a good job of capturing boyhood though...

The hotel had a pool...and a water slide too.

On Sunday afternoon we headed over to Hunt Club Farm, a petting zoo close to Kate and Mark. Noah and Hakon still had fun together...

Tackle!! Hakon just wanted to give Noah a hug but Noah was too busy running around. This was hysterical. Major props to Liz for the great pictures! Oh, and for all you who thought Noah was a big boy...Hakon is 3 months younger than Noah.

Still loving the slide. Again, major props to Liz for the great pictures that day. I'm really, really wanting a NICE camera now.

Noah still likes to look rather than touch animals. He just wasnt' sure what to think about this zoo (and there were some scary looking chickens and roosters there, so I don't blame him).

Just love this picture of Beth.

Wow! A family picture...so rare! Enjoy...

A Wide Receiver in the making...

It was a gorgeous morning out today. Matt and I were actually supposed to take Noah down to stay with Beth and Silas for the night (which would have been his first night away from me). Beth woke up sick, so we ended up having a fun family day instead. I must admit that I'm really not ready to have Noah spend the night away from me...but it's for the best. It would not be good if his first night away was actually 2-3 nights followed directly by a new baby in the house. So next weekend will be his first night. A test-run if you will. Maybe I'll be more ready in a week...

Anyway we did enjoy the beautiful morning. Noah has gotten really good at catching (he's been good at throwing for a while now). He also knows a football from a regular ball. "Bu-bah" instead of just "bah".

Copyright Infringement...again!

Is copying from a librarian extra bad? I hadn't visited Melissa's blog in a while (mostly cause I didn't add a link on my blog so I didn't have the easy access I generally like to have - yes, I'm a lazy blogger and a lazy blog reader too). Anyway saw this video posted that is definitely worth watching. Check it out. Oh, and I did finally add Melissa (who was also my very first follower - woohoo!) to my links, so check out her blog and let her know how much you love librarians!

Final Photo Dump (at least for now)

Wow, just found this saved as a draft...I think I meant to post it a couple of weeks ago...OOPS!

I found this little papasan chair for $5 at a yard sale a couple of weeks ago. Noah has a hard time getting into it (he keeps trying to climb in rather than back in), but he loves it. His morning ritual now includes some time in his chair with dry cereal, a cup of milk, and some "toons" (preferably Mickey but it just depends on what time he decides to get up). No worries, he does have an actual nutritional breakfast after his toon-time...this is like his pre-breakfast snack.
Oh the injustice of it all. Noah was pretty upset because we didn't let him play with the blinds. He normally doesn't get so worked up over stuff like that, but he was pretty tired on this particular day. And yes, I'm heartless, cause I took a picture of it...
One of Noah's newest games (er...new at the time of this photo) is to flail and throw himself around on the couch. Very humorous to watch. I think I have a video somewhere...but I'm not promising...