ONE!

Happy Birthday, Noah! It was the fastest, coolest, craziest, loudest, most tiring year of my life. ;) Wouldn't change a thing. We love you!

We had his first birthday party on Saturday, August 21st. It was so much fun! Went with a Braves theme since he's obsessed with them, lol. Lunch included delicious pizza from zpizza, salad, and cake. A lot of friends and family came out to help us celebrate - Grandma Judy, Grandpa Harry, Grammy Eileen, Grandpa Joe, Uncle Mark, Aunt Holly, Aunt Lauren, Uncle John, Leslie, Ollivier, Jake, Barbara, China, Nik, James, Neha, Shannon, Jon, and Max! Noah wasn't exactly sure what to do with his smash cake...poked it once or twice but never dove in. Eventually Grammy Eileen helped him eat lots of icing.

Going to the doc is no fun

Just got back from Noah's 1 year check up. He weighs 26.2 lbs and is 31.1 inches tall. He got two shots....Polio and PCV. Screamed like you would not believe. Felt so terrible for him. :(

Understanding

Tonight I said, "Where's mommy?" and Noah poked me in the chest. Then I said, "Where's Noah?" and he pointed to himself in the mirror. He also knows daddy, kitty, doggie, light, grandma, China, milk, snacks, potty, and prolly like 5 cuss words.

Noah made a new friend!

His name is Max and he's 4 months younger than Noah. We met him and his mommy, Shannon, at the Attachment Parenting meeting. We've been having play dates which include wine and lots of food. So much fun!

Travels etc.

We've been busy, busy, busy! My mom, Noah, and I went to Pensacola, Florida at the end of July to hang out with China and her parents. They rented an AWESOME condo overlooking the gulf. Noah hated the beach. Screeeeeeeeeamed when we put his feet in the sand. LOL. We were happy to see the oil spill didn't affect the beautiful water. Saw a couple small oil slicks but that's all.




A few days after we got home from Florida we drove up to Virginia with Brian's mom (aka Grammy). Stayed at Grandpa's house and got to visit with all the cousins and 2 year old Claire. She and Noah were so cute together!


Noah's upper lateral incisor teeth broke through while we were in VA and it was not fun. They're still causing him a lot of pain and he's been a real peach to deal with!

He's also learned how to turn on the bathtub faucet. And flush the toilet.

Yesterday we went to a cookout hosted by ASI at Lake Lanier Islands. Noah fell asleep on our way home and I was actually able to bring him in from the car and lay him down in his crib without waking him! He slept there for 40 minutes. It was so weird, lol.

His first birthday party is going to be next Saturday, August 21st! It's going to be baseball themed and the cake is really cute. I'll definitely post pics.