Noah is going to be a Big Brother!

I can't believe that we are going to have another baby! We are so excited and are counting the days until the baby arrives. My due date is March 30, 2011... Noah's original due date was March 31, 2010, so we will see if they will have the same birthdays :) Noah already loves his baby (brother I hope), he knows where the baby is and gives the baby kisses and hugs. I am so excited that Noah is going to be a big brother because I know that he will LOVE the baby.

This is about the size of our baby!

Too busy to write, but here are some pictures!

Here are a few things that we have been up to lately.

Why we love our boy.........

Noah has the cutest personality ever. He loves to give hugs, kisses, and to make people laugh. I teach sunday school to the 12 year olds, and I had to take him to one of my classes because Ian had to stay home. He wanted to be the center of attention! He started talking to everyone, if he did something and the class laughed... he would do it again and make himself laugh. Needless to say... no one paid attention that sunday. Oh well, who wants to pay attention to the teacher anyway? He barks when he sees a dog, points at it and says "dog", he signs more, loves his doggy, loves his grandparents, loves his aunts & uncles, great-grandmas and of course Mommy and Daddy. He is not much of a talker, but he sure knows how to get what he wants. He loves to dance and spin in circles. He tries to jump... Its hilarious when he tries to do it because he just squats and tries to jump, he can't quite get his feet to go up. WE go to the beach quite often, and Noah loves it! He tries to get in the water... he walks as quickly as he can to get in the water.... too cute, hopefully he is a surfer like daddy. He has two favorite blankies, he drags them around everywhere, its cute but I have to wash them constantly. He loves food and will eat whatever we give him.

Noah has his 12 month checkup at 13 months. He was 25 pounds (45th percentile) , I don't remember how tall he was but he was in the 90th percentile.

Vegan-ish?

Ok, this might sound crazy.... but Ian and I decided to try a VEGAN diet for one month. We LOVE red meat, chicken, dairy, and anything that might come from an animal. We especially LOVE fast food. One might ask why? right? Well Oprah did it again. She had a show sometime in February that challenged her team to be vegan for one week, she had about 378 team members commit to this. Once the challenge was over, many said that their new diet made them feel so much better, not only that, they were able to loose some weight. I am not the best cook, but I try to cook for my family... but there might be weeks were I cook for our family, but most of the time I get lazy or am too tired to cook so we go out and get fast food. OK... So instead of the challenge only lasting for one week at our home.... It will last for ONE full month. We are not allowed to eat meat, fish, chicken, dairy or anything that might come from an animal. We hope to continue eating healthy after our challenge is over with so that Noah grows up in a home that eats healthy. I say vegain-ish because we will try to continue not eating red meat at our home once the challenge is over, but it does not mean that we are not going to be allowed to eat it. I know it going to be hard because we are so used to going out and eating really bad food, but we have to start somewhere. The question is "Can we make it for a full month?" I will keep you posted!


(I just love this picture of Noah's cheeks... I found this picture and just love it, so I thought to include it)

Love to walk, and I am ONE!

My little boy is growing up so fast! He does not talk, but he can sure walk. He started to walk at 10 months and 1 week. I could not believe my eyes! I was doing something and all of a sudden he saw something that he wanted and walked right over to it... I was about 5 steps the first time.

He loves to talk gibberish but he really can't say anything other than Mamma, Dadda, Daddy, Woof Woof when he sees a dog, yum yum when he wants something to eat, tickle tickle, and Min.

He loves to play ball with daddy... he is a really great thrower.

He walks over to daddy as soon as he comes home from work and gives him the biggest hug ever... if daddy does not pay attention to him, he starts crying.

He has a 7:30 bedtime and is a great sleeper... usually wakes up around 7:30-8.

He knows who his family is, if someone comes up to him that he does not know he gets really shy and tries to hide.

He loves going up stairs.

He loves going to the playground.

He absolutely LOVES food, he eats anything and everything.

He still falls asleep with a pacifier and his favorite blanket.

He has been on regular cows milk for about one month and loves it.

10 months

I am 10 months! I love finger foods ( blueberries, cheese and graham crackers to be exact). I put EVERYTHING in my mouth, I love to give hugs to everyone. I love taking naps with mommy and Minnie. I practice walking everyday with my walker, I am almost able to walk by myself. I took a couple of steps the other day then freaked myself out and fell on my tush. I love to get into things... especially the dishwasher.

Noah Dancing