First Christmas

We celebrated Christmas with Joe's family on Christmas Eve. Noah enjoyed dinner with everyone but this is what he thought about opening presents at first:

He woke up in time to open a baby grand piano! He loves it (it already needs new batteries).

We went home from grandma and grandpa's to open Xmas Eve Pjs and go to bed. Then Santa came while Noah slept, and he left all kinds of neat things!

After we had Christmas at home, we went to Grandma and Granddaddy Bryants House! Noah enjoyed granddaddy's mustache and opening gifts with Grandma.

and this is what the living room looked like after we took the tree down and set up all the toys!

Christmas Card

Our friend Gail was nice enough to do a photo shoot with Noah for our Christmas Cards. The end result was amazing! She took a ton of really great pictures, this was the winner for our card though:

and here's the opposite end of the spectrum. I can't help but laugh every time I see it.

Catching Up

Noah turned 8 months old yesterday. Today, Gail pointed out that it's been almost 2 months since I updated my blog! I am a horrible blogging mommy. I mean to update, and I just never do. I won't say I don't have time, b/c I am always on the computer and could find the time. But- I'll try to play catch up now with pictures.

1st, Noah was approved to try biter biscuits at his 6 month appointment. He was a little suspicious:

2nd, He had his first Thanksgiving! He was so busy eating and enjoying his cousins that we didn't get very many good pics...but here's the best of the day:

3rd, Christmas Prep. Noah got his first cold right before Christmas. He was pretty miserable, but he's a ham when I get the camera out. So, I gave him his stocking and put him in a cute outfit to try and distract him. I think it worked:

also, He sits now! check him out, he loves his giraffe:

Enough with the pictures, you're worse then the paparazzi:

6 months

Noah had his 6 month check-up yesterday. He weighs 17 lbs 2 oz, and he's 28.75 inches long. I have a long, lean baby! He has two teeth, and he's doing really good with solids so far. The doctor gave us the okay to start juice, water, and teether biscuits too! Noah had so much fun with the biscuits. He sat in his highchair and chewed on it while I cleaned up the kitchen.

to date we've had: Rice Cereal, bananas, sweet potatoes, peas, apple juice, original baby mum-mums, biter biscuits, and a nibble on mommy's apple b/c it looked like so much fun.

He changes everyday and is such a joy to be around. He loves to talk and has been saying ma-ma for about a month now! His newest word is ba-ba, and he loves to say mmmm-baa (I'm hoping he's not secretly a Hanson fan). He's still working on sitting up, but he's mastered rolling- which also means he's now a tummy sleeper.

we had our first Halloween! He did not enjoy feeling the pumpkin innards. He also didn't like his costume very much. I didn't even get a real picture in it :-( He stayed up and handed out candy with us, and he was so interested. We had a werewolf stop by a few times to tickle Noah's foot b/c he just thought Noah was the cutest baby ever.

We're going to have family pictures done tomorrow. Cross your fingers and hope he's having a great day and gives us lots of smiles :-)

lazy...pictures catch up

I've been horribly bad at updating my blog. Things have been going nuts at work, things have been going nuts at home. I was diagnosed with postpartum depression almost a month ago- i'm doing much better with the meds but was pretty down for awhile. Noah is rolling, trying to sit up, and chewing on everything. He's such a happy baby, I feel very blessed. Here's some cute pictures so you can't be too mad at me for the gap in updates.



That's right, I'm rocking the sweater vests.


This 'ball' feels funny!

she says we're going to the pumpkin patch. i think 'what's a pumpkin?'

OH- Those are pumpkins! Daddy, let me touch!

hmmm...interesting. I get to take this one home. but what do i do with it then?

you know, that whole camera thing is getting kinda old. you know you look pretty silly?



Leaves are scary. I'll let mommy take a few pictures before I protest.

No milk for you! (update)

So I've been *mostly* dairy free for about a week now. I've definitely seen a difference. I wasn't thinking yesterday and ate a pudding cup- today Noah had gas again. So I'm fairly certain dairy is the culprit. I miss ice cream already, but I'm happy that it's easy enough to correct and now my son is back to his happy easy going self.

4 month stats

We had Noah's four month check-up today. He weighed in at 15lbs 13oz (almost 75th percentile) and is 27 3/4 inches long (off the charts)! The doctor said he's teething but he thinks we still have a little while before the first tooth will cut through. His gums are a little purple and one spot is 'pointy' when I rub my finger over it.

I've made the decision to wait until 6 months before starting solids and the pediatrician fully supports that.

He had vaccines today. He took them much better then he did the last time, was just a little sleepier then usual and went to bed about an hour early.

I'm a slacker and I didn't take his "i'm 4 months old" picture yet. Days where I work, I pretty much come home and have to start his bedtime routine immediately. Some days we don't even get to the routine b/c he wants to eat right away and he passes out while nursing. I'll get the picture this weekend though!