13 Months!

Things have continued to be busy for our little family, but of course, worth it and we've snuck some fun in there! We went to Ellen and Brians house for Halloween where Noah enjoyed tossing the tiny pumpkins around saying "ballll", lol.

Noah's getting even better at communicating. He's learned some more words/phrases like "see?", "look", "tree" and "that?" and points at everything he wants. He's also become quite the copycat lately. His favorite word seems to be "daddy" and he says it constantly and calls me and all the moms who come to the daycare daddy as well even though I know he knows better!

Isaiah and Jonathan came to down last weekend, and the cousins had lots of fun playing together. As expected, there were a lot of pictures, here's a few:

Last week we had some very warm days for November (highs in the mid 70s) so we took advantage of what was probably the last few days of nice weather for the year by visiting a playground owned by a church right by us. I never see anyone in there, but they have toddler appropriate toys and and its fenced in so I could let Noah walk around and play without me having to hold his hand. He had lots of fun, and pushed around a toy car for probably 20 minutes while making "car noises"! He's so cute!

Look at that hair!

Noah has gotten really much better about fighting sleep. When he starts to get sleepy at night he'll pretty much climb on to the couch to sit on our laps and sometimes will just lay down on a pillow if its on the floor. I decided for Christmas to get him a little couch thing that pulls into a little cot for him to lounge in. I caught him getting comfy in this picture:

We will probably be putting out our Christmas tree pretty soon since I love the decor so much. We had to get a new tree this year since my pre-lit tree that I was using only had a few spots that still lit up! I'm pretty excited to see it out of the box! I know it will be a constant battle with Noah since the ornaments look like balls, and I know he'll be terribly curious. I think it might just be worth it though!

Trick or Treating at the zoo

Yes, I realize I just posted, but I got pictures cute enough for it's own post when we went trick or treating at the zoo with Cassi and Calli last night!

Noah's a whole year old!!

We made it a whole year! Noah's birthday was a big success and I think everybody had a pretty good time. Noah's definitely a popular guy, he probably had 35-40 people at his birthday! The monkey cake was a success, but not without some problems first. I made the cake and some cupcakes on Friday night so I wouldn't be so rushed and could take my time icing and decorating, but Lucy decided it looked like a good snack and ruined that plan. So I made a new cake and some icing and Rudy did most of the actual icing of the cake Saturday night. Noah got tons of cool presents and mostly musical toys since everybody knows how much he loves music.

He had his doctors appointment on Tuesday afternoon and was given a clean bill of health! He's 30 inches tall and weighs about 20 1/2 lbs. He had to get 3 immunizations, plus the first shot of his flu shot, but he did well!

He has recently started refusing to drink formula/milk. At first, he wouldn't drink anything at all, no matter what it was, so i was pretty worried and got a bunch of watermelon to try and get him SOME fluids. Now he is drinking water and juice, but still not nearly enough milk.

Anyway, here's what you're waiting for: pictures!

11 months, 3 Weeks!! Almost a year!

September was a SERIOUSLY busy month, which I'm sure you can see from my lack of updates...its hard to even decide where to start...


First of all, I got a new job. My bookstore job was just temporary so when that ended I started working at Frisches big boy serving. I've always like serving, and I still do, but boy is it exhausting! I've been making decent money, but I've also been working every single day besides Tuesdays and Thursdays when I'm in school. It's basically like having no day off and I've finally gotten to the point that I asked my supervisor for one more day off a week to study and catch up on housework (which has truly taken a hit).


School is going pretty well. Last week was actually pretty crazy. Last weekend we were super busy and out of town in Nashville for a wedding most of the weekend, so I had basically no time to study. Unfortunately, I had two test last week. One on Monday, and one that was supposed to be on Tuesday, but thankfully got moved to Thursday. I had to work every day, so I was pretty stressed, but it all worked out and I got A's on both of them! :)


Noah's birthday is less than one week away!! I can't believe he's almost a whole year old, but I'm VERY excited! I still have a lot to do, like figure out how to make a monkey cake! We're getting Noah's year pictures made Thursday so I can use them as favors for the adults who come.

Noah has grown up a lot since last wrote. For one thing, he's WALKING! He's the cutest little walker I've ever seen and he's so little! He's also talking a lot, not always words I recognize but he has the right rhythm and everything for words. His actual words include: mama, baby, dada, puhpuh (puppy), ball, tickle (which is really hilarious cause he does a weird tongue thing trying to say it), uh-oh, hi or hey and bye. He also waves :)

So now, just a few of the things we've done in the last month and a half:


We went to the 2010 Walk for Lupus Now Louisville walk where our team raised over $800!

We went to World Fest downtown and got to see all kinds of dances, food, clothing, and crafts of lots of cultures. Noah seemed to love his balloon the best!

We went to the park several times...and I just LOVE this picture!

We went to Isabella's 2 year birthday( I can't remember if this was in the last post or not..)

And some other things...but I don't have pictures uploaded, or we didn't take pictures.

I'll try to be a better blogger...maybe I'll do it on my one day off! I'd expect a birthday blog though after his party, cause I'm sure I'll have LOTS of pictures!!

9 Months 3 Weeks

Friday night the three of us went to Brad and Roxy's to celebrate Roxy's birthday! I didn't actually take any pictures, but Roxy got a camera and I know she got some really good ones, so I'll post those at some point. They also gave me a card for my birthday that they've had sitting around for 2 months. They got me a $50 gift card, so Noah and I got to go shopping today!!

When I first got it, I thought of all the wise things I could use it for...the electric bill, the cable bill, gas, groceries, just saving it, but I couldn't really remember the last time I got to go shopping for fun, so I decided I deserved it!

Noah and I found some great things and we got some really awesome deals too!

This curious George ball was only $5 at TJ Maxx. We also got some clothes for Noah.

My personal favorite is the monkey sweater! We also got a little book with a keyboard on it that was only $2 because it was out of batteries.

I'd been wanting to get some shoes for a while since I had nothing really that I can wear to work besides some flats that really hurt my feet and athletic shoes. I really needed something between flip flops and running shoes. Thank goodness for back to school deals! I got two pairs of shoes that are usually $35 and $40 each for $25 together! I'm very excited!

Noah has learned his first word. Well, he's been saying it, but I think he actually knows what it means now. He's been saying "momma" and looking at me or reaching for me all day. Yesterday, while I was feeding Noah his breakfast, he said "baby" clear as day. Then, I said baby to see if it was on purpose and we spent the rest of the time he was eating repeating baby back and forth to each other. I don't know if it counts as a word because I'm not sure he knows what baby means or if he's just heard it, I don't know what qualifies as a "word".

Noah cut FOUR teeth all at once starting Sunday. The beginning of the week was pretty rough but he's now back to his happy self (just with a mouth full of teeth now!)

Last night my parents hung out with Noah for a few hours while Rudy and I ate dinner with some friends and they reported that he stood up on his own, he did it again this morning for a few seconds. He's growing up so fast!

Speaking of growing up fast, I was adding Noah's new teeth to his baby book when it dawned on me that Noah is nearly TEN months!!! I don't know how it went to fast or how I hadn't realized how close the tenth is, but I was seriously shocked!

9 1/2 Months

Well, yesterday was a pretty eventful day as I spent about 4 hours unemployed! I went into work as usual but Bart came out to my car before I even got out and essentially fired me. I guess technically I was laid off, but it doesn't really feel any different to me, especially since they gave me no notice, which is pretty inconsiderate. So I went home and spent about 15-20 minutes sulking and feeling crappy about the whole thing. Then I got on craigslist to see if I could find some jobs to apply for. It was about 10:45 when I saw one for the UofL bookstore; they were having open interviews. So I printed out a form I had to drop off at the financial aid office and headed to campus. She said since it was the last day of interviews she'd be calling that afternoon to make offers and I felt pretty well about the interview afterwards, and the manager must have too because she called me around 2:30 to offer me a job. I start my orientation/training 9:30 Monday morning. It's not permanent, the position is only guaranteed until the beginning of September but she said she will be keeping about 5 out of the 15 temporary employees long term, so it could be longer. If nothing else, I'll get 20% the price off my books so I'll save around $100!

I'm very very excited to be starting school this fall, I feel like I'll be finally moving forward when I do. It's so exciting to think that this time next year I'll be starting my LAST semester! Unless of course I go to grad school, which right now seems unlikely, but you never know!

Last week Rudy and I went to the Walk for Lupus Now Lauch party at Bearno's. It was pretty succesful and Rudy got recognized for making J Gumbo's a sponsor! Plus, the cake was delicious!

Noah has been eating even more than his usual hefty meals. I think he's about to have another growth spurt. I think he'll also have more teeth soon as he's been showing all the signs.

Rudy and I attended the last day of the very first hullabalou on Sunday and got to see Dave Matthews Band (along with several other bands). It was oppressively hot but we still had a good time and got a little sun!

Jessica (Yeska) and Isabella came to visit us Tuesday and it was really nice to hang out and catch up with them. Yeska got some great pictures, and I'll have to post some on here when she puts them online.

Noah's newest thing is sticking his tongue out. One day I picked him up from daycare and he just did it all day, its hilarious. Sometime he stick it out to the side as if he's concentrating really hard. He must have picked it up from on of his buddies in daycare because I don't know who would've taught him that here!

I think I've decided to have a Curious George themed birthday party for Noah's first birthday. Knowing me though, I'll probably change my mind at least 4 or 5 times before then.

I found this cake online and it seems pretty easy to make and its really cute. Plus, who doesn't love monkeys and bananas?

9 months, 1 week

We're finally getting a break from the heat as a storm rolls through. Noah is still playing, but I think he'll be asleep pretty soon.

He should be pretty tired because he had a full day! This morning we went to Walmart to get some groceries, to one bank so Rudy could make a deposit for work, and then to our bank to deposit some money as well. Then we headed to my parents house to spend the day since my grandparents came in town from Tennessee. Noah played hard as usual and only really took one nap. I have no idea how he's still awake honestly.

We went for his 9 month checkup yesterday which went well aside that he has an ear infection in both ears. He hasn't complained or fussed about it at all, but he's on antibiotics to clear it out. He weighs a whopping 18lbs 10 ounces and he's 27 1/2 inches long!

He's still working on what seems like a million teeth (I think it's actually 4) but they don't seem to be much closer to actually cutting through.

Noah has really enjoyed his new class at daycare and was fortunate enough to have Lucas come join him! Mrs. Margie really misses him, but we've come to visit her once a week since he moved rooms.

Noah's newest thing is dancing. It's probably one of the cutest things I've ever seen; he just shakes his head from side to side and smiles. I think he's seen people kinda twist their shoulders and upper body and he's trying to copy, he just doesn't have the shoulder motion yet. He's been clapping away and he's got a whole line of noises that he absolutely loves making. He LOVES sounds!

He's not yet walking, but he pulls himself up with little effort and he stands by just barely leaning on the couch or someones legs. One of these days I think he'll just be playing with the dog and just forget to hold on and walk. I'm just waiting for it!

I believe Noah just made me a diaper, so I will have to continue later!