Popscicle

May 15, 2010

Just Noah enjoying his first pops. In his cute new $3 shorts.

At the Kenyan Car Wash

Just one of my fav recent pics of the guys.

May 15, 2010

First of all I can believe it is May 15, 2010. Time has flown by. I feel like summer has not begun, but is almost over.

Noah and I got up on Saturday morning, and immediately began to prepare to head out the door. We have been trying to let Daddy sleep longer on the weekends and the days that he can get some extra sleep. This new schedule of working at night is gonna take some getting use to.

So.......we headed to Khol's. Picked up a pair of shorts for Noah that were $3. Yay mommy for being and early bird shopper, then it was off to get some bread, then to walmart. By this time (10:00) Daddy is calling asking when we can come and pick him up. But before we could get there we head by a church who has people standing on the road saying, "Free Car Wash", donations accepted, so I pull in. They also had a yard sale going on. They were raising money for a group to head to Kenya. Well isn't that fancy. It was neat to share some our experience and spur them on. Noah found a antique rocking horse that he liked. But we just donated that money toward the trip, no room for that rocking horse in our apt.

It was a busy morning.

Noah and Logan

May 12 2010

We had a friend come and play yesterday. Logan is 16 months but she and Noah do a lot of the same things. It is good for me to learn what to expect as he grows. They had fun watching Noah's new bubble machine. And playing in the wagon, getting in and out, in and out, in and out,................

Small Group Cookout

May 9 2010

Our small group decided to cookout hamburgers and hotdogs so that the mother's would not have to prepare a meal for small group. It was a good idea. Noah had fun being outside. Meeting new people, and playing with the other kids. He even got to meet a new hound dog, that was not that interested in him. But boy he was interested in him. Squeeking and squealing he was so excited. I can not wait till he sees out dogs back home and for them to see him, and how he as grown.

Out squeaked his squeakers

May 9 2010

This morning as we were all dresses in our church duds for Mothers' Day we got in the car. And NOTHING. The battery was dead. They told us it was low when we got our oil changed last, so we bought an extra battery and put it in the back of the truck so we would not be stranded if it went out. Since we only have one vehicle. Good thing it happened at home, where the tools are!!! Something we did not think about.

But Drew got to practice some of his African skills (learned in Africa that is) and change out the battery. Noah and I had some time so we played upstairs as daddy worked away. I was noticing Noah's squeaker shoes Mimi gave him, and the boy has had a blow out. All that walking around has torn the sole completely off. So, since we were late to church anyway we stopped by Target before making it to the second service.

And these are what Drew picked out. A size bigger, really cute, and Noah seems to like that sound they make on the floor.

La Foresta

May 8 2010

Saturday Night Drew took me and Noah to a great Italian place to eat. I love having a meal with my boys and having dessert. NY cheesecake. Yummy.

Noah loved the fountain outside. And it was tough to get his attention away from it to take a picture with mommy. The one pic we got was one with a goofy grin. He kinda looks like a veggie tale.

Before we left the owner gave me a flower for mother's day. Noah torn it up within minutes.

We walked along the train tracks and enjoyed the good weather and the sunset.

Durant Nature Park

May 8 2010

We celebrated Mother's Day on Saturday. Well we celebrated all weekend. It was a great first Mother's Day. I can truly appreciate my mother more, now having a baby. Well a big boy almost. Drew took Mommy and Noah to the Nature park. We walked in the woods, saw the ducks, saw a snake, put our feet in the water, walked on the pier...... It was a lot of fun, and actually reminded me of being in Mississippi, on the farm in Chunky. It felt familiar. Noah loved seeing the ducks, and putting his feet in the water. He cried and cried when we took him out, well until we distracted him.

We tested Noah's Jeep stroller off road for sure. And we think Noah may be a lifeguard just like Mommy was.

Happy Mother's Day

May 9 2010

Happy Mom's day!!!!

I love you momma. Just wanted to thank you for raising me to be the woman, wife, and mother that I am. I miss you and want to be there this weekend. Can not wait to see you in 3 weeks. Hope you have a blessed day.

Strawberry Picking

May 6 2010

We decided we better get our tails to the field before all these strawberries are gone. Heidi, Shaana, and I took our kids plus one, grabbed our buckets, bent over, and started a pickin. Little did I know that picking with small kids is not my leisurely idea of a stress free trip. I set Noah down thinking,"He will just watch and play with the leaves." Oh, no he knew exactly what to do. He plucked the ripe berries off the vine. Before I noticed, he was chewing them up about to swallow. He got really mad when I took it out of his mouth. Who knows if that was the first one he ate??? Then, he threw up all over my foot, that is why I suspect the had eaten more.

So we are picking along, and I am beginning to remember when my parents took me as a little girl. Remembering my how it seems lots easier when I was young. Carefree and I could just run through the field and get dirty. Not that I ever would have gotten dirty. We took home around 4 lbs. of yummy strawberries.

I have the best job in the world.
We will have to take Daddy back sometime.

11 months old

My sweet little boy is growing up way too fast.


I can not believe that our little boy will be a year old in 1 month. It has flown by and he has changed so much from that little guy that we met in the hospital.

Love this video with Daddy and Noah playing.


He has on his new PJ bottoms. I DIG DINOS!!!!





This is his newest thing. You can say, "Noah go get the ball." or "Where is the ball."

And he goes trotting along down the hallway to find it. It took him a while to figure out how to do it but he finally learned out to pick up the ball and bounce it.

Ready to swim

I can not say he loved having this thing on, but maybe it will grow on him.



May 2 2010

So we got a fun box of stuff from Grana. Lots of stuff for Mother's Day for me. Early. Drew said "When is Mother's Day." Glad this box reminded him. Lotions, sunscreen, pedicure stuff......

And Noah got sunglasses, Floaty outfit for the water, more water shoes (bigger size so we are set for a while), onesies, (for some reason my mom sent a MSU onsie and sippy cup), (Mom Drew said to remind you that enough is enough), and new pictures of the pup pups. I really think that Noah remembers our dogs Madison and Raleigh. He pulls us to the frig and makes us stand there and look at their pics. As he oooohs and aaaaahs.

We love being thought of Mom. Thanks for all the stuff. Can not wait to see you in 1 month.