Official SuperHero

Here's is the official super Noah poster. He hates wearing clothes, and bibs for that matter. So he has converted all of his bibs into capes and you may spot him flying through your neighborhood rescuing helpless kitties and puppies....or that's what mom would have her superhero do. So be on the lookout...he's an undersized super hero.














KU GAME NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!





Ted and I were able to get away to a KU game the other night while Nana Nina and Papa Ed watched Noah for us. The tickets were also given to us by them so we have many thanks to them. It was my second game in many many years....always a great time no matter who they play. Plus it was great the night we went because they were unveiling the championship banner...so of course I made sure bring my camera to catch every moment. Notice the two male heads in pic of the field house...those happen to be our friends Seth and Mark. The unveiling was very cool though a little on the loud side. Hey, I like loud but this was a little too loud.

Preparing for winter

Noah is such a happy little man, we have so much fun with him!! Above, Noah is acting shy and modest but below he let us all know how cute he really is.

We bought Noah his first hat and mittens for this upcoming winter. It has already gotten chilly here a few times so they have been very useful. At times we can tell that Noah is only humoring us in these cute outfits that make Mom smile and laugh over him. I know he is really thinking "when will all of this dress up stuff be over!!!!!!!" That's when I, mom, say NEVER....look at Ted for example. I still get to take him to the mall and play dress up...it's so much fun.

First Halloween....

It was Noah's first costume and he chose to dress up as himself.....Noah and the Ark. I had to dig a little deeper on the creative side to come up with the outfit but did have some help for some coworkers. The most difficult piece was the beard, which I wasn't sure if Noah would wear it. But, with a little help from dad making funny faces, Noah kept the beard on long enough for a few pictures. I didn't get everything together in all the pictures but I think they each have the look we were going for. Enjoy the pics!!!
Later that night we headed up to Lawrence to visit our friends, James and Morgan's big Halloween bash. We met Gabe, John and Stacy son's who is a month and a half older than Noah. He was very cute and so much bigger than Noah. Unfortunately, we didn't get a picture of him but we would love to get together again soon.

Sorry for such a late post of the Halloween costume!!

Minnesota

We took our furthest road trip ever with Noah at the end of October to go visit Aunt Christina and Uncle Slade up in Rochester, Minnesota. The trip takes about 6 1/2 hours so we knew this was going to be tricky as Noah doesn't like hanging out in his car seat for very long. Luckily, on the way up he slept most of the way and I tried to entertain him during his wake time. We stopped off in Bethany, MO for a food stop at a horribly busy McDonald's...yummm. Ted was tending to Noah and I went to grab some ketchup which I placed right in front of Noah. I was worried at the time of Ted drinking my soda with his germy mouth when BAM!!! Noah took his flyswatter arm and splattered ketchup guts all up his arm as well as all over DAD!! I tried to hold back my smirk but couldn't resist. Ted remained cool headed and went to wash himself off. So the trip was off to a great start!! We arrived in Rochester about 6 pm and had some wonderfully lumpy potato soup which was absolutely delicious!! Then Noah decided to attack me - making sure things were fair between mom and dad. Without giving me a warning Noah spit up all over my shirt and pants from his dinner of oatmeal and milk----score even between parents. Later that evening Nana Nina, Papa Ed and Aunt Julie showed up to enjoy the weekend. We toured around the hospital and just relaxed. The main reason for the trip was to celebrate Aunt Christina and Nana Nina's birthdays. Plus dad always loves to eat so we hit some of his favorite stops like Kingdom Buffet(chinese food) and Pizza Ranch. One of the pics is Noah holding his own cat on a stick....dad just couldn't resist getting Noah started at the Chinese buffets!!! As the weekend came to an end we woke up on Sunday morning to find that it was about 35 degrees and snowing!!!! It was Noah's first snow!!!! We definitely couldn't wait to get back to Kansas to enjoy the warmer weather. It was a great trip and we enjoyed seeing everyone.

He has conquered many of firsts within the last few months. We don't have a pic to show but he has his bottom front teeth which he loves to show everyone by chewing on their fingers.

Good Friends..

It has been a few weeks ago when my good friend Theresa or Aunt Theresa,now, came up for a visit. At the same time another good friend came down from Minnesota and we all got together for some good mexican food, meeting each other's children and catching up on old times. Theresa stayed with us and wasn't bothered by Noah's occassional crying during the middle of the night. It was great to see them both as well as the little kiddos. Caren's kids are Andrew, 3 years old, and Katelyn(probably not spelled right), 2 years old. It was fun to watch them tackle Theresa but they loved her. Caren came down to KC with her Mom, Cathy, who had to attend a wedding. It was great to see them all since it had been 3 years since I was last up in Minnesota visiting them with Theresa.

Carved My Pumpkin

Here is Noah with his perfect sized pumpkin that we carved before Halloween. I was thinking about letting him try since the utensils are more his size anyway but I thought I should wait a few more years. He enjoyed the pumpkin alot and is in that stage where he grabs for everything. Plus it's alot of fun because he smiles so much!!!!