Potty

Josh and I have been hoping that Noah would potty train early (us and every other parent!) They say that cloth diapered kids tend to do it earlier as they don't like the wet feeling. With the second surprise baby almost here we have been working on going potty in the toilet with no luck. I wasn't anticipating having two kids in diapers, but here we are so I'm doing my best to get down to one as soon as possible!

We had a huge surprise tonight. Noah got out of the bath and was getting ready to run his naked lap around the house when he ran back into the bathroom and started going potty on his toilet. Josh moved it a little closer (we need to work on the aim!) and he finished going in the toilet. We were so excited and Noah was so proud of himself for his big accomplishment....and the piece of chocolate he got after certainly didn't hurt (bribing with food would not have been my first choice, but I am adopting the whatever it takes method now!)

The Weekend

Noah and Sam in the bath tub

Noah and Uncle on the swing

Noah and Sam wrestling


Noah and Daddy resting

This weekend started on Friday when Josh's Grandpa (Papa) and Shirley came over to visit. They hung out with us for a lot of the afternoon and the evening. The next day we went and got apples with them and Noah did a lot of playing with Papa. It was really great to see them and it was so nice of them to come and visit us. Noah is still saying Papa!

Before Papa and Shirley left my Dad, Grandma, and my brother Sam got here. We all hung out most of the afternoon and Noah couldn't get enough of his Uncle. He was so happy he was here and wanted to do everything that Sam was doing. Josh took Sam for a long quad ride and even game him a few drum lessons. It was so nice to be able to spend some quality time with my Dad and Grandma as well.

I just took the picture of Noah and Josh, they are VERY tired from all of the playing! It was a busy weekend, but we had so much fun with our family.

Just Some Pictures

I had brought the stroller inside to take some pictures of it and he spotted it! I posted it on Craigslist and all of a sudden Noah loves it. He wanted me to push him around the house all afternoon, which I did.

My cousin Shaney lives here and she and her two girls have been over a couple of times this week to play. Noah loves his cousins and Dina is almost his age so they play really well together. They both have been known to hit on occasion, so it's interesting when the two of them get together. Noah had never been on the receiving end of it, so it was good for him to get a taste of his own medicine. He hasn't done it since!


Here is what I have named, my medical station. I have a whole half of the table devoted to it! I take blood pressures, blood sugars, and medicine multiple times a day here. I'm falling apart! I keep reminding myself that I will be healthy in only nine more weeks!

I had never thought to let Noah lick the spoon before. So after I made brownies I handed it to him and he was so excited. This picture is so funny because he is just hanging out while he's doing it!

This picture was so cute, his baby-sitter Kaitlyn took it when I was at one of my Doctor's appointments. He has so much fun with her and this day was no different.

Halloween

Noah had so much fun yesterday in his dragon costume. His Nana bought it for him about a month ago he kept wanting to wear it so we had to hide it from him. He was so excited to put it on, he kept saying "Wow." He first got to wear it to school in the morning and he was very excited to see that his friend Mia was also a dragon. (This isn't a very good picture of the two of them, but they looked really cute together.)



Later that evening Noah, Josh, my friend Amy (the cow girl for the evening!), and I went to a few houses for Noah to go trick-or-treating. He had a lot of fun getting candy, but also looking at the other kids. One thing that I couldn't believe was the amount of parents who were following their kids trick-or-treating in the car! To save my life, I can't understand why they wouldn't get out and walk with them up to strangers doors. I guess I have just never seen it done before, there must be some reason for it! Noah had a really fun time and he was definitely over supervised as his ratio was 3-1!

Noah's first cookie making experience!

Two nights ago Josh decided he wanted Snickerdoodle's and so we got busy making them. Noah kept wanting up to see, so we thought that he could help. He sure tried! He was putting extra ingredients into the mixer and removing some. We were thinking that it would be a miracle if they came out okay, but they did! It was a huge mess, but he had a lot of fun "helping," and eating them was, of course, his favorite part.

Our Weekend

We had the busiest, long, fun weekend. Last Wednesday night we went to Puyallup to stay with my Mom because I had a doctors appointment in Seattle the next day. Noah had a great time while Josh and I were gone going to school with my Dad. He teaches junior high PE and Noah was getting tons of attention from all of the staff and students. My Dad told us that when the kids would run lines that Noah would run with them too. When they sat down to stretch, so did Noah. I wish I could have seen it, but it sounds like they had a fun time. The highlight of the day for Josh and I was that after the long (4 1/2 hour!) appointment we were able to have dinner by ourselves. That doesn't happen too often, so it was really fun for us.

The next day was my birthday and we were able to get some Christmas shopping done. For my birthday dinner we went to the Milton Wok with my Mom and Mike, I had been wanting it for months (Josh too.) Wenatchee has the worst Chinese food so we avoid it at all costs, but the Milton Wok is the best! Josh and I went to a movie that night also, it was more action then we've had in a long time! Oh and I can't leave out the cake. My Mom and Mike make the best German Chocolate cake, which is my favorite. I guess its a really big pain and it takes forever to complete, so they are glad that its just a once a year event. It's worth it though!

Josh had class the next day so Noah and I hung out with my Mom, Dad, Grandma, Aunt Jane, and Ally. We left to go home that night and were very excited to see Jack. The next day Josh's Mom and Dad came over for a visit. We went and bought some apples and had a really good time just visiting and playing with Noah and Jack. It is so fun for us to have visitors and Noah had a great time playing with his Grandma and Papa.

It was an exhausting weekend, but we had a lot of fun. I wish I would have taken more pictures though, but I did get one!

Pre-School Picture Day

Things got off to a good start


And went down hill from there...


And got even better!

Noah had school picture day and it was hilarious! He walked right in front of the camera alone and Josh was able to get him to smile. Then it was time for the class pictures. We felt especially bad for his teacher, who seems to have unlimited patience, and the photographer as well. Because the parents go to class with the kids, they suggested having the Mom's in it to calm the kids down. Two out of the four of us are pregnant and weren't crazy about the idea, so thankfully, those turned out even worse! Overall the experience was really traumatizing for a couple of the kids and just irritating for the others who weren't wanting to sit still (our son is in that category!) I think that everyone was glad when it was over, but we were thankful to get such funny pictures.