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sweet child of mine

2012-01-26T18:38:00.000-08:00

How fast time is going by. you are NINE months old today! NINE months, that is just crazy. The past 2 months you have learned so much, and when i say so much i mean soooo much.

For starters you are officially on the move, you are crawling All over the place and getting into everything. You can now pull yourself up on to the furniture, the couch, your activity table and the list goes on, and once your up boy do you love to jump and shake that behind. Speaking of shaking you learned to shake your head no no no at everything. Your vocabulary has grown fry just dada to nana, hi, yay, and good, but still no moma.

You are learning so much so fast everyday you learn and discover something new. Everyday is a new adventure and daddy and i are so happy watching you grow.

A Very Merry Christmas

2011-12-27T18:17:00.000-08:00

We had a very merry Christmas this year. It was my 4th Christmas with Ryan and our first Christmas with Noah and it was beyond amazing. Noah loved everything about opening presents he was quite the little pro at it, you would think he had some practice. He loved eating the paper and the ribbons and playing with the boxes more than the actual presents until Ryan put them all together, and as soon as that last present was opened Ryan was putting presents together and as soon as he finished are sweet little baby PASSED OUT. Poor baby had to wait for Noah to wake up from his nap to play, but boy did they play all day. Noah had perfect timing all day with his naps, as soon as dinner was done and I went out into the living room to get him he was fast asleep. So again we had to wait till chubba woke up to give him his first Christmas dinner.Green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, yamms, and a roll, and he loved every single bite of it.

The day was amazing, nothing special we just opened presents and ate till we couldn't move but it was an amazing day to us, spending that time together, seeing Noah tare open those present, and play on the floor with Ryan all day was amazing, watching movies and listening to Christmas music, I didnt think it could get any better. But then it did.

Out of nowhere Noah just decided he was going to crawl to the other side of the living room, at first I was sure what just happened and then when it registered you could bet i cried like a baby I was so proud of him. It was the perfect way to end the perfect day.

I hope you all had as nice of a day as we did...

Christmas traditions

2011-12-21T21:01:00.000-08:00

Christmas is in a few days and Christmas has and probably always will be my favorite time of year along with Ryan's, and its especially special this year because it is our first Christmas with Noah! I think having kids completely changes Christmas it makes it so special. Christmas music has been playing in our house since the day after thanksgiving.

Making traditions is very important to Ryan and I, when Noah is older and he looks back on his Christmas's we don't want him to remember what he got that year but that we went and we cut down our tree, and that we decorated it together while listening to the Charlie brown Christmas CD and sipping hot chocolate, baking Christmas cookies, and going to look at Christmas lights.

This year we went down and cut our tree like we do every year and it is HUGE! When we got home I was so worried that it wasn't going to fit, but it does, PERFECTLY, it literally reaches to our ceiling so we aren't able to put an angel on this year so we just topped it with a really pretty bow. Decorating the tree has always been probably been my favorite thing to do during Christmas. We baked cookies and listened to Christmas music while Ryan strung all 1000 lights on our tree! Then we took our very first special ornament we received on our weeding, its just an ornament with an M on it for our last name that we got as a gift at our wedding since we were married on Christmas eve, I gave the ornament to Noah and let him choose the spot on the tree it should go, and he chose the most perfect spot, our tree came together so beautifully.

I can not believe that Christmas is in 4 days, it seems so surreal. I am so excited, I wish Noah could remember this Christmas when he is older it has by far been my favorite thus far. And boy is Noah going to be one spoiled boy Christmas morning.

I hope you all have a very merry Christmas!

-T

Time

2011-12-16T14:52:00.000-08:00

Time is going by way to quickly.
Some days I wish i could just press the pause button and stay in that moment forever.
Today i put Noah in his walker in the kitchen while i made lunch and let me just say he is quite the little speed demon in that thing.
He walks around everywhere. Forwards, backwards, circles, chases the dogs around all while saying dada and nana over and over again. His little voice is like music to my ears, I cant help but light up when he talks, and the look Ryan gets every time Noah says dada is priceless.
After i made myself lunch i got Noahs lunch ready, just bananas today and some mum-mums, he had a big bowl of blueberries and whole wheat oatmeal for breakfast.
I sat him down in his highchair and fed him his bananas and gave him his mum-mums(rice crackers) so i could eat my lunch.
He sat their mumbling away eating his mum-mum bite after bite so proper. . . !
Then he sat his cracker down, picked up his sippy cup and drank some water, sat his sippy cup down and picked up his cracker and finished eating it. . .
In that very moment I couldn't believe how grown up he was, when did my sweet little baby who needed me for everything become so independent?
I feel like it happened over night, one second he was in my arms, the next on the floor crawling around.
It excites me and scares the heck out of me all at the same time.
Even though I miss my sweet litte chubby baby, i LOVE the litte person Noah is turning into.
He is so sweet and loving and well behaved and i am so excited to watch my little mister grow . . .

Im b l a n k becase. . .

2011-12-13T10:00:00.000-08:00

I am weird because. . .

Cleaning relaxes me.
I love coffee morning, noon, and night.
I love making grocery lists.

I am a bad friend because. . .

Sometimes it takes me awhile to text back.
Sometimes it takes me awhile to call back.
I hold my friends to a high standard.

I am a good friend because. . .

If you need me, I'm there.
My friends are my family.
I will always support you.
I will always love you, and never judge you.

I am sad because. . .

I have to spend months away from my husband.
Noah has to spend months away from his fater.
My mom is sick.
We cant be near all of our friends and family.

I am happy because. . .

God has blessed me with a beautiful husband and a beautiful child.
I am able to stay home and take care of Noah and watch him grow and learn everyday. And that is truly amazing.
Things are really looking up.

I am excited for. . .

The next year. 2012 is going to be a great year for us.
To watch Noah grow.
To give Noah a little brother or sister.
For life.

-T
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you.

2011-12-12T16:11:00.000-08:00

you are sweet, cuddly, and loving.

you giggle, you squeal, you say dada and nana.

you are silly, goofy and like to spit.

you. . . you stole our hearts the very moment we laid eyes on you.

you are our heart and soul.

mommy and daddy love you little bug.

A bit homesick

2011-12-06T15:39:00.001-08:00

Lately ive been doinga lot of thinking with the holidays approaching. The holidays always seem to dothat. So far this year isn’t going quite as we planned. My sisters and brotherin law and niece and nephew were going to come up for thanksgiving but weren’t ableto and we planned on going up to Texas for a few days during Christmas to spend some time withRyan’s parents and sister and then fly back home and have spend Christmas morninghere. Unfortunately our leave kind of got messed up so now we are not able togo to Texas and we are more than disappointed. We aren’t used to not spending theholidays with our family. And now that we have Noah its even harder. We have somany amazing people in our life that we want Noah to grow up with, Noah hasonly been able to see everyone once and that’s hard, he was a newborn then andhas grown so much. He smiles and laughs and he is beginning to talk, he has thesweetest personality and we want to share him with all of our family and growup with them but it seems more difficult then we planned but we plan on making the best of it which means lots of phone calls, pictures and skype dates. It may not be what we were hoping for but we are going to make the best of it.

Christmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you're home. ~Carol Nelson

the simple things

2011-11-18T13:38:00.001-08:00

that make my day. . .

the kiss on my forehead i get every morning before my husband goes to work.

the kiss on my forehead i get every night when my husband comes home from work.

early morning snuggling with the sweetest little boy.

the smell of fresh brewed coffee in the morning.

mid day naps.

singing the itsy bitsy spider, and patty cake patty cake over and over again.

old movies.

my friends.

my family.

seeing a smile on noah's face.

knowing that every night before i go to bed my family is safe. my family is healthy and my family is happy.

“It's the simple things in life that are the most extraordinary.”

Wordless Wednesday

2011-11-16T20:47:00.001-08:00

the many faces of noah.

A grateful heart

2011-11-12T20:17:00.001-08:00

Do you ever just have days where you stress over everything?That’s how my day was. I stressed over everything, every little thing, thingsthat don’t even need to be stressed over. And then I managed to stub my toe andspill my coffee all over me all at thesame time and so I then I thought my daywas ruined. And in that very moment my toe throbbing and coffee spilled allover me I looked over at Noah who was sitting in his bumbo and laughing at me,and my heart completely melted.

I thought to myself are these the kind of things we let ruinour days; spilled coffee and stubbed toes? I always hear people complainingabout the littlest things, things that don’t even matter, things that are sostupid to be upset over. Usually I try not to complain but today I caughtmyself doing it and I felt so selfish and ungrateful. I mean I have so much tobe grateful for, so many of us have so much to be grateful for.

I have a wonderful husband, who has an amazing job andsupports me in everything, I have friends and family who are always there forme when I need them, I have a roof over my head and food on the table, and mostimportantly I have a beautiful healthy baby boy, what more do I need? What moredo any of us need? I don't want a little bit of spilled coffee to ruin my day, there are so many people in the world who don't have a steady paycheck or food on the table or even a healthy child and my heart truly goes out to them.

So no more complaining about spilled coffee and stubbed toes, no more stressing out over things that just don't matter.

The only thing I need to do is look over at this sweet little face to know that I have a million things to be grateful for. . .

-Always T

Staycation

2011-11-09T15:19:00.000-08:00

This past week was arather eventful week. Our little family of three was finally reunited. Ryancame home and to say we missed him is an understatement,but we made it through. Seeing Noah and Ryan together for the first time in monthswas such a heartwarming experience,Noah has been glued to Ryan’s hipsince. But I’m not complaining.

I was so nervous thatRyan would come home and Noah wouldn’t remember him, he was a little standoffish at first but once he realized who Ryan was he has been so attached tohim. And Ryan has been so attached to Noah. Since he has been home Ryan insistson putting Noah to bed every night, and has been waking up with him everymorning. Most guys want to come home from deployment and sleep as much as theycan, but not Ryan he wants to spend every possible second with Noah, which isone of the reasons why I love him so much, he is such a hands on father, hewants to be a part of every single aspect of Noah’s life down to the tiniest ofthings.

This week consistedof lots of day dates, long drives, shopping, trips to the beach, pretty much alittle bit of everything.

Our staycationstarted on Thursday. Ryan, Noah and I went to this little Mexican restauranthere in town for lunch, Mexican food is Ryan’s favorite and after monthswithout it he was craving a huge burrito! Noah was quite jealous of ourburritos, but he did get some pretty tasty green beans instead!

After our littlefamily lunch date we went to one of our favorite little towns by the water forsome coffee and to walk around and do some shopping for Noah.

Friday we stayed inour pj’s half of the day and just lounged around and watched cartoons. Thatafternoon we went on a nice long drive out to another tiny little town out bythe water, and it was gorgeous. Washington is absolutely breath taking in thefall, I love all of the trees when they change their colors.

Saturday we hadsomewhat of another lazy day at home, did some grocery shopping and had lots ofplay time with our little mister. We ended our day with an amazing dinnercooked by Ryan. . . Chimichungas! So good. And a movie night, with popcorn,candy, and wine, we watched Fast Five which was Ryan’s choice, and Bad Teacher,Noah also decided that he wanted to stay up late and join us.

Sunday was the lastday of our staycation and we took full advantage of it with another trip to oneof are favorite beach side towns, we drove around and did some window shoppingand came home and had an early Sunday dinner like we do every week and justrelaxed.

It was by far a great4 days spent. Now its time to get back to reality, and get back into the swingof things.

Untill next time.

-T

Were Back!

2011-11-04T21:41:00.000-07:00

We are back! We went on a little break for awhile, I wasnt to sure If i wanted to keep blogging, So I deleted all of our posts, and now of course I regret it. I miss blogging, and it is such an amazing way to keep all of our friends and family updated on our lives and mostly on Noah's. So like I said before . . . We are back! and we dont plan on going anywhere any time soon =)

So Noah is now 6 months old. Its kind of crazy when I say that out loud. Where did the time go? Where did my little newborn go? Now I have a six month old who eats rice cereal and baby food, and who sits up all by himself! As much as I miss my sweet little newborn,

I cherish this time I have with Noah, he is learning and growing so much every single day and turning into quite the little character. I love watching his personality develop every day and can not wait for the coming days, months, and years. And we hope you join us on our new journey!

-T