Kristin got the best Christmas gift ever this year. Noah said, "I wuv you" to her today, for the first time. Later at dinner he demonstrated his new skill for daddy by saying "I wuv mommy." Pretty special.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Train Table Boxes & Dinosaurs
Noah still loves the train table and boxes Daddy made for him. All the kids seem to love to climb IN the boxes to play.
The Box was Fun Too!
Noah enjoyed the box his new car seat came in even more than climbing on his car seat!
New Car Seat
Noah's growth is NOT slowing down. He now weighs 36lbs. with his clothes on. In another 1 1/2 inches he will be too tall to use his current convertible car seat with the 5 point harness. Plus, he has officially outgrown the car seat that Grandma & Grandpa use for him. So, out we went to BabiesRUs to look at the only booster car seat found in actual stores that allow a child to remain in a 5 point harness until he/she is 80 pounds. The Britax Regent...only $269.99! But this is the Cadillac of Car Seats, if that makes it any better. There are 1 or 2 other car seats that allow the use of the 5 point harness to 80 lbs, but they must be ordered online. Not ideal if you are concerned the thing will even fit into your car.
So, why the 5 point harness over the car's seat belt system? Some would argue it really is not necessary. Although looking at crash tests it is obvious that the five point harness holds their body in much better support, and allows the distribution of the forces over more areas of their bodies. We only became aware about this last year when someone from church mom's group forwarded a link about it. Kristin cries every time she watches the tribute video clip YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azgBhZfcqaQ
or go right to the foundation website:
http://www.kyledavidmiller.org/
Noah thought that a new car seat was "great" and we can't get over how little he looks in it!
Checking out the snow!
Noah, Daddy, Cayenne, and Marta all decided to hang out together in the snowy backyard for a while. Noah got some new toasty boots(Kamiks)for some serious snow time. All was fine until he decided he wanted to take his gloves off to play in the sandbox!
Nick & Noah
Nick and Noah dressed alike one day. The only way to catch the 2 busy bodies was while they were watching TV!
Olives!
Noah LOVES Olives...or as he calls them...Olivers! Sometimes we can bribe him to eat the rest of his food with little slices of olives that he likes to put on his finger and then eat. He likes black and green ones equally!
Sunday, December 09, 2007
New Look
Well, I thought it was time for a new look to Noah's Blog after 28 months. Can you believe we've made over 400 postings since our "little" guy arrived? Looking back at the archives is a very sentimental journey for us. How one little boy can grow so much is beyond comprehension. Just this last week, no joking, he grew in height AT LEAST 1/2 inch if not more. And we wonder why he gets cranky sometimes. Not only are those 2nd year molars making a VERY slow appearance, but he grows and develops in leaps and bounds!
Noah is an extrovert to say the least. He seems to love anyone and everyone. It is a pleasure to watch him light up the faces of those around him. As my mom and I frequently say, he's a little Italian boy born into a Swedish/German family. He wears his emotions on his sleeve and loudly proclaims them. And has done so almost since day 1! Lucky for us, as much as life can be pretty unfair, there's is also much to get excited about! What joy he brings to us all!
Noah adores Papa and Nana Harrold...and Beember too (Berlin, their dog)! It is incredible for me to watch the bond develop and I thank God every day for this. I only wish Papa and Nana Tractor Scherger lived as close, as I know the bond would be just as strong. For now we have to settle for nice visits and fun memories. Soon we hope Noah will talk more on the phone. Right now he mainly likes to listen and breathe into the phone if you can nab him for a few minutes.
Noah jabbers up a storm. We always know where he is based on the play by play. Never a quiet moment. His vocabulary and sentence structure improves by the day. It's an amazing thing to observe. And he is so pleased with himself!
When we can tear Noah away from his John Deere tractors, Thomas trains, and various assortments of cars, trucks, and construction vehicles, his favorite places are school (his ECFE class), church, playgroups, Adventure Park, the Y, and any farm you can find. He loves to watch Clifford, Thomas, Curious George, and various other PBS shows. He has taken an interest in numbers and letters, and will pretend to name this and that. Some he actually does know and other's are random. It's fun to see the interest and progression though.
And let's not forget that he is 100% boy! Destruction, crashing, derailing trains, torturing the dogs, tackling, falling down on purpose are a part of daily life around here.
Stay tuned here as Steven continues the updates on Noah. And thanks to everyone for their interest in the light of our lives!
Kristin
Noah is an extrovert to say the least. He seems to love anyone and everyone. It is a pleasure to watch him light up the faces of those around him. As my mom and I frequently say, he's a little Italian boy born into a Swedish/German family. He wears his emotions on his sleeve and loudly proclaims them. And has done so almost since day 1! Lucky for us, as much as life can be pretty unfair, there's is also much to get excited about! What joy he brings to us all!
Noah adores Papa and Nana Harrold...and Beember too (Berlin, their dog)! It is incredible for me to watch the bond develop and I thank God every day for this. I only wish Papa and Nana Tractor Scherger lived as close, as I know the bond would be just as strong. For now we have to settle for nice visits and fun memories. Soon we hope Noah will talk more on the phone. Right now he mainly likes to listen and breathe into the phone if you can nab him for a few minutes.
Noah jabbers up a storm. We always know where he is based on the play by play. Never a quiet moment. His vocabulary and sentence structure improves by the day. It's an amazing thing to observe. And he is so pleased with himself!
When we can tear Noah away from his John Deere tractors, Thomas trains, and various assortments of cars, trucks, and construction vehicles, his favorite places are school (his ECFE class), church, playgroups, Adventure Park, the Y, and any farm you can find. He loves to watch Clifford, Thomas, Curious George, and various other PBS shows. He has taken an interest in numbers and letters, and will pretend to name this and that. Some he actually does know and other's are random. It's fun to see the interest and progression though.
And let's not forget that he is 100% boy! Destruction, crashing, derailing trains, torturing the dogs, tackling, falling down on purpose are a part of daily life around here.
Stay tuned here as Steven continues the updates on Noah. And thanks to everyone for their interest in the light of our lives!
Kristin
Friday, December 07, 2007
If you get them started early......
I am sure we are breaking child labor laws......but Noah really wanted to help.
Noah likes the new "snow bower" as he says.
He said that shoveling snow is "fun".
We Keep encouraging him and soon he will be doing it all by himself. ;-)
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Lutefisk 2007
This was Noah's 3rd Lutefisk dinner at Zion Lutheran church! Yes Noah ate the stuff this year, but with a little less enthusiasm then in the past.
Let's Go Get the Chrsitmas Tree!
Noah had a great time this year helping cut down the Christmas Tree.
We picked out a wonderful smelling frazier fir this year. Noah made sure we got just the right one.
Petting Zoo in the snow
At the tree farm, Noah got a chance to visit with some of his "friends": Horses and llamas and some sheep.
Noah even kissed a horse.
Breakfast with mommy
Noah loves to have breakfast at his table in the living room.
Of course mommies food always tastes better.
First Snow!
Well Noah is pumped. The first snow of the season is here. Noah is getting dressed an ready to enjoy it.
Haircut
Noah got his holiday hair cut, this time he got it cut from his favorite haircut person Faye. Too bad he was not in the best of moods to enjoy it.
But it is done and he looks "better"
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