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Noah at 4 months

Noah & Christopher last month

I can't believe this was Noah just one month ago. At 3 months he was still working on holding his head up all the way and didn't do much but lay there. He could smile and was mostly drawn to Christopher and would pay the most attention to him. Now at 4 months he's really into Daddy, he's laughing, can control his head and likes to chew on his fingers, which he's pretty good at getting into his mouth now.

Noah Laughing

Noah is just over 4 months old and he started laughing a couple weeks ago. He laughs the most for Daddy and it's the sweetest little laugh! He's also gotten really good at holding his head up and can turn his body when he's lying on the ground. No rolling over yet, but I think he's pretty close!

Noah's reaction to Christopher

Here's a little video of how Noah reacts to Christopher when he (Christopher) gets upset. I first discovered it when Christopher started throwing a tantrum about bedtime about a month ago. Noah her him crying and got upset, but stopped the second Christopher stopped yelling. At first I thought it was just a coincidence, but then it happened again... and again. It doesn't happen every time Christopher gets mad or sad, but it happens often enough! I can't believe how good of a faker he is- especially with that little puckered lip!

Christopher and Noah

I just can't get over how much I adore these two boys! Noah is such an easy, happy baby. He's only really fussy if he's hungry or tired. When he's tired I wrap him up in a swaddling blanket, turn on his white noise machine and stick him in his bed and he's usually asleep within 5 minutes. I can't believe he's already 3 months old, the time has flown by like nothing. Lately he's been making noises that sound like "hiii," smiling a lot and working on a new trick he learned yesterday, blowing raspberries!

What I still can't wrap my head around is the fact that Christopher is going to be turning 5 in a few short months. EEK!!! I can't believe this little guy has been around that long. He can be stubborn at times (he'd wear even the best of them down) and possessive about things (although he does like to share with Noah) and has a reason/explanation for everything ("No Mommy, I have to bring this entire bag full of stuff on our 5 minute car ride to protect you from the bad pirates. Yes, even that crumpled up paper and all 10 of those books") but he's got the biggest imagination I've ever seen. And lately he's been doing a lot of drawing and calling himself an artist. I can't wait to see how he blossoms once he starts up with preschool again next month!

Noah at 3 Months

Here's Noah doing a little chattering.

Happy New Year!

I don't usually make New Years Resolutions, but I'm really really going to try to update this blog this year. Especially with pictures and updates of these two...

Monterey, CA

We took a trip to Monterey for Christopher's 4th Birthday and spent almost the whole day at the aquarium. I think were were there until it closed! Christopher LOVED the aquarium and loved looking at all the different fish and especially loved the touch pool (which he was too scared to do the last time we went a couple years ago). We spent his birthday on the beach in Monterey where Christopher and Gregory fished and played in the sand. We headed back home with a stop at the Cheesecake Factory for dinner. Christopher got embarrassed when all the waiters & waitresses came out to sing "Happy Birthday" to him and he hid under his napkin- it was so cute!

The Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Birthday breakfast in Monterey.

Fishing on the beach.

Gregory fishing and Christopher looking for crabs in the sand.

Ahhhh! Don't bury me in the sand pit!


Christopher's birthday cheesecake- plain cheesecake with strawberries!

"Happy Birthday" cheesecake.

Easter Eggs.

Christopher had so much fun dying Easter eggs this year and I was so glad that I was here to do it with him (I was out out town last year). He really enjoyed doing the different colors and pulling the eggs out to see how dark or light the color was. He also had a lot of fun putting his Easter basket out and leaving some carrots and pastries for the Easter Bunny :) Easter pictures to follow soon...

Mather Air Force Base

One weekend last month we wanted to go somewhere different, so we met a few friends out at Mather Air Force Base to try and fly kites and try out the neat playground. The coolest thing was that as we were leaving we saw some jets taking off so we went to see what was going on and we discovered that they were only doing practice runs or something, because they kept taking off and coming back down. It was a pretty cool thing for Christopher to get to see!

Christopher

Here's a little update of Christopher being, well... Christopher.

Christopher's Preschool.

Christopher finished the end of his semester of preschool in January, but I just wanted to share a few pictures of all the fun.

Playing Red Light, Green Light.


A reindeer sandwich he made for snack. He said the orange is the reindeer's "mustache."

Here he is making the sandwich.

Enjoying his thoughtful snack.

Sharing his favorite stuffed animal at share time.



A special box he got from Santa when he visited preschool

February in a nutshell.

Christopher insisted on helping with the candles.


This is his "enjoying the cake" face.


Bath time fun.


Visit to the San Francisco Zoo- one of Christopher's favorite places!


Valentine's Day cookies.


The beautiful Valentine's flowers from my wonderful husband!


Christopher helping with the cake "clean up."


Not his birthday, but can you guess who blew out the candle?


Gregory's cousin Kellie, me and Gregory at a concert in Folsom :) So fun hanging out with Kellie!

My Perfect Morning.