I love to eat eat eat apples and strawberries

Noah is a fruit-loving little boy. He can't get enough of it and at this point is in to all varieties. However, his absolute favorite is the strawberry. He eats them like a maniac and a day (let alone an hour) does not go by without me being covered in red fingerprints.

Miami Beach

The day after Christmas we hit the road and went down to Ft. Lauderdale to see Aunt Connie. We had a great time soaking up the much-missed sun and spent our days at the beach. Noah loved the sand and spent a lot of time filling up his stacking cups and then pouring them into each other. He really liked the super clear water at Miami Beach especially since there was a sandbar about 10 ft out which put the water at just the right height for him.

Noah: Baby/Model

Noah was definitely working the crowd with his new modeling moves. Lookout Zoolander...

Christmas 2008

Christmas morning arrived with a mountain of presents that Noah kept trying to climb over as he picked out which ones he wanted to open.

Noah's first and second Christmas...what a year!

Noah's 1st Birthday-December 7th

We had a birthday brunch for Noah's big day and 4 of his friends came (Asa, Ben, Esther, and Taylor) along with all of our friends and his grandparents. We had muffins galore and Noah loved his pumpkin-cranberry muffin with cream cheese (and cauliflower!) frosting. The kids loved balloon time and everyone bopped and zoomed around with them. Noah really had fun opening presents and got a kick out of pulling the tissue paper out of the bags and ripping the wrapping paper. It was a great morning for everyone. After the party, we took Noah for a spin in his new bike seat.

Halloween 2008

The untold story of Yoda...in the first Star Wars, Yoda was in fact a Jedi child raised by Leia and Han. The general audience didn't go for that version, but the Kilpatrick household knows the truth.

We had a great Halloween. Noah went to daycare and we both worked and afterwards I took Noah to the park where we followed the geese around. Then when we returned home we passed out candy to the trick-or-treaters and got ready to go to a costume party at the house of a guy that I play hockey with. Noah had a great time at the party and lasted until about 9:30 at which point we put him to bed in their guest bedroom and rejoined the party. It was great and the family costume seemed to be a hit.

My yarn buns ended up working out after a lot of twisting and tucking. This is my Empire Strikes Back shot before I donned the white robish dress.

Yoda-Noah gets ready to hand out candy.

I just love this shot of Yoda on his tippy-toes.

During the day we dressed up as greasers since the costumes were way quicker and easier to put on. Noah got some laughs at daycare and we got a kick out of matching. Uhoh...does this mean we're going to be the "sweater" family.

The Pumpkin Patch! October, 2008

We hit the pumpkin patch with Erin, Jeff, and Asa and had a great time searching for the perfect pumpkins. Noah and Asa battled over a few, but the day ended peacefully with awesome pumpkins and random piggie races.