Ben's 3rd Birthday Party

Ben had a circus-themed birthday party complete with backyard fair games, cotton candy, and popcorn. Jenny and Matt outdid themselves! Jeff and I ran two of the circus games while Carol (who was visiting that weekend) took Noah around to play.

Bath Time with Asa, Jan 2009

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.