6 months.

Here is Noah at 6 months and his first time having rice cereal. He loved it, but we couldn't feed him fast enough. He didn't like the breaks where we had to put more cereal on the spoon, so he got a little upset with us. He still like the boob the best, because there are no breaks. :).

That time of year again

Hard to believe that Christmas is almost here and that Noah is almost 6months old!!! We went to see Santa yesterday, and got up really early today and went to the Santa Clause Parade in San Jose. Noah wasn't to sure about Santa Clause, he just didn't hold me right he said. He didn't cry like many of the other babies before him and after him, but stared at the photographer like a deer in headlights. This weekend has been pretty cold at our place and it's actually colder inside that apartment than it is outside, especially since we have no heat. I am hoping they come tomorrow to fix our heater, right now it's about 10 C inside. brrrrrrr. We have our Christmas tree up now and a few decoration, as well I have started to make my Christmas truffles(hopefully Noah will give me enough time this week to finish all my Christmas baking,cooking and candy making).

Not long till we are home, still a little stress about the long day of traveling., but we will get through it. Noah gets his needles two days before we leave so hopefully he won't be to cranky, he's normally takes a week after needles to get back to his old self. I have to start searching for all our winter gear, looks like I won't have winter boots again since I went out to buy some cheap ones just for the time home but couldn't find any so I picked up a really nice dressy pair of boots...oops LOL. Hopefully on the way home once we land we won't get suck in a snow storm and three snow banks and end up soaked from the waist down, like the last winter that we were home for. Everything else is pretty much the same here with us, so we'll see everyone home in a few weeks.

Turkey Day

It was Thanksgiving on Thursday and a four day weekend. Tom and I decided to host a Thanksgiving dinner on Friday with some friends. I love cooking for people but I always tend to be stressed while cooking but once it's time to sit down and eat, it's so relaxing. It was a really good afternoon and evening with good food, great people and a little bit of wii playing. One thing I need to make sure is to buy a craving knife for the turkey because a bread knife just doesn't cut it when it come to a moist turkey(which I was worried would be dry). We pretty much had all the homemade fixings which was great. As well as my first attempt to make homemade pie crust and apple and pumpkin pie turned out well too, I must say so myself especially since I have never really liked pie, haha. I meant to take a picture of the evening but like always I forgot to get the camera out. Maybe next year, I can't wait till we do it again.

Best Team

Well we know that the Edmonton Oilers are the best hockey team there is. Not like those Toronto Maples Laughs. Noah wishes grampie would come around and join his side of the bench, because then he would be happy as him!!!

Back from Vegas

Well Noah proved to be a good traveler so that was great. We did have to climb from the front seat to the back a few times to talk to him and play a little during the drive but overall he did great. Now lets hope he is good at flying. If he is this Christmas, than I see a Europe trip happening in the spring time!!!!!

So onto our Vegas trip, well we had some good parts and some bad parts which sucked. I'll start off of with all our good moments of the trip. First of all it is always great to get away just the three of us and have no schedule to follow. Noah loved the lights and sounds in Vegas, his little head, arms, and legs were swinging everywhere. You would think he would never get sleepy but as soon as we were up in our room and put him down he was out like a light. It was nice walking though the shopping areas of the casinos and the best of all is walking on the street at looking at the lights. Noah got to meet one of his aunts which made me happy as well. My favorite thing was to watch the fountain show outside the Bellagio. So the down side of our trip was that Tom got the flu on the last day in Vegas so we ended up just staying in the hotel room trying to get him better for the drive home the next day. So it looks like one day we'll have to go back to the smoky City because we only got through half of the strip. There is still at least 4 casinos that I would like to see the inside, plus I would love to go see a show sometimes.

Tom did go down on the casino floor one night while Noah and I got ready for bed, but was back up before long (it's not just the gamblers that love Vegas), but he did come out ahead.

Here are a few of my favorite pictures of our trip.

Another Month Older

Five months today!!! Our little man is growing so much, exciting and sad at the same time. It's exciting because I love seeing all the new steps and skills that he is developing but it's also sad because I love my tiny little bundle that came home from the hospital with us and everyday he gets older the more independent he becomes, they grow up way too fast.

Noah is doing well, he is taking a yoga class with me(we've only been to one so far but we plan on going every Thursday to class). The class was small when we went but he loves to watch the other babies in the class...some are crawling, standing, sitting, others are not mobile at all. On his own he has started going into downward facing dog and it's funny to watch. He hasn't figure out yet to push up on his hands and knees/feet at the same time. So a lot of the time he lays his head on the floor and goes up on his toes, hopefully he learns soon or I for see some carpet burn on the poor boys cheeks. haha. We're pretty sure he is teething now, red gums, fussy and desperate to put something in his mouth to chew on, and well he's still drooling like crazy. Hopefully these few teeth that are bugging him will come in soon. Besides that he is our happy funny little man who is very eiger to move and get into trouble.

Not much new... excited to see my sister

Hello folks not to much to say where as I wrote just the other day. We are all good here in our little place. Not much new is happening. Noah is growing and changing by the second and we(which means I) am starting to get more sleep lately which is nice, hopefully I can catch up on some lack of sleep since January, as I am still pretty tired. But when does parenting not leave you tired haha. Hopefully after I just wrote that it won't jinks me and won't I will be up tonight with the little man. Next week are heading to Las Vegas to see my sister who is down for a conference, I am not really a Vegas person but I am excited to see her and for her to meet Noah. He'll be five months old when she see him. I am also happy to finally to go on a little trip again, I think our last one is well over a year ago, but a little nervous too because it will be Noah first big trip well not as big as christmas trip home will be but long enough. Well that's about it here are some pictures of the little man, who's not so little anymore.
Here one of the latest projects i am trying to work on when Noah lets me. If I get it done in time It will be Noah's Christmas Stocking.

Christmas day for Tom

Well since we are heading home for Christmas this year and we have enough stuff to bring home now that we have Noah, we've decided that if we were going to do presents this year that we wouldn't bring them with us (well we'll shop for stocking stuffer at home but that is pretty much probably going to be it.) Anyhow yesterday I watched Tom run around like a 5 year old on Christmas day!!! I must say it was the greatest thing to watch and made me feel really good that he was that excited about everything. This is what Tom got for Christmas this year. As for me I haven't gotten my gift yet but Tom is getting me a Camera lens for my new camera which I can't wait for!!!! I am hoping to have it before we come home in December, crossing my fingers. I must say his gift is a lot of fun. We were up till 1am playing the wii. Good thing the time went back an hour last night.

Earth quake news......Noah wants to trick or treat with you.

So before Noah begins his trick or treat with you. We have to tell you that last night when we were carving our jack-o-lanterns we have felt our first earth quake and I can say I don't ever want to feel that again. At first I thought Dad and Noah were running up and down the hall and coming towards me or that it was our neighbours kid running in their place(got to love the thin walls). I yelled to Tom to ask what they were doing b/c he was in the other room watching hockey. When he yelled to me earth quake, now I mind you this all happen in a span of 10mins. So we ran to the door and stood in the door frame and met our across the pathway neighbours who were standing in their front door. Anyhow to make this story shorter, it was a 5.6 at it origin was a bit aways away but enough to shake us up and one picture frame fell off the bookcase. All I can say if a bigger one comes or a lot more I am moving.



Anyhow here are our jack-o-lanterns. I helped Noah carve his the little boo pumpkin, Daddy made the dead jack-o-lantern with the tongue sticking out and mommy made the pirate jack-o-lantern. Now tonight we get to roast some pumpkin seeds... yummy.

Well here is Noah in his first Halloween outfit that daddy bought him.
Here is Noah off to see daddy at work, to go trick or treating. Lots of tricks were done...no treating!












Noah sitting by himself







































Noah outside with the family jack-0-lanterns!!! and the ghost that our friend Jake made us.

Songs with meaning to me.

These song aren't for everyone but i like them and felt like sharing them. They are by Mercy Me.

I Can Only Imagine


Homesick

Our family

Well it's a little late but we got these take back in September when Noah was 3 months and 6 days old , so I thought I would share them with you.

Cool dude on the block!!

Noah 4 month picture

It's a little sad face because shots day is always a sad day. But here is Noah when he turned 4months, last Tuesday.

Time is flying.. and than it's not?

Hard to believe that it's been over 3 yrs now for Tom and I. I have to shake my head and say only three years really? It feels so much longer, which it should because in February we'll have been together for 9 years and that total feels more right than the little 3 years that we have been married for. As well as for us marriage is really no different from what we had before, it's funny how some people find changes and with Tom and I nothing has change at all, which is totally what we expected anyhow.

So, Yup we are now 4 months old today. The time is flying. We got our needles today and they went so much better than last time around however we still cried but not as bad, I think giving the Tylenol 30mins before the appointment this time helped us out a lot. Dr today said he is a strong baby and seem to be doing well. He only gained 2lbs in the last two months and one inch so he's 13lbs 2.5oz and 25 inchs long. The doctor thinks he is going to have some height and be a lean one. I don't care as long as he just stay health and strong.

Well Noah is rolling a little but not a whole lot yet, thanks goodness at the moment. With me still sick he is a handful without the constant rolling. Noah likes to use his load voice now and sounds like a dinosaur when he wants to(normally all morning long), and is already flirting with the ladies with is eyes and smile. I am hoping to get a picture of him today and will posted it later for you all to see our little man.

mom's day condensed into 2 minutes

My sister emailed me this and it's so true and funny I just had to share it.

The sweetest sound to parent's ears

Well just like trying to get our little guy to talk on camera, laughing was even harder. Our little man has been giving laughs here and there but not too many in a row. However we finally got many giggles from him, while daddy was acting like a fool.

Not much to babble about

Not too much to say or tell. It looks like Fall and winter is starting here, last weekend it rained all day Saturday and our apartment is pretty cool/cold now, so much better than sweating inside. We got Noah's passport so he is able to fly now, not sure how well he's going to do with flying but I guess we'll find out soon. Life is still throwing us curve balls but oh well we should be use to it by now you think. We aren't sure how much longer we are going to be in the USA for. We got our visa extended for two more yrs and than after that who knows. We been having trouble getting our green cards, with Tom's work/gov't/lawyers which just makes things a whole lot of great fun :S. Well I should run and get some stuff down around the house, Noah has blessed me today with an afternoon nap(these don't happen very often).

Congratulations

I wanted to Congratulate two very important people in my life, on their engagement!!!!! I am so happy for you guy!!!!!

3 Months Old!!!!!

I know I said it before and will probably say it every time. I can't believe our little man is 3 months old today!!!! Exactly at 9:24pm PST he was born 3 months ago, just looking at him and remember that day, it was one of the best days in our lives... I would do it all over again. Well our little man is 12lbs 4oz I took off 2oz from what the scale said because we didn't take off his diaper at the baby store where we weighted him, I still have to measure him to day to see how long he is but I know he is growing because a lot of his clothes are getting to short for him, good thing he has a big thick cloth diaper on, or I don't think he would be happy with us.





Also we just wanted to wish Tom's little brother Danny and his wife Genevieve on their first Anniversary. Congratulation guys it just gets better and better each year together.


I didn't realize it was signed in as tom. I figure if anyone notice they would assume anyhow it was me.

Family day at the Zoo

Well here are a few of our pictures from the day at the zoo. Took a while to get them up but here they are.

Congratulations

Well I just wanted to Congratulate a few people here on great news!!!!

We got great new from Tom's younger brother Trevor and his wife Sarah with the great news of them expecting their Second child sometime in March!!!

Today I found out that a high school friend just gave birth to their first child. So happy for you Kristi and Matt on your baby Boy!!!!


Well today we got to the Zoo and we had a great time. I'll try and post some pictures once the little man goes to bed if I am not too tired. I can't wait to go back to the again especially when Noah is a little older since he slept through half of it.

Just another babble

Well September is really not one of my favorite months of the year. Last few years I dread it coming and I just can't wait till October comes. I am trying to change that but it hard, just like anything that you try to change, it takes time and practice. Well for months now since the little man started cooing, laughing I been trying to get him on video and every time that we bring out video cam he well clams up like a little clam and as soon as we turn it he becomes the little motor mouth that he is. So finally I got a short little clip of him talking before he realized the camera was on him.


Here is another one of him playing in his bumbo which he's been in since he was 2 month, even though it says for 3-6months, Oh well I guess we got an extra month out of it. Now we are wondering how to get an extra months out of his clothes since he already in a lot of 6month clothes :S I guess we are lossing months with the clothes.

Swimming Swimming in a Swimming Pool

Noah's first Swim in the pool and he did pretty good I must say.

Who looks like who?

What happens when these two kids get together????????????????????????????

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Here he is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My little cutie....Oh we love him

And growing soo strong!!!