Noah's 1st Halloween

Noah's 1st Halloween wasn't exactly how I imagined but he's only 5 months old so I'm hoping he won't be scarred by the lack of festitivies.

Halloween and Baylor's Homecoming were the same weekend so we decided Noah would be a bear so he would have a cute and warm outfit to wear to bonfire on Friday night. I was thinking that surely it would be chilly on October 31st.

Noah wore his costume to school for the preschool's Fall Fest. They took all the kids trick or treating next door at the senior living center. He wore his costume around the house so I could take pictures but he didn't get to wear his costume to bonfire. We didn't even make it to bonfire because we got a late start leaving. I thought maybe he could wear to the parade the next morning but it was way too warm for his little costume.

Here he is at home. He was so excited to play with this orange jack o'lantern bag. I can only imagine how excited he would've been if he knew the stuff inside was candy.

He was such a cute bear though....

Until he got hot and had a total melt down...

I am really looking forward to next year's Halloween. Noah will be almost 17 months old so he'll be toddling around. Plus, our street goes ALL OUT for Halloween. Tons of yards were decorated...orange lights, inflatables and grave yards everywhere. One house built a huge haunted tent for kids to walk through and another had a Batman theme complete with Bat Cave to walk through to get to the door, a graveyard with headstones for every Batman villan and a huge Bat signal that projected into the night air. It was awesome and our street was crawling with kids Halloween night.

Have I mentioned....

Noah's totally in love with his exersaucer. Turning the wheels, trying to eat the sun, pressing the buttons and making music play the exersaucer is Noah's favorite thing right now. They have two at his preschool that are different from ours. I lifted him out of one the other day to take him home and he started fussing.

The real problem with the exersaucer though is that all the noises attract Monty's attention and the exersaucer puts Noah right on Monty's level. We've been worried about how Monty would react especially since he doesn't do well around small things. But the problems so far have been caused by Noah. Monty will get close and try to check things out and Noah will pull Monty's beard. This causes Monty to scream and run away....which then makes Noah cry.

Four Months....

So every month we try to take Noah's picture on the big chair. We include his monkey for growth reference and a little sign. We missed three months because we were in Iowa. We didn't miss 4 months.....but I'm slow in posting.

And for the first time Noah actually realized there was paper on the chair....and that paper is fun to play with. Of course, Mom had to take it away once it started to get eaten.

And in case you're interested in Noah's stats:

Length: 25 1/2 inches....75%

Weight: 15 lbs (he's now about 16 1/2 lbs)...50%

Head: 17 1/2....95%....yes, that's right 95%!!!

Sicky Sick....

So I haven't posted much this week because I've been sick. Congestion is whipping me. I'm coughing non stop. If you've had the priviledge of hanging out with me during the past few fall seasons, then you know the cough I'm talking about. It makes people look at me weird and I can tell they are thinking, "Does that girl have SARS? Whooping cough? TB?" This has been especially interesting since I'm surrounded by all new people at work who've never experienced the cough before.

Anyway, Noah is doing great. His dad has been raising him this week as I've pretty much slept away each evening. Here are some photos of our little man sporting his Grandma's Little Pumpkin bib....

He's also LOVING his feet lately and tries to put them in his mouth any chance he gets. He also stares at them in amazement as if he's never seen them before.

For My Gigi....

Gigi,
I thought about you all day today. Daddy says your surgery went well. I'm so happy. I hope your ankle gets better soon so you can chase me once I start walking. Mommy says she intends to post a lot in the next few weeks because you're resting at home and will need something to read. Get well soon.

Love you!
~Noah

EIGHT NEW POSTS!!!

8 new posts in one night!!

Whew!!!

Enjoy the pictures.
I promise I'll try to be better about posting in the next few weeks.

~Amy

Just some random cuteness....

Practicing thumb sucking....

Hanging out.

Post bath cuteness.