Happy Easter!

We had a nice, quiet Easter at home with my mom and grandma. We dyed Easter eggs the night before. Anna tried to help, but she just wanted to grab them all and crack them. Maybe next year she'll be better at it. On Easter morning Noah and Anna both woke at different times to find their Easter baskets. Anna's was mostly just for show. The only thing in hers she'll be eating are the Gerber Graduates mini fruits which she loves and was the first thing she grabbed. Then she started pulling individual pieces of grass out of her basket and throwing that all around the house. Noah got an Easter egg with a Lightning McQueen watch in it in his Easter basket along with his candy. I tried to get a cute Easter picture of the kids together but that proved to be harder than I expected. Now that Anna knows how to get around on her own she won't sit still for anything especially a picture. And of course whenever I'd get one of them sitting still and looking at the camera the other one wasn't looking, but I posted below a couple of the better looking pictures I managed to get. Sorry, no pictures of all of us. After all it took to get a picture of Noah and Anna together I never even thought of getting a picture of all of us, and I think they had both had enough of posing anyway. Before dinner when my mom and grandma were there to watch too we had a little Easter egg hunt around the house. I had to shew Tigger away to keep him from finding all the eggs for them, that crazy cat. Anna found a few eggs with my help and Noah did a good job finding the rest.

Noah and Daddy dyeing eggs

Now Anna's helping

Let me see

The finished product

Anna inspecting her basket

Noah checking out his basket

Noah ready for an Easter egg hunt

Anna looking pretty

The best I could do for a photo of the two of them

Noah always blinks during the picture so I end up with a sleepy looking little boy

Anna found an egg in her barn

Noah found an egg in Anna's ride on toy

Anna found another egg in her gumball machine

Noah found another egg in Anna's Learning Home

Anna showing Noah one of the eggs she found

She loved getting them all out of the baskets and throwing them around the room

I found four eggs

I found eight eggs

Happy Easter!

Update on the new room

Just thought I'd post some new pics of the work that's been done on the new room.

I just had to post this picture of Anna and Tigger looking out the window at our back porch.

And here's Anna watching the guys working.

House wrap on

Duct work and electrical work done

Our new door. No more sliding glass door. I hated that thing, but I love our new french doors especially since the blinds are built into the door. The door knob on it is just temporary until we pick one out.

Windows, door, and some of the trim work done

Fan up

Siding on

Happy Birthday Noah!

My baby boy turned 6 years old today. I cannot believe it. He's growing up so fast. He wanted a Ninja Turtle birthday party because they are his favorite now. I can already guess what he's going to want to be for Halloween this year. He got a bunch of Ninja turtle toys which he's loving and some movies, clothes, and a soccer goal that he can't wait to play with. Even going to school on his birthday was not that bad this year because he got to go on a field trip and have a fun day instead of doing school work all day. He really enjoyed his birthday and all of his presents and his birthday cake too. When someone asked him how his cake was he replied, "It's delightful!" (Where did he get that from?)

The birthday boy all ready for school

Noah's Ninja Turtle decorations for his birthday, they're his favorite

A new Ninja Turtle toy

I like the bows.

Another Ninja Turtle toy and Bee Movie beside him

101 Dalmatians

I like the ribbons too.

Noah's Ninja Turtle cake that I made him (I know, I'm not a very good cake decorator)

Blowing out the candles

I did it!

A Look Back at Noah

Six years ago today our baby boy was born. It was not the joyous occasion we had hoped for because he came 9 weeks early and gave us quite a scare and a very stressful first two months while he stayed in the hospital hooked up to monitors, and we were only able to visit him. He was born at 6:48 pm on Tuesday March 19, 2002 and weighed 3 lbs. and was 16 inches long. He was a little behind in doing things for a while like lifting his head, walking, talking, but you'd never know it now. He's a happy healthy little boy full of energy and always running and climbing and talking everyone's ear off. He's the sweetest little boy I know and always makes us laugh with the funny things he comes up with. I can't believe it's already been six years. Where did the time go and what happened to my teeny tiny baby boy? Just look how much he's grown...

Newborn Noah

6 month old Noah

1 year old Noah

2 year old Noah

3 year old Noah

4 year old Noah

5 year old Noah

6year old Noah

A Turtle-y Awesome Party!

Over the weekend we had Noah's birthday party at a pizza place. He had a great time with all of his friends. First they got to make their own pizzas and eat them. I think Noah liked his pizza alot better knowing he had made it himself. Then we had a Ninja Turtle birthday cake and opened presents. Then they got to play some fun games together in the arcade. He had five little friends at his party, and they all had a blast.

Waiting patiently for all of their ingredients to make their pizzas.

Noah sprinkling the cheese on his pizza.

Playing some skee ball while the pizzas were baking.

Enjoying the pizzas they made.

Noah's Ninja Turtle cake

The first piece for the birthday boy.

It's yummy!

Checking out the Ninja Turtle present he got.

Opening more presents.

Playing a fishing game with his buddy Miles.

Wearing his Leonardo Ninja Turtle mask.