Bubbles!

P.S. Whenever I look at videos of Noah, he hears himself on the video and stares at me with the most serious hurt face that pretty much says "how dare you cheat on me with some other baby!"

Please don't eat that

I used to worry that our big black cat Bear would eat little Noah if he got the chance (like here when Noah was 1 month)

But now my fear is quite the opposite. Every time I turn around, Noah has Bear's paw or tail or head clenched in his fist by the fur as he struggles to shove it into his mouth.
Yuck.

Noah's newest silly face...

Yum yum!

Food Time!

Crawling...backwards

Noah's been moving around quite a bit lately, only backwards though. He does a big push up and gets on his hands and knees, but when he pushes with his arms, he scoots himself back. He can travel backwards across our living room in a matter of minutes, but he always ends up frustrated because he was trying to go forward. Poor little guy...try as he might, his toys keep getting farther and farther away. Hopefully he'll be able to get out of reverse and put it in forward one of these days! :)

ROAR!!

Noah has been "growling" since we got back from Christmas...we suspect cousin Will helped teach him this one :)

Jump Jump Jumperoo!

Santa brought Noah a Jumperoo for Christmas, and he's been jumping like crazy ever since:

Oh Cuddling

There's nothing sweeter or more cozy than snuggling a warm baby in your arms.

In Noah's case, he's the wiggliest baby I've ever met.

Since he was born he'd rather lift his head and check out the world than rest it on your shoulder.

He prefers being held upright so he can see everything to being cradled like a baby.

Dangling legs?...not around here. If they're not busy kicking, they're bouncing or planted on the nearest surface so he can stand himself up.

Even when he's nursing, he's usually moving his little arms and kicking his little legs.



All this wiggling is cute as can be, but it also makes me really appreciate the moments when he does cuddle up and melt into me.

Moments like this...when he's asleep.

BYU Football Game

Some friends of ours from Stockton were in town for General Conference weekend and invited us to go to the BYU game with them on Friday night. We met up with the Harvey's and Doug and Tai Phipps for pizza and then walked to the game. Christian (the biggest football fan EVER!) was so excited, especially since this would be Noah's first football game! Only 2-and-a-half-months-old and already been to his first game...not bad!

I was paranoid about Noah being too cold, so I brought along most of his wardrobe just in case. I ended up dressing him in:

A onesie (or is it onesy?)
Footy pajamas over the onesie
Socks over the footies
A nightgown with mittens over the PJ's
A hat
And a fleece hoody sweatshirt to top it off
Then, when it got a little colder, I wrapped him in not one, but two fuzzy blankets. Noah was definitely NOT cold, but I think people could tell that we weren't from around here. Coming from California I'm just not used to seeing high's in the 40's on the second day of October!

But at least the extra warmth helped him sleep good! He fell asleep sometime toward the end of the 1st quarter and was out for the rest of the game!
We had a blast, and the Cougars won! (Sorry Nikki and Sheldon...your Aggies got smoked :(

Uncle Shaun's visit

Christian's best buddy Shaun came to visit for a couple days on his way from New Jersey to California. Christian was totally stoked, and we all had a great time! On Monday we hung out in downtown Salt Lake and ate at Tucano's (Christian's favorite!), and yesterday we went to Gardner Village. It was all decked out for Halloween and so much fun!

Noah was all smiley on the car ride to Gardner Village (which is SO unlike him...he normally HATES the car)! It only lasted 20 minutes before he was back to his usual screaming self, but it was a nice treat nonetheless!There were life-sized witches everywhere, like this one flying a bicycle in the background:

Shaun got Christian this sweet 'stache at the candy store...hope it doesn't give him any ideas about growing a real one!

Good Morning!

Monday morning 8am

Who needs an alarm clock when you've got one of these?
Noah wakes up every morning at 6am. Since I am NOT a morning person, I feed him and snuggle him back to sleep until he wakes up some time around 8am looking like this.

Belly Button?

Whoever decided to call the navel a "belly BUTTON" must have had an outie. Mine's an innie and trust me, it's no button at all. If anything, it's more of a belly hole, so I've always considered the term "belly button" to be quite a misnomer (at least for the innies among us). But I suppose "belly hole" doesn't have quite the same ring to it as belly button does (it sounds kind of gross actually). So I guess belly button will have to do.

But I will say this, it makes a lot more sense when you're referring to something as cute as this:

A Boy and his Cat

Our cat Bear loves Noah.
I discovered this one night when I woke up to find Bear spooning Noah in bed. They were both sleeping peacefully, but it scared me because Bear is not so good at cuddling with his claws in. So, unfortunately I had to banish Bear from the bedroom, but he still hangs out with Noah whenever he gets a chance.

Wherever Noah is, Bear is sure to be nearby: