february fun...

the weather has been BEAUTIFUL lately and we have taken full advantage of getting outdoors. we tried the baby swings at the park for the first time and he loved, loved, loved it! it was so cute and just giggled out loud the whole time. and noah loves to sneak out the doggie door when we're not looking and play with the rocks on the patio.

this blog paid for in part by the following...

i came home from the gym tuesday night to find this...

loren decided to feed noah strawberries and raspberries for his dessert... or i should say noah fed himself! it was so cute, but i thought the favorite blue sweatshirt was a goner...

i think that noah was a little distressed himself but...

biz to the rescue!

the mean face....

noah's little personality is showing up more and more! he has always been very mild-mannered and easy going. lately, he is starting to realize when something is taken away that he wants or when things aren't going his way. i know that all kids reach this point at sometime, but his way of dealing with it is hilarious! when he gets mad, he scrunches his face and makes this mean sound. i have no idea where he got it from, but now he does it everyday and sometimes, even on command! "noah, do your mean face!" and there it is!

happy as can be...

noah, do your mean face...
it's a little blurry, but this one depicts it best!

another great one...

let him eat cake...

i can't believe it! noah had his first birthday on januray31st. time has flown by! we had a fun party for him on saturday and took the traditional messy cake pictures...which i am very thankful for! loren and i had been going back and forth about whether or not to have cake for him...we had a waffle bowl filled with sliced strawberries topped with whipped cream one hour before the party started. at the last minute, loren decided that he needed a cake! YEAH! we can be careful for the other 364 days of the year!