Noah w/ his first horse

Noah spent a couple days last week w/ Grandma and Grandpa where he got his first horse. I think he was pretty happy w/ it and seemed to love riding it. I guess it will be quite a while before he is up and riding a real horse. Noah is starting to roll over on his own now, and it shouldn't be long to when he will start crawling. He can really sit up on his own well now, and he is also becoming very vocal. Although we can't understand what he is saying, he seems very happy to just muble away while he is smiling. We have both been very busy lately, but I believe it should slow down here in the next couple weeks and we can get back to normal. I have a lot of new pictures and video of Noah that I will try to get posted as soon as I get a chance to go through them.

We went out to eat last night w/ Papa, Nana, Granny, and Martha. Noah slept thru most of the dinner, but he finally woke up and joined us for the second half. Diane is going to have surgery soon and we met after her doctors appointment. I think Leah said this will be her first surgery of her life, and I think that is pretty impresive. I guess she has just never had time to get ill or hurt. I hope Noah is like her, and he will not need any surgery or hospital visits until we get much older if ever.

Wild Child

This is Noah sitting in his chair that he eats in, but he was playing w/ his toys this time. We are trying to get him to settle down while he eats his dinner and lunch. He usually is pretty good about breakfast, but the other two I think we can not get the food in his mouth quick enough. I asked my parents if I was like this when I was young, and Mom said I was always good during feeding. So my next thought was it must me from Leah's side of the family, but after asking her parents, all of their children did great w/ feeding time as well. So I guess this just means that our little guy is a man of his own, and we will have to write our own book on him. I put one of his bowls on his head like a hat in the picture. The funny thing about Noah is his favorite toys right now, which are balled up paper, bowls, and a empty paper towel roll.

Joe is having surgery again today, and I believe he is out now and doing great. Hopefully this will be his last one so he will be able to heal up in time for spring. Joe is pretty tough so I do not see him staying down to long and he will be back working on the Funny Farm before you know it.

Leah weighed Noah yesterday and he was a whopping 19.5 lbs. He started off small, but I am starting to wonder what this guy is going to top off at. I guess time will tell, and I guess I better go on and get that second job to help float the food bill. HaHa

The other picture is of Granddad holding Noah a couple weeks ago when we visited them. I also have some good new videos of Noah that I will work on putting on here very soon.

Growing up fast

Here is Noah sitting in his crib and playing w/ some of his toys. He does a really good job now of sitting up on his own, but when he does fall over we have to give him a little help to get back up. He is also really learning how to use his full lungs of air now when he needs something. I think he is figuring us out, and he knows exactly how to get what he wants when he wants. He still does not have any teeth out yet, but it could be any day now. Anything he can get his hands on goes straight to his mouth. When he does eat he is so funny because he will throw a fit because you are not feeding him fast enough. I think we need to get a funnel for him so that we can keep him satisfied. haha. I guess he is going to be just like his Daddy and never have a full stomach. We are having some cold weather here today and it really windy so I don't think we will be doing much outside anytime soon. I cut some wood yesterday so we could use it in the wood stove this week. Noah loves to watch the fire being built and burn when I make it. Im on vacation right now, and my main job is to try to get as much of the house ready to sale as I can. We just had our leaking skylights fixed the other day, and now the rest should be small stuff. We hope to have our house on the market before summer.

Noahs first OUCH!

Noah has his first ouch the other day. Leah was helping Noah stand which he normally does very well w/ a little assistance when with no warning he fell into his toy station. Leah said he fell so quick, but luckily he has a head like me and only got a small scratch above his eye. Iam sure this will not be the last one. The other picture is a good one of me and Noah to see how Noah already has more hair on his head than me.

Noah's Papa(Leahs Dad) had back surgery this week and it seems to have went well. I was over the Funny Farm yesterday and he is getting around great for someone who just had back surgery. Joe is pretty tough and he seems to take pain in stride so I guess we shouldn't have excpected anything less. He is already missing his tractor and being able to work on the farm since he is grounded for around 2 weeks from the surgery. Hopefully recooperating from this surgery Joe will back to his normal self and roughing it on the Funny Farm.