Noah playing in the yard

It was so nice yesterday that Leah and Noah played in the yard for a little while. I was cutting the grass while they took in some sunshine. Noah had a good time, and he thought it was so funny when Ginger would take off after a stick in the leaves. Here is a link to Noah laughing at Ginger playing in the leaves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4FNyXxaBUY

Dr Franks

Noah might become a doctor just like his Nana or Mom when he gets older. I guess he will be surrounded by medical people the whole time he is growing up so I wouldn't doubt him taking an interest in the field. We will probably need all the first-aid training we can get once he gets up and running.
We went out last night and celebrated Leah's birthday and had a good time. I met some of the girls from the office and we walked over to Ruby Tuesdays and had a nice dinner. Feel like the weather is finally breaking and we are starting to warm up. I hope it stays warm so we can take Mr Noah for some outdoor walks I am sure he would enjoy.

Noah and Ginger

Here is Noah hanging out w/ Ginger on our bed. I think Noah and Ginger are going to be very close friends once Noah gets a little older. Noah can be crying, screaming mad and when he sees Ginger walk in the room he almost always gets a smile on his face. Ginger is still very protective of him and I hope she will stay that way as he grows. Sometimes Ginger doesn't even approve of the way I play w/ Noah. She will get a little bit excited when I am playing w/ Noah and she will try to get my attention. I can only imagine the adventures these two will go on in the woods when Noah gets older.

Papa told me he weighed Noah yesterday and he is still around 20lbs. I guess he has kind of stalled a bit in his growth. I have noticed he doesn't seem to eat as much for lunch and dinner now, but I am sure that will change again soon.

Today is Leahs birthday and I think we are going out tonight after she gets off work to celebrate. She will turn the very young old age of 30 today. I guess I can not give her to hard of time about getting old since no matter what I will always be older than her. Grandmama said she wishes she could slow down her age, so she could watch Noah grow up. Time does fly and before you know it your working full time, married, and have a family to take care of. I guess it is all part of life, and hopefully we will all be around for a long time so we can see Noah grow, and maybe even have a couple brothers or sisters to play with.

Noah playing Mozart

This piano is one of Noah's favorite toys at the Funny Farm. He loves to sit in his lion chair and act like Papa by playing his mini-grand. He still likes to taste it just to make sure he is not suppose to eat his piano instead of play it sometimes. Papa said Noah is starting to like to bang the keys around on the real piano now as well. I guess when he gets a little older we will have to get him some real piano lessons.

I guess I almost spoke to soon on how well Noah has been going through his teething time. It seems like ever since I put that last post up he has not been a very happy camper in the late afternoon. He gets himself all worked up and the only thing we can think of is his teeth are bothering him. I had to buy another car seat for my truck since the one I was using only went up to 20lbs. I took on the job of installing it yesterday, and let me tell you it kicked my butt. I did a lot better than the first one I put in, but it seems like no matter how tight you get it, it just never really fits well. I think that some of the problem is my truck seat is small, but I still don't know why they make them so impossible to get in. Joe and I were talking yesterday about how new cars should just have them installed in them so you can just unfold them when needed.

I go back to the heart doctor today so they can run one more test just to make sure everything is working as it should. I feel great, and actually I think most of my palpitations are gone or actually I think I am just so use to them that I dont even notice them. Hopefully after this test I want have anything to worry about and I will back to normal.haha

First tooth

Noah has two teeth now on the bottom and it seems like they came in without to much trouble. I have heard terrible stories about babies teething, and I have to admit so far it hasn't been that bad. Here are some pics of Noah hanging out at the Funny Farm w/ Papa and Nana. He loves to hang out w/ them and I believe they like having him around as well. haha. It want be long before he is running around the farm building forts and taking us on wild adventures all over the land. I think we will all love living close by because of all the fun we will have and their will always be someone around to keep an eye on the little man as we know he will be into everything. I hope to have our house ready to go on the market soon so he can all adjust to living on the farm.
Nana's surgery went great, and as expected she was ready to go as soon as she woke up. She was ready to go back to work that day if they would have let her, but I think a couple days off was good for her. We could all tell even in the hospital she was anxious to get back to work as soon as she could. She is a pretty amazing lady considering how busy she stays and how she is able to keep up w/out slowing down. I know at my job I have one long night it takes me a couple days to catch up so I wish I had half the energy she does.
I really like the new station I am working out of, but it is a night and day difference compared to the one I was at. We stay busy running calls, and usually we are up and down all night. The types of calls we run keep you on your toes, and we really get to see some of the wild and crazy people of Roanoke. I plan on taking my camera to the station and get some pictures soon and once I do I will put them on here and show you some of the crazies I work with. We have a great crew and we all get along great which helps get through those long nights having fun and picking on each other constantly.

Laughing Noah

I was hanging out w/ Noah today and after I sneezed he started laughing at me. So I grabbed the camera and started filming him as I did some more sneezing. He was having a really good time laughing at me. He is really starting to laugh a lot more, and just seems to be very curious about everything he sees. I have heard a thousand times that do not put anything near a baby because they will put it in their mouth. I have found this to be so true, because if you turn away for just a second he will find something that you did not know was near him and try to eat it. I have been pretty lucky so far and as far as I know he has not digested anything he wasn't suppose to. I have still been trying to put the videos on the site, but unfortunately I am still unable to load them directly on the site. I guess until Noah gets old enough to help me w/ the computer I will have to keep putting just the links to them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIXrx4m2iyo

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.

Pictures from Grandmamas

Noah spent the other day in Christiansburg and Grandmama can never get enough pictures. These are a couple she sent me today. As you can see sometimes Noah likes to wear his food instead of eating it. He is really doing well w/ eating, but sometimes he just is not in the mood to be fed, and all he wants is his bottle.

We are all just hanging out together at the house today just watching the sleet come down. So far it doesn't appear to be that bad outside, but I think we are still under a winter ice advisory. I guess we will just stay inside and stay warm by the fire till it is nice again outside.

Having fun

Here is Noah hanging out at Grandma and Grandpa's house a couple weeks ago. We took Noah for his six months doctors appoinment today, and everything went great. He is just over 18lbs and I think she said he was 27 inches long. After a slow start when he was born he is now on the top end of his growth charts and doesn't show any signs of slowing down.

New video and rare picture of Dad and Noah together

This picture was taken last week in Cburg at Mom and Dads. We went up so I could play basketball w/ some friends and Noah would get to visit his Grandparents. Noah is really starting to get his own personality which is changing every day. He is a really good baby whether it is eating, sleeping, or just having fun playing w/ his toys.

I am putting two links to two new videos Leah got of Noah lately. One is Noah being fed by Papa and making a mess and the other is Noah laughing and playing w/ Leah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrI_2UsNF7s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhVN-NF0LEc

Mini Hokie Fan

This is our little Hokie that watches all the games when he is home w/ Daddy. We watched the Hokies beat Duke today in basketball and loved every minute of it. We also watched the football team play last week and lose a game that they should have won. Noah doesn't seem to mind if they win or lose, but he does enjoy watching the game most of the time. We have a good time when we watch the games and I can not wait till he gets older and we can go outside and play the sports ourselves.

Cool Noah

Here is Mr Noah just being cool hanging out in his new flight jacket. He looks like he is ready to hop in a powered parachute and take off. He thinks he is something w/ his new jacket and I have to admit he does look pretty cool w/ it on. In the other picture Leah snapped it as he was sleeping in front on the tv. He loves to tuck his arms up under his head while he sleeps.

Everyone is doing great here, and we are probably not even going to stay up to bring the New Year in, but you never know. I have to work tomorrow, but Leah has the day off w/ the office being closed.

I guess another year is almost in the books, and this has been one busy year for us. I hope next year will be as good as this one was, and I know it is only going to get crazier as the little man gets older. Hopefully he will start talking and walking soon, and than I know we will have our hands full.

Again, I just want to thank everyone for a great year, and we hope everyone has a great and safe New Years.

XMAS at Nana and Papas

We had christmas the other day at the Funny Farm and I guess Noah's letter must have made it to Santa, because he was flooded w/ toys and clothes. We opened presents and Noah got to play w/ his new toys which I think he will start enjoying more and more as he gets older. You can see him in his little playstation in the picture and I believe he already loves this thing. He doesn't exactly know what to do when you put him in there, but he is learning quickly. We all had a great time, and after all the presents were opened it was time to eat dinner, and just like always I ate way too much, and did not leave any room for dessert. Nana and Papa always do a great job when they cook, and it is so hard to not eat more than you need when you are there. Noah's first Christmas was a lot of fun even though he really didn't know what we were doing we took a lot pictures to show him when he gets a little older. Sorry about not getting any Xmas cards out this year, but we have been crazy busy, and I think Leah is still talking about getting some out, so don't be surprised if you get a card late.
Hope everyone out there had a great Christmas and hope everyone has a safe New Years.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS from the entire Franks Family(Jerry,Leah,Noah, Ginger, and Sophie).

Early Xmas Dinner w/ family

We all went to Christiansburg last weekend and ate lunch w/ both families for an early Xmas dinner. Like always I ate too much and was miserable, but I just couldn't stop since it was so good. We had a good time and everyone went back to Grandma and Grandpa's house to enjoy some dessert which I had no room for. I know it was a little early, but w/ my schedule and Nana's schedule it is sometimes hard to get everyone together at Xmas. Noah was passed around quite a bit and was spoiled by everyone like usual.

One day when Grandma had him for the day they took Noah to visit Santa to see if he was good enough this year that Santa would come to see him. I believe Noah was so good for Santa that he did not even wake up for him no matter what they tried. I guess he has this Santa thing already figured out and knew if he slept thru the visit than he would not have to lie about being good this year.haha. We all know he is an angel and he will probably get at least one toy besides the heat pump this year, although that heat pump I thought was a pretty good present. Leah and I are going to try to get him to see Santa ourselves one day hopefully before Xmas, and maybe this time he will be awake to visit.

Seems like yesterday

Well, it hasn't been that long ago, but to me it seems like years since Noah was born. I was checking out some of the older pictures of Noah when he was born and could not believe how much he has changed. I thought I would put a couple shots from Leah being pregnant to after he was born to how he looks today. Time has really flown by and I guess before you know it he will be in high school.

Fun stuff

Here is Noah and Nana playing w/ one of the Xmas trains at the Funny Farm. He loves to watch the train go around w/ all its lights and sounds. We all sat around and watched him just be in amazement as the train circled him. Papa let him play w/ the this cup and in the pictures it looks just like he is trying to take a drink from it.

We are going to try to get my family and Leah's family together for a Xmas Dinner tomorrow. We are planning to all meet at my parents house and than probably go out for a late lunch. I will be sure to take some pictures of Noah w/ the entire family.

Leah's office is also having their get together today, but it looks like I will be working and not able to make it. I hope they take a lot of pictures so I will be able to post some of Noah hanging out w/ all his friends. They always have a good time, and I know they will be eating a some great food. I know that is one thing that I will be sad to miss is all food and great desserts.

Noah having fun

This was taken by Papa while Noah and him were hanging out at the Funny Farm. He is really starting to lift and hold his head good now. He is starting to really pay attention to what is going on around him. He will follow you w/ his eyes all around the room. He likes to know where every sound is coming from and trying to figure out what it is. We are all doing great now that the heat pump is installed and up and running. Noah is still hoping that Santa will visit him this year, but we will have to wait and see if has been good enough.