Oh No! Not Again!

Noah had his 6 month check up on Monday. He is 17 pounds, 11 ounces and 27 1/4 inches long. (He's getting so big!) He's in the 60th percentile for weight and still in the 80th percentile for height. And, he takes after his daddy...very smart. He's at 7 months developmentally. He had to get shots...his favorite. Poor little guy got a bruise on his leg. It makes me so sad. The doctor said Noah could start using a training cup with some water in it. He mostly just plays with it. He'll drink it if I hold it for him. He'll figure it out!

Monday was also our anniversary... 7 years. Sort of hard to believe! Monday night, Greg grilled and we watched a very sad movie: P.S. I Love You. It was good, but very sad. Then on Tuesday night, some of our good friends from church came over to watch Noah and Greg and I went out to dinner. It was very fun, but it was a little strange not having Noah with us. We missed him!

So, once again... There was a poopy disaster. (Why is it you talk about poop so much after you have a baby?) Yesterday Noah and I were running errands. When we got home, I brought him in and set his seat in the kitchen. I left him in the seat while I pulled the groceries out the car. I was going to put him in his exersaucer to play while I put everything away. Wouldn't you know it, when I pulled him out of his seat, there was poop all up his back. (There's no place else for it to go when he's sitting.) I was trying so hard to get his clothes off of him without getting poop in his hair. Guess what... I didn't manage. He got poop in his hair. So, bath time! Meanwhile, my ice cream is in the kitchen melting. It's hard to believe something so cute can make such a big mess. (That wasn't even close to the biggest one!!!) It also happened again today, but not nearly as bad. It wasn't in his hair this time. My favorite is when I have to clean him up in the car on the slanted seat. Not only is he wiggling all around, but he also slides towards to back of the seat which he's now too long to lay on.

First Haircut

There was a very poor voter turn-out... (I hope everyone does better in November!) Greg claims it was because all of my friends are too nice to tell me that Noah really needed a haircut.

So, as you may have guessed by the title, we did cut Noah's hair. I sort of did it under protest. But he does look very cute. (As if we had any doubts about that!!)

We took him to a children's salon, The Hairy Elephant. Noah was not overly interested in sitting still. He wanted to play. His stylist (or beauty operator, as my grandma would say) was very used to wiggly little boys.

Here he is before...

Greg held him because we didn't think he would sit still on his own. (He didn't really sit that still for Greg, but it sounded like a good idea.)

He was very interested in what was going on...

"I've had enough!"

And here he is after. So cute!

Fun at Poppy & MiMi's

Greg had meetings in Columbia on Thursday and Friday. Noah and I packed up and went with him to visit Poppy and MiMi.

Noah had lots of fun playing with his cousin, Aiden. It was so cute... They were talking to each other. They've never really interacted much before. A few times they were practically laying on each other and neither knew the other was there. It was pretty funny. Aiden was drinking his bottle and Noah was kicking the bottle. Aiden didn't seem to notice.

(Noah needed a little help to stand at MiMi's glass table. I think they were trying to see how many hand prints they could leave.)

They even went bye-bye together. MiMi said she was going to sit in the back with them so they didn't poke each others eyes, but she really just wanted to sit with the two cutest boys!


Poppy and MiMi let little boys do things their mommies and daddies wouldn't let them do... Like wading.

Here are the boys (including Poppy) enjoying snack time. Poppy was Noah's high chair.

MiMi also taught Noah how to play the piano. He really enjoyed it.

6 Months...Already

I can't believe it, but Noah is now 6 months old! It's a little tricky to get a picture of him these days... He doesn't hold still unless he's sleeping. But, here is his 6 month picture in the red chair.

Noah still isn't into the solid food. I decided the bananas might be too sweet for him. So, I got him some organic rice cereal. He's not overly interested in the "solids." (It's so soupy I can barely keep it on the spoon.) I'm not forcing it, but I figure if I feed it to him every once in while, he'll be practiced up when he's more hungry.

He can almost sit up by himself. He'll sit for quite a while before he tips over, but we have to sit very close to catch him.

He loves to have he two little teeth brushed. He opens his mouth and lets me brush. (I think it must feel good to him.) You can kind of see his teeth in this picture. They're still pretty little.

He's about to need a hair cut. I'm not ready to cut it, but it is getting a little unruly... Most of the time though it's just so cute! I feel like he's still too little for a hair cut. Place you votes: hair cut or let it be.

Bananas!

Noah had his first big boy food on Saturday. Before we fed him anything, we put him in the highchair and let him play with the spoon. (He looks so little in the big highchair.)

We gave him mashed bananas. He's still not quite sure what to do with them. He sort of wallows them around in his mouth for a while and then spits some of them back out and swallows some. He was cracking us up when he was eating them. He makes some great faces when he's eating.

Two Teeth

Noah now has his two bottom teeth now. I'd put a picture up, but they're still so little you can't see them in a picture... (Plus he holds his tounge in just the right way to block the view.) He likes to have his teeth brushed. He opens his mouth and lets me do it. When I get the toothbrush out, he tries to grab it.

Hot Fun in the Summertime

Noah had his last swimming lesson. Greg was able to go and take some pictures. Noah does not love going under water, but doesn't cry or fuss either.

About a week ago we had some of our friends over for dinner. They have a little boy, Luke, who is 5. He loves Noah. He wanted to feed Noah. We looked over and Luke wasn't feeding Noah...Noah was feeding himself! I was surprised he was holding his own bottle since he so rarely has a bottle. Such a big boy!

One night last week, Noah was very tired and it wasn't quite bedtime. Usually, in that situation, we would take him for a walk to keep him entertained. But, it was way too hot for a walk. I took Noah's blow-up bathtub outside and let him play in the water. He also has this super fun duck that squirts water out of it's hat and quacks (Aiden sent it to him). He's "playing" with it in this picture. (Don't you just love his little arm on the side???)

Noah had a very special visitor last Sunday...his Great Auntie Karen. This was the first time she'd met Noah.