Time Flies...

...when you're dippin' your pancakes in apple sauce. MiMi taught him how. She thought he needed a little something on his pancakes since I wouldn't let him have syrup.

...when you won't sit still for your 15 month red chair picture (taken nearly a month ago). It's hard to get a boy to sit still for a picture these days. He's much too busy for that sort of thing.

...when you're hanging with your buddy. Noah and Luke after "eating" dinner. They were both a little too busy to eat.

Speaking of buddies... Last week we were at the Hunter's. I set Noah down in front of Canon. Canon was looking at the floor, so Noah bent down so he was in his line of sight and said, "HI!" It was very cute.

...when you're climbing on everything. Noah started climbing on things long before he started walking. Aren't they supposed to walk first?

...when you're making a big mess, say, with sidewalk chalk. You can't tell from the picture, but he was covered in chalk. I do mean COVERED.

...when you're eating like a big boy. Noah is a pro with a fork. We're still working on the spoon. He doesn't quite get the scooping process. He just dips it.

...when you're getting into everything. Greg put "child locks" on the drawers, but they're too long. Noah can still fit his arm in. (These are bona fide locks too... Who engineered these?)

Last week he was getting into something he wasn't supposed to be in. I got down to his level to correct him. He put his hand in my face, push me away, and said "All done." I did what any good mother would do. I laughed.

...when you're eating popsicles in your underpants. He did not want to hold it. It was too sticky or cold or something.

...when you're "helping" mommy make dinner. (That's code for pulling everything out of the cabinets and throwing it about the kitchen.)

...when you're driving a truck. Some sweet friends from church gave this to Noah. He loves it! And look how cute he is driving it.

...when you're playing with poop. Thankfully it's not really poop. It just looks like it.

...when you're doing your computer work. Noah is obsessed with the computer. We bought him his very own. He thinks he's big stuff.

...when you're learning to walk. Although he's been able to do it for quite some time, Noah is just now starting to really walk a lot. When we'd try to get him to walk from one to the other, he'd say "Nooooooo" and sit down. It was pretty fun actually. Why walk when you can crawl really fast?

...when you're waking up at the crack of dawn...literally. Noah has decided if it's light outside, it must be time to get up. Do you know what time the sun rises? Between 5:00 and 5:15! I'm working on some black out curtains for him. Until they're finished a blanket seems to do the trick!

...when you tattle on yourself. When Noah is doing something he's not supposed to be doing, he either says "no, no" or "naughny." He's like his own babysitter. Sort of.