Ear Muffs

My mom and her sister have had this on-going joke with some very, very old ear muffs for years. My mom had these ear muffs in high school and my aunt borrowed them. When she returned them much later, she hid them somewhere where it would take my mom a while to find them. So, they've been hiding them and doing clever things with them ever since. Recently, my mom found them in her freezer in a bag which used to contain frozen broccoli. They were returned to my aunt in a package with this picture... Mind you it took 874 attempts to get this picture (see below for "play by play.") It was in fact a two man job.

This was how we were informing my aunt that Noah is going to be a big brother... Except, she didn't notice the shirt. We thought we were going to have to tell her. She finally noticed (after some hinting.)

The new baby is scheduled to make an appearance on or around March 4 (the day after Greg's birthday). We are very excited. When Greg asks Noah where the baby is he looks at me and then pats my leg. It's pretty cute.

(You can just barely see the ear muffs in the top left corner of the picture.)

MiMi also check Noah's teeth while we were visiting. Sort of anyway. As soon as I snapped this shot, he was done. But it's still cute.

Then we promptly went to MiMi's and Noah ate his first corn on the cob. Don't you just hate eating something like that just after you've been to the dentist and your teeth feel so clean?

A few days ago we were riding in the car and I told Noah we needed to clip his nails when we got home. His response: "Morrow, mommy." The boy doesn't miss anything...

Ear Ye! Ear Ye!

Well, Noah's fever was due to an ear infection. It's his first one. I'm not really sure how he got it, but the doctor said on a scale of one to ten, it was a two. He's been on antibiotics for three days now and I can tell he already feels better. He does not however like the medicine. I kind of have to hold him down and stick the syringe between his teeth and just squirt it in. He clamps his mouth shut.

Yesterday he got yet another hair cut. He was past due. I was trying to see if it would be curly again if we let it get a little longer. It was just getting a little unruly.

I guess he was feeling miserable yesterday. He kept having fits. At one point I just put him down and let him have his fit. He was screaming and rolling around on the floor and tightening all of his muscles. Eventually, he settled down. I just sat and watched him. I thought about videoing him, but I thought that was a little mean. After we got home from getting his hair cut, he was having a fit. Greg was out of town and wanted me to send him a picture. I thought I'll just take it and he can get the idea. So, I pulled out the camera and said smile. Here's what I got...remember, he was having a fit.

If you look closely at his eyes, you can tell he was crying.

He "had" a sucker while he was getting his hair cut. He wasn't wanting to sit still. I didn't really want him to have it, but I figured he wouldn't really eat it. I was right. Mostly he just played with it. I think he had about three licks. He ended up "having" three suckers because they kept getting hairy, if you can imagine. When he was all done, he rubbed his nose and then had a big wad of hair on the end of it (his fingers were sticky). I wish I would have had the camera. Although the hair probably wouldn't have shown up anyway.

Happy!

A lot has happened since the last post...believe it or not!

Greg and I went to Florida with ZOE (a youth ministry) for most of a week. Poor little Noah didn't get to go. We went to a youth camp. It was very fun, but I sure did miss Noah. Noah stayed with Grandma part of the week and MiMi part of the week. He got sick at MiMi's. MiMi followed him around with a pan. Poor guy...and MiMi. Oddly enough, I got what seemed to be the same thing on the way home. On the plane!!! Noah recovered a little more quickly than I did.

I also had a birthday. I was planning to ignore it this year and pretend it was just another day. But Greg made that a little hard for me to do. He took the day off work. I got to sleep in. I had Starbucks waiting for me when I got up and a lovely present. We went to the Zoo, had lunch at Cfx, went to the pool with the Hunters, went out to dinner, and then rented a movie after Noah went to bed. My favorite part of the day was when I got up, Noah came running down the hall saying "Happy!!" It was very cute!

The day after my birthday was Saturday. We didn't really do much of anything. Just stayed around the house and played and relaxed. After Noah's nap, we went to run some errands and pick up some Chick-fil-A. When I walked into my kitchen, there were people there!!! I screamed before they even yelled surprise. Can you believe Greg pulled off a surprise party AT OUR HOUSE??? My friend Shelly came over early to clean up and she said she didn't have to pick up anything. I was pretty proud of that! But, I did think we were going to Care Group and having a babysitter. I didn't want the house to be a mess for the sitter. Anyway, it was a very good birthday.

Noah is still talking up a storm. He'll repeat just about anything he hears. He says some pretty cute things. If he needs help, he says "helpy you." If he wants to be held, he says "hold you." He calls his bottom his bommom.

He's becoming quite independent. He always wants to walk. He doesn't want to be carried. Sometimes nice, sometimes not... He helps pick up his toys. That is very nice!

Eating a banana like a big boy

17 Month Red Chair Picture (he had the giggles)

Noah has had a little fever for the last two days. He doesn't see to have any other symptoms. I'm hoping it's just a tooth. But, he's been a little fussy. He's sitting on the couch "watching" a movie with daddy. (By watching, I mean he watches for 2 minutes and then has to get down and play.)

Playing at the park

Watching the ducks at the park

New toy (a drum full of instruments)