More 8 month Pictures of Noah!

Here they are!!! I just love all these pictures! If you want to see more just click this "link"!














Corey has done such an amazing job capturing ALL of Noah's facial expressions that he had to share within just 1 hour of pictures....LOL!






Corey even captured a picture of Big Sister Haley :-) Yes, those are her PJ's....she came straight from bed to the photo shoot...haha! Yes, that's a sucker at 8:30am that Haley snuck out of Corey's goody bag!





If you or anyone you know want or need some pictures taken I highly recommend Corey's Photography!

Sneak peak at Noah's 8 month pictures!!!

I'm so excited about Noah's 8 month pictures that I just couldn't wait to post all of them but here's a sneak peak!!! Thanks again to Corey for taking such great pictures of our little guy!

Noah turns 8 months old, Family time and Lake days!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE these two!!! Everyday I am just amazed how much God has blessed us! Why did he pick us to be the parents of these two amazing kids??? Not exactly sure but we are so thankful that he did!! Noah turns 8 months old today! He is such a Wonderful Happy Boy! He will spend his last day in the "baby room" at daycare and will be moved to the next room starting Monday :-( This is very difficult for me to accept. I know it's just another room BUT this room is where he will learn how to crawl, eat all solid foods, drink only real milk and walk!!! He will only be in this room till he turns 1 so it's only for 4 months and he will be doing all of these new things just within those 4 months! I'm just not ready for my baby boy to become a toddler yet. I know Noah is more than ready for this transition and will do absolutely wonderful so that is helping BUT still very difficult for me. I also LOVE his current teachers! They are wonderful and I wish they could stay with him till he went to college!

Jason, Jen, Reganne, Riley, Gary, Mandy, Macy, Makayla and Melissa and Whit all came into town last weekend! It was so much fun watching all the kids play together and catching up with all my Brother and Sisters! The kids all had such a wonderful time and even though Noah was the only boy he was clearly not left out...LOL. Look at all that attention he is getting from all the girls! Emmy Cate (Macy and Makayla's other cousin) even got to come play one evening! She fit right in with all the girls and they all enjoyed dinner and Popsicles at the "kids table"!

Ah......lake days!! With everyone in town we definitely had our fair share of lake and pool days! What a great way to spend the weekend! Look at that smile on Haley's face...you can only guess who she's swimming with that would make her smile that big.....MIMI!!!

This Boy seriously loves everything! Don't worry we put his life jacket on him right after this picture....we were still at the docks at this point. He was fast asleep once we got the boat moving, who doesn't enjoy a nice nap on the boat? Noah also enjoyed his first swim to an island with Clayton! He was so tired that when they were swimming back to the boat Noah was literally sleeping while Clayton swam him back to the boat....memories!

Videos of Haley and Noah's BAND!! Gotta watch....

These videos absolutely crack me up!!! She wants to hold his hand while she sings and then tells him to “press” the button. She had told him before hand that he was to play the music while she sang....HAHA. Apparently Noah was slacking on the job! I was dying laughing the whole time I was videoing this which is why the video shakes…sorry! When Noah falls back at the end and she looks back at him like get back up here and do your part is just so funny to me. He doesn’t seem to want to hold her hand but she isn’t taking no as an option. This is her band and he is going to play in it and like it! Here's the first video when they were practicing .













Video of Noah just being Noah! Look at those adorable teeth! And yes he is clearly teething and literally will chew on anything and everything! Noah also got his first rotisserie chicken for dinner last night!! The boy was in heaven!

Haley kept asking me if she was going to swim lessons when I would pick her up from school the past week so we went ahead and signed her up for some more classes with one of the swim team coaches in our neighborhood! Here are a few video's from Haley's 1st swim lesson with Coach Brooke! I mentioned to Brooke that she was doing a great job swimming but could only swim for as long as she could hold her breath so they worked on coming up to take a breath while continuing to swim! Hope she's not afraid of the deep end, this is 9ft here. She'll be ready for the swim team in no time :-) Seriously....her 2nd lesson she was already learning to dive into the pool. She doesn't have lessons again till wk of 7/18 but I'll try to get some more video's for all of you!

So much fun.....4th of July Weekend!

4th of July weekend was very busy but it was soooo much fun!! Here's a collage of pictures and even a few videos from all the activities!! This video cracks me up....Haley just busted out dancing when we walked into a store. I tried to catch a re-cap of it but there's nothing quite like the first time she did it!

Papa teaching Noah how to crawl! I just love this picture....look at that Big smile on Noah's face!!! Precious! He sure loves his Papa!





Playing with friends! Brandon kept putting Haley's blanket on her head :-)






Now who doesn't LOVE a "squeeze it"?!?! Nothing but sugar in that drink but when i saw these in the store I knew they would be perfect for our fire works adventure!




We had the perfect location to watch the fireworks this year and it was near the fire station so while we were waiting for the show to start the Dad's took the kids to go see the fire trucks!!




Haley's just hanging around....waiting for the fireworks to start!

We ate dinner, had lots of candy and watched Fireworks! I was a little worried about how Noah would do with the fireworks but he actually LOVED them and was giggling a good portion of the time. The rest of the time he was just mesmerized by them. Thanks to Kera for the glow in the dark sticks.....they were a HUGE hit with the kids!!!

Merry Go Round rides with Daddy at the Mall and a few other rides while we were there too!

4th of July always comes with good food! Noah enjoyed his first steak and potato dinner as well as some corn on the cob...LOL. His little jaws were just going to town trying to get a piece of the corn off the cob. He was not successful but he sure loved the juice from it. He especially enjoyed his filet mignon!! He was gumming that like crazy with only his two bottom teeth!

What a wonderful family weekend we had! Here are a few other pictures from the weekend but mostly pictures from our morning at the house!!!

A few video's from the pool this weekend:

Our trip to the pool......(Video)

She's clearly afraid of the water....haha.

Haley's BIG GIRL BIKE!!!!

First we have to say THANK YOU to Sally, Laney, Sharon and Landon for giving Haley her very first Big Girl Bike!!! She ABSOLUTELY LOVES this bike...she keeps giving it a hug and a kiss and saying "I love you Bikie!!" It's sooo cute to see how excited she gets when we tell her she can go ride her bike. Who wouldn't have wanted this VERY GIRLY bike when they were a child?!?! We even made it out early this morning before Papa picked Haley up for her weekly Friday Breakfast & Ice Cream (see picture below) for a few laps around the circle! Haley was very proud to show Papa how she could ride her new bike all by herself. She is actually VERY good!! She jumped right on the bike like there was nothing to it and like she'd done it a 100 times already. As you can see from the book bag on the front...she didn't ride alone....LOL! Baby doll always has to go with her and since Haley is such a GREAT BIG SISTER (VIDEO) and Mommy she even remembered to bring her baby dolls bottle with her! I love how she plans ahead....just like her Mommy!!

Of course I have to say a little something about our guy Noah! He's absolutely wonderful and is still OBSESSED with his Daddy and Papa! I always thought that Noah would be a Momma's Boy but i'm starting to think he's a Daddy and Papa's boy! No matter what is going on when Clayton walks into the room and looks at him Noah has the biggest smile on his face! He is still only saying dadda, dadda, dadda all the time. He'll probably start saying "Papa" next...lol. Then maybe we'll get a "Momma" out of him! Every Tuesday and Thursday Papa takes Noah on a 2 - 3 hour walk which includes a stop at Papa's house where Noah enjoys his breakfast with Kobe and Grandma! I am very close with all of my Family and always wanted to make sure our kids had the same opportunity so having Haley and Noah spend so much time with Papa and Grandma living so close is WONDERFUL!! We are so thankful that God has blessed us so much with such wonderful Parents and that they are always so generous to literally drop everything just to come over and watch the kids for us or play with them when they are just missing them! I know that these will be memories that we will always cherish!
Here's a picture from yesterday when Sher Sher came to watch Noah for me while Grandpa and Mimi played with Haley so I could go get my hair done and Clayton worked late at the office! What's hilarious is that Noah had NO clue that Sher Sher wasn't his Mommy :-) So not only was it nice to have some extra hands around the house but if those hands, face, etc look like "Mommy" with a child who is having a little "stranger danger" issue lately it's awesome to have a twin on hand....HAHA!

Gary just emailed me this ADORABLE picture of Macy and Makayla so I just had to post it and share with all of you!!! Check out that new playground set! We are going to have to get up to NC to visit soon so Haley can play with the girls again!