Noah Ryan: 15 Months

 

 

 

Weight: 25 lbs

Height: 30 ish inches?

Nursing: Like a Champ

Teeth: All Front top and bottom and has 4 molars

Sleeping: Lol

 

Sign language: You sign for "More" "Nurse" "All done" "please" "I don't know" And that's pretty much all we need. It's amazing how easy signing has made things for us. Instead of whining I know that he needs something, and it helps keep the situation calm.

 

Words: Thank You, Mama, Dada, Papa, Nana, Buck, Rachael, Hi, Bye, No, Clock, Ball, Book, Bath, CRACKER, Turtle, Shoes, Rock, Hat, Hello, Helper, Dishes, Blue, Hot,

CRACKER>>>>> its all about the cracker. He dreams about the cracker. I know this becasue he cries "Cracker" in his sleep as if someone stole the earthly supply. Its  a.d.o.r.a.b.l.e

 

DANCE PARTIES!!  his utmost favorite thing in this world. This kid can literally dance for hours. Prayers be with he who turn the music off, just saying......

 

FOODS: He loves Blueberries, frozen Ezekiel bread? Sweet potatoes, Avacados, Quinoa, apples. And he has been eating everything that we eat since he started on solids. Baby Loves his food.

At 15 months he is our little muscle man. Bench pressing futons as he let's out little lifting grunts. He challenges hismself to anything that looks heavy, its just too funny.

 

 

He has  started to use the potty this past month and is pretty darn good at it so far. We usually ask if he has to go "poo poo," after dinner and he runs to the bathroom yelling "pa poo pa poo."

After he goes, he almost always request a bath. Like father like son. I know he is pretty young to potty train, we are more like getting him used to it so that when we do start, he will already be somewhat farmiliar.

 

Sometimes I feel like he is just too smart. Im sure every parent thinks that about their child but Im amazed at how much he understands. If I ask him to throw something away or give this to daddy or to go put this in the bathroom, he listen's and does exactly what we say..

 

He is just soooooo funny! Something he has done since he could crawl is the peek a boo. Aunt Louey has done this with him since he was a baby. But not just the peek a boo. I often walk into a room and am surprised by the cutest baby head popping up from behind a chair or table with a cute little chuckle before he sinks back into hiding, only to pop up again a few seconds later. I can't get enough of that one.  

 

Animal noises.....His favorite thing is animal noises. So far he can do cat, dog, monkey, owl, wolf, elephant, sheep, horse, duck, cow, shark, fish,

 

It's all about the HAT-A (hat) He loves them. Sometimes requesting to wear them to bed and wake up wearing them while he eats breakfast. I think it's because he knows he looks so cute. We all awwww and ahhh over him in them and I think that carried on.

 

 

I can tell he is going to be a nature lover. Maybe it's just because it is newer to him but he loves to be outside. Many of the tantrums that he has thrown so far have been after asking him to come in from outside. I still have to carry him to get into the car because if those size fives touch the concrete it's over for mama and our plans that day.

 

He is pretty much too cool for sippy cups and high chairs. When given the option he will choose the big boy cup and the dinner table.

 

 

Littleman loves his Dada. These two together just makes me melt. Nothing is better than having a loving husband for you babies.

 

DISLIKES: Blankets, clothes and jackets touching his wrists, highchairs, wet hair, going to bed.

 

LIKES: Lifting heavy objects, Biting noses, crackers, being outside, doing the DISHES! He will play in the sink doing the "dishes" for hours if we let him. And he loves being a "helper." If we are cleaning he says "helper" and wants to join in. I will be reminding him of his "dishes" obsession

when he is 16.

 

He can point out his nose, ears, eyes, head and toes if you ask him and he knows the color blue!

 

His smile, his giggle, his run, oh my goodness. Sometimes it will stop me dead in my tracks and I have to catch my breath. How is he a toddler already? How did this time go so fast.

Here's to 15 months and many many more my little man. I love you more than anything.

 

 



 

Morning hair, mommies favorite

 

 

DADA!!!!

 

 

PAPA!!!!

 

 

Littleman and his Aunt Louey, besties..

 

 

Mamma Kisses

 

 

 Stud

Pillow

 

1 >>> 2 >>> 3 >>> 4 >>> 5

 

 

I've never been an extreme "pillow" person, but lately I can't keep myself from wandering through that glorious aisle in target, each and every day. I mean, it's become a full blown obsession. And since I am the cheapest person alive, i will creep on my beloved pillow's for months as I wait for that beautiful red sticker. Oh that red sticker.........sigh

 

You see, I am a TARGET ADDICT. I know I'm not the only one. Don't think I don't see you too. You came for pickles and salad dressing but found yourself in the linens contemplating if the $8.48 is low enough yet. Should I just suck it up and get it? It will probably be gone if I don't grab it now. Ok, it's a steal, but I don't need it but, Ok, I'll get it. I will stop in daily to see if anything I have been eyeballing has made it to the clearence level yet. [Note: anything 50% or more.  30% clearence? Come'onnnnn.]

 

Anyway, as far as pillows go, I haven't even let myself wander into the outside world yet. These are all from Target. I don't know if I can handle much more right now.

Snow Day

His first time playing in the snow, in the back of the Holiday Inn. This little guy was so excited the whole walk down from our room. Somehow he knew what he was about to be doing. I feel like we tell him things sometimes and that there is no possible way he understands us, but then he does. On the way down he was running down the hall giddy and overflowing with giggles. And when he stepped outside, his first time in that fluffy white heaven, he knew exactly what he was doing.

Too much fun having a little one is, I tell ya.

Becoming a Home...

 

 

 

For so long my house has felt like a house. Just that, and not much else. When B and I bought this house we had big plans. It was cheap, and it had potential. Had we known all the trouble it would bring us, we probably would have turned away, not even glancing back. But here we are and there is no where for us to go but foreword with it. Our recent troubles have pretty much surfaced themselves into a big old blessing and I swear I saw God give us a little wink at the end like, “guys it’s all good I got this.” And that he has.

I feel like our house is becoming a home. I feel like this is it. Our dreams of a HOME for our family, one to make memories in, one to raise children in and one that is inviting and warm, I feel like that is becoming true.

 

I see myself waking up early in the morning so I can have some of that oh so precious “me” time. There is a cup of coffee in my left hand and a book in the opposite. I’m sitting on the couch with the sun beaming through our big old window and I’m covered by this amazingly cute black and white throw I just added to the room. The lights are off and all I need is the natural glow from outside. Everything is calm and I am comfortable and warm in my home. My husband comes home from a shift at the firehouse and he sits with me in our cozy living room and we just sit, maybe talk a little. Soon the baby wakes up and we gush over our amazing little guy. We smile at each other but no words need saying. We both silently thank God for what he has provided for us and our little.

This feeling has seemed so far away for so long, almost unreachable. But now I can see it happening. There really isn’t a better way to describe it than exciting. I can not wait to get back into our Home, as a family. I can not wait to live in our home, make memories in our home, and just be together.

 

XO steph