New facinations

Lately Noah has been very busy. He is fascinated by doors, whether it be cabinets or big doors. We've put locks on most of the cabinets in the kitchen, but I decided not to take away all his fun just yet. Noah loves Tupperware! He thinks it is great how it slides across the floor and how it stacks. Chris even found him "surfing" across the kitchen floor on one of the larger lids. Who knew there were so many uses for plastic storage containers. I now have to wash out the containers before I use them, but that is a small price to pay considering I can work around the kitchen without having to worry about what Noah is doing.

Bacteria Free!

Woo Hoo! The strep throat is finally gone! Noah went to see Dr. Luk this morning and received a great report. After 2 rounds of antibiotics, his throat finally looks better. There was a down side to Noah finally being well; he had to get a shot. He was a real trooper and barely cried. What a brave little guy! He even played "Peek-a-boo" with the nurse. Too cute.
...next stop whole milk...

A note from Abby

I have a bone to pick with the dogs in my neighborhood, more specifically the escape artists that live in the yard behind mine. It just isn't neighborly for you to keep showing up in my yard and my friends' yards. In my opinion it is proper dog behavior for you to yell at me from your side of the fence. I promise I can hear you; there is no need to get any closer to give me messages. Also, every time you show up, I don't get to go outside...It's just not fair.

All of this ranting has made me tired. I'm going to take a nap.

-Abby

Such a big boy

Noah loves to look outside. We have been looking outside a lot lately since the 3 escape artist dogs moved in behind us. We'll save that story for another day. I just thought that this picture was too cute! He looks like such a boy in the picture.

It was a little chilly when we left the house this morning, so I put Noah in long sleeves. It didn't occur to me that he hasn't really been in long sleeve in about 4 months. I guess in "baby time" that is forever because he spent about 5 minutes just staring at his sleeve. Every once in a while he would reach up with his other hand and touch it. ...pretty funny...

Little bit sick...

but no shots yet! So Noah has been dodging the shots for 3 weeks now. I think that he is conspiring with Dr. Luk. I'm completely kidding. The poor guy has had strep throat for 3 weeks; actually, he may have had it longer. I'm not really sure. I'm hoping that after our 2nd round of antibiotics that finish up tomorrow Noah will be rid of this nasty bug. We go back to see Dr. Luk on Wednesday to get rechecked and (I've never said hopefully but...) hopefully get his 1 year shots. This will be our 3rd try to get shots. I'll keep you posted.

This picture is of Noah after the Dr.'s visit last week. He doesn't really act sick until the Dr. tells him he is in fact sick...then his whole world falls apart. Unfortunately Noah also was getting a new tooth that day as well. If you look close you can see that he has the pacifier off to the side a bit to make sure that it is directly over the sore gum.
(Aunt Julie & Uncle Jim, your Birthday present made it on the blog. :-) )

Watch out Abby, there's a new dog in town

Actually, there are 2 new dogs in Noah's life. We went to Brian and Kellye's house for dinner this past Saturday night. It was fantastic! (I would expect nothing less) They have 2 Boston Terriers named Parker and Sadie Jane. Noah thought they were the funniest thing he had ever seen. Most kids would be scared of barking, licking dogs, not our boy. He was laughing so hard he could barely keep his balance. Noah LOVES him some Parker. :-) (actually after looking closer at the picture that may be Sadie...hmmm.) Of course if didn't hurt that he was hanging out with one of his favorite people too.

New coffee table

We finally got our new coffee table. It is great! Noah likes it because it has 2 baskets under it that we use to store his toys. I like it because now Noah's things have a good hiding spot.