It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

We put up the tree on Thanksgiving weekend as we always do. It was actually an event this year; Noah really got into it. He was such a big "helper." Noah was very particular where all the ornaments went, and we only had one casualty. I think that Chris was secretly hoping for more "oopps's" because he thinks we have too many ornaments. Overall we had a great time. Noah had hot chocolate for the first time and called it his "special drink." He is doing really well with the tree and knows that we only do the "one finger touch." The only problem with the one finger touch is that it is very different this year; it is more like an "aggressive one finger swing." Oh well, we tried, but what can you do? He's two.

Noah very carefully hanging ornaments

Noah and Chris under the tree putting on the tree skirt.

Trip to Cookeville

Noah and I went to Tennessee about a month ago to see some of my family. We had so much fun hanging out with my cousins. Noah absolutely LOVES his 2nd cousins, Carson and Wesley. They were so sweet to him, Noah felt like he was one of the guys. He would do anything for them. 2 nights ago I asked Noah who he wanted to thank God for and he said Cawson and Weswee. (that was almost a month later...)

How sweet is this? Carson, Wesley and Noah watching TV together.

If I had told Noah to wear a helmet, he would have said "No way!" Wesley says, "Noah you always wear a helmet when you ride." and Noah says, "Okay" By the way, it worked the same way with diaper changes, getting dressed and brushing teeth. (Did I mention that I almost took Carson and Wesley home with me?)

Halloween pictures...just a little late...ha ha

Here are some late pictures of Noah's halloween. He was Bob the Builder. He was a little skeptical of the whole trick-or-treating thing at first, but after the 1st kid came by, he changed his tune. Noah and I ventured out. I figured that we would stop by 4-5 houses and then head home. Well...about 20 houses later Noah was still going strong. He would walk up to the door and knock (which was his favorite part), then he said, "treat" (no tricks from him), then he would say "thank you, you're welcome." I had to coax him home with the hope of eating 1 thing out of his bag.

Noah's hard at work...getting things done. Can we fix it? Yes we can!