Snow!

Talkin'

Noah's hidden talent

I had no idea he could do this until last night...I was very impressed.

Hanging out in the Kitchen

9 month walker

- Yes, Noah is in the Exersaucer (which is for babies). I don't know why.
- And yes, I almost called Luke by the wrong name.

Dancin' with Sesame Street

Look at 'im go

Usually it's just one at a time, but sometimes....

And you have to laugh, or you'll just cry right along with 'em.

Noah's words

He has a few more words than this - ones I couldn't remember as well as anything food related (I couldn't mention "milk" or "snack" without him heading straight for the refrigerator).

Trick or Treating

Photos from Trick or Treating

Video from the day

This Halloween was the first time we've taken the kids around the neighborhood. I think they had a great time, although I think Noah was pretty unsure about it all. He did well though, following Erin's example.

After going to several houses up and down our street, we sat next door with our neighbors, Amber and Michael, in their garage and gave out candy while eating the yummy chili they made. Our street was busy with a steady stream of people and Erin just loved her job of handing out the candy. When we had a lull in customers, she would go out into the yard and buzz around like a bee. I think Amber and Michael were very amused to watch our daughter's sugar high. For a little clip of that, watch the video linked above.

We got her settled down and to bed only about 45 minutes past her regular bedtime. She's very excited about the candy she got tonight. I think I even heard her say the words "I love candy." She never eats this stuff, so it's a rare treat. And of course Noah won't get any of his...we are such depriving parents :).

Overall, a successful and fun Halloween.

It's about time

We've been waiting on Noah to get around to an official first word. I think he finally said it today. Up until now, here has been his entire verbal communication:

- Dada
- Mama (which can also refer to Grandma or llama)
- Making a cat or lion sound
- Over this past weekend he said "this" pointing to my mom's watch (I guess that could count as his first word, but kind of a strange one, so I'm going with the one below)

So this morning Erin asked for some apple juice. I gave them both sippy cups so they wouldn't fight over it. Noah goes into the playroom and sits at their little table. Without me saying anything to him, he points at it and clearly says "juice." I got him to say it a couple more times and later in the day I got out the camera to see if I could get it recorded. And here it is:

Eatin' with a Spoon

Following Noah

He is walking all over the place!

Noah Walking

He did it!

Noah officially started crawling today. He's slow and thoughtful about it, but he gets where he needs to go.

Sean was home with us until after lunch, and of course Noah didn't do any crawling until this afternoon. When Erin started crawling, it was also one weekday afternoon. Oh well.

I got some of it on video and here's the link to it.

Roly Poly (video)

Noah the roly poly.

Almost Thanksgiving (Video)

I've uploaded a new video to my Shutterfly site.
Check it out.

Radishes!

Noah @ 7 Weeks