Easter Fun!!!

Noah's notes

Noah loves to share his feelings on his marker board. I love reading his notes. Some of them are almost perfect.

Others may need a Translation: "Mommy when it is your birthday me and daddy will get you something really exciting." Great I want a 8GB Ipod Nano. They are $187 at Costco. Should I be more specific? My birhtday is Monday, March 24. Turning 30 so yes, Daddy, we can spend that much on my present.

The Men I Love

Watching Curious George.

Playing Webkinz

Helping Daddy stay buff.

"I wanna be just like Noah!"

Something that brings me so much Joy is seeing Noah and EJ together. They absolutely adore each other. Noah will look at EJ in the car and say, "Mom, she's just sooo cute!" He always wants EJ to be with him. When I ask him to go play in his room, he always wants EJ to come. He gets her out of her crib every morning because he wants to be the first to see her. And EJ is a devoted fan of Noah's. She squeals to show her admiration and then runs after him. She also copies everything he does.

February of Firsts

First time David will be gone for a whole week. I miss him already! Have fun in Philly and come home soon!!!



Noah loses his first tooth. An exciting yet dramatic moment for Noah. That little tooth was hanging on til the very end and Noah was completely freaking out. And of course we captured it all on video.


Ella Joy is invited to her first birthday party. Her friend Sofie turned 2 and had a baby doll party. Here Ella Joy is pinning the paci on the baby.


Party cookie!!


First time finding a purse and a calculator in my fridge.


First bow!!!


First real snow. We were so excited and surprised by this snow. Usually in this area the weather folks will debate whether there will be flurries or not for days before they arrive. However to our surprise we received 3 inches of beautiful perfect snow. And this is what Noah typically wears to bed so he couldn't wait, he just had to run out in the snow.




Snow dance with our snow socks. Noah and I were so excited that there was snow we put on our snow socks and danced and slid around the kitchen til way past his bedtime!



First lunar eclipse. We had a great time looking at the eclipse through Noah's binoculars. Thanks Jared!



First potty for Ella Joy. This is her favorite new seat. She loves to eat her breakfast and snacks here. She gets very excited when she finds something in her potty.

January in a Nutshell

Tried on our duck bathing suit

Discovered pita and hummus and absolutely love both of them
Definitely my daughter

"My daddy cut off my mullet and now I just have a very uneven pixie cut. If this is my daddy's idea of a straight line I sure worry about those people whose eyes he lasers."

Over Christmas Ella Joy became the mother of twins. They have kept her very busy and she seems to have acquired some skills necessary in feeding two.

Wild things

Our mini snow man

"Thanks Christie the snowsuit came in handy however I don't have boots so I wore my crocs which aren't the best for snow as my little piggies soon found out."

Delicious hot chocolate!!!

Our hippo chia. Noah watered it constantly and the little guy grew fast.

We spent a lot of time at the YMCA. Noah is making baskets this year.

Happy 2009

We had fun bringing in the New Year with Papa Dean and the kids. Noah had fun shooting fireworks with the big kids and Ella Joy made it til midnight. I must admit I payed for it the next day. David was on call in Winston-Salem. Hopefully, next year we can bring in the new year together. Tis the life!

Truly her mother's daughter