Random Phone Pics

Proof that Noah does play with "baby toys" sometimes.
You know, like when AND ONLY when HE wants to.
Noah's cousin Sam took a liking to him at my aunt's little birthday get-together. They were too cute together.
Noah going after one of his favorite non-baby toys - the remote.
Just chillin' at home.
Playing peek-a-boo through the gates.
And finally, just some random cuteness.
Happy Friday!

Wordless Wednesday: Matthew's 1st Day of School

Back To Work

Well, I am anyway. All of corporate America is off today but me. Don't ask me why.

Our holiday vacation is officially over. It's a new year. A new start. We're in the midst of doing some cleaning and organizing and I've officially started my diet. Pretty boring stuff. But tomorrow Matthew starts school and Noah is thisclose to standing on his own and taking steps. So there will be more interesting pictures to come. In the meantime, here's what we did on our low-key New Year's weekend.

We went to Chili's. Matthew was able to order for himself. The waitress couldn't contain her smile when he told her he wanted a cheese quesadilla in his little 3-year-old lispy voice. He must have said it a dozen times - he really wanted to make sure she got his order right.
Matthew and Matt had fun with the Phineas & Ferb Rollercoaster my sister bought him for Christmas. And yes, they are playing with it on the stairs. It was the only safe haven from a certain maniac named Noah.
We went to Home Depot to look at shelving. Noah kept looking back to make sure me and Matthew were still there.
Matthew of course was in his own world and ignored his brother's loving attention.
And that's that.

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve - amateur night. I've been up all hours of the night for the past 8 months. If I can sleep right through midnight tonight, I'll be happy.

2011 was pretty good to us. It's brought us right to this point.
2012 holds a lot of firsts. Among them, first birthdays and first school days.

We're spending the weekend de-Christmasing the house and finding new homes for all the new toys that Santa brought. Tonight will pass without a party, without any countdowns. I'll give Noah and Matthew a new year's kiss somewhere around 7PM after bath time. I'll head up to bed around 9, Matt will fall asleep in the living room, then stumble into bed somewhere after midnight. A typical crazy Saturday night at the Ish house. Sunday morning will come like any other. And that's okay by me.

Whatever you have planned for tonight, stay safe. We'll see you next year!

Happy 2012

Wordless Wednesday: 2011 In Pictures

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Christmas Vacation

Our short Christmas vacation started with a visit to good old Uncle Dickey. Matthew's face courtesy of being taken away from my iPhone and forced into taking a nice family picture.
After the blur that was Christmas Eve, Christmas morning started out bright and early. Matthew went right for his humongous stocking.
Noah wanted only to escape the confines of the baby gate.
And even though he had his own piles of gifts to open...
...he insisted on getting all up in his brother's business. Once we were able to distract Noah, Matthew was able to open some of his gifts in peace.
And when everything was unwrapped, everyone seemed happy with their haul.
After taking showers and getting dressed, there was time for a quick game of Hungry Hungry Hippo.
Then it was off to grandma's house, where apparently Santa also made a stop.
Matthew made out quite well.
As did Noah Bear.
Of course there was still time for some iPhone fun (Matt is quite the multi-tasker).
And we end this post with yet another forced family picture.
Now it's back to work, back to our "normal" routine. Bah humbug!!

Merry Christmas Eve!

Today is our last day with Snickers (our Elf on the Shelf). Tonight he heads back to the North Pole and makes way for Santa to visit our house. If we remember, we'll set out cookies for the big guy. Maybe a carrot for Rudolph.

I'll be back next week with many many many pictures, you can bet on that.

In the meantime, have a happy holiday - whatever you celebrate!