Happy Napper

My boys are similar in so many ways. They are both stubborn. They both love to bust my chops. They both love me, Matt and each other (among others). They both open their mouths to give kisses (Matthew is getting better, but it's still a slimy experience).

One area where my boys are total opposites - napping. Not so much in the taking of them (Matthew gave up on naps years ago), but more in the way they wake up from them. IF IF IF Matthew takes a nap, there's a good chance he's going to wake up cranky. It's not pretty. But Noah, he's a different story. When he gets in some good napping, this is how he wakes up.

And he'll hang out and talk to himself, play with his crib toys, and generally just be a happy baby when he wakes up. It's a nice change.

Now, the other way that my boys differ is in sleeping through the night. Noah needs to put in some serious work on that.

Wordless Wednesday: My latest Pins

 All of these Pins are on my Kid Stuff board.

Party on down to Noah town!

 The weather held out. It was supposed to rain late afternoon on Saturday, but we had sun, a breeze and temps in the 70s. The party gods came through for us! Noah had a blast. As did the all the guests - little and big alike.

The cake was quite yummy - though the birthday boy wanted no part of it. That's okay - more for me!

Matthew took it all pretty well. He understood the party was for his baby Noah Bear. But now he thinks his super hero birthday party is imminent. He wakes up every day asking me if it's his party day. It's going to be a long five months for him! I haven't told him that I've already started planning for it. I've bought party favors, cupcake wrappers, and have an entire Pinterest board dedicated to it. It will be here soon enough!

Happy 1st Birthday Noah Frederick!

You're a funny little monkey. Smart. Stubborn. You love your big brother (and all his toys). You're a good eater. You will climb anything and everything. You are independent. Your smile melts our hearts. We love you Noah Bear!!!

Wordless Wednesday: 1st Time On The Slide

Random Instagram

Matthew watching a movie. Scooby Doo to be exact.
A close up. Can you tell if this is Matthew or Noah?
Playing on the new bean bag chair.
I've discovered a new app that works great with Instagram - it's called Pic Stitch and it lets you do things like this to your pics:
I'm still playing around with it, really haven't figured out its full potential yet, but I think it's a pretty neat app. That's all I got for now. Pretty boring, I know, but I'm trying to balance my job hunt with spending more time with the boys, getting the house in order and prepping for Noah's 1st birthday party. Hopefully I get the hang of multi-tasking all this soon.

Wordless Wednesday: Noah Bear