Daddy's Birthday!

Tuesday was Preston's birthday. This was an extra special one for him b/c Noah can actually say Happy Birthday and tons of other words and sentences to describe things going on and around him. Ever since his cousin Aaron's birthday a month ago, Noah loves to go around sining "Happy Birthday to you AAAAaaaron!" So we got to insert a new name this time. Now its "Happy Birthday to you Daaaddddyyy!" We took daddy out for dinner to one of our all time favorites, Kobe's Japanese Steakhouse. One of those places where you table is around a grill and they cook/perform all your food in front of you. We had been countless times to places like these, but have never brough Noah since its kinda a special occasion only place for us. He was so excited to see the "big fire" they do on the grill and the onion "volcano" that turns into a "choo choo train". He had fun watching all the other tables do the big fire b/c they were a little bit further away, and then freaked out when they did it at our table. Luckily the "choo choo train" onion was next and that was very cool to him and calmed him down for the rest of the dinner. He had fun overall though. Anyway here are some pictures from Daddy'd Birthday Dinner and a special message to Dad from Noah.

Noah's Clubhouse

Preston made a play house out of this big box for Noah to play in. Then Noah got some new finger paints a couple weeks later. We decided that this was the perfect thing to try out his new paints with. He had fun playing in the paint and seeing what rocks and sticks he could mix the paint up with while I actually painted the playhouse. He did some, but the masterpiece on his body is by mom.

A few new pictures

I don't have much news to write about in this one, we've been very busy the last several weeks. We've had my brother's wedding, vacation Bible school, working around the house (got another room painted finally), and a bunch of odds and ends in between. Here are a few picture taken during the last 2 weeks though.
-So first I'll clarify the belly picture. I'm not the type that usually would post my big pregnant belly online unless it was done professionally, but this was kinda funny. Noah wanted to see who had the bigger baby belly (he has a "food" baby). He loves to show it off to be funny. So Preston captured this Kodak moment. Oh yeah, I was also pushing my tummy out farther too so I look a touch bigger than I actually am.


-Then we took the youth group back to St. Louis to go to the zoo and the City Museum. SO Noah tagged along. The City Museum is kinda like a huge tunnel town/obstacle course/jungle gym all built out of industrial materials. They had this ball pit full of huge rubber balls which was Noah's favorite thing besides all the gigantic slides they had.



-Lastly, Noah decided to be Bob the Builder one had and thought it was hilarious when daddy picked him up by the overalls and swung him around. He had a pullup on that provided some padding, otherwise it looked quite uncomfortable.

Trip to St. Louis

Preston, Noah, and I haven't been on a vacation just the 3 of us in I don't know how long. We decided to take a mini vacation to St. Louis for the weekend. We went to the Zoo, Hard Rock Cafe, Cardinals game (1st time in the new stadium), and the Arch. We all had a blast, and we are all tired now too! We went to the Zoo Friday morning. Noah had been wanting to see the lions all week long and when we got to the lions area they were hiding in the shady den (I don't blame them, it was hot and humid). Noah's favorite animals to see were the zebras, giraffes, and hippos. He loved every bit of the zoo! Here are some of the animals we saw.














We went on the train right before we left which wa cool because he had already gotten to ride the Metrolink the night before and now he got to ride another train. He kept telling everyone when we got back about getting to ride the train with the blue engine and red cars.




The next stop on our list was a Cardinals game that night. For those of you that don't know, Preston is a HUGE cardinals fan. This was Noah's first Cardinal's game and all of our first time at the new Busch Stadium. Noah was a squirmy handful which is all I'll say about that. He was asking to go home 45 minutes before the game started. Other than that it was quite fun! The video is us waiting to get on the Metrolink to go to the game. We had already been on it a couple of times but it was fun each time. Noah loved to talk about how we were in "St. Loueys" (I love the way he says it). He has also started giving us fishy kisses which is adorable! We had to get a picture of him eating a hot dog at the ball game (classic). We were on bleacher seats and were crowded in most of the game. The people sitting in front and around us were pretty understanding of our poking, touchy feely, kicking son.





I LOVE this next picture!


Saturday we went to the Arch down on the Riverfront. We squeazed into one of the egg shaped elevators and went to the top. I was the only one that had been up in the Arch before (this was my 3rd time). Noah thougt it was really cool to look out the window and see the barges, airplanes, helicopters, and trains. We got a couple shots of the new Stadium while we were up there too. It was fun.

Breaking out the Pool

It was getting so warm and that good ole Missouri mugginess was kicking in last week so Noah and I decided to break out his shark pool. He was so excited that as soon as I had it aired up and filled up he hopped right in when I went to turn the water off. I figured, oh well he's already wet so he played in his clothes. I was surprised because the water was freezing and last summer he wouldn't do anything but let his feet touch the water when it was that cold.




After about 20 minutes we went inside to change into dry clothes so we could run some errands. I stripped him down and walked to his bathroom to hangup his wet clothes, and when I turned around he was gone! He runs so fast now, especially now that I'm slowing down again. He got into the basement (his rooms on the lower level too) and through the outside basement door. When I made it outside he was standing there stark naked in his pool having a ball!

Noah vs. The Lemon

Okay, so just about everyone has a video of their kid eating something sour (like a lemon) and making hilarious faces. Here is mine of Noah. He's done this plenty of time before but this is the first time we managed to get it on video ourselves. The silly kid actually likes lemons despite the faces he makes. He ate the entire thing! This video cracks me up everytime I watch it. Hope you get a laugh out of it too!

It's a BOY!

We are having another boy. I've had tons of people asking me what I thought we might be having and my answer has been the same since before we had Noah. I've always had a feeling that we would just have boys. Well, 2 down and we'll see what happens down the road. We are happy, baby looks good and healthy. Noah's finally gonna have some competition.