Recently.

Recently we've been busy. Thus no posts.  

Additionally, my laptop doesn't connect to the internet, which also hinders the posts.  

But here's what we've been up to: 

As previously stated, we went to Ruidoso

Then Brad had to go to Spain

So Noah and I went to Florida (which was a blast!)

Noah had his tubes placed May 2nd. He did great!

Noah now signs for please, thank you, more, and sometimes eat

He says Mama, Dada, Yummy (me-oh but it's purposeful), Roar, Uh-Oh Moo, Ball, and once this week he said Car and he tries for up (but usually comes out uh-oh please)

We're still in the apartment...someone in this family is being taught patience (and let me tell you...it is a long process.)

We found a new park...it's awesome. Noah loves it. So do I.

Noah and I have turned over a new leaf on our days...we're really working on getting out and having fun so we don't go stir crazy.  We have a better system now and it's working well.

I don't sleep. Ever. It's kinda frustrating. I had a minor breakdown the other night..where I was close to the ugly cry while telling Brad it's so unfair I can't sleep.  

Don't think I'm unaware of that being a little irrational...it's just true. 

Brad taught me about an ap on our phone last night called Sound Hound...you can sing and it tries to identify the song.  It's a fun game for the car. 

Noah's new thing is climbing on everything. His favorite place to sit is in our little rocker chair, he likes to sit there (by himself of course)

 It sure feels like we've been busier than what this looks like...but I'm drawing a bit of a blank. So instead: pictures. 

Here he is in "his" chair. 

Alright.  That's it for now. 

Ruidoso.

Let's talk for a minute about friends. We've been blessed...BIG TIME...with some absolutely amazing friends in this life we're walking through. Friends from growing up, friends from college, and now friends from our time in Austin. Good gracious are we thankful.  So when the opportunity presented itself to go on a vacation with some friends kids free back in April..we were P-U-M-P-E-D!!   So after much planning...on the Bean's part (thank you for that sweet Bean family!)..ix couples decided to go on an awesome little vaca to Ruidoso, NM.  And can I just say it was soothing to my soul. That is not an exaggeration. Soothing. To. My. Soul.

 I, being a talker, feel like I should have so many more words to explain this...but I don't. But we LOVE the people the Lord has put in our life. They ROCK. 

We spent 5 fulls days of uninterrupted time (two days were spent on 10 hour car rides but still) with friends, no kids, just talking and spending time together. It was a-stinking-mazing. Don't get me wrong..we missed our sweet boy...like CRAZY..but there's something to be said about some quality adult time. 

 These faces..we girls made them a lot on this trip. Our husbands our just troublemakers. 

 We ladies got pedicures and massages, we sat out on the porch and read, we watched a movie-IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY- I mean seriously. The guys played golf, we stayed up late, slept in (not me but unfortunately that's just how I am lately), ate meals and didn't have to share our food. It was great.

And boy did we come back refreshed.  Good thing because life kinda hit hard after that for everyone, back in full force.  

More pictures..from our night of Just Dance. 

The sweet Peterson's! Rockin it out. 

 We group danced. We're not ashamed. We're not too old. 

Hahahaha.  

Have a great day!

14 Months!

So Noah turned 14 months old...a solid 2 weeks ago..but who's counting.  I've found that finding time to blog at night is becoming increasingly more difficult, and during the day is nearly impossible, so here I am 2 weeks late.  

However..our sweet man is now 14 1/2 months old- and OH MY GOODNESS he rocks our world.

He has had quite the busy past few months after turning one. A few of his most recent skills:

Walking like a champ...a little off balance but very fast!

He runs now. Adorable.

Climbing up and down on the ottoman.  He had been eyeing our furniture for awhile now, seeing what he could climb up on.  Then when we arrived home from vacation, BAM, he's up and down on the ottoman for our rocker. It's quite cute. He gets up there looks at me and laughs, and then falls back down. Then he goes again.

We buy 2 gallon water jugs because our water at the apartment isn't very tasty. He loves to carry the empty jugs around like they're his briefcase. So stinking sweet.

He is quite the little lover. He loves to snuggle those he loves, he gives "kisses" (he leans his forehead to you so you can kiss him), he loves to high five, even squeezes for hugs. There is absolutely nothing like it.

Started sleeping in until at least 7:15-7:30 on a daily basis, 8-8:30 if I'm lucky. (Rarely) After months of 5-6am wake up calls, this is AMAZING. It's such a change to wake up on my own instead of in state of confusion because sweet little man is awake.

Loves the park, loves to go down the slide.

Loves to drink from straws

Still working on milk from a sippy cup- unfortunately this means still a bottle at night time so I feel a bit guilty, but the dude needs his milk.

Anywhere from 12-24 month clothes.

Understands more and more of my instructions. That is so exciting to me.

Still very few words. Mama, Dada, Go (rarely). We're hoping now that he has his ear tubes this will begin to change.

Speaking of the tubes..had his first surgery yesterday. He was a champ! In and out of the OR in 15 minutes. And super playful the last two days.  He seems to be hearing better, but time will tell on that. His doctor actually asked me if I was sure that he passed his newborn screening.  So we're hoping that his hearing was only that bad due to the constant infections and fluid in his ears.  We'll see.  Either way..super excited that at least the infections will be improved now!

Waves at everyone.

LOVES his friends. His big kid friends he stands and stares at while giggling at every little thing they do, then his tiny friends (especially Kat and Dave's little one) he has to sit right next to him and continuously hug and kiss him.  Gotta watch him though..he's kinda a brute.

Had his first days without us this past weekend while Brad and I were on our vacation with friends. He did great, but oh my goodness we missed him!

Throws balls all day. Basketballs, little balls, footballs.  It doesn't matter what kind it is..he will throw it. He actually has a great arm, he currently uses both hands but we both think he's favoring his left side.

 First haircut. 

I feel like there is so much more...but I'm his mama. So we'll leave it at that! 

Hope you have a great week!