standing airplane

Noah signed "airplane" for the first time today! He also stood by himself for 4 seconds!

time for pajamas

Today was funny, I was singing a song to Noah on the ukulele, which was horribly out of tune, both me and it actually, and he gave me the funniest look that said, " wooh, Mom, that's pretty bad." It's the exact look I would give if I heard it too! haha! It's really neat how Noah "wants" to sleep now. He asks, without saying words basically to lay down in his crib, when he's tired. I think us and his school have built a good routine with that. At night he knows when I say, "It's time for pajamas," he A) will giggle and crawl off fast if he wants to play some more or B) will point to his pajamas and crawl to them and put them on his head. Today, for the 1st time, he signed for milk and pointed to the fridge. We don't have to rock or sing him to sleep nearly as much or nearly as long now, he just knows when it's time, and he's tired. I hope this continues.

baby signs

As of ~11 months to now, at 14 1/2 months old, Noah can sign: more, finished, fan, light, train, milk, and waves bye-bye. He says dada, uh-oh, and ugh ugh ugh (like when he's not supposed to get into something), and babbles tons of other syllables. He knows many items are around the house and outside, and points to them when we say them. He loves to play instruments lying around the house like the rock band drum set, his toy drums, Matt's bass guitar, and my keyboard, and is musical light up baby piano. We even got the ukulele down off the shelf for him so he could hold it better, more his size. He loves to cruise and walk with us holding both his hands for support. He's not walking on his own yet. Noah also loves pointing to his poo-pac (belly button), and yesterday for the first time pointed to his head and my nose, when I said the words. His teachers say he's such a smart boy, observing and taking it all in. He's always been a laid back baby with big eyes and his right thumb in his mouth. Not too quite though, some of his high pitched playful screeches, I can't even hit.

growing in the summer

We have really enjoyed this summer with Noah. We go swimming a couple times a week; you kind of have to when you live in a city that has seen over 30 strait days of over 100 degree temperatures. He loves to go splishy splashy in the pool and gets everyone's attention. They say, "awe look at the baby" and "be careful of the baby." He loves to watch the other kids in the baby pool area and many of them are nice enough to share their toys with him. He floats in his floaty or walks on the pool or on the side of the wall. His hat stays on 85% of the time. When he realizes it's on his head, he pulls it off if he is not being distracted or entertained. We have to be careful of his bald head not getting sun burned. He does not go underwater yet. Next to the pool is a nice big shaded park where he loves to play on the playground, go down the slide with Mom, and swing in the baby swing. He has finally grown out of eating the rocks, although he sticks some in his mouth every now and then to get a reaction out of us. We have pulled him along on the bike a few times now. If we ride longer than 30 minutes, he gets cranky. All and all he's been so cute and fun to hang out with. We have enjoyed taking him out and about with us to new places.

A Tribute to Noah

I have created this blog for our son, Noah. I have always wanted to keep a journal about his growing up and concluded this was more fun and easy than plain pen and paper. I hope everyone enjoys the memories recorded here.