first haircut!

just a few pics from noah's first haircut yesterday. he sat wonderfully still watching wonder pets the entire time i worked on him. the front and sides really needed cut, but i only trimmed the back...i couldn't cut off his beautiful blonde curls just yet. someday he want his head shaved all the time, or none at all, so i'm enjoying the curls while i have them! not too bad for a first time mommy cut!

snaggletooth

well noah made it to 17 months before his first big owie! at the christmas party the other night he was running and tripped and fell face first into the front of the arm of a leather chair that had large metal brads down the front. he chipped his top right tooth as you can see and pushed it back up inside his gum a little. he also cut both lips and bruised his nose and chin. he screamed and shrieked for 20 minutes straight before we decided to take him in. (he screamed nonstop for 45 minutes before just falling asleep). we were just a few blocks from children's so we took him to the urgent care and got sent to the emergency room because they keep a pediatric dentist on call. (it took us longer to walk from the urgent care to the er than our entire time in the er! it was nice!). he checked his mouth and said hopefully the tooth didn't cause damage to his permanent tooth behind it and said it may come back down on it's own and even back up with the other teeth. as for the chip, he said it's not worth fixing since it's a baby tooth and fixing it would be traumatic for him. we have to watch for infection and stuff and take him back to the dentist in 2 weeks. poor thing doesn't even have all his teeth yet (he only has 10!) and already messed one up! so now mommy calls him snaggletooth!

dressin up

between the broken camera and a wiggly toddler it took about 40 shots to get a good pic for our christmas card! (these are but a few!) but he looks so handsome ~ especially in front of the REAL christmas tree! :) i love it!

wait mom, my hair isn't right


combing it nice and neat


dad, i can't see the tv!


hahaha


are we done yet??

Anniversary!

for our 8th anniversary on tuesday, we enjoyed an evening out at G.Michael's in german village! it was a wonderful dinner and great experience! See my beautiful corsage? so did former judge, janet jackson, who was having dinner near us and caught the waiter to inquire about the corsage and our reason for being there (she is now executive chairman of united way). when he told her it was our 8th anniversary, she graciously treated us to desert. afterwards she came over to talk to us and said their group was admiring us and our 8 years and what a great example that was. it was a nice touch to a terrific evening! and thank you miss kristi for keeping our son...it made the meal much more relaxed! :)

Fun in the Snow!

Noah had a blast playing in the snow! we stuffed him in his snowsuit grandma wilma gave him and tossed him out there! he laughed and played until his nose was shiny red! and it was a beautiful day to go out with the sunshine! he isn't sure how to work the mittens yet, but he sure tried! now he looks outside and says 'please?'... it's so fun to watch him explore!

Christmas tree hunting!

we finally got a REAL christmas tree!!! i've wanted one forever! and now that we have noah we decided this year to get one! we had fun finding the right 'little' tree, not wanting something too big for just our little house...well, it looked small til we got it home! but it is gorgeous and smells so yummy!! i can't wait to get it decorated! yay!

he used to like santa...

we got noah a cute santa outfit for christmas this year which he loves dressing up in! however, i'm sure santa doesn't carry around the bear and pacifier! i've never gotten his picture with santa because they're stupid expensive, but at walmart today they were giving away a free picture, so i thought 'yay!'. noah did as well, until he got close to santa! then he freaked! but i LOVE this picture of him crying...it's classic! santa wasn't very nice either! he told noah he had to give the candy cane back and come back next year as a good boy! >:/ but being the nice mommy i am, i just ignored him instead of saying what i wanted to say to him! it was a good memory!

If it's a Girl...

Well, if it's a girl, this could be an idea of how she'll look! Why is my SON wearing a pony tail you ask? He brought me the rubber band and tried to put it in his hair (apparently from watching me since sadly my hair is in a ponytail 99% of the time anymore!), so I put it in! and of course we had to take pics of him to embarrass him later in life! :) bryan called him samurai boy, because he likes to wrap an oven mitt around his shoulders and makes him look samurai... the other pic is of him munching on a lime! he loves limes and lemons and anything sour!! i love my BOY!

Thanksgiving

Well, due to my camera, I only have a few Thanksgiving pics! Thanksgiving was a little different this year, and because of that, lunch at my house that day was shrimp kabobs! My sister and I enjoyed the crazy thanksgiving lunch, having never had anything but 'real thanksgiving dinner' on that day! We spent the evening at bryan's mom and dad's with his brother, sis-n-law, and nephew! Corbin and Noah played and played until they were so hot that Corbin lost his pants and Noah lost his shirt! :) We had our thanksgiving at my house on saturday but i was too busy cooking (and then tired) to take any pics! it was fun to have grandma wilma and lindsay here for a few days!