Noah's Sporting Goods

That's right.
Noah has enough balls to open up
his very own sporting goods store.



I've counted 14, but there is no telling
how many more he has stashed around here.

At this rate, Noah's bound to play sports.
Let's just hope it's a sport I don't have to
cover my eyes to watch. Haha.

It's Time

Our Christmas tree {as well as our Christmas decor} are still up, and it's already January 7th. Every day as I look at our wilted, deceased tree, I think it's time -- time to put Christmas stuff up. But as I sit and type, our Christmas stuff remains in it's place filling our home with Christmas cheer.

I guess it is time to accept the fact that Christmas is over and get busy putting things away.

Before I go {I know you are busy watching the Texas vs. Alabama game anyway}, I'll leave you with my *new* favorite picture of Einstein.



And of course one of my big boy Noah {and his saltine cracker}.



Have a wonderful evening! Go Texas!!

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's...

Noah's First Haircut

We did it! Noah got his first haircut. And let me tell you, he is lookin' like a little stud muffin. While we were in Amarillo to celebrate Christmas with Josh's family, we decided it was the perfect time to take Noah to get his hair cut. It was definitely time for a cut; in fact, it was way past due. His hair was so long.

So we decided to call Machelle, a friend of mine from middle school & my hairstylist, to cut little Noah's hair. I knew she would do a good job, and I knew she wouldn't mind me taking a bazillion pictures while she cut his hair.

Mr. Noah is a happy little guy most mornings, so I decided it would probably be a good idea to make the appointment early. The girl on the other line asked me what time I wanted. My response {while consciously aware that I was forfeiting both mine and Josh's sleep} was, "earliest possible." She said, "Is 9 am good?" "Yep, that's good, thank you." You can imagine how thrilled Josh was when I informed him of our 9 am hair appointment.

Here are a few {oh, it was so hard to choose} of the bazillion pictures I took. Noah did great! We were so proud of him. He was content & happy during most of his haircut. Wait. Never mind. I think the correct term would be he tolerated it. But he really was such a good boy {especially after Machelle gave him not one, but two suckers}.



I love the middle picture above. His expression just makes me laugh. "Mom, you have some explaining to do."

When Machelle started cutting his hair it was so funny because he kept moving his head away from her. He definitely didn't like what she was doing to him.




Imagine that! A little dum dum fixed it all. This is the point where he starts tolerating.



All done! Isn't he just so cute?! And he looks so grown up too {sad face}.




Before I go I want to wish my Mom a Happy Birthday! Hope you had a great day. We all love you!

Goodnight everyone!

Christmas Morning

I know it's almost a week late, but here is our Christmas at home with just the four of us. What a wonderful Christmas morning we had together.



I think Noah's favorite gift was his football. Can you tell?



Opening up another gift. Yay! The learning alphabet apple!





And Einstein, well, the look on his face makes it painfully clear that he wasn't very thrilled about his new bowls. I have a feeling he would have rather had a piece of bacon.



What a sweet little face! I *adore* this little guy.

December Catch Up & the New Year!

We are back home, and it feels so good! We have been to Amarillo {for a funeral}, Oklahoma, and back to Amarillo over the past three weeks. Whew! Talk about a lot of traveling, but it was well worth it since we were able to spend Christmas with both of our families. However, it's nice to be home after a bunch of traveling. I hope your Christmas was as wonderful as ours!

I have a little bit of catching up to do for the month of December. I don't know about you, but the month of December flew by! I knew it would. Right up until our trip to Oklahoma, I had all of our Christmas gifts {unwrapped} under our tree. Usually wrapping gifts is something I love doing, and most of the time I have the gifts wrapped & placed under the tree weeks before Christmas arrives, but not this year. I was a little behind {or lazy; I'm not sure which}. There were also a few December events I didn't get around to blogging about, so better late then never. Here they are:

We had a birthday this month. Josh turned 26 on December 11th! Shame on me for not blogging about it. The weekend of his birthday was also the weekend of the big Christmas drama at our church, so we didn't get a chance to go out and celebrate. And we still haven't been out to celebrate, but will one of these days, right honey?

Speaking of Josh, I have some really exciting news to share, and I want to take a minute to brag on him. In October, Josh took the BEI Master interpreter certification test. The BEI Master is the highest certification for ASL interpreters in the state of Texas. Well, last week we found out that Josh passed the test! I couldn't be prouder of him.

Yesterday was a pretty exciting day {despite the fact we had a 6 hour drive home}! Josh & I celebrated 3 years of marriage. Can you believe it? I can't! What a wonderful three years it's been. Here are a few pictures of the evening I married my best friend:



Ahhh! Sweet memories. Oh how I would love to go back to size 6! New years resolution, perhaps?

Guess what?! While we were in Amarillo Noah got his first haircut {more detail & pics on that later}, and oh boy he looks stinkin' cute! Here is a little teaser. You'll see his new do soon!



The count down begins! 2010 is quickly approaching, and I am really excited about the new year. I've been thinking the past couple of days of some things I would like to accomplish this year. Here goes:

1. Completely give up Dr. Pepper. And yes, I am serious. If you know me, you know giving up Dr. Pepper is no easy task, because I love it! So tonight when the clock strikes 12:00, I say goodbye for good.

2. Potty train little Noah. Well at least start the process of potty training. When do little boys usually potty train anyway?

3. Control my spending on Etsy {haha I already know I'll break this one}.

4. Take a few photography classes to expand my knowledge of photography & my fabulous new camera.

5. Work on my relationship with Josh. We have a wonderful marriage, but things obviously change when kids come into the picture. This year I would like to go on more dates together, and spend more one on one time with each other. I'll admit it right now, since we've lived in Fort Worth, we haven't been on one date.

6. Spend more time meditating on God's word on a daily basis.

What are your New Year's Resolutions? Have you thought about what you would like to accomplish this year?

Before I go, I would like to wish my grandmother, Gigi, a happy birthday!! Hope you have had a wonderful day! We love you, Gigi.

20 minutes until the new year rings in! Happy New Year Everyone!! I pray God's blessings on each one of you this year.