Boys Will Be Boys

If you look up the word ornery in the dictionary, you'll most likely find a picture of my little boy. I knew one of these days we'd see an ornery side of Noah, because let's face it, he is just like his Daddy {love you Josh}. Well that day has arrived, and is here in full force. And guess who is getting the worst of it? You guessed it... Einstein! The passive, defenseless little Einstein. Poor, poor doggy. And I'm afraid, terribly afraid, this is just the beginning of Einstein's torture.

Let's start with Einstein's bone. Einstein loves chewing on his bone, um, when he actually has it. You see, Noah thinks it's fun to take Einstein's bone away from him. Between you and me, it's actually quite comical watching Noah carry Einstein's bone all over the house while Einstein follows at his heels. Noah will stand in front of Einstein and either a.) hold the bone up in the air so he can't reach it or b.) throw the bone at Einstein's face {which only happened once because he got in big, big trouble for doing that}. I know, poor Einstein!

It doesn't matter how many times we've said "No, that is not yours, Noah" or the countless times we've taken the bone and given it back to Einstein, Noah is downright determined to take Einstein's bone away from him.

Today while I was at work, I received a picture {a very funny one indeed} from Josh on my phone. This what what I saw:

I couldn't help but laugh when I saw the picture. {Sorry about our ghetto computer. Noah actually pulled the front panel off.} Noah put Einstein's bone on top of the computer, so Einstein couldn't reach it. Imagine that.

Goodness gracious! What am I going to do with this little boy? Before we know it Noah is going to be lassoing Einstein and riding him like a horse.

Oh dear me, I guess I am in a house full of testosterone. Boys will be boys, right?

All I Want for Christmas...

...is this purty litte thing:

Actually, it's my apology gift Josh owes me {yes, that's right owes} for the horrible joke he played on me about a month ago. You can read the story here if you missed it.

He was actually working the night he scared me to half to death, and boy did he get it from two of his female co-workers that night {thank you ladies}. They demanded Josh bring me home flowers to make up for his horrible behavior. He told me later that evening what they had said, and my response was, "Forget the flowers, I want a new camera!" Haha. Josh and I had actually been talking about getting a DSLR camera for a while, but I thought I'd use the situation to speed things up a little.

It's been a month since that horrible prank was played on me, and I still don't have the camera in my hands {ahem, Josh}. Somehow it has turned into a "Christmas" gift, but I'll let it slide since it is a really, really nice gift.

So, what do you want for Christmas?

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Remember this picture?

{Click here if you don't}

I loved reading the captions you gave this picture! Thanks so much for commenting. These were my favorite 5:

Andi Satterfield: "That fever blister sure looks like it hurts, Matt."
My sister, Megan: "You mean to say I'm too young to start liking girls??"
Katt Krause: "Hey... I'm not Einstein!"
CJ Dunham: "So I'm spoiled... what's your point?"

And the one that made me {& Josh} laugh the most came from:

Laura Christian: "There is too a Santa Clause!!!"

Again, thank you for your captions! They were so much fun to read. Well, I gotta go! The Biggest Loser Finale is on, and I can't wait!!!!

Goodnight.

Name That Photo

I seriously love this picture.

Meet my sweet brother Matt & my not so happy little Noah.



Noah's expression kills me.
I mean, really, what could
have caused such a grumpy face?

Beats me.

What caption would you give this photo?
I want to hear from you {yep, that means you}
in the comments section below.

I'm sure there are some pretty
funny captions out there, so let's
hear them!

Night.

Silence = Noah + Mischievousness

Noah is a very active and vocal little guy {what toddler isn't}, so when Noah is being really quiet, he is usually up to something. Today while I was {wait, what was I doing?}, I suddenly realized there was silence in the house. So, I decided to check on my little munchkin to see what he was up to.

You see this little ornament storage box...

... well, it was not next to Noah's high chair.

But when I walked into the living room, this is what I saw:

What did I tell ya? I knew he was up to something.
Noah pulled the ornament box to his highchair
and proceeded to do this:



But seriously, how cute is that?

I guess little Noah was a hungry boy, so

he decided to take matters into his own
hands and get himself a snack.

And then look at the sweet little smile
he gave me after he got caught.

Oh, I just love this little boy!

Winter Wonderland & 500 Miles

Well, not quite. But this week we have had some really cold weather, and it actually snowed {a little bit} yesterday! Yes siree. Early Wednesday morning while I was making Noah breakfast, I looked out the window, and to my surprise I saw snow falling. I thought I remember someone telling me it never snowed in Fort Worth. Um. Guess that's not true. It was such a beautiful, peaceful snow fall. Of course, a couple hours later I would have never been able to prove we had any snow because it didn't stick to the ground, but what a nice little winter surprise to enjoy, even if it was only for a couple hours.

Can you believe it? And, I hear we are supposed to get some more snow tomorrow!

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I'm sure you have all heard of the song "I'm Gonna Be {500 miles}" by the Proclaimers, right? Well... little Noah is walking all. over. the. place. Oh, and did I mention he is getting into everything! I seriously think those little legs walk at least 500 miles a day. Noah has been walking for the past month, but he would go back and forth between walking and crawling. Not anymore. He is walking at least 95% of the time now, and has gotten to the point where he is comfortable on his feet, so once he gets going, he is moving... fast! And boy is it cute!



I'm really gonna have to keep a close eye on him now!

Oh Christmas Tree & Curious George

Have I told you lately I just love this time of the year? Oh yeah. Ha. I told you that yesterday. Well, today is December 1st, and although I know the month will inevitably fly by, I am going to enjoy every single day of this holiday season.

I love going Christmas tree shopping! Last Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving, we set out to find the perfect tree. We originally planned on going back to Flower Mound {the same place we went for the pumpkin patch} to get a freshly cut tree, but we decided instead to run over to Lowe's since Noah had not been feeling very well. Oh, that and the fact that we no longer have my Jeep to safely fasten the tree on top. There was no way we were gonna attempt to lug a Christmas tree on our small car all the way from Flower Mound.

So all three of us went to Lowe's, and we began our search. Now Josh would probably tell you I'm a Christmas tree slave driver, but really, I'm not. Someone has to lift all the trees up so I can examine them, right? I mean who wants to go through all the trouble of bringing home a tree just to find out it's crooked or that there are a bunch of missing branches. I don't. So Josh is my Christmas tree handler, and I have to admit he does get a little very irritated with me. Sometimes I can just tell as soon as he begins lifting the tree up that it's just not the one.

Here is a typical conversation between the two of us every year we go shopping for a Christmas tree.

Libby: Oh, how about that one? It looks pretty.

Josh: This one? Ok.

Libby: Well. Hmm. Can you turn it around for me? No, the other way.

Josh: Which way!?

Libby: The other way! Stop right there! Well... it is pretty, but just lay it down there and we can come back if we don't find something else that is better.

Josh: Libby! It's not easy lifting these things.

Libby: I know, but this is only like the fourth one we've looked at. There might be a better one. Come on. Look at this one! Can you pick this one up, please?

Josh: Ok, but if I pick this huge one up and you don't like it I'm gonna be really mad at you.

You get the idea. Really, we always have fun picking out our Christmas tree {as we did this year}, but it's just funny because it seems like we go through that same conversation every year.

Anyway, after an extensive search {which really wasn't that extensive} we found the perfect tree!

Josh & Noah at Lowe's

Josh putting the Christmas tree up & Noah pulling the lights out.
Looks like my boys have it under control.

Just a couple sweet pictures of Noah that night.
He had fun with Mommy & Daddy picking out our Christmas tree.



And the finished product {this lousy picture doesn't do it justice}!



And boy, do we have a Curious George around here.
I am constantly telling Noah not to touch the tree,
but he has a mind of his own.



His face is priceless in the top middle picture. I love it.
He knows he shouldn't touch, but as you
can see he went right ahead and touched.
As stubborn as he is, he sure is cute!

Maybe we should have gotten a table tree after all! Ha ha.