Happy New Year!!!

As I noted in my previous post, I was lucky enough to spend the first day of 2010 with some of the people I love the most!!!

My Nana and me!
My Gammy and Nana and me!!!

Poppy, Gammy and me!

My da-da!!!

Cousin Taylor gives me good hugs!

Mommy seems to recall, at the start of the day, asking daddy to get a picture of her and me....hmmm...the day must have ended quicker than we expected! Poor mommy is always behind the camera and never in front of it!

Our Blizzard During Gammy and Poppy's Visit!

Ringing in 2010 was a great time because I got to spend it with my most favorite people. Not only did cousin Addie, aunt Kristi, and uncle Dustin come visit and celebrate New Year's Eve with us, Gammy and Poppy came to celebrate New Year's Day and weekend with us!!! And on top of all of that, my Gramps, Nana, Evelyn, aunt Heather, cousin Kayla, aunt Stacey, uncle Brian and cousin Taylor came over too! I love being surrounded my all of my family and just soak up every second of it!!!!

And the weekend was almost even more perfect....if only Gammy and Poppy would have been snowed in with us!!!!!!!!!! For the rest of the Winter!!!!!!!! Or I would have even taken one more day!!!!!!!!!!

The snow started to fall Friday morning but fortunately didn't get really bad until Gammy and Poppy had arrived safely. The snow kept falling and falling and falling and wasn't stopping....so we spent the weekend stuck inside to see this every time we looked out the window!

But Poppy and I enjoyed looking at the snow while eating our breakfast one morning!!!

Playing in the Snow with Addie!

Cousin Addie, Aunt Kristi, Uncle Dustin and Wrigley came to visit us for a few days over the Christmas break!!! We had a FANTASTIC time with them and we even got to venture out in the snow! We had a fairly warm day (relatively speaking, that is)...the temps were in the low 30's! Addie and I put our snow suites, boots, hat, and mittens on and stayed nice and toasty! This was my first time in the snow!!!

I wondered why our grass turned white!

Decided to see if it felt the same and learned that our grass also turned COLD!

Whoa...and SLIPPERY!!!

It even snowed on my playhouse!

My hands had gotten a little cold from touching the snow so much, so my mittens were put on!

Addie and I had so much fun in the snow!

And so did Bailey!!!

And Wrigley!!!

I Pee-Pee'd in the Potty!

After many, many months of practicing going pee-pee in the potty, I finally did it!!! By practicing, I mean sitting on my potty numerous times a day, sometimes fully clothed, sometimes with a diaper on, and sometimes without a diaper on but I never once put any pee-pee in the potty. My cousin, Addie, had spent the previous two days with me and I witnessed her going pee-pee in the potty multiple times. I also witnessed her receive a "special treat" after going in the potty and since Addie is such a good sharer she wanted me to have one of her "special treats" too! Friday morning, New Year's Day, Addie had to leave and after she had been gone for a little while, mommy needed to change my diaper. Typically, when mommy takes off my diaper, before she puts a dry one on, I will go and sit on my potty for a few minutes (and again, just sit there without putting anything in the potty)! This time was different, both mommy and daddy were in the bathroom with me while I was sitting on my potty. Mommy thought she'd see what happened if she offered me a "special treat" if I went pee-pee in the potty. Within, a few seconds, I did IT!!!!! I pee-pee'd in the potty. After mommy and daddy picked up there jaws off the floor, we all ran out into the kitchen to get me a "special treat"!!!!

I know I am no-where close to being potty trained but I am still sooooo proud of myself and mommy and daddy are so proud of me too!!!

My Harmonica

I received an instrument set from Aunt Kristi, Uncle Dustin, Cousin Addie, and Wrigley. It included maracas, a tambourine, a clapper, and a harmonica (to name a few). I am surprising quite good at the harmonica!!!

Christmas in Dayton!

Christmas morning, after we opened presents at our house and went to Christmas mass, we loaded up the car and headed down to Gammy and Poppy's in Dayton! There we celebrated with all of mommy's family and when I say "all" I mean "all"! As you are aware, mommy has a rather large extended family. After we opened gifts as Gammy and Poppy's we headed over to my great-grandma's to celebrate with the whole family!

I made good use of the bows by wearing them on my head after taking them off the presents!

I received alot of wonderful gifts in Dayton too!

And so did Addie!!!

Addie and I had a great time playing with Gammy's Nativity Set!

Addie is going to be a very good big sister when her baby brother arrives. Look how gentle she is being with baby Jesus!

Addie and I always have THE BEST time together!! We just giggle...

and smile...

and smile!!!

Christmas Morning!

Before I went to sleep on Christmas Eve, mommy and daddy told me that Santa was coming that night to bring me a few gifts since I have been such a good boy! I dreamed of Santa and his reindeer's landing on our roof late at night. I dreamed of Santa coming down the Chimney with his big, red bag hanging over his shoulder and leaving me a couple wonderful surprises! I even think I heard Santa's bells and a hearty "Ho, Ho, Ho" as he was leaving in his sleigh! But I never dreamed that I would wake to the sight of this......

My jaw practically dropped to the floor and I was in complete awe when I saw my presents!

Santa even left me a special message that said, Merry Christmas Noah! Love, Santa

Santa sure was good to me this year, he brought me a kitchen with a grill, an easel, a table with animal chairs, puppets, kitchen accessories, and lots of clothes (to name a few)!!! I think I will always make sure I am a good boy so when Santa is checking his list, he knows I was good!!!! Thank you Santa!

Christmas Eve 2009!

We spent Christmas Eve with my daddy's family. We had a delicious dinner, opened up lots of wonderful gifts, and I spent most of the evening playing with my cousin, Taylor!

Here we are in our Christmas Eve outfits from our Nana!

Where to begin....

this one looks like a good one to start with!

Ohhhh, my first leather jacket!!! :)

Baking Cookies!

One of my many favorite things to do is to help ma-ma cook. Specifically, to help her stir!!! I want to stir everything. I stir my eggs in the morning, soup, pasta, etc on the stove, and I did alot of cookie stirring in preparation for the holidays! Mommy went a little overboard on the pictures of me stirring and she thought they were all so darn cute that we decided to just include them all! Enjoy!

I started to get a little giddy....

maybe it was from all the sugar (I was stirring, not eating...you know my mommy)!!! :)