Butternut Squash!

What's for dinner you ask?!?! Butternut Squash!!! Once again, I helped mommy prepare my homemade butternut squash. I'm becoming quite the chef, I must say!!! Mommy knew this was going to be a messy one so she got me partially undressed (no pants) before we ate. Since my hands always follow the spoon into my mouth even before I have the chance to swallow my yummy veggies, my hands usually end up covered in very colorful veggies..which in the past have then helped to color my bottoms so mommy got smart this time! My squash was delicious and mommy was right...it sure was messy!

I'm such a big boy now so I like to feed myself!

Yyyyuuuummmmmmyyyyyy!!!
Finger-licking good!!! Drinking my water from my sippy cup like a big boy too!
Can you tell mommy didn't get to hold the spoon much?!?!?
Just a little messy, right!?!?!

Thanks for the jumperoo car, Cousin Taylor!!!

My cousin Taylor is such a big girl now, the big 2, so she gave me her car that she has grown too big for. I played in it for the first time yesterday and had so much fun!!! I was pretending to drive by turning the steering wheel and beeping at all of the crazy drivers in my way. The steering wheel has all kinds of buttons on it that make a noise if you push them. I quickly learned the cause and effect of the noises and had the best time livening up our house yesterday with the pretty sounds! :) I even took a few minutes to check my handsome self out in the side mirror!!! :) Thanks Taylor for the fun car!!!

Zoom, Zoom, Zoom!!!

Lookin' Good!!! :)

My big boy bathtub!

I have officially graduated from my yellow bear sponge to my big boy bathtub now!!! It has actually been about two weeks now but I have been so busy blogging about other things, I almost completely forgot to tell you all about my bathtub graduation! When we moved into our new house Mommy and I put Mr. Yellow Bear away for my little brother or sister (someday) and bought a brand new, shiny, white, big bathtub. Boy did I love it! I just recline back and relax in a nice warm tub of water and I kick my feet and splash, splash, splash too! Mr. Turtle The Temperature Taker bathes with me so he can tell mommy and daddy if the water is too hot, too cold, or just right!

My boo-boo from my shot

Mommy, my wittle wegs hurt!

They'll feel better soon, you say?
Maybe eating Mr. Elephant will help...



Yep, they're starting to feel better already!

If I stretch them out a little, that might help too....
Mommy, is my name "Precious" because you call me that alot?!?!?

My 6 month visit with Dr. Sangree

Yesterday was my 6 month pediatrician appointment. Dr. Sangree is over near our old neighborhood so when we were getting off at our old exit, mommy almost cried. It was the first time mommy and I had been back since we said good-bye to our house that Friday morning. We just loved the area we lived in so much and all of the wonderful things to do nearby (ie. shopping)! Oh, and the Giant Eagle mommy use to grocery shop at in Legacy Village is about a hundred gazillion times better than the two she has to choose from to shop at now. The familiarity is what mommy misses most, I think but she will get familiar with the area and neighbors around our new house....it just takes time mommy! When we arrived at the pediatrician I I saw Dr. Sangree I was all smiles!!! I love Dr. Sangree! She always spends lots of time with me and talks to me and plays with me. Plus, she's not the one who gives me my shots so she is still on my good side. I'm quite bashful though. I smile real big and then I try to hide my face in my shoulder! :)

I'm getting taller and rounder. I am now 26 inches long and weigh 14 lbs. 4.5 ounces. Dr. Sangree said I look great! Though she said she would like to see a few more rolls and chins on me when she sees me next. Plus remember where I live.....Cleveland, Ohio (a.k.a. The snow belt)! And winter is right around the corner so I need to have some extra insulation! I'll actually see Dr. Sangree in a month for my flu shot so I'll be eating a few extra meals so I can show off some new rolls to Dr. Sangree next time! I did get three shots before we left yesterday and was not happy with the first, second, or third one. :( My wittle wegs were really hurting and I had a little fever this morning. I did get some cool band-aids though; Garfield and Tweety!!!

Mommy's three boys!

Mommy is so lucky, she has three amazingly wonderful boys!!! Daddy boy, Bailey boy, and me, Noah boy!!! :) Mommy loves her three boys so much!!!

Mommy's boys!

Me and Bailey boy!



Practicing sitting!

My first veggie, YAMS!!!! YUM! YUM!

Saturday night I had my first vegetable, YAMS! Mommy is making my baby food for me so she had daddy pick up an organic Yam from the grocery store Friday. Mommy and I prepared my Yams Saturday afternoon and then I gave them a try a little later that evening. Not only did I try veggies for the first time, I also drank water and drank from a sippy cup for the first time too! That's three "firsts" all at one time! The water was even more of a shock then the yams were! When mommy handed me my sippy cup my eyes got really big and I got so excited...thinking "yay, milk!" I took a big gulp, realized that it was not my usual milk, opened my mouth and out came all of the water! :) I was such a big boy, I even held my cup all by myself! I was having so much fun with my sippy cup during dinner; chewing on the rubbery spout, holding it like a big boy, trying to spill it by turning it over and even chewing on the handles!

This is interesting....

It doesn't taste like milk....
Nope, definitely not milk...so I'll just open my mouth and spit it out.
This rubbery spout sure feels good on my gums though!
I'm trying to get a good look at this thing so I can figure out what it is.
I'm not so sure about it.....

Maybe there's milk in the handle...
Or maybe if I tip it over, milk will come out...
Shake, Shake, Shake!

Then I put the sippy cup aside for a little bit and decided to focus on the yams. They were scrumptious!!! They were so yummy, mommy couldn't feed them to me fast enough. They were also quite messy, they even ended up on the tip of my nose! I can't wait for the next veggie!

Yummy!

Finger licking good!
And messy!

It's even good, licking it off my bib!
Bailey's waiting for some droppings...he did get a little taste though by licking some off my face!

Maybe next year, Indians!

I tried to bring the Indians some luck this summer by wearing my Indians t-shirt but it didn't help. I didn't get to go to any games this summer, mommy said I was too little. Hopefully, I get to go cheer them on next year when I'm a little bigger!

Our new house!

Wow, has life been busy!!! Sorry I have been MIA for so long.....the last time I posted was after my Aunt Kristi walked as a survivor in the Race for the Cure. That seems like forever ago. Well the past couple weeks have been quite hectic to say the least. I can't even remember if I told you that mommy, daddy, Bailey and I bought a new house! It has been a very exciting time but it has been a very stressful time as well. I personally have not been too stressed but mommy and daddy sure have...and Bailey too. We filled our old house with lots and lots and lots and lots of boxes. My room pretty much stayed in tack until the morning that the movers came so I wasn't affected too much. Really the only time I wondered what was going on was when mommy would be holding me and would run in to a box or too...I would get jostled a little and would think why are all of these boxes in mommy's way? But Bailey was really wondering what was going on. His running room was overtaken by boxes so he just hid under the dining room table most of the time. Mommy kept telling him that he was coming with us but he wasn't going to believe her until that actually happened! Poor pup!

The big day was last Friday. Mommy woke me up and told me to say bye-bye to our old house which we all loved so so so much. It will always be special. It was an old guy but boy was it special. It was mommy and daddy's first house and the house they brought me home too. Okay, I better not go on to much because mommy is starting to get tears in her eyes. We will miss it though. We will miss the house (creaky steps and all), the beautiful, huge trees in the neighborhood, the quietness and friendliness of the neighborhood, the convenience of wonderful shopping and restaurants just a mile away, and especially Paul, Kim, and Sarah (our next door neighbors). Paul was our personal handy man! Sarah talked to me every morning and night from her house. I couldn't hear her obviously but her mommy, Kim, told me and mommy that she said night-night to Noah every night and asked about Noah every morning. She is probably still talking to me and I'm not even next door anymore. :( Well after mommy, Bailey, and I said good-bye to the house, I went to the sitter's, Bailey went to Aunt Heather's, and mommy went to work. Daddy dealt with the move. Good 'ole daddy!!! Later in the afternoon Gramps came to help daddy at our new house for a little while. Thanks Gramps!!!

After mommy got off work, we safely rushed to our new house! We were very excited to get to our new house and Grammy was going to be arriving shortly so we were excited to see her too! Grammy was coming for the weekend to help us! Mommy showed me around the house and shortly thereafter I went to bed. I slept in my pack-in-play in a room full of boxes (well our whole house was full of boxes) and with no stripes on the walls, but I slept well. Mommy said it was just my temporary room (which I am still in by the way so I don't quite know what temporary means exactly) because my new nursery was being painted. Mommy and daddy are recreating my nursery from the old house in the new house. This way I won't even know that I am sleeping in a different place! Plus mommy and daddy love the design of my nursery and weren't ready to get rid of it yet. I love my stripes too! I've been looking at the walls in my temporary room when mommy is feeding me and putting me to sleep at night wondering where those stripes went.

After I went to sleep the first night in our new house mommy, daddy, and gammy enjoyed a meal that our wonderful realtor, Angela, had ordered and delivered for us! Mommy also enjoyed a few sips of wine (her first taste of an alcoholic beverage in about hmmmm…..16 months)! She only had a few sips because it was very strong wine (Angela must have really wanted mommy and daddy to relax after such a stressful process)!

We also met some very nice neighbors already! John (our neighbor to our left) came over to introduce himself and said his wife's name is Polly and he has two daughters, a 9 and 14 year old (potentially a baby-sitter that I'm sure I will love…when mommy gets the strength to leave me with her). We also met Doug and Cindy (our neighbors to our right) who have Sam, 4, and Grace, 6. Cindy even brought us some home-baked pumpkin spice bread which was delicious! We met Nadine too. She is the home-owners association president and lives across the street a few houses down. Nadine brought us some yummy brownies with icing! Mommy's favorite, YUM!

So what did we do the first weekend in our new house? UNPACKED, of course! We made a lot of progress but still have a little more to go. What are we going to do the second weekend in our new house you ask? UNPACK, of course! :) Mommy is working on taking some photos of the house to have me post soon. Stay tuned! But for now we have a couple to post!

Bye-Bye old house. We will miss you so much! :(

Hello new house! We will love you!

And we will really love you, new backyard! But we may need to add an updated swing set some day!
This is where I hung out alot this weekend, in my bebe-pod!

I was just watching mommy, daddy, and gammy.
Still watching.....
Just hanging out while Bailey gets his paws wiped off