Noah cracks me up. He’s learning to string words together into thoughts (or randomness).

Sometimes, they’re very timely, like when Amanda told me we would be having a baby next summer. Noah was there and responded, “baby, why?”

Today, as we cross the railroad tracks on the way to work, I hear “go baby, go!” from the backseat.

We started work on Noah’s big boy room this weekend. I’ve almost got his train bed finished, and we need a place to put it!

Well, if you’re going to move everything out of a room, you may as well paint, right? And, if you’re going to paint, you may as well…yeah, yeah. Never ending cycle!

Anyways, we got the room taped off and I got one coat of paint on this weekend. After Lowe’s giving us bad paint twice, that’s all I had time for, sadly. But, it is a work in progress, and we made progress this weekend.

Even though Noah probably won’t be in this room for another 10 months or so, at least it will be ready to go (and the paint fumes hopefully dissipated).

Noah got a pumpkin at Target today, and he’s carrying it around everywhere! He even found a place for it in the trunk of his car. He loves his new “pompin”.

We found an old wonder horse at a thrift sale today, and Noah fell in love with it. So, we stuffed it in the back of the rental car and brought it home. Believe it or not, he can mount and dismount the horse without any help!

Giddy-up!

Our son is actually an incredibly accurate notification system. Each time the waffles pop up in the toaster, we hear “ud-da!” (ta-da!). Then, when the phone rings or a text message comes in, we hear “uh-oh!”. When a phone call ends, we hear “BYE!”.

Gotta love this little boy. He doesn’t miss a thing!

Well, Noah seems to have finally gotten past this round of the stomach bug. It’s been a long road, the last week. There were nights where he’d be nearly swimming in his bed – ewww, yes I know. He’s finally back to eating normally and getting his milk bottle at night.

I got sick for a day or so with it, but not nearly as bad as Noah. Amanda has stayed well, knock on wood. However, apparently, he spread the joy to his great grandmother this weekend (thanks, Noah!). We pray for quick healing for her, as it hit her pretty hard today.

Here’s to a good night’s sleep, for all…

What a night…nothing will wake up you and get you out of bed faster than the sound of your child emptying their stomach inside their crib.  I think I made it up the stairs in less than 2 seconds FLAT! 🙂  Poor Noah seems to have come home with more than just a fun art project from Sunday School.  We made it through 4 crib sheets, 2 pack and play sheets, a set of queen size sheets and 4 different shirts for Mama last night.  Yes, he was a very busy boy last night!  He finally went back to sleep around 10:00 this morning, after being up since 4:30, so hopefully the rest will help.  The dr. said that there really isn’t thing that he can take…we just have to wait this one out.  So, we wait and pray that Neil and I don’t get it either!

Noah discovered the curb last night after dinner; unfortunately, he discovered it with his lips. 🙁

On day 7, we decided to rent some bikes and a trailer.  We biked up and down the Kapa’a coastline on a fantastic bike trail that led over bridges and past beaches, an old pier, banana plantations, and rough coastlines.  It was a lot of fun, and Noah thoroughly enjoyed riding in his Burley trailer.  In fact, when we got home, we found one on Craigslist that is very similar; and, we purchased it for him.  Granted, the views are not quite as good around here; but, he still enjoys riding along with the wind in his face.  And, wind wasn’t the only thing he got in his face on Kaua’i; poor Noah was covered in red dirt from my back tire!

After the bike ride, Noah spent some time practicing his surfing skills on the boogie board.  Then, we took a hike back down to Sealodge Beach.  The day ended with picking up some plumeria flowers around the condo.  It’s hard to beat a place that is carpeted with flowers!

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