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<\/p>\nThings have been pretty busy here lately. \u00a0Noah turned 1, \u00a0he got his 4th ear infection in 3 1\/2 months and he started walking, while Neil was in India for 2 weeks. \u00a0His birthday party was a lot of fun. \u00a0We had just family, which still meant that we had around 30 people to celebrate with us Noah’s first year. \u00a0The weather was perfect for us to do it outside. \u00a0Neil cooked some mean hotdogs and hamburgers and everyone just had a great time catching up with each other. \u00a0We even had some sweet family members in from New Jersey to help celebrate!<\/p>\n
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I made the cake this year and had a lot of fun doing it. \u00a0My mom always made our cakes and it is a tradition that I hope to carry on.<\/p>\n
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It is so hard to believe that his first year is over. \u00a0I can’t believe that we brought home our 6 pounds 8 ounces baby boy and now, he is nearly 24 pounds. \u00a0Our very first outing was to the store to get him some preemie clothes because nothing fit him…12 months later he is wearing size 18 month clothes! \u00a0He is eating us out of house and home…we can’t buy enough bananas! \u00a0He has 6 teeth now, working on number 7 and 8 as we speak. \u00a0He can say Oh boy, mama dada, and uh oh! \u00a0He knows when to say uh oh-after he drops something on purpose! \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0He is walking on his own now, although he can’t stand up on his own unless he has something to crawl up to first. \u00a0He has been in a helmet for over 1\/2 his life-has about another 2 months left in his current helmet until he will be helmet-free for life! \u00a0He is getting tubes put in on May 6th as he loves getting ear infections. \u00a0He is still bald and I think it’s starting to bother him…he took some of my hair the other day and tried putting it on his head! \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0He can wave bye-bye and can clap his hands. \u00a0He is such a joy and is pretty much always happy.<\/p>\n
God has truly blessed us this past year and I am so grateful that He has given us Noah. It is our prayer that Noah will grow up to be a man after God’s own heart. \u00a0That he will come to know the Lord at an early age and never depart from His Word or will. \u00a0I pray that Noah will grow up to be just like his Daddy! \u00a0We are very excited to see what the next year has in store for us. \u00a0We know it will be exciting and an adventure! \u00a0Saddle up, cause we are headed to year two!!!<\/p>\n
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Things have been pretty busy here lately. \u00a0Noah turned 1, \u00a0he got his 4th ear infection in 3 1\/2 months and he started walking, while Neil was in India for 2 weeks. \u00a0His birthday party was a lot of fun. \u00a0We had just family, which still meant that we had around 30 people to celebrate … Continue reading Birthday Boy<\/span>