11 months

* Starting to crawl on your hands and knees but still always ends up on your belly
* Can stand by yourself for a few seconds when you are not thinking about it
* Persistent (or is it stubborn?)
* Hates getting your diaper changed
* Eats as much as Caden
* Starting to wean...only nursing in the morning and before bed now
* Finally found a sippy cup you like
* Will try to crawl over everything!
 * Loves to be right there with Caden and Daddy when they play tackle
* Started pointing at things
* Loves to look in the mirror...laughs and points at the baby in the mirror :)
* Hard to get you to sit still long enough to take a few pictures

Ok! This photo shoot is over! Or at least time to move to the floor!! :)  Crazy kid!

An outside kind of day

Sunday was a beautiful day! So glad we were able to go outside and spend an afternoon playing with our boys at the park and at home!

Riding his bike at the park

What is this stuff?!   :)

Running barefoot at the park

Playing soccer in the backyard

He loves swinging in his swing

10 months old

I think I missed the 9 month post so this is kind of a combination but mostly of you right now at 10 months.

* 22lbs 3oz.  (thats after losing a little bit from being sick)
* Still doing an army crawl on your belly
* Pretty good at cruising along the furniture
* Says Dada and Mama
* Recognizes the name Caden and will look for your brother when you hear his name
* Loves to watch the dog
* Will sometimes fuss a little bit when I leave you in the nursery
* Pulls up on everything (toys, furniture, crib)
* Moved your crib down to the lowest setting
* Hair is starting to get very long 
* You love to play in the water in the bath but you also love to pull up and try to stand in the   bath tub and you get mad when we tell you no!
* Loves to hold your hands and walk
* Sometimes only wants table food, sometimes only wants baby food
* Starts smacking the food on your tray when you are done eating, thinks its fun to watch the food go flying!
* Will hit our hand if we stick it out and say give me five!
* Likes to chew on your shoes, you usually take them off when we are driving in the car
* Gives a blank stare at people until you warm up to them after a few minutes
* All smiles for mommy and daddy though :)

RSV hospital stay

Noah turned 10 months old while he was in the hospital with RSV and pneumonia. He started off with a fever on Saturday afternoon and he was diagnosed with RSV on Monday and sent home with breathing treatments but was rechecked on Wednesday and sent to the hospital. We were there for 5 days. (Thankful for Nana and Papa who took care of Caden while we were there. Also thankful for a wonderful husband who balanced going to work, going home to take care of the dog, doing schoolwork and spending time at the hospital with us and bringing Mama better food than hospital food) Being sick took a lot out of him. All he wanted was for Mommy to hold him. Did not realize how much of a workout you get from holding a 22lb baby all day, even while sitting! My biceps were sore!! Or I am just REALLY out of shape! :p  He had an IV, was on oxygen, connected to pulse, oxygen, heart rate and respiratory rate monitors while we were there. He also had to have breathing treatments every 3 hours including at night. He was not eating or drinking very well and did not even want to nurse very much. Between Monday and Wednesday, he had lost 1/2 pound. Yes, he probably has some extra weight to spare but you don't expect your  baby to be losing weight!  By Sunday evening he was feeling and eating much  better and was able to get the IV taken out. The nurses let me disconnect him from all the monitors so he could take a bath. They hooked him back up to monitor is oxygen level and did great all night. Then Monday morning the doctor said since he didn't need his oxygen and was sounding better (not as much wheezing) we could go home and continue with breathing treatments at home. Yay! Of course I still had to get up at night and give him breathing treatments but we could be at home in our own beds! On Wednesday took him back to the doctor and was given a clean bill of health! No more wheezing and no more breathing treatments!

When I went to go pick up Caden, he asked if Noah was all better and if he didn't have to go back to the hospital. I told him no he didn't have to go back, that the Dr had made him better. He looked at me and said "No! The Dr didn't make him better, God did".  Melts my heart to hear him say this! Love my little boy!

Yes, God did make him better! He hears and answers our prayers! So thankful we serve a Savior that still does miracles and heals sick babies. Also thankful for great friends and family who prayed along with us!

Happy Easter

The day had its ups and downs but in the end we were together as a family celebrating our risen Savior at church (almost on time), eating a special lunch which both boys gobbled up,  and even dyed some eggs and went on an Easter egg hunt with the big one while the little one took a nap.  :)

  

Every day life

2 boys....

riding in the racecar(t) at Lowes

 

 taking a bath

getting their heads stuck under the play table

driving the truck

gaining up and playing tackle with Daddy

swinging

playing in the tent

8 months old

 I'm not sure if I didn't celebrate Noah's 8th month birthday enough during the day or what but he decided to end the day in a big way...with a trip to the emergency room. That day was normal but when I went in to check on him before I went to bed, I noticed he was sounding really congested. I was a little worried  about the way he sounded but he was sleeping so I went to bed...but of course I was too busy listening to him breathe on the baby monitor that I couldn't sleep. Just after 11, he sounded worse and he woke up crying. I picked him up and he sounded like he was having a hard time breathing. We tried a breathing treatment which did not help any and finally decided I would just take him to the ER. He almost sounded like he had something stuck and I wasn't sure if he was getting enough oxygen and he started coughing too. As soon as I got to the ER, the nurse heard him and said it sounds like he has the croup. Sure enough, he did. They gave him an oral steroid to help open his passageways and it worked right away! So thankful he could breathe more normal again! Got back home about 1:30am.



A few other new things as you turn 8 months old:

• 3 top teeth (for a total of 5 teeth)

• new taggie blanket which you love  (thanks Nana!)

• more table food (mashed potaoes, bananas, chicken, rice, black beans to name a few)

• 18 month clothes (still fit into some 12 month)

•  love to stand (at a toy or holding onto someone's hands)