Elianna, Taylor and Noah Hanging Out

Confessions of New Mom

Okay so there are times that I let Noah play with my gum package while I am on the computer.  It keeps him happy while I check on my emails.  I realize that there are gobs of toys sitting out in the other room for him to play with but somehow he always ends up with the gum package.  Today while he was sitting, happily shaking the package, I all of a sudden heard a very happy, very loud sucking noise.  Yep that's right somehow he managed to get the package opened and a piece of strawberry gum into his mouth.  Needless to say a bit of a scary moment later and his first, and last piece for a long time, of gum was out of his mouth.  You should have seen the look of dismay cross his face when he realized I had taken it.  I guess his taste buds will never be the same...how will sweet potatoes taste any good after fake sweet strawberry?  

My many attempts to get a good 7 month shot of Noah...

Number 1

Number 2
Number 3 
Number 4
Number 5
Number 6
Number 7...the keeper!

Kiki's Korner

Hey have you checked out Kiki's blog?  She is having a free giveaway for one lucky winner.  I love the necklace's and I have seen some of you ladies with one's similar!  You are one fun lady Kiki and you have an exceptionally cute daughter.  

www.hantla.com/kiki/ 

Fortune Cookie

I am not a firm believer in the fortune's you find in fortune cookies.  Except for tonight it got me a bit scared.  While out at PeiWei Kelly and I both had a cookie, his said 'a small gift can bring joy to the whole family."  Okay.  Then mine said, "you will move into your dream home this year".  Great so now I am moving and pregnant (I took the small gift to mean baby).  Well I didn't like what mine said so I went back for another (hey if one fortune won't work?), and guess what one I grabbed?  That's right, a small gift can bring joy to the whole family.  Pregnant, with twins, and moving.  I am never eating a fortune cookie again.  

A little rhyme

First Came Love...

and a very long journey, Kelly can truly say he went to the ends of the earth for this girl!
Then came a proposal (a bit fake, notice Kelly's wedding band, poor guy forgot to get down on one knee the first time around.  So a year later he 'proposed' properly, I said yes, again?!)


Then Came Marriage....







Then Came Noah in a Baby Carriage...

Not the end but merely a snapshot of our life together so far.

The many do's of Noah Cassaday

When it comes to Noah hands down the number the one thing that strangers comment on is his hair.  Is it natural?  Do I put mousse, gel, hairspray (honestly?) or hair products in his hair?  It is so cool!!  

His hair is one of those features that I can and do have a lot of fun with...check out the pictures below!!  

The natural look.
The handsome, comb over, look.
If only I owned a skateboard look.
I could have been in that movie, playing Alfalfa, look.
Hello, I am Jack Nicholson, look.  Minus the cigars, booze and girls, of course.  

Guess what I found??

Pictures from our Arizona Reception (last year!).  Can you believe it has already been a year?My favourite shot is of Tonya with the Canadian flag in the back, too bad Mike wasn't standing with her:)

Hello Amy!!
The McCoy's, lovely flowers by the way.
I love this shot of the Caruso clan.
Herbrandson's, look how little Alyssa and Emily are!! Wow.  
Thanks for coming!!    

Last Night

I do believe that our little one has entered the official teething stage.  He has been gumming at his hands for months now but last night he woke up crying, twice, and could not be consoled.  If you know Noah you can agree that this was not like him at all.  Poor thing.  But one good thing about it all was he finally cuddled with me.  Usually he is too busy trying to look at anything that moves to even think of cuddling but last night he did.  Too bad it was at midnight but I will take what I can get.  

"Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?"

This line in the ever popular song, Auld Lang Syne, has been stuck in my head recently.  I read through the lyrics and wondered, is this really a song that I sing with such energy and vigor each year (especially the Boney M version)?  Should old acquaintance's really be forgot?  I could not think of anyone I would want to sing that line to...until a small flashback suddenly appeared.  Oh yes there are a few.  And here they are.  Please know that you are truly safe to read this because none of you, at least I am not naming names, have made my old acquaintance forgot list.  

1) The lady who, while only in my seventh month of pregnancy, came up to me and announced rather loudly, wow you are HUGE.  

Thank you.  I had not noticed.  

2) To that man who decides that is alright to run around our neighborhood in tight spandex shorts.  Not a flattering look.  Please invest in some LOOSE jogging pants.  

3) To the man that sat next to me on an airplane.  Even after you reassured me, a few times, that it was fine that he was sitting next to me and a crying baby, because he had noise reduction earphones, you still took the first chance handed to you to sit as far away from us as possible.  

4) To the nurse that tended to us while I was in my 30 some hour of induced labor.  I did not appreciate your tough love approach to the my situation/problem.  I would rather of had the candy coated talk about things like, drugs, c-sections and goodness girl get some reality in that head of yours.  (Seriously if I had my wits about me I would have fired her, pointed at her just like Trump, and say your FIRED get me a nicer nurse).   PS, I did take the drugs and they were fun!!

5) To the security lady who took away my bath and body works soaps that I was taking to Canada, for my mom.  I know you were nice about it and all but I was still pretty sad.  And a little frantic since I was about to miss my flight.  Oh well.  I hope you are enjoying your lovely smelling soaps!!

6) (Seriously I am running out of people, must have been a great year!!) Last, but not least, to the man who kept telling me, only two more weeks of home renovations and were done.  Okay so this is my husband, and I do not want to forget him but I would like to leave the nightmarish memories of home renovations behind in the year 2008!  

Happy New Year, may it be filled with people you do not wish to forget:0)  

Mom's Visit

As some of you know my Mom decided to surprise us with a visit the week before Christmas.  If you know my Mom this is a highly uncharacteristic of her to do, especially since she bought a ticket Monday and flew the next day to Phoenix.   We were very grateful for her visit, and the fact that she even braved winter travel!  Noah loved spending time with his Grandma.  Thanks for the visit Mom!!

We had an early Christmas celebration with my Mom.  Here Noah is opening his first stocking gift: pacifiers!!  Notice how excited he is to get into them.
A safari shirt.  My mom loves to find cool shirts for Noah.

Another fun adventure we went on.  Zoo lights, on a Saturday night.  Brave woman my Mom is.  

Hiking

Renee and I made the trek up Lost Dog Trail on Monday.  I had bought myself, for Christmas, a hiking backpack for 40 dollars at the kids consignment store.  I am so proud of that purchase that whenever I walk by someone who comments on the backpack, I have to use all restraint to not proclaim, 40 dollars!! That is all I paid!!  And it even comes with a sun shield (which I forgot on Monday).

Anyways.  I would just like to say that I am completely out of shape.  Poor Renee had to suffer through my wheezing and slowness.  But we did make it.  And I do not believe what the map says, our trail should not be classified as 'easy'.  They should try hiking that trail with a 20 pound child ( I am rounding up) and backpack (40 bucks!!)  and see if they still think it's 'easy'.