Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Happy birthday, Noah!

Noah's new rocking/bouncing horse (for some reason the blog wouldn't let me drag this picture to the bottom with the rest!)

I truly cannot believe it has been a year since we were blessed with the arrival of our 2nd sweet baby, Noah! It has been a crazy, amazing year :) We had a blast celebrating his birthday today. First thing this morning we went to this place in Lexington called Monkey Joes. Monkey Joes is a place for kids that is full of inflatable play areas - big slides, bouncy houses, and pretty much anything inflatable you could possibly imagine! We met one of my friends, Caroline, and her little boy, Christian who is Kaden's age. Noah isn't quite big enough to go on the big slides, but they do have an area designed for kids 0-3, and he did play in there a good bit! Kaden took to the big bouncy structures like a fish to water! I thought he might be a little reserved, but I was wrong! We had to drag him out of there, and all he has talked about for the rest of the day is going back to Monkey Joes!

After 2.5 hours at Monkey Joes, we all came home and crashed! When naps were done and Noah was refreshed, we ate cake and Noah opened his present from us. He wasn't too sure about the cake. Unlike Kaden and me, Noah just doesn't seem to have a big sweet tooth... he must take after his daddy in that aspect :) We gave him a really cute rocking horse that Patrick so kindly assembled (with a lot of pint-sized help), and both boys enjoyed rocking and bouncing on it. We had a wonderful day celebrating Noah's life so far and are really looking forward to Kaden's birthday next week and the joint party on the 28th. Take care, and enjoy the pictures!


I took this picture at 7:16 a.m. because this was the minute Noah was born last year. He was exactly one year old when I took this one!

Kaden playing at Monkey Joes

Noah at Monkey Joes - check out that precious birthday shirt!
Not sure about this cake!
Opening his first ever birthday gift




Monday, February 15, 2010

Snow day!

Well, I didn't believe it would happen, but we actually got close to 7 INCHES of snow here in Chapin!!! It was absolutely gorgeous to watch it fall all night, and it was a blast to go out and play in. Kaden loved it so much, and every morning when he wakes up, he goes and looks out the window to see if it has snowed again! Noah isn't really old enough to appreciate it yet, and since he's not walking it was hard for him to enjoy it all. Maybe next year :) I'll include some pictures of our snow day!

Also... we are gearing up for two birthdays this month! Noah's first birthday is coming up in only two days, and Kaden will turn three on the 27th! We are having a joint birthday party at the end of the month for both of them, and we're really looking forward to getting to celebrate with family and friends. Hopefully I'll have time to post again soon! Noah and Daddy on Friday while the snow was falling

Kaden enjoying the first layer of snow

Me and the boys



Kaden and our neighbor Ashton riding on their sled!

Eating his first icicle!

Noah eating a snack while we build a snowman

The snowman we made with our neighbors!

The HUGE snowman our neighbors across the street built!