It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

We came home tonight and decorated our tree! We do it after Thanksgiving every year! Along with hot chocolate, Christmas music and the Thomas Christmas movie, we had a wonderful family night! Once Noah got the hang of not taking stuff off the tree, but putting stuff on it - we were set and he was quite the little helper! He found some red bow and insisted it went on there - it wasn't even for the tree but it will definitely be staying there! I love it and wouldn't have it any other way!

Putting his bow on and in the perfect place!

Mmmm, hot chocolate!

Our Family - Christmas 2010Check that bow out on the bottom - Haha! LOVE it!

Thanksgiving!

After much changing around of the time and day, we had Thanksgiving brunch this morning with my family! Luckily Derek, Khirstin & Braeden got to join us before heading back to Florida. Anyways, it was a great morning! I have an amazing family that I am so very thankful for! I just love them to pieces!

Me & my lovebug!

Sam was less than thrilled that I was in his way of Mario, trying to take a picture! haha!

Later that afternoon, Noah took a nap there, while Terry & I went and did some shopping. We came back and this is what we found. Haha! If you look really close, you can see there is a sticker over what did say "Daddy" and now says "PawPaw"! Ha! I get my good looks from my PawPaw!

Black Friday!

It's tradition for me, Mom & Andrea to go shopping with all the crazy people on Black Friday! This year was no different! We met to start at 3:45 am! Gesh!!! It was fun though! We met Derek & Khir later in the morning and had breakfast with them. After that, I went home and got the boys to go pick out our Christmas tree!

Thanksgiving Day!

Thanksgiving Day was wonderful! We started the day with a big, homemade breakfast that I made for my boys in the morning! We then had some craft time and made MawMaw & PawPaw and Mimi & Pa Thanksgiving Day cards. After Noah's nap, we headed to Great MawMaw & PawPaw Nichter's house for an early dinner.

I have so much to be thankful for, especially this sweet, sweet baby boy of mine! He brings smiles to my face and to everyone around him everyday!

We also celebrated Tylar's birthday!

Mega Caverns - Lights Under Louisville

Tonight, we went to the "Lights Under Louisville" at the Mega Caverns. Yeah for Groupons! :) Anyways, it was great! Noah was soooooo into it and was completely in awe with it all. He wouldn't hardly look or talk to us really - he just stared and stared and kicked his little feet to the music!!! It was adorable! Andrea, Mike, MawMaw, PawPaw & Grandma Hasselback went with us! It was SO much fun! I didn't get very good pictures, but it was really neat!

MawMaw, PawPaw & Grandma Hasselback behind us!

Thanksgiving Artists!

When we picked up Sam from school today, Mrs. Emily gave both Sam & Noah a picture to color! They are quite the lil artists! Two of the cutest Thanksgiving turkeys ever!

Grandma Hasselback!

Grandma Hasselback (as Sam always calls her!) came over to play with the boys for a little bit the other day! Sam & her were cuddling - so, of course, Noah had to jump in on the action! They look so cute here!

Hat

Noah thinks it's so funny when I wear a hat. He points to it repeatly and says "Hat-a". When we were playing outside, he actually wanted to wear it for a minute - which is very unlike him! BUT SO CUTE!

A Little Craft Time!

Noah ended up with a bad stomach bug earlier this week! Luckily, it only lasted about 24 hours but the poor baby was SICK. We did a lot of sleeping and cuddling that day. About mid day the following day, he was feeling better but not a 100%, so we spent another day inside mostly resting. I decided we needed to do something, so I got some crafts out and let Noah go to town! He loved it!

I LOVE, LOVE that he says "cheese" now when I take pictures!!! You can so read it on his face here! Ha! Like, "Okay Mom, I am saying cheese, take the picture already!"

Football!

We went and did a little shopping this morning and all Terry wanted to do was go home and play football outside with Noah on this beautiful day! So, who was I to deny that!? So home, we went! Of course, I had to get my camera out! They were SO, SO cute playing together! Even if our ball was completely chewed up - by someone who brought a dog over recently, not naming any names, AUNT RU! So a new football is on Terry's Christmas list!

This isn't a great picture below, but I just added because it shows how tall he is! Geez, he is seriously growing up!

Birthday & Anniversary!

We celebrated Great MawMaw Nichter's birthday and anniversary today! Yes, they got married on her birthday 54 years ago! Isn't that awesome?!

Of course, they let Noah dig right in!

You can't really tell in this picture, but Noah was just cracking up at Pa!

Smores and much more!

Terry was just the sweetest thing tonight! I came home from my photo shoots to flowers, a wonderful prepared dinner and a fire going in the firepit for smores! Don't worry ladies, don't yell at your husbands just yet...this was an "I'm sorry" evening! Haha! BUT I will take it! :)

15 Month Well Visit

We took Noah to his 15 month well visit on Saturday...he also had his nose checked out! He had a major crash into the side of our office desk earlier in the week. Anyways, everything is great, nose and all! Noah is generally a pretty happy, fun little guy, but not at his appointment! He screamed and cried the.WHOLE.time! He was all giggles at first, but from the moment they touched him - from temperature check, weight, height to his shots, he was a MESS! Poor thing wasn't happy at all about any of it! I am so glad I had Terry & Braeden with me for this one! Anyways, he left happy with a sucker and the following stats: Height is 33.5 in (95th percentile), weight was 25 lbs 3.5 oz (65th percentile), and head 19 in (60th percentile). I am also happy to report his hemoglobin (iron) level went up a whole gram! So it is perfect now at 12.3! We are so lucky to have a healthy, growing boy!

This was at the very beginning! That night, he wasn't feeling good. I guess from the shots. I hated that he wasn't feeling good, but I was definitely taking advantage of it. He cuddled on the couch with me for over an hour! He NEVER, ever does that!