soon, when people ask me how old Noah is...

... I'll have to say "He's one.'

... and then cry a little.

My little teensy (ok so he was never "teensy") boy will be one next Sunday and it seems like over night he has started doing these "tricks". I didn't realize it until tonight when we were at a friend's house and she was freaking out about the fact that he can high-5, but he can do a lot! For the sake of my horrible memory and that poor, dusty, unopened baby book with nothing written on the blank pages, let's take a look at things Noah can do at 12 months:

• walk (blegh. I envy everyone whose children didn't walk until after 12 months)
• high-5
• stick his tongue out
• clap
• dance
• sign "finished"
• give kisses (precious)
• give hugs (even cuter because he goes "mmmmmm" while he hugs)
• blows kisses
• shows his muscles (hilarious!)
• use a fork (we're working on that one, but he can definitely stab something then get it in his mouth!)
• make a "motorcycle" sound ("bbrrmmm")
• go to bed on his own without nursing (Thank the Lord! I am FINISHED nursing! I was never one that loved, or even liked, nursing but I wanted to stick it out until he could have cow's milk. Our pedi gave the ok to start introducing the milk at 11 months and except for one middle of the night wake up where nothing else would calm him, I haven't nursed him in over 10 days.)

I can't believe that I only have 8 more days of having a baby. I act like that's a sad thing, but it really isn't. He's getting to be so much fun and it's hard to imagine going back to the infant stage with the next baby, but sooner or later that will (hopefully!) happen. It seems as though each stage is more exciting and fun than the last, and I'm very excited for each new thing he learns!

wordless wednesday

(We've been busy around here... and SOMEONE has a first birthday next Sunday!)

first day of "school"

Noah had his first day of school today.

He made me this:

Ok, so it's not really school. It's just Parents' Morning Out- but it is 3 days a week from 9am-11:45am so that's gotta count for something! It's on the same campus as my office, so on Mondays I plan to do office work and Wednesdays and Thursdays will be for running errands and... erm... sewing.

...and possibly napping.

Speaking of napping- I think Noah enjoyed PMO.

I know for a fact that he had fun and was busy- here's the proof once I pulled into the garage:

Man, he's sweet.

On the sewing end of the spectrum, I've been pretty busy. I have three (yes, THREE!) baby showers this week! All the babies are 2nd children, so I went with a more personal gift rather than something off a registry.

One is for a sweet baby girl to be named Lilah.
(the other parts ofthe gift are monogrammed onesies)
One is for a little guy to be named named Tanner:
(his gift also consists of more- a monogrammed onesie and some USC-themed burp cloths)


and last is a little guy who has no name yet. :)

Words can not describe how much I LOVE that "Transportation" fabric. I wish I could do Noah's entire big boy room of just that fabric. Alas, that would be a little overwhelming... and a lot expensive.

Meanwhile, this beast is still lurking in the corner of my sewing room:

I have one more round to go and I'm calling it a day on that quilt! I'm just sort of chipping away at it a little bit at a time. I would love to have the whole quilt finished by Noah's birthday party.

Hey, we all need goals, right?

(even if they're not realistic)

Speaking of Noah's birthday, it's about 2 weeks away. Go ahead, ask me have I even sent out invitations. Nope. I have done nothing yet but plan it all in my head.

In my defense, I TRIED to make his invitation but couldn't get a decent shot of him to put on it. I guess I'll have to work on that soon... maybe tonight!

a post with a ton of pictures....

... because I'm too tired from doing all this stuff to actually write about it!

the living room re-do is almost done!

I love my new blue walls... and the way they flow right into the yellow kitchen. During all of the spackling/sanding/prep for painting, Joe said that he actually would like the photo collage in the hallway to come down. So it did-but now that wall looks so empty and lonely and boring!

Any ideas? What's on the walls in YOUR hallway?


I also started collecting/planning Christmas gifts this week. A local boutique nearby was going out of buisness so I snagged a ton of Vera Bradley purses and cosmetic bags at 50% off! I also decided that for this year's Christmas present I'd really like to give something awesome to my grandmama- so I stopped by the yarn shop for some nice lace yarn and started on this amazing Ribbon Lace scarf for her (the pattern is free on Ravelry!). So far I've only gotten the first repeat done, but I think it's going GREAT for my first lace project ever!

Well, what have YOU been up to?

in the photo friday- erm, uh... saturday night. Ok, fine- extremely early Sunday morning. Whatevs.

Joe bought us bikes! Well, let me re-phrase: Joe has a ridiculously expensive mountain bike that he is basically in love with- however, with a baby, your wife doesn't always let you leave and go mountain biking with your bros (sorry, pal). Thus, Joe bought me a bike (I'll probably post a picture later- it's so cute!) with a seat on the back for Noah so we can all at least go on rides around the neighborhood together! This picture was taken this afternoon right before we headed out on a little family bike ride!

Eek! My boy is getting so big!

Less than a month until he's one year old. Yikes.