Noah {18 months}

We officially have no more "babies" in the house.  :(  Noah is such a joy and has such a sweet, content, happy (and sometimes ornery) temperament.  Though he occasionally throws back-arching tantrums, he typically is a super-content little fella.

He was a man of few words for a long time, but in the last month or two he has turned into a little jabberbox!

Ornery little boy!

Here are all the words he loves to say:

Mommy

Daddy

Water (a-wa)

Bub (Caleb)

Out

Poop

Purple

Please (peas)

Night-night (nigh-na)

Bye-bye

More (moe)

Papa

Lola

Bush, bush, bush

Chris

Cracker

Pray (pay)

Quack-quack

Hot

Flower

Car

Mine!

Happy

Moo

Set, Go! (as in: ready, set...)

Love you (Ow-Oo)

Outside (Side!)

No!

Yes (which he normally says two times in a row with adorable inflection)

Car (Ca)

Choo-Choo

The list is growing by the day and he will basically repeat anything he hears, which is at times a little scary.

Noah is such a climber!  He loves to move his wooden chair over to the couch, climb on the chair, then the couch, and jump off.  He scares me on a daily basis but seems steadier than Caleb most of the time.

He also loves to tackle.  He will walk over to Caleb and push him over (if he's sitting down) and the jump on top of him.  Perhaps he'll be a wrestler...or football player!

The kid has no fear.  Seriously.  He jumped (not fell) off of the third step on the garage stairs and landed face-first on the concrete.  By the grace of God, he came away with a bruised forehead, a bruised nose, and a busted lip.  We are so thankful it wasn't more serious!

Yes, he is trying to jump into the pond!

Noah said his first prayer just last week.  He repeated the words I said and it was precious.  I wished we would have had it on video.

Sweet Noah, what a precious gift from God you are!  I am so thankful for the laughter you bring with your sweet way of saying words and how you love to follow your brother around, repeating everything he does.  I love the way you give kisses and tackle your brother.  I am completely in love with you, sweet boy.