a tale of two boys

Saturday, June 4, 2011

The Ring Bearer's Walk

The pictures speak for themselves...trust me.

Need I say more?

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

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.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Visit to the Dairy Farm

*I copied and pasted this post from my other blog...I wanted to document it here and there!*

Our church playgroup went to a nearby dairy farm today! We had so much fun!!! Here are some of my favorite pictures from our visit...

Noah was so excited about the cows...

...he kept saying "moo" when he saw a cow and "wawa" (water) whenever there was a puddle

All of the littles and the Mamas in the barn

We even got to watch the cows being milked...it was very interesting!

Caleb didn't really know what to think about this part...

My favorite part was getting to see the calves! SO cute!

Don't you just want to kiss this sweet face??? :)

The rain began as we were leaving, so we were a little muddy by the time we made it home. Our special outing certainly made for a wonderful and eventful afternoon!

Easter 2011

"I just yuv Easter!" was Caleb's reaction to Easter this year. It was so fun to watch both of the boys get excited about hunting Easter eggs.

One of our proudest moments as parents happened at our second Easter egg hunt with the day with Kevin's family and friends. All of the kids had hunted Easter eggs and Caleb had a whole basket full. Just when we thought the kids were done, Caleb took ALL of his eggs from his basket and started putting them back on the ground. When we asked him what he was doing, he said, "I wanted to share with them." His Aunt Candace picked a few up to make sure he actually got some Easter eggs while the rest of the kiddos were happy to take his discarded eggs. We certainly learned a lesson from him on generosity this Easter!