I can tell you I am grateful for a house to live in. I haven't lived in a house since 06' and while I was perfectly happy in apartments, it is just so nice to have our own home. We have painted walls! That is a crazy thought. It is nice to have some room to spread out and not always be thinking 'how soon will we out grow this place?'.
Anyways, I think I need to post about Noelle. She turned one this month and I feel like she is just a little kid now. She has SO MUCH personality and spunk. She has real likes and dislikes and I can no longer force her to do what I want her to. I had a hard time with her birthday, I cried a lot inside. Where is my little baby?!? She is just going to keep growing up which is exciting but also very sad and scary. Time never went by so fast until I wanted it to go by so slowly.
Noelle at 1: She walks about 10 steps at a time but prefers crawling because it is faster. She is obsessed with shoes. She walks around the house trying to have my shoe on her foot. She tries to put her own shoes on her feet all of the time and whines until I come over and put them on. It is annoying and also really cute how much she loves shoes. Noelle loves the outside. We can not open our back door to take the trash out or anything while she is around because she will throw a fit that she can't go out. Speaking of fits, Noelle throws some awesome tantrums. She does what we call the "superman" where she just plops her body, face and all, onto the ground crying. She is generally a VERY happy little girl, I have never seen a kid smile more. She is SUPER social, saying "hi" to everyone she sees, even cars. Noelle loves strawberries, yogurt, string cheese, and gold fish. She will pick out all of the gold fish out of a snack mix. Noelle transitioned from formula to milk like a pro, she doesn't mind it ice cold out of the fridge. You can stop Noelle from crying at any moment by putting her on a couch or a chair, she thinks it is so fun! Her giggles kill me, they are the cutest thing. Sleeping is always a mystery. While she could be much worse, she usually wakes up once at night but she sleeps all through the night once in a while. She gets about one bottle a day and drinks out of sippy cups and eats solids the rest of the time. She claps when you say 'yay' and waves when you say 'hi' or 'bye'. She also can say 'hi' in her super high pitched voice. She often cries when daddy leaves for work. Finally she is not exclusive in saying 'dadda' but also 'momma'. She plays by herself for longer periods of time and takes regular naps. She loves going to the day care at the gym and she loves getting babysat by her cousins. Noelle is a tiny tot weighing 17lbs 3 oz and 27 inches tall but she is cute and chunky that way.
All in all we are SO lucky to have such a sweet and happy "baby" girl. We love her so much and we rejoice in all of her little accomplishments. It is amazing to see her progressing.
Here is a video of Noelle's first Bday Cake! It is long though lol.
Some pictures:
This one is so Noelle because she is constantly trying to make noises with her mouth and blowing bubbles and all that cute stuff.
Yumm cake!
Did I mention that Noelle loves to swing. She screams when you take her out. It is never long enough.
At the Hoover Dam.
