Spoiled Noey!

We went shopping yesterday. Little Noelle is well on her way to being one spoiled rotten baby! Look at this loot!



She got clothes and books and toys! We always hit up the bargain book section at Borders. Noey has so many books! The freaky little duck was a check out indulgence. She reached for and then proceeded to put it in her mouth and slobber on it so we decided we better take it home with us!

We went to Primm to get loaded up on lotto tickets. We ARE going to WIN!!! If we win we could move back closer to home! I was actually a little scared to go to Primm. We haven't made a trip there since the Taurus blew up on us in the summer. I mean what are the odds that the van would blow up too, right? But I am still paranoid and it was in the back of my head. I admit I watched the thermostat the entire way there and home!

Car ride to Primm with her creepy duck. He is totally crusty from being in her mouth!



I had a great coupon for summer creepers at Carters and I needed to get a larger pair of Easter shoes for Noelle and the matching hat to go with her dress.

The Character Warehouse at the outlets was selling Disney plushes for 40% and everything else was 40% off in the store. I thought I was getting a great deal! I snatched up Stitch (the blue alien) and Dumbo! There was so much more I wanted to get! Of course I came home and checked out the Disney site and realized their 40% off was just pennies cheaper than the Disney store online! But at least I didn't have to pay shipping, right?!

I went in there because I was hoping they had the Disney babies like I had purchased for Allison when I went to Disneyland. They were so cute. I got Allison a Minnie baby wrapped in a blanket but they had many other characters too. Now on their site you can only get Simba. My friend Sally wanted Dumbo for her new niece. I found it on ebay and got it for her. Then I saw a homeless lady at the post office on Friday. I ignored her on the way in because I don't carry cash and I couldn't look her in the eye. When I came out I saw she had a little baby girl in her arms about Noey's age. I got in the van and went through my packages. The Dumbo had arrived. A little voice said to give Dumbo to the baby. I had no money for her but I could offer her Dumbo. Then I sweated bullets the entire ride home hoping that the second Dumbo was still available on ebay! I had contemplated getting it for Noey so I knew there were two!! Luckily it was still there and Sally's niece will have hers soon!

Noelle is doing well with her foods. She has done carrots, squash, green beans, sweet potatoes, peas, and bananas. She doesn't really dig bananas so much but we will keep working on them. She still has pears and apples to try as well as oatmeal. She has started to grab the spoon and shoves food in her mouth herself!!

Dirty girl covered in peas!



Noelle had a good first St. Patrick's day! She had a party at daycare and I made jello jigglers in the shape of Shamrock's for the kids. What a mess I made making them! I totally screwed up the first time and had to go back to the store and then let's just say a green tsunami wave hit the Little's refridgerator during the transfer process! Ugh! The fridge actually got stuck closed a little bit!



I got Noelle a 1983 Good Luck Care Bear on ebay. I know this pic is very similar to Valentine's but oh well! :)





She had a good time at her party. She didn't sleep all day because she wanted to know everything that was going on! She has been a really bad napper lately! She wants to be involved in everything! She was a spaz at the mall and has been crazy at swim lessons! She is growing into a wild child!!




We are corrupting Noey Lynn at an early age. Here she is totally engrossed in the Roast of Donald Trump on Comedy Central. She also watched the current episode of Tosh.0 this way! She is going to think that "bleeps" are normal parts of the English language!!!





Finally passed out with daddy after a long, crazy weekend! Too bad his back started to hurt and we had to move her. This caused a total nuclear meltdown and we had to swaddle her so she could get some shut eye. We have a spit-fire on our hands!

Second Swim

Noelle was excited all weekend about going swimming again! She would squeal everytime we talked about it! Ok, I'm the one that was squealing!



Once we got in the water though she decided it was nap time and tried to snuggle into me. I wasn't sure how the class was going to go. I thought we would most likely be cutting it short once a tired fit of rage set it! But she was a good girl and once class got started she forgot all about being tired!



Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall...







Practicing with her teacher!





Her favorite part of class, the toys!



High 5 for her teacher! Good job Noey!

March 5th was a BIG day!

We started out trying rice cereal that morning with the doctor's go ahead. Our sitter also said she thought Noey was getting bored with the bottle so maybe food would be a good change for her. She did pretty well! She wasn't quite sure about eating from a spoon at first but took to it fast! I don't think she loved the cereal and I'm not sure how much actually got into her!











The doctor said to follow up cereal with a veggie so she doesn't get backed up from the rice. So we chose carrots. I read you should do the orange veggies first so we gave it a try. That first bite was, "whah?!" and then she decided she loves carrots! Most of the carrots actually went in! (Until I dropped the jar!) She figured out the spoon right away and was snapping at it like a shark and leaning into it!! "Put that spoon in my mouth!!"









Neko likes carrots too!




This was her reaction to wiping the carrots off her face! I think she was saving some in her nose for later!



We also sat up in her exersaucer by herself for the first time! (With a little help from a towel!)

"Come here Mr. Sheep, I want to put you in my mouth."



Noelle has been practicing her yoga. She has found her toes and believes they belong in her mouth!

First Rice Cereal Videos

Noelle was allowed to try rice cereal this morning. It was a bit too runny to start and then we added some extra. She is very interested in eating and likes the spoon. We just have to keep the food in her! This afternoon we will try carrots! Copy and paste to watch the videos.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTNyHssOffY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbJ-nA5I574

Random Noey

Our big girl has moved on up to her crib! She was getting too long for her basinett and when her feet would hit the edge she would get mad! She still scoots all over the crib at night, which we have no idea how she does it since we have her swaddled up! She is a worm! There are seven LARGE pieces of furniture in our bedroom now but thankfully they all fit! We are not ready to be on separate floors so we are sticking together!!



This is how she prefers to sleep but I don't want to be up every two minutes checking on her breathing so we only allow this for naps! She loves that minky cow blanket on her face!!



On February 16th Noey had her last bottle of breast milk. I was sad but then I remembered how freaking hard exclusively pumping was and I pushed the guilt away and said I did the best I could for her. Seriously, I thought it would be easy but it was by far the hardest thing I have ever done. I know our relationship suffered in the early days because I was literally always pumping. I could honestly write an entire post about the issue and I just might but here is my only documentation of the 900oz I stock piled for her in the freezer on top of what she got fresh. I wish I had a picture of our two freezers stuffed! May your IQ be high Noey Lynn!



"How much is that Noey in the window? Ruff! Ruff!" I know it's not a window and she isn't a dog but that is the song I sing to her anyways.





She is so beautiful!


She is getting so big and strong! She learns something new all the time and getting very good at holding toys and she wants to be in everyone's business! At her doctor visit today our new doc said she looked great and she is 13pounds and 14 ounces. She is 25.5 inches long! She gets to start food this weekend!



We have been blessed with a smiley, happy, giggly, content little baby. She is so snuggly and learning to give kisses! She holds her arms out for us sometimes and it is so nice to interact with her more and more.

Swimming!

Noey wasn't quite sure about that big bathtub when we arrived at the pool but it took her about 2 seconds to decide this was going to be a good time! She is such a cutie and loves the water. I'm looking forward to taking her every weekend! She'll be kicking and blowing bubbles before we know it!

Noey wore the orange suit her daddy picked out for her to her first lesson. She'll be going "tulip retro" next week!


Just hanging out waiting for class to start!




Taking a dive!

Noey's Valentine

Thanks everyone for all the fun Valentine's and presents for Noelle! Her little mail box was full and she got some cute outfits! She loves her Tenderheart Care Bear and her love bug teether. I've been going crazy on Ebay reliving my childhood and snatching up toys for her!

She came home from daycare with more Valentine's, cupcakes, and a balloon (the cats made short work of the ribbon!) It sounds more and more like little Ben is totally in love with Noelle and he even asked me if he could kiss her goodbye (on the cheek) the other day. It is so sweet. He sits and watches cartoons with her and is so soft and gentle with her. Joan says Ben is very tenderhearted and watches over our Noey Lynn.