June 4th/Noah's day!

I have to start off first by saying that a couple days before his birthday we all got to go to the Dr to see what the baby was. The kids were super excited! We all kind of thought it was a boy...so we were surprised! lol. Mady showed our baby pictures off all day and kept saying that she got to hear the baby's "heart beep" :). She's a sweetie! Through the whole appt. Noah was just afraid it would hurt me. Cute little guy. He was relieved when we explained it to him. All in all, they are pretty excited about this new baby! Anyhow.....I can't believe my 'little' guy is 4 years old! Time has flown. He is such a fun kid! Since both of our kids birthday's are in June, we do a joint birthday party and then let them each pick what they want to do on their actual birthday (within reason, of course. lol.) On Noah's b-day Adam took the day off. We woke up and had breakfast and he got a couple little presents from Mady. Then we went to IF to run some errands and then took a nap. When we woke up he got his "big" present. and boy was he excited. If anyone remembers...Santa got him a red 4 wheeler for Christmas. well it turned out to be a piece of crap. So we returned it, added some money to it and basically re-gifted it! ha ha. But boy was he excited. He has ran that battery dead almost daily!

Then that night we did what he chose to do...go out for pizza and go miniature golfing. It was a lot of fun actually and he loved it! Grandma Kelli even came. :)

 

 We got home and had cupcakes. Jamie and the kids came over for cupcakes. He blew out his candle and said he was full. Then they went outside and they rode his jeep until they couldn't see anymore! crazy kids! It  was a fun day. :)
 
Some things about Noah:
 -He is talking up a storm. People can't believe how old he is. He still shocks us with the things that he says.
 -He will start pre-school this fall. He is very excited. We will put him in Kindergarten next year, but plan to send him twice. We really feel it will be more beneficial to him in the long run.
 -We're still struggling with his sleep/nap schedule. ugh! If he doesn't take a nap he is a complete NIGHTMARE and then he usually falls asleep on the couch at like dinner time. So he usually gets a nap, stays up until 10:30-11 and sleeps until 9:30-10.
 -He's starting to love primary at church, even though he has to sneak in 2 potty breaks at least.
 -We still can't get him 100% potty trained at night. :(
 -He loves to watch movies with Adam. His favorites right now are Transformers, Avatar and Hancock. He'd watch them every night if he could.
 -He eats almost everything I make! Chili, enchiladas, bbq chicken...you name it! he's a great eater.
 -He is NOT nice to his sister. We have talks almost daily about how we don't hit girls, and he gets to spend some quality time/days in time out.
 -He's in gymnastics for the summer and loving it. He gets to run off some energy.
-He can ride his bike and seems to have better direction and control then Mady. Maybe it's a boy thing?
 -He likes doing his "chores" (making his bed, cleaning his room, picking up toys... etc) to get marbles in his jar. He's saving up to go bowling. :)
-He still wears his shoes from the time he wakes up until the time he goes to bed. It's a FIGHT to get them off. he actually wears out every pair before he even grows out of them.
-He loves action figures and can play them all day...spiderman, batman, transformers...he's got them all!
 We absolutely love this little guy. He is just a laid back boy. he is so fun to just hang out with and have conversations with. We are very blessed to be his parents. Both Adam and I think that with his strong personality and determination he will be able to accomplish anything he sets his mind to. He's very hard headed. :) It could work in his favor if he lets it. Although it may work against US in his teen years. LOL. we shall see! For now we are just enjoying his fun personality!