Quite the character

Noah is getting back to normal after his surgery. He had a follow-up appointment Friday afternoon, which lasted two minutes, and Dr. G. said he's doing great, and he'll see him again in six months!


We went to Lexington again this weekend to get some work done in anticipation of the party Saturday! Noah had a good time playing - he was finally allowed to play in the house there! Until this weekend, we've had stuff (including dearly - or not so dearly - departed bugs) all over the floor. Dave used a fair amount of poison around the perimeter of the house to kill so many things, and I scrubbed those floors pretty well. So Noah got to play and crawl all over the place!

Grandma Norita got him his very own toy phone, so now he won't try to get ours, right?! It makes all kinds of noise, but I found the "off" button, so we don't accidentally set it off when it's in the diaper bag or the bottom of the toy basket. Like we do with the See 'n Say! We randomly hear, "Yahoo!" then it plays "Home on the Range."

Noah got to visit Grandma Pat and Grandpa Rusty this afternoon. Again, he had a wonderful time crawling all over the living room floor! He wore himself out and slept the whole way home!

But he was back at it when we got here this evening. Lately Noah's been "bulldozing" around the floor. I've been trying to get a picture of him for about two weeks, but I keep missing. This is the best shot I've been able to get before he realizes the camera's out or heads for something else to do!


He's also been steering some of his bigger toys, namely his piano, into the wedget between the wall and a chair. He's learned he can climb onto the piano to reach the window sill or the chair. This one's a little dark, but if I tilt my computer screen, I can see it better!


We try not to laugh (or at least turn our heads) before he is removed from such situations!


He randomly claps and gets excited when you clap back with him!


Other than these new acrobatics, we think Noah's cutting more teeth. The drool has been increasing again, and he pretty much always has a teething ring or fingers in his mouth!

Cannot believe Noah is going to be one on Saturday! We're excited for the party and can't wait to celebrate with our little guy!

Brave little boy

Noah was such a trooper yesterday! He had his eye surgery yesterday morning. It went really well - we can already see how much straighter his eyes are! They're still pretty red in the corners, and we have to put ointment on them twice a day (imagine how fun that is) and try to keep him from rubbing them. That's where the glasses come in!

We got there at 6 yesterday morning. He had surgery at 7, and the surgeon came out to talk to us by 7:40. We got to see him about half an hour after that. Poor baby was coming out of the anesthesia. He was so calm with all the nurses and doctors. He just sat and watched while the nurse took off the heart monitors. They had a tiny little splint strapped to his arm, so he couldn't get to the IV. They had to cut that off!

They told us some babies sleep all day after the surgery. Some babies are ready to go. Guess which kind of baby we have! Dave and I were so tired, but Noah just wanted to play! We all slept about an hour and a half yesterday afternoon - not enough!

He'll still wear the glasses. Far-sighted babies tend to cross their eyes when they hold things up close, so the glasses will help him avoid doing that.

Then we noticed he'd been tugging on his ear, so we went to Dr. McQuie's yesterday. Yes, he has an ear infection! Poor little guy! He's still pretty cranky, but he's sleeping easier and is in the middle of a nap right now.

Now we're hoping for no more surgeries this year!

We had a great time celebrating Dave's first Father's Day! He ran in a Father's Day 5K in Jeff City last Saturday. I think he said he came in just under 30 minutes. Noah was so happy to see him after the race!

Sweating it out

Noah's been on the go again lately! We went back to Lexington this past weekend. Dave and I moved furniture back into the house, while Noah spent the day with Grandma Pat and Grandpa Rusty. The house is really coming together. We're planning to convert it from gas to electric, and we've started in on the breezeway. Then we just need to finish the laundry room. Yeah, right. We still need to finish cleaning the garage and start in on the shed. Then the attic. Someday we'd like to do some work to the kitchen, but that's going to be a while! And retile and re-install a window in the bathroom. And many other things that won't be happening anytime soon. We'll try to remember to take pictures when we're there next!

Noah's daycare was closed this week, so he stayed with Grandmas for a few days. Norita brought him back to Columbia Wednesday afternoon and stayed with us til Friday, so we could see him after work. Judging from his unhappiness after Grandma Norita left, we think he had a good time being spoiled rotten! He's getting back to normal now, though! Just in time to go back to Carol's on Monday.

We found out Wednesday our AC is broken! So we're trying to stay cool as best we can, but it will be nice when they get it fixed. Better early June than August, right?!

Noah's moving pretty quickly as he walks along the sides of furniture. We had to take down the baby gates because he figured out how to move them on his own! At least now I don't have to try to hike a leg over the gates, though it was a good work-out! Now we're just saying, "No!" a lot more often! Like when he tries to climb through the end table in the living room. This photo is from a month or so ago, but he's still trying it!


Noah has enjoyed taking all the toys out of his basket in our living room and tossing them aside. Sometimes he sits and plays with different things; other times, he takes off for some new adventure after he throws all his things to the ground!


For a couple days there, he was clamping down on the spoon when he'd eat. We had to wrestle it out of his mouth! Brandi - you might want to skip the rest of this!


Oh, we also found out Noah's eye surgery will be June 19. We don't know yet what time, but we know it will be in the morning. He'll be in surgery about an hour and a half, and he should be able to see just fine when he wakes up (well, he'll still have glasses, but he'll be able to see straight!). He won't have patches or anything. They said his eyes may itch for a few days because of the stitches, but those will dissolve soon. He should be able to return to daycare that Monday, according to the doctor. We'll just be glad to have this behind us.