Noah Loves his puppies

Almost 6 months

I Can't believe my little guy will be 6 months old next week. Time has flown by and I am more in Love with him today than I was the day we brought him home. In the beginning babies don't do much but cry, eat, sleep and poop...and you have a whole new adjustment period where you have to cry, pray and learn to be a mom...It is an amazing and hard time. Now that we are moving past the beginning growing pains we have adjusted and are now Having fun....don't get me wrong, it is still hard at times but this stage makes you realize that those first few months are so worth every second. So what is Noah up to this month...
He is sitting up
He is eating solids 3 times a day
The 2 hr nap has started !! and he is taking 3 naps 8, 10 and 230
He always has his foot in his mouth
When he gets tired he doesn't cry he Laughs a lot
He Loves books
He knows the sign...Eat...he can't sign it back but if he is hungry and crying he instantly stops and looks for a bottle

We have been so busy but hopefully I can get back into blogging...and start talking about more than Noah...recipes and my projects will be up soon

Big Boys have teeth !!!

I can't believe that I am about to have a 5 month old baby.....what. It is going by so fast I want to hit the pause button so I can take in this moment...every week he is getting more aware of everything around him. He has started eating solids and I must say that he loves them.

He has had peas and sweet potatoes so far but loves them. He has 2 teeth now and they are actually really starting to get big. We had to move him to eating in the high chair because he tries to push himself out of his bumbo and if we would just let him he would push it over to get out of it. We took him to the Dr. last week and he is right on target for height and weight.
Wt: 16 lbs
Ht: 29 in.
He has started getting up on his knees when he is on his tummy and pulling himself on the ground so he will be crawling soon. He is still not on a consistent schedule, mostly because he wakes up at a different time every morning which sets the time for the whole day so if anyone has any tips...please let me know.
My Grandmother came to Austin for the first time this week to stay with us for a couple of days and it was so much fun. Having 4 generations together at one time really makes you appreciate family.
In other news our church is doing well. Andrew has started playing in the band on Sundays and I am still working with 12-24 month olds. We are praying that God will continue to allow us to reach our community for him.

Also, I have a job!!! I will be a clinical Liaison 2 weekends out of the month so that means some extra money and Daddy duty. I am excited to have some me time working and for Noah to have time to be with Andrew by himself. I am hoping that this will allow Noah to not become to attached to me since I am with him so much and have a healthy bond with both of his parents.

4 months plus

Sorry it has been a while since our last post, we have been busy. Noah is growing so fast and doing more each week. His 4 month Dr's appt. is Friday so I will have an update on how is is physically growing then but he is ahead of where he needs to be developmentally. He has been working hard on his first tooth for the last month and it finally popped out today. I love staying at home with him and seeing him explore the world around him. In other news his friend Joey was born yesterday and I got to see him last night. He is so cute and looks a little like his mommy. Holding him reminded me of how much Noah has grown in the last 4 months and how blessed we are to have a healthy baby. I can't wait for him to grow up with his friends and even better...us getting to hang out watching our little ones grow.

What can I say about the Hunts....we have been busy. Our church just had our first Sunday last week and it was amazing. Andrew and I are helping out with the Children's Ministry and it was so much fun. We had over 50 kids and 100 adults. I am so excited to see how God is going to use us to reach our community.

We just got back from vacation from California and it was amazing. We were in the Napa Valley for the most of our trip then we went to San Fransisco the last day. We did all the touristy stuff and it was so much fun, although I am done with wine for a while and am pretty sure I created some new dance moves....bread and butter anyone? Andrew and I has some time without our little guy and I must say that is was much needed. He is to young to know that we left him so there was no crying, except for me. When I picked him up from Lufkin he actually just looked at me...no smile, and I admit I was a little sad about that.

We had an awesome experience in a mud bath...

In other News our Little guy is 4 months old...I can't believe that he is getting so big. When we picked him up from Lufkin it was like he grew a ton while we were gone. He is getting a lot more active and starting to voice his opinion more. We started on rice cereal about 1 week ago but it really hurt his tummy so someone suggested that I try oatmeal. We tried it this week and no problems at all....he loves it. He started rolling and that has been his obsession lately. He wakes himself up at night rolling on his tummy....so this fun new milestone is not much fun at night. I was a little worried about him rolling into the bumper pad so they came off and I got these amazing new breathable bumper pads that not only protect him from SIDS but also when he gets older they collapse if he tries to stand on them so we will be able to use them for a long time. I am bonding more and more with him everyday and am blessed to be able to stay at home with him.

Crazy Busy August !!!!

This Month has been super busy for us but one of the best ones in a long time. Most of you know that we are on the core team for a church plant here in Round Rock. We had our charter service on Saturday and it was amazing and emotional. God has prepared the way for us to start Summit Community and I can't wait to see what he has in store for us. First service is Sept. 13th.....so join us.

One of my close friends Hayley had a baby shower on Saturday. It was so much fun showering her with gifts for Gunnar and hanging out with friends. Gunnar will hopefully be making his entrance into the world on or before Oct. 31st and we are so excited for Noah to have another friend.
And I of course can't post anything without a picture of our little Monster. This was on Thursday which was Andrew and I's 4 yr anniversary...see the flowers in the background, those are my favorites. I got him Brian Regan tickets so we will be going in October. Does anyone want to babysit that night?

Noah is 3 1/2 months and doing really well. He is starting to get on a schedule now and his naps are getting longer during the day. He is now sleeping in his room...what a big boy. by the way I love my video monitor....we got it the day we put him in his room and now I can just glance at it to see if he is ok and make sure he is not awake or crying. He is in a weird stage where he wiggles out of his positioner and sleeps on his side, but still has not mastered the roll just yet so the video monitor has helped me feel more comfortable with not having to be with him constantly. He is growing up so much and it seems like every week he does something new. We are going to California next week and leaving him for 4 days in Lufkin. I cry just thinking about it. And it will be the first time we have ever left him for longer than 4 hours with someone. Maybe I should have gradually worked up to the 4 day thing but its to late now. I know I will be sad and worried about him the whole time but I am excited about sleeping.....oh sleep I have missed you old friend.

Noah's Mugs

I wanted to share this with everyone. After high school I was a young life leader witha couple named the Hall's. They were an amazing couple and showed me how to understand Go'd love in a deeper way. Well they now have kids and one of them is named Noah...yes I do love the name. Anyway you can see the story on how it started here:

www.noahsmugs.com

Basically if you buy 1 mug you are able to give someone clean water for the rest of their life. It is totally worth buying at least one and tell your friends to buy one. It is a great way to give 2 people a great gift. 1 a mug and the other clean water for life.