One more pic!

Ryan sent me this pic that he took on his phone. They ran into Slugger, the Royals' mascot while they were walking around. Unfortunately our camera ran out of batteries early on at the game, so we didn't get nearly as many pictures as we would have liked, but this is cute!

Noah's first Royals game

We loaded Noah up on Sunday afternoon and took him to the game. It was his first time at a major sporting event....probably his first time at any sporting event unless you count Royal's opening day 2007 when he was "on the inside." He was a little awed by the number of people there, but he did really well. He did spend a lot of time walking all over the concourse and the entrance. Luckily there were several of us there so we could take turns with him. Noah is also a big fan of the chocolate malts, we think he ate half of one by himself! Unfortunately, the Royals lost to the "godless" Cardinals. I guess Noah needs to learn that in this life the good guys don't always win, we live in a fallen and depraved world. I would prefer to have delayed that lesson until he was older, but the Royals had other plans.

I know Ryan was very excited to get to share one of his loves with Noah. I see many more Royals games in their future. Ryan can't wait to go out back and play catch with Noah and teach him how to hit. Noah already has a ball and a little mitt, he just needs a little more coordination!

Just Goofin' Around

Noah is all wet and happy! He loves water, so we let him play with the hose for a while. Ryan usually takes Noah outside with him when he grills and they have fun. They explore the back yard and Noah plays on his little swing set and Ryan chases him away from the hot grill. Noah just loves being outside. We try to go on a walk almost every night after dinner where Noah points out all the "birrr"(birds) and "buuu" (bunnies) and "daw" (dogs) and "duck!(s)." There is a playground along our usual route that has this giant orange/yellow fish that you climb in, but Noah is convinced it is a duck. When we get to the pond on our walk he starts saying "duck duck duck" until we pass on by it.



Noah was whining all morning because he couldn't reach the toys on the very bottom of the ottoman/toy box so I cleared out a spot and plopped him down inside it. I think he had a good time...he probably would have had a better time if I hadn't been taking so many pictures. He has started just throwing all of the toys all over the living room. I think each day it is his goal to make our house messier than it was the day before. Kudos, Noah, kudos. Every night Ryan and I dutifully pick everything up so that he can wreck it again the next morning. I think routine is important in a child's life.

Father's Day (sorry I loaded them in a strange order)

I love my mommy in spite of her terrible hair.
Goofin' around
Wrestling time!
Daddy's hat is fascinating...
Now, which team is Daddy's favorite....?
Spin spin spin
More spinning
Ok, you have to click on this picture so it will get all big and look at Noah's reflection, it's hilarious. He was so excited when he saw the gears move.
They are both laughing over the bubbles, so cute!
That's a big bubble, Daddy!
Exploring
Look how big he is getting!
I LOVE SPINNING
Swingin' with my dad
Yea! Slides..and drool, he's been drooling a lot lately.

Duck!!!

Noah spots a duck on TV...Duck is his favorite word and the other night in the bath, he started singing "duck duck duck duck" and ever since then he has started bursting into song for a few seconds here and there throughout the day. So far the only lyrics have been "duck" and "dadadada." It is completely adorable!

Louisiana Trip

Jo with all the kids reading books. They all love to read, which makes me happy. I hope Noah's love of reading stays with him his whole life!
Pops, Noah and Miss C.
Noah playing with Miss C. She's got 5-6 months and several inches on him, but I think she's got shoes on and he's barefoot.
Noah and the girls watching the fountains at the Boardwalk.
Ok, so you can't really see Noah in this picture very well at all, but I just wanted everyone to see how beautiful it is down there!!
Noah playing on a green, I think it was the 13th hole (?) Pops is determined to make Noah into a golfer. Go for it Pops, you have my blessing, lets just hope he has more patience for the game than his mama.
Noah and Jo on the golf course
The ducks that lived in the Bell's pond. Noah LOVED them, here they are fleeing from us to shouts of "DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK DUCK"
Swimming with Mom. I was in the pool, over at the side and Noah just walked right over to me, right off the edge. He didn't jump or anything, and he almost cracked his head on the side of the pool, but I caught him. Eeek! We have to WATCH him around water.
"Ok, I finally looked up, take the picture already!"
Kickin' it with Jo and Pops
Noah's hair went adorably curly after swimming, thank you humidity! I wish it would do that all the time!!

Playing the organ at the Hunts' house


Chillin' with Uncle Jimmy at our last stop before coming home. Noah was such a great traveler, he hardly cried at all, even on Thursday when we were in the car from 8:30am to around 10pm, I think. We had three stops, one of them for about 2 hours or so to let him stretch his legs and run around. We were all impressed with how well he did. I think he looks like his Uncle James in this last picture.

Noah's first birthday pics

We went to Target to have Noah's one year pictures done, they let us pay a small fee and get digital copies of all the pictures they took, here are some of our favorites. Isn't he adorable? I just can't get over how cute my kid is!!

Noah and I are headed to Louisiana tomorrow for an extended weekend, hopefully we'll get some good pics to put on here. We are going to have a great time if we don't melt!!