Maui Photo Shoot

We got some family pictures done while we were in Maui in August. I chose some for our Christmas card and one for the blog header, but here are some more of my favs:

Noah waved for the first time during the shoot!

P.S. I'm no longer sending out birth announcements (seeing as Noah is turning one at the end of the month). I just threw some of his newborn shots on the Christmas card. Let me know your address if you would like me to send you one!

Our New Home

This past week we scoured the bay area for a place for us for the next 6 months- a year. We finally found some new apartments in Sunnyvale, CA. We move in Nov. 1.

Now, I have to find some good renters for our place in Orem. I'm not looking forward to the packing and huge move. But, I  guess it will be worth it to escape Utah right before winter hits.

P.S. the other day I remembered I never got Noah's birth announcements sent. I had them formated since before he was born, but when I printed them the font was weird. They will probably come with the Christmas cards, just in time for his first birthday. . . I'm so on the ball.

Things are Crazy

So. . . it has been a long time since I last blogged. The more time that passed, the less I wanted to blog. . . there is way to much to update. So here are things in a nutshell:

August

• We went to Maui. Stayed in an amazing villa at the kea lani (thanks mom & dad) and had a fabulous time with the fam. It was a much needed vacay. Noah loved every part of the trip except the beach. . . he is not a fan of the ocean.

Gang's all here

Sisters

Time for a walk

luau

• Noah turned 8 months. . . oh and started waving (in Maui) and pulling himself to a stand somewhere between 7 and 8 months.
• We moved from NJ back to UT (hallelujah!)

September

• Sam enrolled and started taking 19 credits toward his Psychology degree at BYU
• We got things back to normal at the house and settled into our old routine
• We went to Wyoming for the weekend with our good friends, the Deatons 

Noah rode the 4 wheeler 

Noah, Sam, and Noah's buddy Dominic

Love my boys

• Noah turned 9 months:

. . . And was happy to ride in the shopping cart for the first time at Target

• Stats from his check-up:
• Height: 29 inches (75%)
• Weight: 22 lbs. (75%)
• Head: 50 cm (100%). That's right, the doctor measured it twice because he didn't believe it. He is going to be quite the brainiac, but for now it is just hard to fit shirts over it sometimes. 

• Sam flew to San Francisco to meet with a solar company. They offered him a great job, and after a couple days of talking and praying about it. . . we decided to accept. We are moving to the bay area---very soon. 

October

• Sam withdrew from BYU, packed his bags, and moved to San Francisco. We will join him as soon as we find a place to live (probably the first week of November). I've been really emotional about the move. It is happening so fast and is going to be super hard. I have grown so attached to our home and friends. Sam and I always said we wanted to end up in California, but I was secretly pulling for Utah. We started our married life here, went to school and graduated here, bought a house here, started raising Noah here. So many great memories. I hate to leave, but it is time for a new chapter in our lives. Sam has a real job, which is such a blessing. I'm so glad to be done with summer sales and the chaos and uncertainty that job brought. I'm  excited for the weather and all the attractions in California. I'm excited to make new friends and live closer to my cousin, Erica, and her kids. 
• We are going to rent out our house in Utah, so  I am going to try to post some pictures of it before we leave. I'll try to keep the blog updated on the CA house hunt and the move, and of course Noah.
• P.S. He has six teeth now (4 on top, and the originals on bottom). His teeth show when he laughs now, I LOVE it.
• He FINALLY holds his own bottle (but I still do it most the time, because I love holding him)
• He loves people food, and eats what we eat for the most part. His favorite thing in the world is buttered toast, and Ella's kitchen baby food. . . he won't touch any other kind.
• He took his first two steps on Friday,  Oct. 7. He has yet to repeat them.
• He is my buddy, we have such a blast together!

Lucky #7

Noah turned seven months a little over a week ago! Six months was a huge milestone and he has changed so much over the past month. Here are some of the things that are new.

1. He started army crawling, and now he has almost completely mastered crawling.
2. He started talking more. (Yes, he has said "dada" a few time in his ramblings)
3. He got a high chair, and started to feed himself gerber puffs and baby food.
4. Yesterday he crawled over to the stairs and pulled himself up to his feet. It is only a matter of time until he figures out how to crawl up the stairs.
5. He attempts to crawl/ swim every time he is in the bath. Bath time is now a two man job.
6. His hair has grown a lot!!! . . . now he actually has enough for us to mohawk it
7. He discovered door stops, computer cords, and electrical outlets, basically he heads for anything dangerous when he is on the move.
8. He learned to take his binky in and out of his mouth and has to have it with him at all times. He can also hold his own bottle, but gets lazy so he still makes us feed him.
9. He started teething! On July 16th he got his first two teeth. Here they are:

He is so fun, and definitely keeps me busy all day. We are heading to Maui this week, and couldn't be more excited. More on that when we return!

Update

Just realized I haven't blogged in a while. We are in New Jersey for a bit, it's beautiful. Noah is army crawling all over the place. Oh yeah and he likes to gnaw on anything he can get his little paws on these days. Case in point:

Have a great day!

Happy Half Birthday to my Favorite Boy!

Noah is six months today! We celebrated poolside at my parents house. Clearly I took every precaution to help Noah avoid a sunburn!

Noah by the pool in sunny Las Vegas (110 degree heat!!)

He had his six-month check up early last week. He was so brave and barely cried with the shots, but got bruises almost immediately after and was in pain for the next few days. It was so sad!

Here are his 6 month stats:

Head- 46 cm (98%)
Height- 28 inches (94%)
Weight- 18.35 lbs. (71%)

Lately everywhere we go people think he is around a year old. It's weird considering he has no teeth and can't walk, let a lone crawl. But, he has been loving his baby food and gets around by rolling and scooting.