grocery store hugs

(21m 2 weeks)
Noah has been so sweet lately, I can hardly contain myself. we were in the grocery store last week and he kept reaching up to hug me and kept doing it over and over again! so in the middle of the aisle, I would stop and get this great big hug! I felt bad holding up traffic, but I was not about to pass on these hugs! and then recently at the library, when I was waiting for the lady to check out the books, I bent down to chat with noah in his stroller. he kept hugging me and was just being so cute! it totally makes up for the "bad" days.

He is starting to make connections between objects.. like for example, he will point to his shirt and say a word that sounds kind of like shirt and then point to my shirt and say the same thing. and today he did the same with teeth, he'll point to his teeth, say teeth, then point to mine. It's like he realizes now that he is not the center of the universe, and I don't mean that to sound mean, but it's reality, all babies think like that. he is discovering that other people and things exist outside of himself. He has been talking a lot more, too. Joe and I made up a list of words that noah knows, there are so many!

He is still fascinated by "choo choo" and we are taking him to see Thomas down in essex steam train next month. I can't wait! He is being Thomas for halloween, too.

Noah will meet his new baby cousin, Leo, this weekend. He keeps saying "baby!"

I brought noah in for a check up due to his lack of weight gain. In three months, he has only gained 10 oz. He grew about a 1/2 of an inch, so that might account for something. He certainly loves nana's cooking though, which makes me so happy to see him eating! nana made noah choc chip cookies yesterday, he was sooo excited boucing off the walls, litterly, from the sugar high. so I was in the kitchen talking to her and I see him go into the dining room and he was sneaking another cookie! I wish I had a camera, it was priceless!!! so I "caught" him and asked him if he asked nana if he could have it. he ran over to me, held it up to me with pleading eyes and did not eat it. then I said yes, and he proceeded to tease me with it, offering me a bite but pulling it away really quickly as I opened my mouth! he is too funny!

well, noah's latest thing is undressing himself. I got home from kick boxing just as joe put him to bed last night so I ran upstairs to kiss him good night. joe was out of noah's room for maybe 2 minutes. I walked in, noah goes, "oh noooo...." in that sing-song voice... he has already taken off his shirt! I bet he thinks I came in his room b/c of that, mommy is psychic!! lol... I got lots of hugs and snuggles and I rocked him for a while, loving these days!!

Fall time

21 months)
We have been having a fun fall so far.. going to the Big E, seeing all the animals and the parade and trying fair food, yummy! We went on a hay ride yesterday at the Picken Patch in Avon and Noah got to pick out his own pumpkins! He had so much fun! We went to a bbq at a coworkers of Joe's and Noah got to sit on a tractor (Bob-- all trucks are bobs, as in bob the builder, a show he has only seen twice). He also got to pet a kitten, a horse and a goat!

He loves pumpkins and when we go for our walks around the neighborhood, he likes to help count them.

He loves playing outside on his new "bike" that he received from Nana and Grandpa. It really is a tricycle that is still on a rocker until you take it off, then it has wheels. He plays with sidewalk chalk, balls and bubbles. He likes to help rake the leaves, too. He likes to help with tasks, it keeps him busy and helps him feel useful.

His biggest fascination now is trains. Choo choo.. from Thomas and Friends on tv. When Play with me sesame went off the air on Noggin, we had to find Noah a new show to watch in the morning, his designated tv time-- which we try to stick to, no other tv during the day if we can avoid it. so now he loves choo choos!! "choo choo, turn it on?" as he hands me the remote and points to the tv. He likes the tv a little too much...