January 2010

wow.. where did January go? I was thinking about noah and all of the things he can do now...some things he has been doing for a long time.

He gets up by himself and goes pees during the night and in the morning. attempts to wipe himself when poos but either uses a whole box of wet wipes or a whole roll of toilet paper. or nothing and neglects to tell me he went poop.
mostly gets himself dressed and undressed.
puts on his shoes and jacket and hat and takes them off. (can't zip yet or button)
can get himself a drink of water and snack and even at times helps himself to something in fridge with aid of step stool.
picks up toys well.. with being told a 1000 times to do so.
can color in the lines.
write his name
knows his first and last name,
knows his street address and city and town he lives in.
knows to dial 911 for emergencies and does well when we practice face senarios.
can help take out paris, feed him and does a good job playing with him and brushing.
can climb in and out of the car seat and likes to help buckle the straps.
knows how to count to 50.
can identify all numbers up to 10 and all letters.
knows all abc's.
knows all colors in english and spanish
knows all shapes
can identify his name when written
can draw a circle and a line
can draw a stick figure with details such as ears, hair, fingers and toes.
and,... no more naps! Just kind of happened on it's own.
the list goes on and on.. but fun to think of these things!

4th bday party

We had family over on Jan 9th to celebrate Noah's birthday. becky, emma, leo, nana B, scott, lori, chris and cheye, nana and grandpa, and my sister bonnie and her husband Brian all came over. we had a very nice time! Lots of pizza and cake. they helped noah open all of his bday games so he could play. what a mess! but it was a lot of fun, very relaxing and great to have family together. it was the first time my mom and bonnie had seen each other in 30 years! lots of tears!!

4th Birthday

We went to Boston for Noah's 4th birthday. It fell on a saturday and Friday was new years day. Since joe and I both had the holiday off, we went to boston for the weekend.
I worked thur night into fri and came home to sleep a bit. We left around noon and arrived at our hotel at 3pm. It was a really nice big fancy one that we all enjoyed.
We walked to dinner.. in the freezing cold.. not knowing that we could have acutally taken the car out of the hotel parking garage without receiving another bill.
and then we went to Boston children's museum. It is only a $1 per person on friday nights. we all had a really good time!
when we got home, the hotel staff brought up noah a icecream sundae with a candle and a bday card! It was very thoughtful of them.
the next morning we went swimming and then checked out. we drove to the boston aquarium which was not too far away. Noah had fun, especially watching the penguins and sharks.
then we went to Legal seafoods next door, where noah slept on our jackets in the booth. I guess he was tired!

He was getting kind of cranky.. too cranky for his own good. we had invited joe's parents over that night to have cake with us, but by the time we got to big Y to get the cake, noah had a complete fit and melt down. so we left..
it got even worse. so joe punished him, I cancelled the cake and party. joe's parents did not come over or bring paris back, which REALLY upset noah.
Noah saw that I was crying and really freaked out. I think it dawned on him just how upset and dissapointed I was.
After that he settled down and began to act right. I allowed him to open some presents. His nana and grandpa came over the next day for cake and brought paris back.. they were watching him for us while we were away.

It was a good bday, but a sad one too. The fact that he received his first spanking-- on his 4th bday-- says a lot. Let's pray his behavior changes.