Surgery Day

(13m 4d)
Noah had his urology surgery today. They originally thought at birth that he had a hypospadius and a chordee so they did not circumsize him. They wanted to wait until he was over a year old to correct it. The surgery went very smoothly. He did not have a hypospadius but a torsion of the penis and chordee, which they repaired and did his circumcision as well. He had a cold the two weeks prior, so we were worried that they would not take him, but praise the Lord, his symptoms disappeard the morning of surgery! exaclty what I was praying for! (they did, however, return after surgery!) He did very well with not eating or drinking the morning of surgery. I felt so bad, we fed him so much the night before that ended up throwing up after having a coughing jag. He did very well in the morning, sleeping late as planned and leaving on time. Noah played and was in a pretty good mood in the preop area. They did not take him in until 11am, so that was a long morning with no breakfast or anything to drink. He did very well in surgery and it was quick and smooth. We got to see him at noon in pacu and he drank 14 oz over the next hour. The dr discharged him and we went home. He is in pretty good spirits! The night after surgery was a little tough to get him to go to sleep, but once he was sleeping, he was fine. I was very happy with how CCMC handled everything!

and elmo came, too!

Noah had his first birthday party today at Spartans II restaurant in Southington. He had so much fun with all of his friends and family there! Elmo came and sang songs and played games and a rag doll lady came (same lady, changed costumes) and did face painting and animal balloons! Everyone had so much fun, it was a great day!

one year physical

(12m 5d)
Noah had his 12m appt today, 21.8 pounds, 29.5 inches. all is well! and 4 teeth! the top two came in these past few days! When he chews on my finger it feels like little kitten teeth! Sharp and Pointy!!!

He is so active, crawls right up the stairs with ease. He has been working on this for a while, taking his time and playing... but on his bday he crawled right up there like it was nothing! Now we have to work on coming down...

He loves to play peek a boo and clap. He loves making us laugh and loves being the center of attention.

The other day he climbed up on the big blue love seat and got back down with such ease, he is amazing! He is changing so much these past few weeks!

He gave up his pacifier without any issues, I am so proud of him. I am trying to get him to take the sippy cup more often, but he just plays with it and only takes a few sips. He loves his bottle!

His big 1st birthday party is this saturday, it should be lots of fun!

Happy 1st Birthday!

Noah is 1 today!!! Such an exciting day!!!
Tonight the grandparents are coming over for dinner, cake and presents and then his big party is on 1/13. We rented out the back room of a restaurant and going to have lots of friends, family and lots of kids... (all our friend's kids). so I was scratching my head trying to figure out how to keep them entertained... I hired "elmo" and then after she does her elmo bit, she changes into a rag doll (I hate clowns) and she'll do animal balloons and face painting while we do cake and presents. I know, kind of extravagent for the 1st bday... but I really want to! certainly won't be like this every year!

holiday firsts

Noah walked today, new years eve!!!! it was with his home depot big truck that you sit on, but the back rest you can use to push it. so, today, he decided he wanted to walk for the first time! albeit, not alone, but still very exciting!!!! Learned to crawl on Halloween, 1st tooth on Christmas and first steps on New Years Eve!

getting ready to turn ONE!

(11m 28d)
Noah got his first tooth on Christmas day. He woke up in the morning, not with the top tooth that we thought, but the bottom left!! A few months ago we thought it was the bottom right coming in... well, we were wrong! All I wanted for Christmas for Noah was a tooth. sounds like a cliche, but it is true! I wished for him to have a tooth by his first birthday, and it has happened.

Today we celebrated Christmas with my side of the family. So it was Noah's 2nd christmas this year and he got his second tooth... on his 2nd christmas!

He had a great time on both days with the family. Tomorrow we are having New years Eve dinner with Joe's family. Noah and Emma have so much fun playing together. We are also having Noah's 1st year pictures taken, along with our family portrait. I hope he is feeling ok, he has another cold.

We have taken the pacifier away from him. He was only using one for sleep, and he has done well with a few nights and naps without it. we'll see how he does with this cold though.

We started him on some whole milk, too. He is doing well, having it combined with the formula. Pretty soon will be straight milk. Can't believe we will be done with the costly formula! Although I can't complain, we have only used it for a few months, since I stopped nursing him at 9 months. He is doing pretty well with finger foods, too. He has great dexterity and can pick up small pieces using the pincer grasp; he mastered that pretty early actually.

His new car seat is installed, waiting for him to try it out. No more baby carseat, and carrying him around in that infant carrier. I will miss it, even though he was heavy in it. He still weighs 21 pounds! I looked back at his weights and at 9 months he was 20 pounds. He must be keeping the weight off by crawling so much and all of the cruising he does and now walking in the walker.

I can't believe he will already be 1 in a few days. Just seems like yesterday that my water was breaking on New Years day morning....

BABY'S FIRST CHRISTMAS!

Noah had such a great time opening presents in the dining room, where the tree was. He got new books, baby faith videos, and a great new jeep walker!

and Noah woke up with his very first tooth!!!