Another Big (BUSY!) Day

Noah had his "Four Month Well Baby Check-up" today. He weighed in at a whopping 14lbs. 10 oz. and 25 inches long (though the Dr. said he might be longer since they often don't "stretch" the baby enough). He also got his four month shots... all FOUR of them (plus one oral one)! The poor thing. During his two months shots, I just fed him and he only let out one short scream when the needle went in, then resumed eating. This time, no such luck. Especially since he got two in each leg. It was no fun for Noah or for Mommy.

Angie, Katy and Grant came over for a sewing day today - I wish I would have taken a picture of the living room and dining room table covered with the various projects! Katy worked on a couple of pairs of pants, and mine and Angie's projects of the day were storage baskets and blocks/balls for the babies. I'm glad we started with the storage baskets because they took a while - the blocks and balls were so easy. We ended up having Angie (and Greg who came to pick her up) over for dinner because we ran a little later than we had planned.

I do hope that Angie will have (or TAKE) another day off from work soon so that we can do this again... maybe I'll finally be able to get caught up on a couple of projects!

Greg was even able to get in some Noah time while we were sewing. :)

And, finally, I was able to capture a good laugh by Noah on the video thanks to Angie playing Pat-a-cake with him. I took one of Ben playing with him a couple of nights ago, but missed the good laughing....

Wine, Gas, and Scrapbooking: All in a Friday, Sort of.

We actually had some of this last night, but I had already posted for the day and Ben really wanted me to put it on here since it says "Liquid Love". :)

I don't want to hear anyone else complain about gas prices... LOOK! And, the funniest part... literally right across the street at the Arco, the price was $3.75! I tried to get a picture with both signs, but didn't want to hold up traffic (I was at a stop light) and the guys in the car next to me were already laughing at me.

Most of the day was spent at Strictly Scrapbooking, at the Friday crop with Kristin, Katy and Angie.... and the little boys too. Noah was so interested in all the colors in the store and was easily entertained with a scrapbooking magazine in between walking around the store and taking a nap.

The best part was that we each had a table to ourselves for the first time since we've been going to crops there. It was so great to spend time with my girlfriends, get a few pages done and eat ice cream!

ETA: Ben said that you can't really see how much the gas is in the picture (which I agree, but I'm still working on figuring out PhotoShop) so, for those of you who can't see it like him.... it was $3.99 per gallon!!!

Bunco Babes and Boys

Today was a whirlwind day. Noah and I spent all day getting ready for Bunco at our house. We weren't suppose to host this month, but since the lady who was suppose to host came down sick yesterday, I, as the coordinator, needed to host in her place. Originally, Ben and Greg were going to watch Noah and Christian here at our house so that they could play Wii while the boys slept. Unfortunately, since we only have the one TV (we have a strict "no-TV-in-the-bedroom" policy), that meant no Wii and the boys would be confined to the upstairs. Thankfully, Ben and Greg are good sports and watched Christian and Grant, while Noah slept in the swing downstairs with us ladies playing Bunco (though how he slept with all of our screaming I'll never know!).

And lucky for them, Grant slept most of the time in Noah's crib, so they just played Memory with Christian (it was good practice for both of them).

Needless to say, they were so glad when Bunco was over and they could come back downstairs!

And, as I type, Christian is all snuggled up to Mr. Ben watching Ratatouille.

Four Weeks Today!

Noah is four weeks old today! (I think I'm going to count months by the date, so one month would be Jan 10th, but four weeks is about the same thing and is a big accomplishment too!)

Swing Time!!

Katy and Grant came over for their first visit with Noah today. I'd say she enjoyed getting to hold Noah for the first time!
And look how well Grant is standing on his own!!


We also received a package today from my dear friend Michelle and her new hubby Craig - the PJ's that she sent for Noah were adorable and the pictures from her wedding went straight to my fridge (well, after this one was scanned.... it's my favorite!). Wasn't she a beautiful bride on Maui???! I hope it's okay that I posted it Michelle!!

Another day inside....

but at least I had visitors! Katy and Grant came over this afternoon for a little bit of visiting and scrapbooking. Grant, of course, kept us entertained and was even adorable in his sleep! Katy and I both got several things done... Katy finished up a baby album for a friend who is having a boy (it's SOO cute!) and I worked on designing a baby blanket for a friend who is having a little girl (if you look at this blog Lesa, don't look at the pictures below... it's suppose to be a surprise!) and then worked on cutting out the pieces for our Christmas cards this year. We had a great time and I'm already looking forward to our next craft date!

Grant taking a quick nap on the futon.

I can't wait to get started on this baby blanket!