We can hardly believe an entire year has passed since Noah came into our lives, all smiles. He, like Elijah, has been such a blessing to this family and we are so grateful God chose Noah for us. Noah is probably close to 23lbs, long as the day and just about the happiest baby around. Although I was working for his actual birth date, we still had a special day that ended with a wonderful treat from Sweet.
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| Although not on Noah's birthday, this rare photo op of Matt with his boys is priceless. They absolutely adore him. So sweet. |
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| Another rare photo op of Matt and his silly side. Makes my heart feel very happy. |
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| My Pirate husband and that's Elijah holding his doctor syringe. |
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| Happy 1st Birthday Noah!!!!!! All smiles and love! |
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| Elijah showing Noah the ropes on how to rip that paper off the present! Noah's first present of the day. A book called "How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Birthday" |
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| I can't help but think how difficult it must be to see what you're opening around those CHEEKS of his! |
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| Elijah did pretty well today, despite several difficult moments of jealousy. What can you expect at this age. He was a big helper and a good big brother. |
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| "I'm 1" |
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| Noah opening his presents from Pappa and Grandma. He loves his flatbed truck and Elijah was elated with the flying airplanes. Thank you guys for the wonderful gift and especially the bag of treats! |
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| Elijah slaving away at opening the box. It's hard work. Takes big muscles. |
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| ???What is this??? A kitchen mixer??? IT'S TOYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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"Cheeeeps"
Thank you for the great truck toy! Elijah spent awhile showing Noah how it works and sort of sharing. Thank goodness he had the airplane toys to distract him so Noah could have a turn!!! |
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| Nana and Poppy Feathers sent a great gift box as well. Thank you for the sweet sock monkey and awesome to-go train set! |
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| Oh man, well this is by far a favorite gift of the year. Thank you Juju and Aunt Trink for the WONDERFUL, AMAZING, JET Airplane with spinning prop! I can hardly get Elijah off of it for Noah to have a turn. It's been a wonderful addition to the playroom and BOTH boys are thoroughly enjoying it! |
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| This is the next favorite! Thank you Lala and Papa for the wonderful, noisy, ball popping fun toy! Elijah, again, is enamored with the noise and the fact that the balls FLYYYYY out of the tube. Noah is also fascinated, but a little focused on how to get that ball into his mouth! |
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| Our BIG little boy. |
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| Happy Birthday with an awesome treat from Sweet, our favorite little cupcake bakery. |
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| Elijah was never a fan of sweets, until recently. Now, he really enjoys a special treat from time to time. Elijah had a lemon blueberry cupcake with lemon frosting and yellow sprinkles. |
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| Noah destroyed his vanilla cupcake with buttercream frosting. |
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| Well, maybe not the cupcake, but Elijah certainly enjoyed licking most of the frosting off the top! |
