Happy Birthday, Aaron & Katie!

Yes, that's Dale Jr.'s #88 car atop Aaron's cake!

Noah wore himself out helping his daddy blow out all those candles!

Katie turned 18 this year! I can't believe my little "Katie-did" is all grown up!

Before Noah's baptism on Sunday, we had some family over for dinner on Valentine's night to celebrate my sister Katie's (February 11th) and Aaron's (February 15th) birthdays. I learned that I can seat 12 people in my kitchen/dining room by using two tables and every spare chair in the house. It was an intimate arrangement! :)

Weighing In

At this rate, Noah is going to catch up to James in a matter of months!

December 29, 2008 (Birth Day)
Weight: 9 lbs, 5 oz
Length: 21 inches
Head: 14.5

January 1, 2009 (4 days old)
Weight: 8 lbs, 6 oz

January 5, 2009 (7 days old)
Weight: 8 lbs, 14 oz

January 9, 2009 (11 days old & 15 1/2 months old)
Noah's Weight: 9 lbs, 7 oz

James' Weight: 23 lbs

February 2, 2009 (5 weeks old)
Weight: 12 lbs, 1 oz
Length: 23 inches
Head: 16.5

Currently, Noah is in the 95th Percentile for both weight and length and 75th Percentile for his head circumference!

Falling Behind & Catching Up

I don't know that many people are actually reading our blog but for those of you that are, I apologize for not updating sooner. Confession, updates are going to have to become once a month or less around here for awhile! With two baby boys and one big boy vying for my attention, I need to focus on them. After that comes eating, sleeping, showering, church and housekeeping...in that order! And then further down the line somewhere comes checking & returning email, returning phone calls, and updating our blog and Facebook. I'm going to try and do better about getting some photos up here for all of our out-of-town friends and family, but to be honest we really haven't taken nearly as many of Noah as we have taken of James over the last year. I feel bad about that, but survival has been priority this past month or so with everything else falling to the wayside. I hope you do enjoy my feeble attempt at keeping you informed, so until next month we wish you a warm home filled with love and happiness this Valentine's!

(Note: I've updated according to sequence in which the photos were taken or at least closer to the actual photo date, so be sure to scroll down through December where I've finally posted that month's events too. Thanks!)