Nathan and I went to the Albany Zoo today. It was a pretty fun day. He is at a good age for the two of us to go out and run around together. This little car that Meredith picked up used for $15 has been a lifesaver lately. It is perfect for something like the zoo. He gets to ride, but it is much cooler than a stroller. I even rolled him in it on the Disc Golf course. (On a side note I played 4 holes of disc golf and I am terrible.)
Shane and Nathan were having a birthday party this morning and Nathan went to change his pull up by himself. When he came back he was ready to go, party hat on, shirt tucked in and mama's tennis shoes on.
A little later, watching some Blues Clues, having a snack, still wearing his party hat.
Tonight he got some "new to us" Superman PJ's and went to bed a superhero.
Today was a special day. Noah got to meet his Great Grandmother.
And Great Aunt Joan
Aunt Amanda and Fe Fe came to visit too.
We had such a great time being together. Nathan loves it when our family comes to visit. He was so excited to come home from daycare this morning and see everyone. Here Nathan is having story time and snack time with Fe Fe. Hopefully it won't be too long before we can go to Pell City so Noah can meet the rest of the family. 
Miss Andrea came to Lifeguard for us.
"Kicking" with Mrs. Kelli
And of course we couldn't leave without having popcorn!
Meredith went back to the Dr. today. They did blood work and didn’t really find anything new, but because of the fever they know think she may have had some sort of virus.
So she is currently taking Prednisone and some allergy thing called Xyzan(something). Hopefully this stuff is going to take care of the itching and the rash. Unfortunately this means that she won’t be able to nurse for the next week. Noah is doing fine with formula though so it looks like he will be fine for the next few days.
I think that this is what she told me, I have been spending the day with both boys so my brain is a little tired. Meredith will get on and correct me if I am wrong.
Meredith has some sort of allergic reaction that has now spread to lots of places on her body. She tried to go without Benadryl so that she could go back to nursing, but she itches too bad.
Looks like Noah will get some formula tonight. She goes to the doctor tomorrow to see what they can tell her about what is going on.Nathan started swimming lessons yesterday. Meredith took him and took these pictures. I went with him today and I have to say that it was a blast. I was so proud of him. He sat on the side like he was supposed to and waited his turn. When he was swimming he went for it with gusto and wasn’t afraid to put his face in the water or kick or even float on his back.
The best part was his face when his turn was finished. He would turn and look at me and just beam. I can see now how dads get all wrapped up in their kid’s sports stuff. I can easily see myself doing that (and I will share a video story with you soon of another such story)
I wanted to set these posts so that you get a new one every day, but in the end I couldn’t figure it out so you get 3 new posts in one day. But history says that when I do this sort of thing you don’t leave us a comment and that just hurts our feelings. Seriously, Meredith and I talk about comments on this blog like they were letters from the president. There were all sorts of people telling us they saw pictures of Noah on his birthday who didn’t comment. We were like “why didn’t you tell us our baby was pretty.” Yes, I know we need help.
Anyway, these are some random Noah pictures. I just like to see him in lots of different poses. His face makes me smile.
I love it when a series of pictures tells the whole story. Meredith wanted a picture of her boys since they both were wearing brown and blue. Check out the progression to see the results.
Nathan and I went out on Saturday to the Providence Canyon. In the end we really didn’t go very far down into the canyon, but we did play on the playground and get to look through this “periscope” so it was a pretty fun day. I have some video too, but I have that saved for a special project.
Thirty Five! What a wonderful birthday I've had this year. Saturday night we went to eat at Olive Garden to celebrate. Dinner was delicious and it was nice to be out of the house for a little while.
Sunday was actually my birthday so after church Shane and Nathan brought me home a birthday cake. Nathan picked out my candles in the store and couldn't wait to blow the fire out and have cake once they got home!
I also had two sweet friends, Reba and Theresa come for lunch showering us with birthday and baby gifts and a Nathan gift too. They also brought me homemade cupcakes - yummy! I feel very blessed to be 35 and alive with Christ as my Savior, Shane the best husband ever and two precious boys in my life.
