Noah Drives

Happy Birthday, Momma

Just a Slice of Nathan and Noah

Nana’s Here and Meredith is Leaving

Meredith is heading to Guatemala for her mission trip in the morning. They are actually leaving at 2:45. I still haven’t decided if I am going to get up and give her a send off yet or not. But Brenda came to hang out with me while she was gone. I am pretty excited, but nothing compared to as excited as Nathan is to have Nana here. He just about jumped out of his skin when he realized that we would have 4 people to play Mario Party and that we wouldn’t have to play with a computer player. Too bad Meredith is leaving tomorrow and we will be back down to unless Noah suddenly learns how to play.

Since it will be Meredith’s birthday on Monday we went out and celebrated at Willie T’s tonight and had cupcakes when we got back home. Meredith also go the aforementioned “Mario Party” as her present.

Noah's First Birthday

Noah's birthday was Friday so we got up and sang "Happy Birthday" and let him open a few presents. I hope he likes the toy keys. He tries to grab mine from my hand every time he sees them and chew on them. We had a normal day of Mrs. Lindsey's and play, then we went to eat dinner at the BBQ restaurant. They serve little cornbread pones and last time Noah cried when we were all done. The piece that was left he carried with him to the van and continued to eat on in the van. This time it was just okay to him. After that we went out to the Lakepoint Lodge playground and the boys had a big time. Noah got to ride in his big red car and he loved the playground. He's not so much for the swings but he loved the slide and the tunnel.

Noah at age 1 is still crawling around, drinking his bottle and eating baby food. Taking his time transitioning to little boy. But he is adorable and we could just eat him up! He is still a happy boy, smiling all the time, grinning from ear to ear with those four little front teeth. He loves his "Ma Ma" and "Da Da" and "Nat an". He lights up and starts jumping and babbling when any of us walk into the room. He goes for a check up next week and I'll add those stats. We love you Noah! Happy Birthday!
Check up Tuesday, July 13 - 22 lbs!

Slip N Slide #1

This is a short video made with the picture camera. We did a video with the digital video camera the next time that Shane will put up later.

Yancey Week in Review

Seems like there is always some laughable wildness going on at the Yancey house. Here's a few things from this week:


The boys were given a surprise from sweet Patti - their first slip n slide.

I took Noah out to watch for a few minutes intending to take him in soon for bed. He wanted down in that water. He loved it and his clothes and diaper were soaked in minutes so Shane just stripped him down and let him have at it. He cried and cried when I did take him in. First time I've ever seen him be so upset about something being taken away.
Monday night Nathan was invited to "Carnival Night at Parkview" There were corn dogs and animal crackers and lots of games and prizes.

One night Bob and Larry made an appearance at our house. Our neighbor gives us fresh vegetables from the garden and in this batch was the biggest cucumber we'd ever seen. So we borrowed a few parts from Mr. Potato head and made it into a Larry.
Shane is so ready for Noah to be wearing shoes. None of the sandals we have will stay on his feet, so a determined Shane put him in socks and tennis shoes. Didn't last long. Noah was pitiful crawling around dragging them behind him.
Nathan loves Mario but he and Mommy aren't so great at playing Mario Kart so we rented Mario Party 8 for the Wii and had lots of fun playing it for days.

Last Saturday we tried out one of Shane's Father's Day gifts - homemade corn dog mix. They were yummy, but it was a lot of work. Guess it will be a special occasion kind of thing!