He's definitely his mama's son!

Just like his mommy, Noah LOVES nectarines!

Mom, have you tried these things?!


They are so juicy and delicious!


Seriously Mom. You'd better hurry. I'm almost done!


Yummy in my tummy!


Watch out nectarine. I'm here to eat you!


Down to the final slurp of the pit.


Mom, you totally missed out.

Truth be told, Olivia always tries to eat the nectarine, but usually can't get more than the first bite before Noah starts begging for "ba-pple" as he calls any fruit that he can hold and eat. He'll be sad when summer's over and the nectarines are gone for the season, but he's living it up now!

Randomness

Noah got a pinwheel at the doctor's office.


His doctor's office is changing their name to Pinwheel Pediatrics. Why was he at the doctor you might ask?


Because he had a mystery rash (that this picture does not do justice) that we conclude was a reaction to his MMR vaccine from a few weeks ago.


Good thing he's still his normal happy self!

Life's a Beach

Sunday was Victor's actual birthday and we decided to go to lunch in Sausalito, play at Rodeo Beach, and then head to the Marine Mammal Center. It was a fantastic day!

A sick little California Sea Lion.

An Elephant Seal pup who needs to learn to hunt, eat, and compete for fish before he can return to the sea.

Victor and our friend Shea tube feeding an elephant seal who has not learned to eat fish yet.

Noah "helping" Olivia with the charting. Really that means repeatedly handing her papers and saying "Thank You". We're pretty sure he thinks paper is called thank you...

And lastly, Noah rehearsing his sound repertoire.

A Birthday Night at the Ports Game

In celebration of Victor's birthday, his parents treated us to a Ports game out in Stockton and Victor's brother and family came along as well.  The Ports are the A's minor league feeder team and they were taking on the San Jose Giants.

Noah had a great time exploring before the game.

 

The hat was cute and useful, but Noah just wouldn't keep it on. Thankfully, the sun set pretty quickly.

 

The Ports' mascot is this red furry thing named Splash.  Noah kept calling it "Melmo".  We didn't even know he knew who Elmo was!

  

The game got to be too much and Noah fell asleep.

  

Slept right through the asparagus races!

 

Victor even had his name in lights!

 

I think he was impressed!

 

It was fireworks night!

  

Noah woke up before the fireworks and sat through it in awe.

Watch Out!!!

A Snapshot of Noah

He is completely in love with reading now. The first thing he does when we wake up is go to pick out a book to read and it's the last thing he does before bed. His favorites right now are "10 Little Ladybugs", "Hatch", and anything with Maisy the mouse.

He runs everywhere. He climbs, he sings, he dances. He turns on the stereo. He asks to sit in his highchair when he's hungry. He tries to put on every shoe he sees. The other day at church, when the pastor said "Go in peace..." Noah shouted "Bye-Bye" and made everyone laugh. He tries to tell jokes. He likes to sit on the bathroom counter and wave to the "Bay-beee" while we brush our teeth. He gives unsolicited hugs and kisses. He is the light of our lives and we feel so blessed to have such a sweet and loving little boy. It seems like not that long ago that he could barely lift his little head. At least he will still let us snuggle him when he's sleepy.

For 5 days now, Noah has used the potty at least once. We sit him down on it when he wakes for the morning or from a nap and read him books until he pees. He is so proud of the attention he gets when he goes in the potty. We're not forcing the issue, but as long as he's happy to do it, we're happy to not wash a diaper.

He went to the doctor for his 15 month check up last week and she says he's doing great. He still only has 5 teeth, but has about 8 ready to make an appearance any day now. He weighs 21.5 lbs and wears a size 4 shoe. He has grown out of his first pair of shoes, so we've had to move on.

Where did our baby go?

An evening at the Center

Noah looking cool up on the viewing deck at the Marine Mammal Center.


Run!!!


Practicing climbing over obstacles.


The look of concentration.


Hi Mommy!


Oblivious to the majestic Pacific behind him, Noah is looking at rocks.


It got chilly, so the hood needed to go up...and he left it there!


Look what we found in the thistle.


A "Bee-Bug" as Noah refers to them! No, he didn't squish it. We really are working on being "gentle" with things. Where did his chubby baby fingers go, by the way?

Sunny Sunday

The crooked smile is due to the grape he is chomping on, but still cute.


Notice the crossed fingers. He's been practicing that recently.


Telling Nutmeg "NO" when she gets into the plants. She's a notorious plant eater.


He's not pulling her tail. It's this thing they do where she rubs against his leg and then he gently strokes her tail as she walks away.


What's more fun than a plastic bucket on your head?!