LIKE FATHER LIKE SON??

Noah tried all day to catch this spider. It would run from one end of the kitchen to the other. He finally got it. Maybe he takes after his Daddy and Grandaddy and is a natural exterminator. He certainly doesn't take after Aunt Rachael who would run screaming through walls if she saw one.

Catching Up

The family at a Halloween Party: Mike was a cowboy, Martha was Mary Catherine Gallagher

from Saturday Night Live and Noah was a Carolina Panther Player

Sometimes when I get nervous..........;)

He may look ok now but he was terrified at first!

Then Noah had his friend Jacob come over on Saturday and they got to play!

It's been a few days since I posted so I thought we'd catch up a bit. First we had Halloween and Noah was not to happy at first but then he warmed up. Then on Saturday we got to see old friends (not that you are old but you know what I mean) and Noah got to play with Jacob. He learned never to turn his back on Jacob because you will get tackled. I'm pretty sure he's going to be in professional football. They had a wonderful time and they both ended up crashing on the floor about 7:30pm. Whew...what a great weekend.

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY!!

Where did my LITTLE baby go??

Getting ready for the party.

What a beautiful cake!! Mickey Mouse!!

Noah gets his own personal cake to destroy.

He's not sure he's allowed to destroy it yet...

Oh yeah! Now we're getting the hang of it.

Now that's more like it!

Everyone wore party hats and sang...

Some of us got a little confused..... :)

And Noah ended up in the tub.

But he got some really cool presents.

Where has my baby gone? I'll tell you. He's growing up to be a very funny, very active boy. I'll miss my baby but I love this boy he's becoming. One year ago I couldn't imagine life with a baby. Now I can't imagine life without him. He's my pride and joy and I thank God for him.

Thank you all for making his birthday so special.

HAPPY FALL

Nothing like a nice crisp fall day to pick out a pumpkin (or just have a photo op). Noah went wild in the pumpkin patch and tried to put every stem in his mouth! We did pick out a small 'noah' size pumpkin just for him.

FINGERPAINTING

I thought this was really cute until I had to clean it all up a few minutes later! :)

Here's another shameless video of my son showing off (and us helping a little)

Everybody Dance Now

I'm sorry this is sideways. Not sure what happened there but we have found out that Noah loves to dance. If he has any rythm it's not from either of us however.

Mis-chie-vi-ous

Noah waiting for someone to come rescue him and let him play outside.

A very scary face when it comes after you!

Trying to open the bottle with his teeth. Not a good sign.

I walk out of the room for 2 seconds and Noah has found a paper towel roll and ripped it to shreds. He then proceeded to eat the shreds. Naughty, Naughty boy. :)