Geocaching

Saturday night, while Brad and I were hanging out with some friends, somehow the topic of geocaching came up. I had only heard of it once before but never knew what it was. And in case you don’t know what it is either, here’s a definition:

Geocaching is a worldwide game of hiding and seeking treasure. A geocacher can place a geocache in the world, pinpoint its location using GPS technology and then share the geocache’s existence and location online. Anyone with a GPS unit can then try to locate the geocache.

We did a quick search for geocaches in our area and there are literally hundreds just in our town. So Sunday afternoon, Brad and I went searching for some! We searched at four different locations and ended up finding two of the caches.

It’s crazy how there is this whole secret geocaching world that no one ever talks about! And the two caches that we found were by our house and our church-the twos places we are at the most-and we never even knew this stuff existed!

I’m glad that Brad and I found a hobby that we both enjoy and it gets us outside and moving! Do any of you geocache?

A little bit of this, a little bit of that

So how do you like my new look?? I want to give a shout out to Leslie Lambert for my blog makeover! I think it looks fabulous!

Guess who slept through the night (8:30pm-6:30am) last night….

I could get used to that! AND if you know Noah, you know he is a SLOW eater. Well this morning, he downed a 7 oz bottle in 10 minutes! I could get used to that too!

I finally feel like my head is above water now. Noah has settled himself into a nice routine and I think Brad and I have finally gotten used to our world revolving around something besides ourselves. You hear “A baby will change your lives!!” and think yeah, yeah, I know, I know. But you never really know until it happens!

In weight loss news…I totally jumped off the diet track Tuesday night when I went to Bunco. I had Taco Casa for lunch that day, about six Mountain Dews, a bunch of chips, a hamburger, some cookies AND a piece of strawberry cake from Celebrations! I gained a pound….but have already lost it again! AND my boobs are smaller now than they were before I was pregnant! That is FABULOUS!

And finally, I am in Spring Cleaning Mode! I want my house clean from top to bottom, inside and out! I have given the Honey his Honey-Do list for outside and I am tackling the inside. I am hosting Bunco in May so my cleaning will be done by then!

That’s all!

Life

Life continues to be VERY busy for us! I have been nearly on my deathbed this past week from my allergies. They are AWFUL!! I’m slowly recooperating though. And I’ve lost 23 pounds with WW!

Noah slept through the night (9:30pm-5:30am) Friday night! We are hoping for more of those!

And a picture of Noah doing his very favorite trick…

Blowing bubbles!!! He does it all. the. time!!!! We also can occasionally talk him into folding laundry…

but only if he’s in a good mood-which was NOT today!! Mommy is looking forward to daycare in August..shhh don’t tell!

Happy Monday!!

2 months old!

Noah turned two months old on Friday!

• Noah is in size 1 diapers.
• He wears 0-3 month clothes.
• As of last Wednesday, Noah weighs 13 pounds even!

• He holds his head up VERY well to be so small. He can’t stand being held like a baby unless he’s sleepy. He thinks he is a big boy now and likes to be held upright so he can see what all is going on around him.
• He still LOVES his bath time. He doesn’t kick around or splash the water though. He just likes to kick back and relax.
• His new trick is blowing bubbles. He does it all the time!
• He is becoming more vocal these days. He loves practicing his O’s with Mommy every morning!

• We moved him into his room when he was about five weeks old. He sleeps better in his crib and so do Mommy and Daddy! The Easter bunny brought him a Fisher-Price aquarium that he loves to watch and listen to right before bed.
• Noah normally eats 4-5 oz every 2-3 hours during the day and he eats 5-7 oz at night-waking only once or twice.
• He loves watching tv…especially basketball or Spongebob. If either are on the tv, he will stare and stare and stare.
• We finally figured out that if we boil Noah’s water for his bottles instead of giving him plain tap water, he has ZERO stomach/gas problems. I can’t even remember the last time I had to give him Mylicon or gripe water!

• Noah noticed Bella for the first time this weekend. He just stared at her like, “What’s that!!!” It was so cute!
• It’s hard to remember what life was like pre-Noah! Our whole world revolves around him and we wouldn’t have it any other way!!

2 month check up

Noah went in for his 2 month check up yesterday. He is in perfect health!

That little piggy weighed 13 lbs even, measured 23 1/2 inches long and his head circumference measured at 16 1/4 inches. Everything measured in the 75th percentile. His pediatrician said that he was proportionate…just a BIG baby! When she asked how much he was eating and I told her that he has no problem downing 7 ounces, her jaw hit the floor! Ha! He takes after his Daddy!

Poor baby was so healthy that he got FIVE shots and one by mouth. He did NOT like that and neither did Mommy or MiMi! He was so pitiful.

He is still acting a little feverish today. I’ve been giving him Tylenol and keeping a close eye on him though!

Check back soon for Noah’s two month picture and update!

Noah’s first Easter!

We had a wonderful Easter Sunday!

Noah wants to show you one of his Easter outfits…

Isn’t it adorable?

He wasn’t too sure about the whole Easter basket deal.

My beautiful family (even if someone was a little sleepy!)

The Easter bunny also brought Noah a bag full of Goldfish-stuffed Easter eggs (even though he can’t have those quite yet) in the church nursery. When we got home from church, I set the bag on the couch next to his diaper bag. Today, when Brad got home from work, this is what he saw…

I don’t know who could have done this. Bella was the only person at home. She can’t jump on the couch…or at least she acts like she can’t. She couldn’t have possibly figured out how to open the bag AND open up the plastic eggs, right? And I really can’t figure out who ate allllll those Goldfish.

What do you think?

Getting ready for Easter

We are getting so excited about Noah’s first Easter!

Can you tell???

And this little bunny has decided to put himself on a schedule at night! He goes to bed around 7-8pm, wakes up at midnight, wakes up at 4am, then I wake him at 6:45am to get ready for the day. And sometimes he doesn’t even wake up at midnight! So Brad and I are only having to get up one time each to feed him! It’s true what they say-it really does get better eventually!

Unfortunately, during the day he wants to eat every two hours (except sometimes he takes a three hour afternoon nap) so Mommy can hardly get ANY work done!

 

Noah goes to the doctor next week for his two month check up! Can you believe he is already two months old?!? I can’t!

And totally off subject, but I’ve already lost 16 pounds on Weight Watchers! GO ME!!!! I’m not a diet person because I love to eat so much, but their plan is really easy to stick to and you can pretty much eat whatever you want. I LOVE it and it WORKS!!

Noah is going on his first Easter egg hunt Saturday (weather permitting) so we should get some great pictures!!

We hope yall all have a wonderful Easter weekend! (And if you live where we do, come to VVBC’s Easter Production Friday and Saturday night! It’s awesome!!)