101 in 1001

Most people know about this, but just in case you don’t I will try to explain! Basically you make a list of 101 goals that you want to accomplish and you have 1,001 days to get them completed! I like the motivation and being able to check things off of a list! :)

I made my first list a little over a year ago so I still had some time to work on it. But the more I looked at my list, the more I wanted to start over. There were things on my list that I didn’t want to do anymore or things I wouldn’t have the opportunity to do again, etc. And another big reason I wanted to start over was because I want to have a blog post for every item I check off. With my first list, I tried to blog about each item but some things just slipped through the cracks.

SO, I trashed my old list and made a new one! Some things were on my old list and some things are new. But this time, I will NOT check something off the list without providing proof that it was completed! :)

You can find my 101 in 1001 list on the right side of my page under the archives.

Without further adieu, here is my new list!

Start date: March 1, 2012

End date: November 26, 2014

1. Redecorate Noah’s room

2. Dedicate a wall in our house for our Honduras feathers

3. Read 5 books (0/5)

4. Buy a new kitchen table

5. Have a date night once a month (0/33)

6. Pay off Brad’s car

7. Go see a movie in the theater twice a year (0/6)

8. Get the anniversary band for my wedding ring

9. Try five new restaurants (0/5)

10. Pay for the person behind me at the drive-thru

11. Go to Gulf Shores 5 times (0/5)

12. Go to Sips-n-Strokes

13. See the Nutcracker in person

14. Read (or listen to) the Bible, cover to cover

15. Take Noah to an aquarium

16. Repaint my bathroom

17. Have a family picnic

18. Visit a state I’ve never been to

19. Go to a concert

20. Host a party/ get-together at our house

21. Mount the tv in our bedroom to the wall

22. Do something with my wedding dress

23. Go canoeing down the Cahaba River again

24. Get pearl stud earrings

25. Try five new foods (0/5)

26. Stay awake until midnight

27. Visit the Dallas Cowboys football stadium

28. See the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir in person

29. Attend 5 weddings (0/5)

30. Get pregnant

31. Start sewing/quilting again

32. Learn how to shoot my pistol

33. Host a wedding/baby shower

34. Hand wash my car

35. Dig up the huge ugly satellite in our back yard

36. Put pictures in Noah’s baby book

37. Buy Brad a new vehicle

38. Finish redecorating my laundry room

39. Pretty up my flowerbeds

40. Potty train Noah

41. Send out Christmas cards every year (0/2)

42. Go one week without caffeine

43. Take a couples vacation with no kids

44. Ride in a helicopter

45. Learn how to do a split

46. Get a bloggy makeover

47. Do a ‘day-in-the-life’ post

48. Get regular pedicures

49. Get an angel off the angel tree every year (0/2)

50. Stay within budget for 6 months (0/6)

51. Buy a new dishwasher

52. Go to the eye doctor

53. Have some family pictures taken

54. Vote for president

55. Take Noah to the zoo

56. Work out at least twice a week

57. Drink 5 glasses of water a day for one week

58. Go through our closets once a year and donate what we don’t need (0/3)

59. Go back to Honduras

60. Transfer my passport to my married name

61. Leave a 100% tip

62. Watch a new tv show

63. Take Noah to CHOM 5 times (0/5)

64. Go through Noah’s clothes and put away the baby stuff

65. Take Noah to the dentist

66. Try 10 new recipes (0/10)

67. Put back an additional $2000 in savings

68. Update the pictures in our house

69. Give Brad a back rub

70. Buy a new mattress

71. Meet a blog friend in real life

72. Fly in an airplane

73. Go ziplining

74. Volunteer somewhere

75. Take Noah to the park

76. Take Noah to the movies

77. Lead someone to Christ

78. Invite a family over to our house for dinner

79. Sing a choir solo

80. Get down to 115 pounds

81. Figure out a storage solution for all my shoes

82. Buy 5 new shirts (0/5)

83. Buy Brad 5 new shirts (0/5)

84. Keep Bella groomed

85. Buy storage shelves for the garage for organization

86. Clean out the garage

87. Pressure wash the house and the driveway/sidewalk

88. Hang Christmas lights on the house every year (0/2)

89. Visit someone in the hospital

90. Visit someone in a nursing home

91. Hold a brand new baby

92. Go one week with no tv

93. Take Noah swimming

94. Have lunch with my Big Mama every Sunday that I can

95. Find 50 geocaches with Brad (0/50)

96. Eat a Krispy Kreme doughnut

97. Attend 10 wedding/baby showers (0/10)

98. Go to a Japanese restaurant and order sushi

99. Take a road trip with my hunny

100. Buy a bookshelf

101. Make a new list

Big boy bed

After much deliberation (mostly in my head. ha!) we decided to transition Noah from his crib to a toddler bed last night! Initially, I thought that we would wait until he started trying to crawl out of his crib before we converted, but we want to start potty training soon so I figured he would need to be able to get out of his crib for that. Plus I just felt like he was ready for it, so we did it! We were going to convert his bed Sunday afternoon, but it was obviously still daylight and I figured he would be more apt to stay in his bed if it was dark. So we waited until Monday night so he could have all week to get used to the idea of his big boy bed, before Saturday and Sunday naps take place!

Here he is Sunday night, his last night in the baby crib!

Monday night, Daddy and Noah converting the crib!

Noah smiling in his big boy bed!

He has always slept with his head on the right side of the crib, so that’s why we put the little rail there. So after we put him down last night, we hovered over the baby monitor to hear what he was doing. At one point, we heard him say “I wanna check the mail!” so we figured he was up and looking out of his window at the mailbox. But around 8pm-ish we snuck in to check on him and he was passed out with his head hanging off the left side of the bed! I tried my best not to freak out (we laid pillows down on the floor just in case). But when I went in his room this morning to wake him up…

He was back in his usual spot! I’m so glad he has made the switch easily! Hopefully he will continue to stay in his bed!

I’m thinking about letting Noah get used to his big boy bed for a few weeks and then we are having potty training boot camp at our house! Yippee!   

Noah’s birthday party

Noah had a Thomas the Train themed birthday party (his choice, not mine!) at The Fun Factory!  It’s a local place that has big jumpy inflatables inside. He had SO much fun and so did all of his little friends! (He has talked about Thomas nonstop since Christmas when we got him his first train set, but at his birthday party all he would talk about was Bob the Builder!)

Before the party, he was not in the mood to take pictures, but I wanted to document his cute shirt that my friend made him!

Unfortunately, his eczema was acting up that day so that’s the red splotches you see on his little face. :(

And now for the funniest picture taken…

…that was about the time that I got a lovely vinyl burn down my back from the super fast slide. Fun times!

My Dad and my niece, Reece!

One of Noah’s girlfriends from church, Aisley

Me, my Big Mama, my Mom and April

The ugly cake. I love Celebrations Bakery. Their cakes are always delicious. But I could have probably done a better job blindfolded.

Noah’s favorite part…singing Happy Birthday!

This next picture is hard to see, but he tried SO hard to blow out his candles and I just think it’s cute!

One half of the room

And the other half

Look at that concentration!

They had a super big blow up chair for him to sit in to open his presents, but as soon as he opened his present from his Pop and Mimi, the rocking chair, he had to sit in it!

All in all, Noah had a blast so I’m adding another tally to my 101 in 1001 list to #41-Throw Noah an awesome birthday party!            

Noah’s school party!

On Noah’s birthday, April and I took cupcakes to his class for a little party!

How stinkin’ cute is he in his little birthday hat?!?!? He LOVES telling himself Happy Birthday! I swear he said it like 1200 times on his birthday!

Cupcakes are his love language. :)

Up next, Noah’s actual birthday party pics! Our house looks like Thomas the Train threw up! :)    

Happy Birthday Noah!

I can’t believe my baby is 2!

I miss that squishy little itty bitty baby! But I am also cherishing my energetic 2 year old because I know that one day, I will miss this too!

  

Happy Birthday Noah!!!

Noah’s 20 questions

Each year around Noah’s birthday, I am going to ask him the same 20 questions. I think it will be so fun to go back and look and see how his answers change. I tried my best not to lead him in any direction when asking these questions, so I could get the most honest answer. I also want to add that EVERY time I asked him a question, he would say “Ummmmmmm….” and then answer! :) Noah’s answers are blue and the words in italics were added by Mommy!

1. What is your favorite color? He stared at me like I was crazy, so I said, “Is your favorite color red?” And he responded with “Yes”.

2. What is your favorite toy? “Shoe” His cookie monster, broom and vacuum

3. What is your favorite fruit? “Thank you” Apples, grapes

4. What is your favorite tv show? “There’s Daddy” Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Little Bill

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? “To play” Chicken nuggets with ketchup

6. What is your favorite outfit? “Outfit? What’s this?” Anything with Mickey Mouse on it

7. What is your favorite game? “Little Bill” Where’s Noah?

8. What is your favorite snack? “To color” Cereal bars, cookies

9. What is your favorite animal? “Right there” Frog or monkey

10. What is your favorite song? “Zacchaeus” For once, I agree! It’s Zacchaeus! Or B-I-B-L-E

11. What is your favorite book? “Right there” The Foot Book

12. Who is your best friend? “Robin” Grey and Kenzie; Robin is my friend that keeps Noah a lot :)

13. What is your favorite cereal? “Munchie munch” Lucky Charms, which in Noah talk is Munchie munch!

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? “I want to go outside please” Slide

15. What is your favorite drink? “Water” Chocolate milk

16. What is your favorite holiday? “Gobble gobble” I would’ve said Christmas but I guess it’s Thanksgiving!

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? “My blankey” His blankey, a monkey, and usually a truck

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? “Grits” Or a waffle

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? “A baby sister” Ha. My guess is cookies, crackers and gummies!

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? “A monkey” Probably a singer or musician

So there you have it! :) I love that little boy!

3 parties, 1 weekend

Party #1

Friday night we went to our nephew’s birthday party at Tumbling Tides! Noah loves going there and we love that it wears him OUT! :)

The birthday boy is on the left. This is the best picture I could get of Noah with his cousins. He is not terrified, he’s saying cheese! Ha.

Noah loves getting to play with big kids.

And I tried to get ONE decent picture with my husband, but he just couldn’t control himself. ;)

Party #2

Saturday, Noah’s friend from school (also our cousins!) had her birthday party at The Playhouse!

I didn’t even get a picture of the birthday girl before my camera died! But Noah had a blast sliding down the biggest slide in the place (of course). His favorite parts of the party were the cupcakes, gummies, candy, and the Mickey Mouse ears and balloon he got to take home!

Party #3

And Sunday, our Bible Study class had a Super Bowl party!

I stuffed my face like it was my J O B. And I don’t think I watched a minute of the game!

NOW I have to get busy planning Noah’s party that is THIS weekend! I can’t believe he will be 2 on Thursday!