Now I know my ABCs!

We definitely have a kid who loves learning on our hands. Thank God! Noah's idea of fun yesterday was writing his letters in order on his easel. That's almost as good as him saying to my mom and I last weekend as we were driving home from dinner, "let's do something fun...let's count by tens to one hundred!". We both looked at each other and burst out laughing.



This is the typical look I get when I ask him to smile:



Once in a while he comes through for me and gives me a real smile. Isn't it amazing how much he looks like his Uncle Kyle/Grandpa?!

It's so much fun being a big brother!

A few days ago, Noelle was sitting in her high chair playing while I was doing something in the kitchen (I can't even remember what it was...it certainly wasn't cooking!). Noah walked over to her, without any prompting, and said "I'm so glad you came out of Mommy's belly baby Noelle". This kid melts my heart several times a day. He always knows how to say the right thing...he's going to be dangerous if we don't channel that properly!

Having a baby sister means having a whole new set of toys and gadgets to play with. It amazes me how he uses his imagination to find a way to play with her toys. Yesterday, he asked me if he could use her Robeez (they're shoes for anyone who doesn't know!). I would normally tell him no but was intrigued to see what he would possibly do with a pair of baby shoes. Hide his superheroes in them, of course. Duh.

After I pulled Noelle out of her bathtub, he decided it would be fun to try to fit in it. Let's just say the bathroom floor got cleaned when I wasn't planning on cleaning it.



Noah decided yesterday that it was time to measure Noelle's head. He and I have a little game where I measure his head and he didn't want Noelle to miss out on the fun.

Unsuspecting of what's about to come:

Noelle being very tolerant:

See? It's so much fun having a little sister!

Pearly Whites :)

I am crossing my fingers that Noelle gets her 'teeth genes' from Rob and not me. After all we went through with Noah's baby teeth (our $2,500 out of pocket expenditure...that was fun), it would be nice to have one out of two without any problems! In Noah's defense, we're not convinced that all of the dental procedures he went through were necessary. We did get two different opinions with pediatric dentists but they both agreed. I'm pretty certain they're in cahoots with each other, though. Amazingly, since he's been seeing our regular family dentist, he's had no further problems. Go figure...

She loves to chew on the toothbrush...then again, what doesn't she like to chew on!?



We have to brush our teeth after we eat junk like popsicles (which she loves!!):

She goes straight for her two bottom teeth with the toothbrush: