Bouncing Boy & Babbling Baby

We celebrated Noah’s 6^th birthday with his friends and classmates this week at a “bounce house.”  He had such a wonderful time, and I loved it because they took care of everything . . . all I had to do was bring the cake.  I tried to take some good pictures, but as you might imagine, it was hard to get Noah to slow down for more than two seconds.

Some other Noah news, he is SOOO close to losing his first tooth!  We were telling him that once it falls out, he’ll have to put it under his pillow so he can get money from the tooth fairy.  He then said, “I think I’ll need to sleep with my eyes open because I think you guys might take it and give me money.”  He’s growing up so fast!  Earlier this week, he came home from school and asked me if it would be alright if he called me “Mom” instead of “Mommy” at school, because his friends might think it’s silly if he calls me “Mommy.”  He saw that I was having a hard time not being able to hide a bit of a sad face, so he then says that it’s okay because he’ll still call me "Mommy" at home.  

Amelia has been babbling up a storm lately!  We love having “conversations” with her; she is so expressive, just like her brother.  Something tells me she might be as chatty as he is!  

 

Lucy and I have been having our battles lately…  This week she decided to relieve herself on the new foam mats I bought for Amelia’s play area.  Then she decided to open one of my oatmeal packets and munch on it all over our couches.  She’s also been having a very hard time distinguishing her things from Amelia’s things.  Below is a picture of her curled up in Amelia’s boppy (this is a daily occurrence).  It's a good thing we think she's so adorable!

 Last weekend we went to the Stanford vs. USC game.  It was the first Stanford game we’ve gone to and, man, was it a great game!  For those of you who don’t know, I’m happy to report that Stanford beat USC in a VERY close game!  We’re going to try to make it to a few more sporting events in the time Mike has left at Stanford.

  

Here are a few new Amelia photos I've taken over the last week.