Noahism...

We were driving home from ChickFilA last week and I could hear Noah gagging in the backseat. I reluctantly turn my head, thinking he is puking everywhere. Instead, he has his hand in the back of his mouth, gagging himself.
Me: "Noah, what are you doing?"
Noah: "Trying to find where the food goes, Mom"

Pitiful

This picture is the epitome of pitiful :( Our house has had its share of RSV, ear infections, tubes in the ears, complications from the tubes, etc. This is a picture of David after an attempt at eating yesterday. He has not eaten much of anything in the past few days thanks to his high fevers, but we have become short order cooks around here and managed to try about every food we could think of for him during this meal. It included cheese tortellini, ham, hotdog, chicken nugget, strawberries, and finally a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. After nothing worked, the sandwich seemed to do the trick and we managed to finally get some food in him. The rest stayed on his plate or was thrown to the floor. I felt somewhat guilty taking his picture, but also couldn't help but chuckle about how much food landed on his head and face :)

We hope he feels better soon!!

Just Can't Get Enough

I just can't get enough of this guy! He makes me laugh, he makes me cry, he tries my patience, he plays hard, he cries hard, he laughs hard, he asks why ALL the time, he is super sensitive, he is a serious chatterbox, he loves his little brother with all his might, and he marvels at the simplest things in life that I barely even notice at times. His name is Noah Christopher Feig and he will be three years old in less than a month! Words cannot describe my love for my boy who is growing up before my eyes :(


Enjoying some hot chocolate (which Noah informed me should really be drunk through a straw....apparently he drinks hot chocolate at school and that is how they serve it...so much for me witnessing that first, huh?)


Say cheese!


Decorating cookies at a Valentine's Day Cookie Decorating Party....another parent caught Noah eating a bowl full of the icing, instead of decorating the cookie....I blame this on you, Daniel!


More evidence of a sweet/chocolate lover....notice the ring of chocolate on the chin!


Loves loves loves his new 1$ shades from Target. If you haven't discovered the dollar aisle at your local Target, check it out! He doesn't seem to want to take this things off....


That's my big boy!!

Guess who is 15 months old?? David, David!!

I seriously can't believe my baby boy is 15 months old! David (or Dave as Noah sometimes calls him) has grown into a talking machine (definitely takes after his older brother), a silly boy who loves to spin in circles, an adventurous boy who climbs on anything he can (and shouldn't), a picky eater, a boy who loves to bring me books to read (especially "The Little Blue Truck" {thanks, Robyn}, "Good night Moon", and "Good night Gorilla"), and a snuggle bug who still loves to cuddle.

At 15 months, David weighs 20.4 pounds (I know, he's a little guy and we have started some supplements for him). His big brother always enjoyed eating but we haven't quite had the same kind of luck with this little guy. So, we are working on it. It's funny because Daniel and I would always comment on how other children were picky eaters and it should be as simple as putting the food in front of your children and making them eat it. No biggie. Well, we now understand all those parents who struggle with children who don't really care for food. Boy, were we living in a dream world....David simply eats to live and definitely does not live to eat. He eats just enough to take off the edge and wants to get down and "play." He is in the 2nd percentile in weight and 40th in height. He has maintained that growth pattern over the last 6 months and has not continued to drop, so we figure he is just going to be a small fry for now :) A cute one at that! Don't you just want to squeeze him?

Snow Day

We got our second round of snow yesterday for the season!!! Noah is finally old enough to have fun playing in it, but sadly, David has a different opinion. He refuses to wear mittens and as soon as his hands hit the snow, he loses it :( We managed to spend a little bit of time outside while Daddy was at work, despite David's lack of desire to play.

Can you tell he is happy?


Making a snow angel!



David checking out the snow from my arms :(



Noah sledding with his best friend, Zach, who lives across the street!


What fun!!!

Our New Playground!!

Drumroll.....We were lucky enough to score a playground set from the Men's Golf Coach on campus, whose girls are now 13 and 15 years old. He wanted to send it to a good home, so hopefully we will be good to it for many years! We are so thankful!!! Daniel, Steve (the golf coach), and our friend Will, spent the weekend taking it apart, pressure washing it, transporting it, and putting it back together....an hour before the snow came in! I wanted to capture some photos of the inaugural playtime, so humor me with the poor lighting, given that it was 5:30 PM when the boys had their first chance to play :)






After the first snow of the year:

Christmas 2010

Two peas in a pod (cousins Noah and Tyler)




The three little men in their holiday sweaters (David almost 14 months, Noah 33 months, Cousin Tyler 3 years)




Christmas morning...




Double Trouble


Daddy and David