New Video

On Saturday I took a little video of Noah on my phone. It's not a quality home movie, but it's a glimpse in to what I get to play with every day! He was seven weeks yesterday and we weighed him on Friday. He's a whopping 13 pounds, 13 ounces, which means that he gained a pound and two ounces last week alone! This is hard to believe becaues he's been sleeping more and more at night (The last three nights, he's slept between five and eight hours!) and eating less and less during the day, and he's becoming more interactive and we've been playing so much more!

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the video! Make sure you turn the sound off on the blog and up on your computer!

Six Weeks Old!

Noah turned six weeks old on Saturday. I can't believe that we've had a baby for six weeks...it seems like the time has just flown by! Justin has been weighing him every Friday, and he was up to 12 pounds, 11 ounces on Friday! What a big boy we have! He weighed 8 pounds, 9.5 ounces when he was born, so he's gaining plenty of weight!

I took some pictures yesterday (not officially six weeks, but that's ok...). Here are some of my favorites!

Other than that, things are going really well. We still haven't had any offers on our house so we're planning on moving in with Joreta, Justin's grandmother, once we get to Abilene. Justin's really ready to be there and I can't say that I blame him; we're both looking forward to moving and planting roots!

I'm getting to stay home for the rest of the school year so I'm footloose and fancy free (well, except for Noah). It's been GREAT to stay home with him and really feel like I know him and know his personality. I would still love your prayers about our house selling and a job for me and the wisdom as we face lots of decisions in the coming months!

Also, I got a facebook! If you're on it, look me up!

I'm DONE!

Yesterday was my graduation from my Master's Degree program. I'm so excited...I even walked! Here are some pictures from my big day!

Here I go!
My family came to celebrate with me!

Here's Noah all dressed up for my big day!

Doesn't he look studly!?!?

Justin was in charge of Noah during the ceremony, so he broke in the "man bag" that my Aunt Kris and Grannie got him. It's very inconspicuous and I think it worked splendidly!

Also, last week was my first Mother's day! Justin and I took Noah to a park to take some pictures of Noah and me. I have decided that I want family pictures for every Mother's Day gift. That way, Justin can't say no (He doesn't like to get his picture taken.) and I'm guaranteed to have annual pictures as our family grows and changes. What a great idea, huh?!?

In case you can't see it, Noah's little onesie says, "Happy First Mother's Day, Mom" on the front and, "Love, Noah" on the butt.

Aunt Sara, my sister, flew down from North Carolina to meet Noah and to celebrate with us. She's GREAT at getting Noah to smile, and I think he even laughed. That's right! At just five weeks and one day, I think my son laughed. He's so advanced! (Ok, I'm just kidding about the advanced thing, but I do really think he laughed). Here's her first time holding him.

Overall, it was a great weekend and having Noah around has just made everything a little bit sweeter. Happy late Mother's Day to all the Moms out there!

Updated Pictures!

Sorry it's been so long! Here are some updated pictures of our little man! He's growing like a weed...he gained ten and a half ounces last week! Today was my first day alone with him, thanks to Granny D. and Me Maw for coming to stay with me, and we did GREAT! I'm about to graduate from graduate school with my Master's of Education and I have ONE MORE PROJECT left and I didn't get much done on that, but I LOVE being home with Noah and spoiling him and singing to him and reading to him. He's such a great baby, so it's really simple to be a Mommy!
Here's some new pictures...

Enjoy!