Thanksgiving weekend

It  doesn't feel much like thanksgiving.... But it it has been good. I helped serve a thanksgiving meal at the church Thursday.... 

Noah turning into spiderman to sleep...

This was just his clothes in laundry....it has only been like a week!

Packing progress....

Noah's face when I told him I was going black Friday shopping without him :)

Looking forward to thanksgiving with family on Saturday.... What are you all thankful for this year?

Sort of recent....

Ok, so I am getting really bad at updating with everything going on....

Well, the referendum at work passed, so looks like my job is more stable....

As most of you probably don't know we put our house up for sale and within a week we had 2 offers on our house and we are closing on December 19th.  

We went fast into action looking for a house, with one ok possibility.... we looked for houses

after Dan got off work on Saturday.  Of course we had another person look at our house that morning

so Noah and I had to find somewhere to go... except Walmart... and

then the Library once it opened at 10.... 

Here is Noah being a goof ball at Walmart.

What is he looking at?  This is the response I got when I told him to look at Mommy....

oh my....

 Daddy and Noah reading time... Isn't he such a great dad!

Oh and so it's not so depressing with my we found an ok house... we went a couple days later

and found a house that I think will work well.... 

downside for Andrea: It's in town with a small yard....

upside for Dan: It's in town with less maintenance!

Oh well... 4 bedroom, lots of USABLE room (unlike the room we have now), twin home (like a duplex, but we don't pay association fees and do everything outside), remodeled kitchen (1 month ago), oh... and pretty new... it was built in 2007!  The timing isn't ideal as it is close to Christmas, but it will be nice to not have to move or commute in bad weather in Jan and the rest of winter!

The grandkids....

Who could resist trying to take a photo when all the grandkids were together :)  haha....

18 month check up and doings

Height  34.5 inches   96%
Weight  28 lbs 11 oz  84%
Head     19.25 inches 82%

Yup he is tall.... Weighs a lot.... Is always moving..... Currently, he is standing on my leg as I lift up my leg..... Who needs a gym?

He starts to squeal... If you ask him if he's loud... He does it even more....

Things he used to do instantly now takes him ten minutes because he has to run around avoiding it and looking at you laughing and smiling because he knows he's being bad.... Oh boy...

Pictured below... A sneak photo... And one where I asked him to say hi...

Omaha Zoo Vacation

 This is the only photo of the zoo I have on my phone....

Want to see more?  You better call us up and come over to see them!

 Shawarma= good for us.... side of falafel= good for Noah!

Noah coloring on the way home...

Daddy likes seeing how long Noah's hair "really" is...

Noah likes being able to watch Daddy cook and do dishes....

This photo wasn't even altered!

Noah likes playing in the babysitter's garden.....

Random Update....

Noah has started doing this whenever he see's the camera... of for that matter if I am holding

the phone up....

 The train he gets to play with at church....

Noah peaking in while I was trying to organize that room...

Noah inked himself.....do you see it?

Noah has been walking around with his eyes closed lately... and spinning....

Other random facts.... If you ask him if he's one... he puts one finger up.

If you ask him what his name is... he replies Nee.

When he's talking on the phone he will say bye and wave bye.

He gives kisses and hugs....

I'm sure there is more, but that is all I can think of right now....

Noah's Imagination

Mommy and Noah had a day together on Tuesday.  Apparently the 3 section train that Oma got him is no longer good enough... notice we have a tractor, train, animal (with bus on top), followed by another tractor.... He was pushing all of them and trying to keep them all going the same direction.

Noah is starting to do this whenever he thinks I am going to take a picture... his "cheese"... eyes closed included.

So YES... Mr. Noah has to start putting his food on our table... the tray is starting to not be good enough...