Thanksgiving Weekend

This Thanksgiving we were blessed to be able to go to Sunriver with Luke's family and stay about 5 days. We had a great time hanging out, riding bikes, going in the hot tub, playing apples to apples, watching Noah open his presents, and of course, eating great food! Oh yeah, and Luke went indoor surfing too!! It was a memorable time!

Happy Birthday Noah!!

Happy Birthday to you

Happy birthday to you,

Happy Birthday dear Noah,

Happy Birthday to you!!!!!!

A birthday bash!

We had a birthday party for Noah tonight to celebrate him turning one tomorrow! What fun we had! It was so cute helping him open his presents while he mostly just ate the wrapping paper :)

We sang him happy birthday and gave him his own pumpkin muffin with a little bit of frosting on it (not as fun as a whole cake, I know). After eyeing it for a few minutes I broke it up into smaller pieces and then he stuffed his face! I Can't believe it's been a whole year!


Blowing out the candle
He got a rubber bouncy cow
Noah was more interested in the paper :)
Luke made his famous bagels! YUM!

In Labor

Last year on this very day, I was going through the hardest, most rigorous, most wonderful thing I have ever experienced! After 24 hours, no drugs, and an episiotomy, out came my beautiful son. What a gift from God!
We have a little calendar in our bathroom with beautiful quotes and scriptures about prayer and on November 23rd this is what it read:
"Labor at prayer! There is nothing thrilling about a laboring man's work, but is is the laboring man who makes the conceptions of the genius possible; and it is the laboring saint who makes the conception of his Master possible" Oswald Chambers
Cool, huh?

Growing

Some of you don't know that we have a tortoise as a pet. Yes, his name is David and he was a gift from Luke for my 24th birthday (a funny story), so we've had him for over 3 years.
In all this time, we have known he has grown but have never physically seen him grow.. until now. We woke up yesterday morning to find these black lines on David's shell.... new growth. Kind of neat, isn't it? No wonder he has been eating like crazy!

The Simple Things

I love how at this age, Noah is pretty entertained by simple things. Last night I made a fort for him to crawl around in.... it was evidence by his delightful screams that he LOVED it!