Sept 5–first OSU game day of 2009 and we are all pumped about it! We’ve taught Nathan how to do his arms and say OSU Cowboys. He also waves his “pistols” and says “Go Pokes!”. We got the boys matching OSU outfits and they look cute in them. Ryan and KK are fixing gameday food which consists of buffalo wings, burger sliders, chips and dip, and brownies. The cowboys got the victory against Georgia! Go Pokes!
Nathan started Starbright last Thursday so Noah and I spent the day together, just the two of us. I gave him some options of activities we could do and he chose Chuck E Cheese, but kept asking if we could eat Pizza Hut too! We played all sorts of games like skee ball, hoops, and the water gun game. He rode the little rides like the monster truck, the Barney mobile, helicopter, and horse. He also played in the tunnels and slides. Our favorite game was one where we threw balls at different targets on a screen. One of the targets was an alligator and Noah liked aiming at it. We shared a cheese pizza and he shared one of his slices with me. He traded in his tickets and got a little foam soccer ball rocket thing. We had such a great time together!
We ate dinner tonight with Dustin and Jennifer at Pop’s. This was everyone’s first time to eat there except for Ryan and me. The boys ate a toasted pb&j and the rest of us had burgers. It was good! The boys even shared a watermelon soda. It was a beautiful night out by the lake.
Noah asked Ryan what he’s going to do with the doves and Ryan told him he was going to cook them and eat them. Noah told him not to cook the dove because it would make all the other doves sad. Ryan started laughing and Noah got serious and said “why are you laughing at me?”. It was funny.
Noah is so funny! The things he says and does are hysterical. The other morning he came into our room around 5am and asked me if he could get in bed with us. I told him no that it was night night time and for him to go back to bed. He wanted me to take him back to bed so I did and as we crossed through the livingroom he said “I saw a shadow” and I said uh-huh (still half-asleep) and he said “it looked like a donkey.” I started laughing. Yesterday morning we heard Noah awake in the livingroom so Ryan went to see what he was doing. He was sitting in the middle of the floor with the cupcake holder (which previously had 1 cupcake left in it) and had eaten the cupcake and had a little towel next to him that he had cleaned himself off with. He had decided to eat a cupcake for breakfast.
The boys sometimes play in our closet or room. They “hide” in different places. One day they were both in the shower talking to each other and Noah said, “Nathan, do you want to talk to God?” and Nathan said “huh-uh” so Noah said, “OK, I will. Hi God. How are you?” then Nathan chimed in “Hi God.” It was sweet.
Last night, the Humes came over for sticky steak (venison backstrap) and cupcakes. We were all running around and playing in the yard and Noah said “Dade Chapman, stop that.” It was really funny. I guess he’s heard Wendi say that before 
About 3 or 4 weeks ago, we bought Noah the overnight pull-ups instead of putting him in overnight diapers. That way he could go to the bathroom at night if he needed to. He has done really well. He usually makes it all night staying dry. Sometimes he’ll get up once at night to use the bathroom but that’s getting better now.
His cow, MBoo, just had another calf and Noah named her Martha. Now he has MBoo, Donut, and Martha.
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Noah has also grown and changed recently. Everything with him is “why?” He is genuinely curious about things and why they are the way they are. The other day he was riding his little tractor and a long piece of grass was stuck to the tire. He said, “This is stuck to the tire and that makes me angry.” He picks up on all the things we say. He got new teachers this summer for MDO and he asked me where his old teachers were. I told him they were on vacation for the summer. After his first day of class he asked me when his teachers would be back from their vacation. He misses Ms. De and Ms. Gazelle a lot. He’s my little helper around the house. He wants to help cook, fold clothes, or put clothes away (which usually means he throws them in the floor). He knows the words to several songs like Back and Forth, The Motions, Jesus loves me, happy birthday, twinkle twinkle little star, etc. He knows the entire alphabet and can recognize all the letters. He doesn’t like to swim in the big pool, only the baby pool. We took him to the lake last week and he freaked out when we put him in the water. He was holding on to me as tight as he could and wouldn’t let go. He loves to play on the playground. We got them tv’s for the car and he thinks that’s the coolest thing ever to watch movies while we drive. He also likes to go to McDonald’s or Burger King because he wants the toys in the kid’s meals. We don’t do this too often but every once in awhile we go as a special treat. The other night I put him to bed and Ryan was gone playing softball so I put both boys in their beds and got in the shower. When I got out of the shower I heard a noise in the living room. I went in there and it was dark but I heard the rustling sound again. Noah was inside their play tunnel laying down. I told him to come out of there and he asked me, “was I good in bed?” I said no because he wasn’t in his bed then he said “oh yes I was good.” I was cracking up. He is so good with Nathan. They play together and Noah will try to get him to say new words. If Nathan is crying Noah will say “it’s ok” and give him a hug or a kiss. I think it’s so sweet when he looks at me and says, “I love you, Mommy”. It melts my heart. He also tells me that I’m his boy. I say, don’t you mean you’re my boy? and he’ll say yes, you’re my boy. He still sucks on two fingers and now he’ll show them to me and I’ll say, “ewwww, pruney!” and he cracks up. He loves riding his 4-wheeler and tells me that Beauty is his horse. I can’t believe that he’s already over 3 years old! time flies!
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My little baby isn’t so little anymore! It seems like just the past few weeks he’s really grown and changed. He seems more mature, if that’s possible. He has added many new words to his growing vocabulary. He says balloon, Emmy, Mimi, KK, BooBoo, MaMa, Grampy (says Beeby), Nonna, bo bo for brother, Hi Mommy, Hi Daddy, Night Night Mommy, Night Night Daddy, I love you (not quite clear but I can tell what it is), Bye Bye Nonna, Uncle dud, Mubbs, Mack, Laura, Jamie, Zoe, Lilly, shoe, cheese, popcorn, cupcake, nose, toes, kite, circle, star, moon, hot, up high, ear, hair, and lots of animals names and sounds. When you ask him what a dog or a pig says he wrinkles up his nose and makes a snorting sound. It’s funny! Last night he went into his room and pointed at his crib and said “night night” so I put him in it and he laid down. He also says paci. He uses the paci when he takes a nap or sleeps at night but doesn’t get to use it any other time. He loves shoes. He will go get our shoes out of our closet and bring them to us to put on. I bought him a new pair the other day and I tried them on his feet when we got home and he wouldn’t take them off. He cried when I did and went and got them and brought them back to me to wear again. He’ll eat fruit but not vegetables. I guess I need to start pureeing them and hiding them in his food so he’ll get some of the nutritional stuff he needs! He likes apple juice which he calls something like Appey Ju. He’ll pick up the pretend phone and say “hello?” He has really enjoyed swimming in the pool this summer. He isn’t afraid to get his head or face wet. If he’s in the baby pool and trips and his head goes under water he just stands right back up and doesn’t freak out. He is a little stuntman and likes to climb up things. He also will try to do anything Noah does, which isn’t always a good thing! They are starting to wrestle more and chase each other around the house. If he gets mad at Noah he will pull his hair. We are working on that one. He loves his teachers at school, Ms. Laura and Ms. Jamie, and he has a crush on Audrey. Overall, still easygoing and happy! We couldn’t ask for a sweeter baby!
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Noah cracks us up! He has a new game with Nathan. He will ask Nathan "are you my boy?" and Nathan will shake his head and say "uh uh" and laugh then Noah goes over to him and kisses him on the head. Noah calls his 4-wheeler a 4-wheeyer which is cute. I asked him about school the other day and he kept talking about his friend named Corder. I said "are you saying Corder or Porter?" and he said "corder." I asked if he really had a kid in his class name "corder" and he said yes. I told him I didn’t know what he was saying and he said "I don’t know what I’m saying either." Then we both cracked up. When I ask him to do something he doesn’t want to do he’ll say "how about no." Kenny and Debi bought him Bibleman dvd for his birthday and he likes watching it. He is also a huge Bolt fan. I told him today that I loved him and he said "I love you too" and it melted my heart. He made me a book at MDO for Mother’s Day and he is very proud of it. It’s "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" and we’ve read it several times already. He likes to read and ask me several questions. He’s so inquisitive and picks up on everything.
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Nathan has a few new words and seems to be changing all the time. He calls a 4-wheeler a “ro-ro” and he calls Elmo “Melmo.” He is trying to mimic more words now. He says “dow” which I think means down. He has a certain word for drink that is something like “dink dink.” He tried to say “mouse” today and he did without the “s”. He had hand-foot-mouth disease two weeks ago and was miserable. I took him to the doctor and he weighed a little over 25 pounds. His personality is developing. Today he was playing peek-a-boo with me. At first he would bend down and hide behind the table then pop up at me. He also covered his eyes with his hands and then would peek at me. It was cute!
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