noelle's first christmas

Noelle was very excited about her first Christmas (at least her mom and I were).

Noelle putting on her sweet face to ask for all sorts of Christmas gifts.

What do you mean I can't open them before Christmas?

Christmas morning with mom and dad, just before tearing into the gifts

Woohoo! I finally get to open all my gifts!

Christmas at Grandma Ann and Grandpa Cliff's with Uncle Eric and Aunt Susan.

giggles

after a couple weeks of trying we finally managed to get noelle's laughing recorded.

recently noelle has been laughing more, many times at random things that only she finds funny.

reading time with dad

hanging out with mom

3 months and laughing

Ok, so we can't believe Noelle is already 3 months old. Where did the time go? She has been a bundle of joy with tons of smiles. A few days ago we heard her laugh for the first time. It was the sweetest sound! We thought we may not hear it for a while again, but 2 days later she laughed a couple more times!

Happy Thanksgiving

Noelle spent her first Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa Johnston's house. She was lucky to finally meet both her great grandmas along with some of her aunts and uncles.

all smiles

Noelle loves it when we sing to her and she gets very happy and is all smiles...

growing like a weed

The past couple of weeks have been exciting for us and Noelle. She continues to grow and is now over 13 pounds. Every day we are seeing new things with her. She now is pretty good at holding her head up and is making all sorts of goofy sounds. Noelle has turned out be a morning person (not sure where she got that from) and she wakes happy and alert. She is very smiley and lets our goofy squeaks and gurgles. Smiley Girl

Noelle has found her hands and thumbs and enjoys sucking on her fist, thumb or fingers, whichever one makes it into her mouth. This of course is accompanied by loud sucking and smacking sounds.Mmm, tasty.

Happy Halloween!

Noelle was a tiger for Halloween! Halloween was a big day for her since she had her 2 month doctors visit where she got 5 shots. She was a trooper and I think it hurt Mom and Dad more than it hurt Noelle. She is now 12 pounds, 2 ounches and is 22 1/4" long. What a big girl! She is in the 75th percentile for weight and 50th percentile for height.
We dressed the babies up in costumes for the last week of our Mom's group. There were 3 other tigers with the same costume. We start up a new group next week.

Noelle got a cute pumpkin hat from Kayla, Becca and Elizabeth.

2 months old

Noelle turned 2 months old on Saturday. Grandma Flo left back for Hawaii and we are back on our own now. She was a lot of help and we miss her. Poor Noelle got pink eye some how. We had to take her to the doctor on Sunday night and now we have to put drops in her eyes.

Noelle has been smiling a lot more these days and we can't wait to hear her laugh.

Cousin Allison visits

Uncle Darren, Auntie Kelli and cousin Allison are visiting from Hawaii. Allison is 2 years old and is such a cutie.

Noelle update

Noelle is now 7 weeks old and the time is flying by. She is approximately 11 1/2 pounds now which is almost double her birth weight. She still eats every 3 hours and hasn't yet learned the difference between day and night. Mom and Dad have learned to live on less sleep. :)

Noelle and Mom have joined a playgroup and enjoy lunches, walks and discussion sessions with other Moms and babies.Typical sleeping pose

Noelle has been getting better at lifting her head