noah news

Noah started swim lessons this week w/ Ms. Laura.  This picture just about sums it up.  Noah wasn't too crazy about sticking his face and head in the water or kicking his legs while holding onto a noodle, while the girls in his class loved every second.  Maybe he will be a little more courageous today. 

Noah did, however, love Toy Story 3!  My whole family {minus cohen} went to see it Sunday for Father's Day.  If you plan on seeing it, bring a box of tissues!

Cousins anxiously waiting to go in!

Noah had his appt. at Scottish Rite yesterday and it went really well.  He will definitely have to have surgery to lengthen his heel cord {the back of his ankle}, but it will not be until next summer.  They said if they were to do it now then he would have to have it done multiple times.  So we have to wait a bit, but they said other than that he looks great.  We thought that was pretty good news.  Noah loved going to Scottish Rite...such a kid-friendly place.  This picture doesn't really show that, but maybe just his general attitude as a 3 1/2 yr. old!

I hope everyone is having a FUN summer...  I know we are!

Branson 2010

Stupid me forgot my camera when we headed to MO for a little vacation.  I did get some pictures from in-laws {thanks Kami, David & Kim!}.  We had a blast w/ family and are looking forward to it again!

Cohen's Party

One!

Well, Cohen is officially one!  It is really hard to believe!  He has started to talk more which is so cute.  He also can make a "one" with his fingers.  He is climbing on everything, which means more bumps and bruises!  He is eating more table food now.  I have yet to wean him to whole milk but will work on it sometime this week!  On vacation this past week, he really like the water.  He didn't love it, but we will work on that this summer!  He loves seeing pictures of "baby" Cohen in his room.  We always look at them when waking up.   And he loves playing with his big brother!  We had his "Ahoy!" party this weekend.  Pictures of the party and our vacation are to come! 

Happy Birthday sweet Cohen!  This past year has been so fun and we can't wait to see what is in store for year 2!

New Door

Sure would have loved a brand new front door, but that is definitely not in the budget.  A can of paint and new door handle is!  It feels new to us and we couldn't be more happy with it!

Splashin' Around

Splash Day at preschool was last Tuesday and the boys had a blast!

To celebrate preschool being OVER and Aaron's NEW JOB {!!!!}, we decided to do something fun over the weekend.  Actually, Aaron decided to, and he surprised us with a night at the Great Wolf Lodge! 

I promise me and Cohen got in the water.  Just never got a picture of it!  We had a lot of fun and are looking forward to spending some time with Aaron's family this weekend/next week in Branson!  Yay for summer!

Before & Afters

Please note that the "Befores" are "professionally" done and I took the "Afters" today. It sure was hard to get an 11 1/2 month old to cooperate, but you get the picture!

As you can see the shape of his face and head changed dramatically. His head was growing out instead of back. Big improvement!

Here is the back. Yes, he has a lot of hair now, but notice his head tilting to the left. It doesn't now since his head is almost perfectly symmetrical!

Our little conehead isn't so much a conehead anymore. Again, he has a lot more hair, but you can really see a big change now!


Same for this one too! The top of his head was so sloped but, that isn't the case anymore!


We couldn't be more pleased with the results after 5 1/2 months of helmet wearing! He has done perfect without it of course. Except for when he bumps his head into things expecting it not to hurt! We knew that was going to happen! He sure does look like a different baby to us now! We are still getting use to not seeing him in it! I sure do love snuggling with him now without him banging his big helmet in my face. We will not miss the helmet one bit!