Cheeeeeese...

Noah's latest thing, along with probably almost every other small child, is as soon as he sees the camera he wants to say, "Cheeeeessseee" and then "I wanna see" because he wants to see the picture he just took on the screen of the camera. So it's a never ending process whenever I get the camera or the video camera out. As a result, whenever I try to video something, I usually try to sneak it out and keep him from seeing that I'm recording him. But as soon as he notices....video over. Well, you can see what I'm talking about in this little clip...I was trying to record him doing belly flops onto daddy and about halfway through, he saw me recording him. So funny...and so him!!



And another time he was playing with his little toy that has the stacking colored rings and I was trying to record him doing it, but we didn't quite make it that far. I think it's so funny because he makes the weirdest face and says it in this really deep voice.

Van Gogh?...maybe

Ok, so I have a little something here that is mainly for the grandparents because I told Mimi that I would post this for her. But earlier Noah was drawing on his little Magnadoodle thing, and Jeff and I looked over and he said, "Eyes?". And we noticed he had drawn a face with 2 eyes on it. So we told him to draw a nose...and then a mouth...and then ears. And before we knew it, he had drawn a complete face, with everything in the right place. I was really impressed! I'm not normally one to brag on my child because that totally bugs me when others do it, but I think that's pretty good that he drew a face at just barely 2 years old right? If not, please just let me continue to think that my son's a creative genius and will probably be an award winning artist some day. But seriously, I thought that was great since we've never really tried to teach him how to draw that. So by the end of the night, we had advanced to drawing a face with hair and a hat and a body with shoes. I will admit, the body was a tad less distinguishable than the original face that he drew, but I know that's what it was because he kept wanting me to draw shoes on the bottom of it. I didn't get any pictures of that, but here's his smiley face (minus a little bit of the circle at the bottom because it got erased before I could get my camera). I would've taken a picture of the later one with hair and a hat but he kind of scribbled all over it so it was less impressive. : )

I think if this picture had been in color, it would be a picture of a little red-headed boy. : )

Happy Birthday Papaw!!

Noah has a special little message for his Papaw since today is his birthday. Hope you have a wonderful birthday Papaw!

Tee it up

A few nights ago, Jeff decided he wanted to play some golf and Noah and I decided we would go with him. Jeff is determined to make either a golfer or basketball player out of our little guy and I'm totally ok with either of those because I think they're probably 2 of the less dangerous sports he could choose. As much as I love watching football, I'm not sure how much I would love it if it was my baby out there getting hit. So, we headed out to the golf course. He absolutely loved it!! He of course thought it was fun to drive the golf cart. And everytime we'd stop, he'd hop out and go with Jeff to wherever the ball was and try to do everything daddy did. If this keeps up, we may have to get him his own clubs. Jeff really wants him to take lessons so maybe next summer if he still seems interested, we'll get him started with that. I think secretly, he just wants another excuse to go play golf and a built-in buddy to go play with him whenever he wants. : )


So here he was loading up on the golf cart ready to go! When he realized that we were going to get to ride on a little car outside that had no doors that he could help to drive, I think his excitement level about golf went from about a 7 to a 10!!

 So first daddy had to show him how it's done.......

 And then it was time to get the putter and walk out to the ball....Noah made a great caddy for his daddy.

 They of course had to study the ball and figure out the best angle to hit it...I wasn't close enough to hear what they were talking about, but I'm pretty sure Noah was offering his expert opinion here.

 Now it's time to putt. Even though it was twice as tall as him, he did a really good job putting.

 Heads up mommy! Here comes a golf ball! (We had to have the discussion after this picture that we don't throw golf balls because they could really hurt if you got hit in the head with one of those. I think he gets it now. : )

 Walking with his best bud and golf coach....

 It was really hot that night and every time he would get back in the golf cart, he would get a drink of my Sonic lemonade. Obviously this golf stuff is very, very hard work. But nothing a good Sonic drink can't fix.

 Just a little more caddying....I think he was trying to decide which one they should use for this hole.

 He looooved getting the ball out of the hole once it went in.

 I finally had to get out and get a picture with my little golfer.

 Whew.....time to stop and take another drink break...

 And finally, he drove the cart in for us when the game was over.

He was sooo upset when we tried to leave. He started crying when we got to the car. For some reason, Jeff wasn't sure if Noah would like going to play golf, but I don't think he has to worry about that anymore. We had such a fun time on our little family golf outing and I think I can foresee a lot of these in our future. Maybe I can take lessons with Noah so we can all play together! I have only played putt-putt golf before and would be afraid to see what happened if I tried to really play. But I think if I took some lessons and figured it out, I might really enjoy it. Then it could really be a family affair!

Wedding bells

This past weekend we went to Hot Springs again for Jeff's brother's wedding. It was at Garvan Gardens and besides the 105 degree heat, it was a beautiful wedding weekend. I have to admit, I was a little nervous about how Noah would do during all the wedding festivities.....rehearsal, rehearsal dinner, ceremony.....these things are sometimes not the most 2-year-old-friendly events. But I was SOOO impressed at how he did all weekend. He was so well-behaved and even provided some entertainment and I was so thankful for that. And even though I know he's a great sleeper, I was impressed at how well he slept on the fold-out couch in the hotel room. When it was time to go night-night, he climbed up on that uncomfortable little bed, said his prayers, tucked Gus the dog underneath his arm and went right to sleep. I know Jeff and I realize how blessed we are to have such a great sleeper....I hope he continues that as he gets older. And during the wedding ceremony, Papaw wanted Noah to sit up front with them and I was nervous because I had been planning on sitting in the back row in case we needed to make a quick exit! But we went ahead and made the long trip up front to wait in the front row for Nanette and Papaw. And that little stinker sat right in between them and never made a peep the whole time! I think he enjoyed watching Uncle Greg and Aunt Kelly getting married...he even waved really big to Uncle G once he walked out on the stage.

This is the front entrance of the chapel....such a pretty place.

Here is Jeff at the rehearsal walking his mom in....and in the background you can see Noah with his Papaw. He was so attached to his Papaw all weekend...

 Yay! We finally got a family picture with us all dressed up...all the weddings we've been to this summer and this is the first one.

 This is Noah and his 2nd cousin Raelee. He must have been showing her something here.

 And here is a picture of the beautiful bride and her groom. Don't they look great?

 And finally a picture of the guys...daddy, Noah and his proud Uncle "G".

Congratulations Greg and Kelly! It was a beautiful wedding and we're so glad we could be a part of your special weekend.