Snow Days/Noah's First Ski Trip

Winter 2014
What a lucky winter! So thankful Noah had plenty of days to enjoy playing in the snow. He was not too sure at first but got into it. (It makes it much more enjoyable when you have good gloves and shoes). The first snow days he did not so it was not as fun. I hope we have many years like this while my kids grow up.
Plus- boy does it wear kids out! :)
He LOVED playing with Bailey in the snow, sledding with daddy, pushing car in it and being pulled in his sled.  He loved just watching the snow fall down too.

I found out on the first snow day what we were having. I wrote it in the snow for Chris when he got home. 

Helped Chris beat the pileup on the interstate.

 It's not a snow day with snowball fights. Chris is pretty good :(

Snow days wear doggies out too! 

Walked to Waffle House with our sweet neighbors.

 Barns and Noble was open for Noah and I to get away so daddy could try and work a little from home:
Noah now wants Starbucks drink every time we go.

What "working from home" looks like

Ski Trip 2014 

Noah's first attempt on skis. He was scared at first but after awhile he really liked it. He just needed to know mommy and daddy were there the whole time. Snowboarding/skiing are really special to Chris and I. We have gone every year, sometimes multiple times a year together since we have been dating and want to bring up our children loving snow sports as well. 

There was so much snow! 15 inches of snow!!

He loved sledding with daddy and just spending time with all of his family. 

Unfortunately our trip was cut short due to the passing of Chris's grandmother Annette. We arrived Friday night and Saturday morning we received the news. We were snowed in on Saturday. It gave us a chance as a family to enjoy the beautiful day together and try to heal. We packed up and left for Alabama on Sunday. So thankful for these memories and I know she was smiling down on all of us this beautiful day. 

Winter Wonderland

It's scary going fast for the first time.

 Emma and Jackson are so loving to Noah and he loves that they love him!

Our other baby boy was there too ;)

Halloween 2012-2013

I am a crazy festive holiday person...for every holiday..thanks mom! So thankful now I have a kid(even though he is just a baby still) to help me not look as crazy! Halloween has a special place in our heart b/c is gave us fun/joy during a difficult time last year and I must say it is a HIT with Noah. He was sooo happy last night!! He could have stayed up until 1am if we would have let him! He just loved looking at everyone walking around in the dark and playing with his cousins.

I helped Noah walk up to the first house, knock, say "trick or treat" and put a piece of candy in his bucket. Then the next two houses Noah did it on his own! He was so excited!! He would knock(more like a quite tap) on the door, smile when they opened it and wait until they told him to get a piece and then he would reach his tiny little hand to grab one and put it in his bucket. Of course he said thank you and bye bye to each house. haha seriously this kid is a sweet heart breaker.

He would get back in his hay wagon and "inspect" his candy in his bucket by pulling or dumping what was inside then put the bucket on his head. Then Emma would get him out for another trick or treat, we would hand him his bucket and he would freak out with excitement. (Now I hope he does not think its fun now to go to up to everyone home). We shall see.

 This kid will always be the life of the party:

His cousins Emma and Jackson came over just like they did last year. It is real special to have them here and I know Noah loves being with them so much especially on Halloween. My future sister-in-law Hannah and Sean came to walk around with us(they are getting married in 1-week!).

 Where's Jackson?!

Random side note: Did you know sonic has 50 cent large corn dogs on Halloween? Yep we got like 14 of those suckers.

Noah's pumpkin this year: (baby yeast paint)

 Noah's first pumpkin:

Special Halloween treats made for his class:

We took advantage of the Halloween Clearance today. Yes I took him in his pj's! It was early!

Halloween costume fail: (maybe next year?haha)

Noah on his first Halloween: No real trick or treating but he did treat everyone with his sweet face all bundled up in his money bag as we walked him around. It allowed him to stay nice and warm on a cold Halloween.

My sweet angel: