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Noah is 3!

Our little Noah has hit a huge milestone... He's 3! It seemed just like yesterday Evan was 3 and Noah was Shaun's age. It's amazing. Now here's this little boy who picks up earthworms and puts them on the grass while saying, "Go home to your mommy and daddy!" The other day the 5 of us were outside and I was sitting alone at the picnic table. Noah saw me and came running up because he felt bad that I was sitting there alone. Today he had a timeout at school because he told his teacher, Miss Shelly to be quiet. He strips down naked every chance he gets and loves turning on the ipod and starts dancing. His song of choice is Ghostbusters. He is so silly and funny around family and then he's so shy and quiet around people he doesn't see all the time.

Here he is opening his dancing underwear card from Aunt Brittany.

Aunt Wanda came over to hang out and gave Noah this great Spiderman mask and gun!

Noah is opening presents from Mima and PoPo.

This is when the two of us walked around the neighborhood to drop off party invitations and stop at our financial planner's office. It's pretty great when you can walk to your financial planner, library, insurance agent, dentist and cpa. We just need the park and post office a little closer... maybe some more bars and restaurants. Court House the cat hangs out on our cpa's porch with his cat.

This was the first birthday that Noah was so excited about. He constantly asked about it weeks before. He kept asking about his present and I'd give him one hint... it's green. He asked me, "Does it have a face?" "Is it green and white?" "Does it have a Santa Claus face?" Nope! It was a green and black bike with training wheels! We had it outside in the driveway under a blanket. It wasn't quite a surprise because Evan saw it from their bedroom window and said "Hey Noah! Look you got a bike!" Here's the party moonbounce.

A few days before Noah had his hair cut.

Happy Birthday, NoNo!!!!

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Noah gets tubes (again)

I had taken Noah to the ENT a month ago for his 6 month checkup only to find out the tubes had fallen out and his ears were clogged with fluid. He went through a round of antibiotics and ear drops, went back in 10 days and the fluid was still there. Rather than go through another round of meds, Dr. Diaz decided that he probably needed the tubes again.

So Noah and I left 5:30 am the first day of spring and drove 45 minutes away to the hospital from rain into snow. Noah's a little shellshocked here before the surgery.

Now he's in a little gown. He's commando under it. I forgot to bring underwear! Poor little Noah...

He was a brave little soldier, just like last time when he was 18 months. And just like last time he woke up from the anesthesia crying his eyes out. I ran in to find him swaddled up like a baby with a nurse rocking him in a rocking chair. He was crying so hard it would break your heart! He was almost asleep in the stroller when we got outside to find this...

He fell asleep in the car but perked up as soon as we got home. He was wrestling with his brother in record time. At one point during the day Mike and I walked by the bathroom while he was flushing the toilet while talking to himself. He was saying, "Wow! That's loud!" I guess the tubes are already working!

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Amelia's 2nd Birthday!

Thank you, Bob, for the pictures!

Amelia is very excited to see her boyfriend, Mike.

Janice kisses her beautiful little granddaughter.

Josh and Shaun have some bonding time.

I think they're reading something shocking.

Shaunie gets around. So much love!

I can't believe our little girlie is 2!

I sit with my beautiful first born.

We get our suits on. Birthday girl sports a ponytail.

Some rough guys crash the party. Luckily they came with Mike so Amelia was cool with it.

Pool time!

Shaunie's first time in the pool!

The party takes a violent turn.

Happy Birthday, Amelia!!! We love you so much!

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Shaun is 8 Months Old!

Dear Shaun, I am so sorry. This is very late. I took this picture while Noah was getting his hair cut (yes, Noah got his hair cut!). And here we have Shaunie waiting for his perm.

Shaun's favorite thing to say is 'dadadadadadada'. He'll yell it out. Probably to get a word in edgewise over his crazy brothers. He isn't crawling and shows no desire to do so. In fact, he hates being on his belly. His eyebrows are cuter than ever and he is loving solid foods. He finally started willingly eating month 7. I no longer have to pry open his mouth to get a spoon in. He loves food! Just like me!

Spiderbaby