And some Christmas in Cape May Court House stuff...
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Some updates
Remember how I said I cried when Mike and I spent the night in Philly? Well, it doesn't look like the kids cried too much...
And some Christmas in Cape May Court House stuff...
And some Christmas in Cape May Court House stuff...
Christmas Fun
So now our Noah is crawling like he's been doing it for 15 years. If you put him in the living room, he'll crawl all the way into the kitchen. He pulls himself up to a standing position on everything in the house - chairs, coffee tables, me... He can even stand unaided for a few seconds. Tonight he pulled himself up to a standing position next to Mike without our help, holding onto only the mouse to Evan's computer that Mima gave him. It's amazing, but it has become very difficult to bathe him, put him to bed and dress him. He keeps flipping around and pulling himself up so you're trying to get him ready while he's standing. I try to put him to bed and I come back and he's standing there staring at me in his crib. I lay him back down and he's instantly up again. Very frustrating. Sometimes at night I wish he would just lay there and go to sleep, but he hates laying down and now he hates sitting too. Although he enjoys sitting in the wagon on our little walks to and from Evan's school. Even when it's bitter cold, I bundle the kids up and we take the wagon. When I'm walking back with just Noah after dropping Evan off, he usually falls asleep because it's his morning naptime, slumped over the seat. Poor baby. Also, he likes sucking on orange slices. His little 2 teethies are perfect little white caps. They look very smooth, but they're sharp and bumpy when you run your fingers over them.
Also, Evan's school is having a Christmas pageant. The kids were assigned parts like animals, angels, etc.. There's Mary and Joseph, which are 2 very good parts, but guess who was given the very best part - Evan! He was chosen to be the little drummer boy! The kids parts were on a piece of paper in each of their mailboxes at school. The director told me to check Evan's and gave me a wink. I knew instantly that it had to be a good part. I kept holding off reading it until we got home and Evan was on his swing set. And there it was! Yayyy!
So we Cronins went to the Christmas tree farm this weekend and got a tree! Aunt Brittany came with us. Unfortunately, I locked us out of the house first so Mike had to crawl into a window to get the car keys. Then we got to the farm and they didn't accept cards, so I had to run to WaWa. But there were baby piggies there! So cute! (at the farm, not the WaWa). We decorated the tree that night. Poor little Noah conked out before the lights were even on, so he didn't get to participate.
The weekend before we had Thanksgiving at Aunt Genie's. Jeff taught Evan how to ride a skateboard and everyone played Rock Band. At the end of the night Evan had his shirt off and was running around on a sugar high. Unfortunately the turkey did not make him tired. I have a picture of the night that you may find disturbing that I have to get off my mom's camera. It's of Noah who was asleep in Jessica's room (since we left at 10pm!) Someone had draped police tape that was left over from Jessica's Halloween costume over him while he was sleeping. The photo is awful and look like a crime scene. I still don't know who put the police tape over my darling Noah... No one confessed yet.
The next night Mike and I had a late anniversary date. Noah and Evan stayed with my parents, sister and Josh and we went to the city. I cried for the kids! My heart ached especially for Noah who's still so little and had a little cold and I knew Evan was having a blast. I called them 3 times and we weren't even gone for 24 hours. At one point during my first phone call 2 hours into the trip, my sister said, "Whatever. See you in a few hours." Then I saw the pictures on my mom's camera and saw that the kids did not miss us one bit. I'll post those when I get them.
Mike and I did have a great night. We shopped during the day and visited the Christmas village at city hall. We ate dinner at Alma de Cuba, which used to be our Valentines Day spot. We drank on the rooftop of Continental Midtown, then at some dive bar that was on our walk back to the hotel. We were drunk as skunks. At least I was. And full of yummy food. It was great to be back in the city. I miss it so much!
I did keep thinking we'd have to bring the kids back. Little kids were everywhere and it made my heart ache. I remembered this time last year when I was pregnant, Evan and I took Septa downtown and walked through the Christmas Village together. There was a drunk guy on the bus giving us trouble on the way down. Then the buses were running late on the way home and we waited at the stop for an hour. Ah memories... but it was definitely nice this time being alone with my hubby and being able to do anything we wanted!
Also, Evan's school is having a Christmas pageant. The kids were assigned parts like animals, angels, etc.. There's Mary and Joseph, which are 2 very good parts, but guess who was given the very best part - Evan! He was chosen to be the little drummer boy! The kids parts were on a piece of paper in each of their mailboxes at school. The director told me to check Evan's and gave me a wink. I knew instantly that it had to be a good part. I kept holding off reading it until we got home and Evan was on his swing set. And there it was! Yayyy!
So we Cronins went to the Christmas tree farm this weekend and got a tree! Aunt Brittany came with us. Unfortunately, I locked us out of the house first so Mike had to crawl into a window to get the car keys. Then we got to the farm and they didn't accept cards, so I had to run to WaWa. But there were baby piggies there! So cute! (at the farm, not the WaWa). We decorated the tree that night. Poor little Noah conked out before the lights were even on, so he didn't get to participate.
The weekend before we had Thanksgiving at Aunt Genie's. Jeff taught Evan how to ride a skateboard and everyone played Rock Band. At the end of the night Evan had his shirt off and was running around on a sugar high. Unfortunately the turkey did not make him tired. I have a picture of the night that you may find disturbing that I have to get off my mom's camera. It's of Noah who was asleep in Jessica's room (since we left at 10pm!) Someone had draped police tape that was left over from Jessica's Halloween costume over him while he was sleeping. The photo is awful and look like a crime scene. I still don't know who put the police tape over my darling Noah... No one confessed yet.
The next night Mike and I had a late anniversary date. Noah and Evan stayed with my parents, sister and Josh and we went to the city. I cried for the kids! My heart ached especially for Noah who's still so little and had a little cold and I knew Evan was having a blast. I called them 3 times and we weren't even gone for 24 hours. At one point during my first phone call 2 hours into the trip, my sister said, "Whatever. See you in a few hours." Then I saw the pictures on my mom's camera and saw that the kids did not miss us one bit. I'll post those when I get them.
Mike and I did have a great night. We shopped during the day and visited the Christmas village at city hall. We ate dinner at Alma de Cuba, which used to be our Valentines Day spot. We drank on the rooftop of Continental Midtown, then at some dive bar that was on our walk back to the hotel. We were drunk as skunks. At least I was. And full of yummy food. It was great to be back in the city. I miss it so much!
I did keep thinking we'd have to bring the kids back. Little kids were everywhere and it made my heart ache. I remembered this time last year when I was pregnant, Evan and I took Septa downtown and walked through the Christmas Village together. There was a drunk guy on the bus giving us trouble on the way down. Then the buses were running late on the way home and we waited at the stop for an hour. Ah memories... but it was definitely nice this time being alone with my hubby and being able to do anything we wanted!
Noah's Baptism
This is video...
Thank you, everyone, for making Noah's Baptism amazing. We love you so much! Seems just like yesterday when it was our Evan. Not only was did Noah become part of the Catholic faith, but we were able to introduce him to the entire family! Thank you especially Sarah and Chris for being such awesome Godparents. We love you! Thank you too to Mima, PoPo, Kelly, Mike, Jack, Kate, Granny & Gramps Gifford for making the big trip and staying for the weekend - and thank you Mike for meeting the caterer! We know how crazy it is to travel with 2 kids - one being an infant. Joel, Arlene (who had to work, but came anyway!), Danielle, Mark... Thank you too to Mike's aunts, uncles and cousins for celebrating with us - it meant so much to us that you were here.
Thank you to my MOM and dad - you're the greatest and I don't know how I'd be able to function without you! Thank you, darling sister and Josh for coming all the way from NYC. Britt, your babysitting saved my life! Thank you Aunties, Janice and Bob... the food was delicious! Thank you, Aunt Ella for all the food and COOKIES (so delicious) and babysitting!
Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU!!! WE LOVE YOU ALL!
Here all some pictures. We have none of our beautiful nephew Jack and niece Kate. Aunt Wanda said she took some with all the kids, so I'll post a Part 2 post with those.
So this is all we have so far. Noah with his Godparents...
And the rest is the after party! This is only the second craziest face Evan has ever made. The first is on Mike's phone.
Chris ponders life.
Thank you, everyone, for making Noah's Baptism amazing. We love you so much! Seems just like yesterday when it was our Evan. Not only was did Noah become part of the Catholic faith, but we were able to introduce him to the entire family! Thank you especially Sarah and Chris for being such awesome Godparents. We love you! Thank you too to Mima, PoPo, Kelly, Mike, Jack, Kate, Granny & Gramps Gifford for making the big trip and staying for the weekend - and thank you Mike for meeting the caterer! We know how crazy it is to travel with 2 kids - one being an infant. Joel, Arlene (who had to work, but came anyway!), Danielle, Mark... Thank you too to Mike's aunts, uncles and cousins for celebrating with us - it meant so much to us that you were here.
Thank you to my MOM and dad - you're the greatest and I don't know how I'd be able to function without you! Thank you, darling sister and Josh for coming all the way from NYC. Britt, your babysitting saved my life! Thank you Aunties, Janice and Bob... the food was delicious! Thank you, Aunt Ella for all the food and COOKIES (so delicious) and babysitting!
Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU!!! WE LOVE YOU ALL!
Here all some pictures. We have none of our beautiful nephew Jack and niece Kate. Aunt Wanda said she took some with all the kids, so I'll post a Part 2 post with those.
So this is all we have so far. Noah with his Godparents...
And the rest is the after party! This is only the second craziest face Evan has ever made. The first is on Mike's phone.
Chris ponders life.
When it rains, it pours...
I literally cannot keep up with the stuff this kid is doing. Time to baby-proof the house and lower the crib mattress - our boy can pull himself up! This happened on Wed., Nov. 24
I'm whispering btw because Evan is in the room next door napping.
I think Noah is cutting his third tooth too. I think it's that hard lump on his top gum I noticed a while back. At least I hope it's a tooth. He's been drooling all over himself again, soaking his shirts, chewing furiously on everything and he's fussy during the day. His drool smells like old cheese like the last time his teeth pushed through. I give him a bath and an hour later he's stinky again!
Also on Wednesday he started walking by pushing himself around on Evan's old push car/walking thing. That will be my next post!
I'm whispering btw because Evan is in the room next door napping.
I think Noah is cutting his third tooth too. I think it's that hard lump on his top gum I noticed a while back. At least I hope it's a tooth. He's been drooling all over himself again, soaking his shirts, chewing furiously on everything and he's fussy during the day. His drool smells like old cheese like the last time his teeth pushed through. I give him a bath and an hour later he's stinky again!
Also on Wednesday he started walking by pushing himself around on Evan's old push car/walking thing. That will be my next post!
Fall fun fun fun
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I have to be really careful after this video was shot. Evan likes to speed around in 2nd gear now. He'll pretend he's going to crash into my car, then swerve at the last minute. I think he knows to be careful with Noah (and stay in 1st gear).
Evan shows off Grandmom's pink gloves.
At the boardwalk.
Evan shows off Grandmom's pink gloves.
At the boardwalk.
Crawling Guy
Here it is as promised. Please ignore my voice and the dirt on Noah's face. You can practically hear Noah's brain... heave ho heave ho
Noah turns 7 mos!
Mr. Poopinstein apologizes for the picture quality. We used Daddy's phone.
When I say Mr. Poopinstein, I mean it. He's been pooping up to 8xs/day! I don't know if it's his teeth (2 came in on the bottom at the exact same time - just like Evan's did), but I called the doctor office twice about it and they didn't seem concerned. So I guess we'll just ride it out.
Month 6 had been a monumental month for Noah. Besides his 2 teeth, First and most importantly - on Sunday, November 7, 2010 our baby was finally baptized! I will hopefully post some pictures of this soon. If anyone has photos, please email them and I'll get them up. At least I have video coming soon.
We thought the day would never come and now we're scared that it did...
AS OF SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14 2010, Noah has started to crawl! It's a slow, labor intensive crawl with frequent collapsing on the belly, but he gets where he needs to go. I will post video hopefully tomorrow.
For a while now, Noah could sit for long periods of time and if he started to fall back, he'd throw his hand on the floor behind him to push himself back up. Then he would go from a sitting position to his belly. He didn't care if he nose-dived to do it, but soon he learned how to do it without hitting his face on the carpet. So we would sit him on his hiney on the floor, walk away to do something and come back and he's 4 feet away, on his belly. We know he didn't crawl, but he did scoot backward and roll.
We knew he was close when a week ago he started flipping from his belly to a sitting position. We'd lay him on his back on the floor, go to the kitchen, then come back to see him a few feet away sitting up. Now he does it all the time. Then while trying to reach a toy on Sunday, 4 days shy of his 7 mo. birthday, the inevitable finally happened. Noah crawled. Mike was like, "Did you just see that!?"
Just today he crawled over to the cable box which sits on the floor next to the tv stand. With his feet planted on the floor, he put his hands on top of the box and hoisted himself into a half stand. He was hanging out for about a minute like that, with his butt in the air, staring at the cables behind the box. Then he let go with one hand and reached behind the box and grabbed the coaxial cable, trying to shove it in his mouth! Amazing!!
As for other stuff, Noah can stand holding on to a piece of furniture, without help from me for about a minute and can even let go with one hand for a second or two, then he starts swaying and lands on his butt. And he doesn't care if he falls. It takes a lot for him to cry. He's the happiest and friendliest little baby ever. He loves everybody and if you smile at him he'll smile and give you a "heh!" laugh. He's got an incredible sense of humor. He'll chew on my face, his eyes less than an inch from mine. I'll say to him, "WHAT are you doing" pretending to be stern. He'll be silent for a few seconds, smiling and staring right into my eyes, then roll his eyes up and away from me and starts belly laughing, then continue chewing on my face. We could do that over and over for hours.
He also loves scratching fabric with his little fingernails, like a cat. And he HATES being restrained. Every time I put him in the car, I have to give him a minute or two of "scratch time". I put him in the carseat and before I can put on the harness, he leans forward and scratches the back seat. I buckle Evan in while he's scratching away. Only then will he reluctantly let me strap him in.
Also, he slept through the night for about a week, but it was a total tease. He's back up at 3am wanting a snack with a big 'ol poop in his diaper. Fortunately, he'll go right back down, but then he's up at 5:45 am and he's wide awake with another poop.
Just a little Evan update. He was wearing his bath toy container on his head. It's a triangular mesh thing that suctions to the corner of a shower. He kept calling himself the "bad guy beekeeper". And he likes to crawl into Noah's crib while Noah's in it.
When I say Mr. Poopinstein, I mean it. He's been pooping up to 8xs/day! I don't know if it's his teeth (2 came in on the bottom at the exact same time - just like Evan's did), but I called the doctor office twice about it and they didn't seem concerned. So I guess we'll just ride it out.
Month 6 had been a monumental month for Noah. Besides his 2 teeth, First and most importantly - on Sunday, November 7, 2010 our baby was finally baptized! I will hopefully post some pictures of this soon. If anyone has photos, please email them and I'll get them up. At least I have video coming soon.
We thought the day would never come and now we're scared that it did...
AS OF SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14 2010, Noah has started to crawl! It's a slow, labor intensive crawl with frequent collapsing on the belly, but he gets where he needs to go. I will post video hopefully tomorrow.
For a while now, Noah could sit for long periods of time and if he started to fall back, he'd throw his hand on the floor behind him to push himself back up. Then he would go from a sitting position to his belly. He didn't care if he nose-dived to do it, but soon he learned how to do it without hitting his face on the carpet. So we would sit him on his hiney on the floor, walk away to do something and come back and he's 4 feet away, on his belly. We know he didn't crawl, but he did scoot backward and roll.
We knew he was close when a week ago he started flipping from his belly to a sitting position. We'd lay him on his back on the floor, go to the kitchen, then come back to see him a few feet away sitting up. Now he does it all the time. Then while trying to reach a toy on Sunday, 4 days shy of his 7 mo. birthday, the inevitable finally happened. Noah crawled. Mike was like, "Did you just see that!?"
Just today he crawled over to the cable box which sits on the floor next to the tv stand. With his feet planted on the floor, he put his hands on top of the box and hoisted himself into a half stand. He was hanging out for about a minute like that, with his butt in the air, staring at the cables behind the box. Then he let go with one hand and reached behind the box and grabbed the coaxial cable, trying to shove it in his mouth! Amazing!!
As for other stuff, Noah can stand holding on to a piece of furniture, without help from me for about a minute and can even let go with one hand for a second or two, then he starts swaying and lands on his butt. And he doesn't care if he falls. It takes a lot for him to cry. He's the happiest and friendliest little baby ever. He loves everybody and if you smile at him he'll smile and give you a "heh!" laugh. He's got an incredible sense of humor. He'll chew on my face, his eyes less than an inch from mine. I'll say to him, "WHAT are you doing" pretending to be stern. He'll be silent for a few seconds, smiling and staring right into my eyes, then roll his eyes up and away from me and starts belly laughing, then continue chewing on my face. We could do that over and over for hours.
He also loves scratching fabric with his little fingernails, like a cat. And he HATES being restrained. Every time I put him in the car, I have to give him a minute or two of "scratch time". I put him in the carseat and before I can put on the harness, he leans forward and scratches the back seat. I buckle Evan in while he's scratching away. Only then will he reluctantly let me strap him in.
Also, he slept through the night for about a week, but it was a total tease. He's back up at 3am wanting a snack with a big 'ol poop in his diaper. Fortunately, he'll go right back down, but then he's up at 5:45 am and he's wide awake with another poop.
Just a little Evan update. He was wearing his bath toy container on his head. It's a triangular mesh thing that suctions to the corner of a shower. He kept calling himself the "bad guy beekeeper". And he likes to crawl into Noah's crib while Noah's in it.
Happy Halloween, love us
We really know how to do Halloween over here!
This is how we greeted everyone at the door. These costumes. Free. Except for Noah's wig, which I ordered by recommendation of Aunt Brittany. The rest I dug up while Evan and Mike were at swimming class (Mike was learning how to doggie paddle).
What we didn't get a picture of is the jack-o-lantern Evan and I carved one really warm night when Mike was away and Noah was sleeping. We went outside and carved it in the driveway and played for a while before bed. The jack-o-lantern is on the second step, cropped out of this picture! I toasted the pumpkin seeds, which is my most favorite part of Halloween and ate them all in one night.
Fireman 2.0 with his grandparents. Notice he's not wearing the same jacket from last year. I found the stupid thing during swim class while I was digging in the basement for costumes for me and Mike. By that time we already opened the new one we bought to replace it. We already had the boots (Ev's rain boots) and 5 fire helmets to choose from. Now we have six and another fire man jacket.
The aunts, uncles and cousins came over early for pizza and some Rocky Horror Picture Show on Mike's new tv. Then we all went out trick-or-treating! CMCH is the place to be for Halloween. There were hundreds of kids out!
Noah changed from soul brother to chicken.
Check out Mike's costume. He's wearing the afro I wore last year, some beads (mine) around his neck, my sunglasses, a hippy shirt and some flip-flops. Noah was an angel. He loves that wagon! We take it to drop Evan off at school. It works perfectly for Noah with the seats and seatbelts.
The aunts take pictures.
And we're off to trick-or-treat!
Jessica and her friend met us in the middle - both dressed as Lady Gaga!
Here's the aftermath at our house where my mom inspects the candy bags.
Noah stays up late.
Mike and Evan go out for more candy. They come back cold and exhausted. Meanwhile we ran out of candy and had to turn kids away!
A few days before Halloween:
Dinnertime is always scary.
Hello, I'm overexposed... and still cute.
AND THEN WE DID IT AGAIN THE NEXT NIGHT. In a different neighborhood by my parents' house. We had the same crowd, but Sarah, Aunt Ella, Uncle Larry and Uncle Tom were able to join us too. There were some incredible haunted house stuff. I'm talking evil laboratories, robotic skeletons that speak to you and know your name. We're going to have to step it up a bit at our house next year for Evan. He's really into that scary stuff.
Evan destroyed everyone's nice, neat leaf piles.
No costumes for me and Mike this time.
There was an afterparty at my parents' house. We went back for sandwiches, CANDY and the kids got their annual Halloween pineapples from my mom. Olivia got a pomegranate since pineapple hurts her mouth.
This is how we greeted everyone at the door. These costumes. Free. Except for Noah's wig, which I ordered by recommendation of Aunt Brittany. The rest I dug up while Evan and Mike were at swimming class (Mike was learning how to doggie paddle).
What we didn't get a picture of is the jack-o-lantern Evan and I carved one really warm night when Mike was away and Noah was sleeping. We went outside and carved it in the driveway and played for a while before bed. The jack-o-lantern is on the second step, cropped out of this picture! I toasted the pumpkin seeds, which is my most favorite part of Halloween and ate them all in one night.
Fireman 2.0 with his grandparents. Notice he's not wearing the same jacket from last year. I found the stupid thing during swim class while I was digging in the basement for costumes for me and Mike. By that time we already opened the new one we bought to replace it. We already had the boots (Ev's rain boots) and 5 fire helmets to choose from. Now we have six and another fire man jacket.
The aunts, uncles and cousins came over early for pizza and some Rocky Horror Picture Show on Mike's new tv. Then we all went out trick-or-treating! CMCH is the place to be for Halloween. There were hundreds of kids out!
Noah changed from soul brother to chicken.
Check out Mike's costume. He's wearing the afro I wore last year, some beads (mine) around his neck, my sunglasses, a hippy shirt and some flip-flops. Noah was an angel. He loves that wagon! We take it to drop Evan off at school. It works perfectly for Noah with the seats and seatbelts.
The aunts take pictures.
And we're off to trick-or-treat!
Jessica and her friend met us in the middle - both dressed as Lady Gaga!
Here's the aftermath at our house where my mom inspects the candy bags.
Noah stays up late.
Mike and Evan go out for more candy. They come back cold and exhausted. Meanwhile we ran out of candy and had to turn kids away!
A few days before Halloween:
Dinnertime is always scary.
Hello, I'm overexposed... and still cute.
AND THEN WE DID IT AGAIN THE NEXT NIGHT. In a different neighborhood by my parents' house. We had the same crowd, but Sarah, Aunt Ella, Uncle Larry and Uncle Tom were able to join us too. There were some incredible haunted house stuff. I'm talking evil laboratories, robotic skeletons that speak to you and know your name. We're going to have to step it up a bit at our house next year for Evan. He's really into that scary stuff.
Evan destroyed everyone's nice, neat leaf piles.
No costumes for me and Mike this time.
There was an afterparty at my parents' house. We went back for sandwiches, CANDY and the kids got their annual Halloween pineapples from my mom. Olivia got a pomegranate since pineapple hurts her mouth.
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