Noah News

Noah came to my room first thing this morning and said is a super proud and happy voice: "I sleep in my underwear, Mommy". WHEW! :o) Daddy and I have forgotten to put his pull-up on before bed a few times and some nights it works out fine and others it ends up a soggy ordeal in the wee hours of the night. :o)

When we got home from the museum he went potty and when he went to put his little jeans back on he said "can I have them the wrong way like Jump Jump?"... he noticed on the Wii game that the guys on th Dance 2 game have their pants on backwards for the song Jump by CrissCross... haha! :o) Donnie wore his pants backwards during that era in the 90's. ha!

Museum Pass

We bought a museum pass for this year and made our first trip out today. We went to the closest one, the Lutz Children's Museum, since it was snowing. The kids loved it and so did I! :o) It is a smaller museum, which makes for a cozy and safe-feeling environment for the kids to just enjoy themselves. Our sweet neighbors met us there. They are a family of five, just like us with a girl age 4, a boy age 2 and a baby boy, born 8 days before Elia. We were there for 2 hours and Noah did not want to leave even after that amount of time! I was kicking myself for not bringing my camera but will bring it next time for some cute shots! :o)

Project 365 Week 4

Monday, January 17th

See our handsome boy's "bubble. :o) This "laptop" case was Donnie's old dvd case... we gave it to Noah for his toy laptop he got for Christmas and he loves it! He feels big like daddy and says he going to work. He has slept with it numerous times.

Tuesday, January 18th

No picture - I think we were iced in all day this day... Daddy stayed home due to the dangerous driving conditions... we played LOTS of Dance 2 and Mario Kart. FUN!

Wednesday, January 19th

He wanted to wear Liliana's fairy costume... it didn't last long though, I guess it just didn't feel right... ha! :o)

Thursday, January 20th

No Picture... hmm? :o)

Friday, January 21st

Liliana learned to write 4 words this week. Here is a test I put together. I drew the picture and she got a big star for 4 out of 4 correct!

Elia sucked her thumb and fell asleep on the living room floor. She is amazing! So good at soothing herself and just the sweetest thing ever! :o) See the toy on her arm...

Saturday, January 22nd

We enjoyed taco soup for lunch, left over from the night before and Noah really got into the theme...

Sunday, January 23rd

We had a CCIF/CCIBI graduation banquet at church tonight where I was one of 4 ministers brought forward to public recognition of our credentialing as newly licsenced ministers. I have known the call of God upon my life since I was 18, so that is something I have walked in and been doing ever since, but I finally stepped out this past year to make it "official" with the Assemblies of God. They joyfully recieved me and recognized God's calling upon my life and were SO encouraging and excited to see what God has in store for me in the days and years to come!

Praise Jesus!!! :o) A very special day for me! The banquet was lovely and eveyone in attendance was incredibly encouraging and supportive.

Motherhood's Cure

Day in and day out, this house if filled with the sounds of life and I love every bit of it! I feel that the more the merrier is so true and it is truly more blessed to give than to recieve. After having a third child, the last bit of "selfishness" has been stripped from my inner being (at least for the moment...wink, wink). I find myself filled with a more constant and steadfast joy in my heart no matter what time of day or night it is, God enables me to rise to the beckoning of a needing child. I have been seeking this type of contentment for years but it came in a way I would have never imagined... it can to me through motherhood.

Now... watch me have a grumpy day...hahaha! I know I have totally NOT "arrived", and never will but what I expressed above is God's beauty and I thought I would write it down while my heart is so full! :o)

Who's Who? N or E

Can you see why I catch myself calling Elia "Noah"?

WOW!

When I asked Donnie who was who, he confidently said the first one was Elia and the second one was Noah and I said smiled big and said "huh...hehe..." and he said "oh, wait, this one is Noah because he is wearing blue." ha, so if he were not wearing the obvious boy color, the distinction would be even more unclear.

When I asked Liliana who was who, whithout hesitation, she said "they are both baby Elia". Love this!

I truly have called Elia "Noah" without realizing it so many times since she was born until now and I catch myself amazed at their resemblance. :o)

God Moment

The other night Liliana told me:

"So-and-so told me that she was prettier than me because she had a beautiful dress on, but I knew in my head that was night right because God says we are all beautiful no matter what we have on."

Wow! Wow! Thank you, Jesus that our precious 4 year old is so solid in who she is in Christ and has the grace to look past someone elses comment because she is so set in the truth of who God says she is!

The Sweet Scoop - 4 months

Elia had her four month well-visit. She weighed in at 15 lbs, 12 oz. and 24 1/2 inches long. She did wonderful at her visit and the nurse and Doctor ADORED her... the nurse, Lisa talked to her a bunch and Dr. Freedman asked her if she would stay at the office for the day and let them watch her.... AWE!!! I love how loving they are. :o)

So, Elia is a busy love bug.
She loves to sing.
Dolly is her favorite... I will post a photo of her soon.
She reaches for her toys and our food all the time and is successful sometimes... she looks very interested in our food, so I am excited about starting her on solids on Valentine's Day, her 5 month birthday.
She is still not fond of belly time.
She is still an amazing sleeper and just the sweetest and easiest baby EVER!!!
She is laughing now but does not seem to enjoy having her ribs tickled... I don't blame her, I do not like it either! She loves for me to eat her feet and tickle them.
She loves to attack mommy's face and slobber all over it.
She also grabs mommy's neck - OUCH.. :o)
No teeth yet... Liliana had 2 teeth in her 4th month and Noah had four teeth in his fourth month.

We LOVE LOVE LOVE you, our SWEET Elia Jolie and are so blessed to have you in our family!!! XOXOXOXOX