30th Birthday Celebrations

On the Saturday before the week of my birthday, Steve's parents came up to Fort Collins to spend the afternoon with us and to celebrate my birthday- the Big 3-0! We enjoyed a delicious lunch at the Macaroni Grill (I think the last time we went to one was when we lived at Edwards AFB in California.) And then enjoyed a relaxing afternoon together. Of course, there were lots of Noah snuggles all around. :o)

On the morning of my birthday my boys (all 4!) surprised me with Starbucks and flowers, and then in the evening Steve surprised me again with babysitters so that he and I could enjoy dinner at the amazing Cafe Vino.

On Saturday we went down to my parent's house and enjoyed a special birthday breakfast, a little mall shopping, and then my parents and sister-in-law arranged for babysitters so that the 6 of us adults could go to the Cheesecake Factory sans kiddos. So nice to have uninterrupted adult conversation. (Noah kindly slept through dinner.)

My mom jokes that I like to extend my birthday celebrations throughout the week, which has probably been true a lot of years. :o) I would like to thank everyone who made my 30th Birthday so special! I am looking forward to whatever new adventures the next decade has to offer!

Beep Beep!

Can I just say, thank goodness for these car attachments on the grocery store shopping carts! How else would I keep all three boys contained?

Wordless Wednesday *Yeehaw!*

Noah is 1 Month

Today Noah had a 1-month checkup. He weighed 9 lbs, 1 oz putting him in the 12th percentile, and was 22 inches long putting him in the 38th percentile for baby boys his age. He continues to be a sweet little guy. Noah is becoming more and more alert during the day, and has been sleeping longer stretches at night (5+ hours) even since last week!

Compare: Christian at about 1 Month

Lucas at 1 Month (same clothes!)

Noah is 4 Weeks

Somehow 4 weeks have already passed. It seems like I was just at the hospital having Noah. Noah has been a sweet little baby, dare I say, fairly "easy." He is still waking 2 times at night, but is usually fairly predictable. I have him on a feeding schedule, and am hoping some routine will translate to longer sleep at night (soon.) He is a good little eater, and gets the hiccups often. He also snores! He currently has light brown hair (Lucas did too, but it obviously didn't stay that way) and blue/gray eyes. I am enjoying baby snuggles when I can get them, but they are a little more rare as I have to tend to big brothers. Noah's favorite thing right now is sleeping, eating, and intently studying faces. He recently outgrew his first newborn sized sleeper, and is mostly wearing 0-3 month clothing. He also just switched to a size 1 diaper. Next week Noah will have a 1 month checkup; looking forward to seeing how much he has grown!

Compare: Christian at 3.5 Weeks

Lucas at 4 Weeks

Trick or Treat

The boys loved trick or treating this year. Christian has been really into the Halloween festivities/decorations and was so excited to wear his crocodile costume that he wore it all. day. long. Lucas was a sweet little lion. (Do you notice some costume recycling?) Noah chilled in 2 sets of Halloween jammies.

Christian the Crocodile: 

Lucas the Lion:

Roar!