14 weeks !

Dear Noel,
You are so adorable ! :) You make me feel so happy and I now can not imagine not having you in my life. Not much has changed recently. You have started feeling better - thank goodness! So you're not sick anymore. You have pretty much grown out of all of your 0-3 clothing and you're now in 3-6. :D

Oh ! And daddy wore you for the first time this week! <3 It was one of the most precious things I've ever seen!













We are pretty convinced that you may be a thumb sucker. You often shove your thumb in your mouth. :) I seriously believe you're teething too - fists and fingers always being chewed on also lol. Anything you can stick in your mouth you try to!





You are getting so strong! You hold your head up really well now and you've just gotten so big. It's bittersweet. I love watching you grow but I love you being my itty bitty baby for now. :)

Oh I also gave you your first bath alone! You were all smiles. I usually bring you in the shower with me, sometimes using the sling. But you really liked the baby bathtub! So cute!









I absolutely love watching you and Lailah together. My big baby and my little baby. <3 Nothing can make my heart melt more!

13 weeks and officially 3 months old!

Dear Noel,
You my little man have reached 3 months old!! You are now laughing pretty often - you love when I pretend to eat your
belly, blow raspberries on it, or kiss your hands and cheeks. You think it's really funny :). I love making you happy and laugh!! When I talk to anyone - Daddy, Mamee, Auntie Moe, Brian... you just stare at me with this gigantic smile on your face. You seem to just love listening to my voice.

You now try to jump lol when people bounce you up and down while you're standing and then they stop, you bend your legs trying to make them keep you jumping! It's just too cute. You have started grabbing at almost anything lol, hair, clothing, daddy's glasses, skin, fingers, really anything you can get your little hands on! Which is great! I love when I nurse you and you grab my clothing and play with it as you nurse yourself content. :) You also now grab your little toes and seem to be really interested in them LOL.

You got your first cold this week and your first diaper rash! :( I have brought you to the doctors twice already. You had a low grade fever the first few days and you weren't eating very much, then you were seemingly throwing up everything you did eat when you started to, but now you're nursing decently and just sleeping often. I am hoping this is the last of it! You also have had a runny/stuffy nose, watery eyes, and a cough! Virus's are evil aren't they? :( Yucky. I've been treating your rash and that looks better also but not completely gone yet. :/ I hate when you're feeling sick!

I've also caught you for the second time sucking your thumb!! I secretly love it when you suck your thumb even though I shouldn't. When I was a little baby/girl I sucked my thumb - until I was 8 yrs old. So when you suck your thumb - I guess I feel that you're maybe a little bit like me and not all daddy. Selfish of me, maybe. You look just like your daddy - although you do have blue eyes still, like mine. :)

You've also been spending more time with your aunt, uncle, and mamee. Oh and Lailah said that when you get older you may not call her Lailah - you must call her Sister or Sissy LOL. I think it's adorable how much she treasures you. A few days ago when you weren't feeling well at all - you let out a long big burp and she started crying :(. She said, "I care about him, hes my little brother." Awhhhh :') So sweet!

I love, love, love this photo of me wearing you in Jack :) I love wearing you. I love being able to do things around the house or out of the house with you still being held close to me. :)  Although I really love this other picture as well! <3

12 weeks

Dear Noel,
You're at 12 weeks! Almost 3 months old. I will keep mentioning how fast time is flying and how crazy it is. You are pretty communicative and interactive with us now. You smile, giggle, attempt to talk often, coo, and you definitely know what you want! Mommy knows you quite well. :) I know when you are tired, when you're hungry, when you need a change, and when you're just wanting attention. :D I love knowing you so well! And when it seems you can't be calmed all mommy and daddy need to do is bring you in the bathroom and turn the shower on. You get so silent ! You LOVE the shower and you know exactly what you want. :) You're just adorable.



For the first time this week Mommy was away from you. :( I was away for 5 hours. Daddy was at home caring for you. He did an amazing job. He even wore you for his first time!! :) You didn't do too bad yourself. :p You whined a bit but you didn't cry which is great! I pumped a bottle of mommy milks for you before I left. You drank it right before I got home but you still wanted me. Then we cuddled for the rest of the night. <3

Noel, I love you just so much. When I was away from you for a few hours I texted daddy every half hour asking how you were, if you were ok, and if I should come home. You are so important to me. You won my heart and soul over. Your smiles light up my day. When I wake up I'm the first face you usually see and you smile up at me so big with that light in your eyes. You're so innocent and perfect. Untainted by this world. It scares me to know that one day you won't be my little baby anymore.

You seem to be teething a bit. Even though you're only 12 weeks old. You constantly have your hands in your mouth - chewing on them. You also drool everywhere! lol.

look at that sweet face <3 

11 weeks!

Dear Noel,
You've reached 11 weeks old. :) You are such a great baby. Very happy, giggly, alert, and cuddly!

with Ally :) She's hugging you. So sweet!

You got your first kisses already! This week a little girl named Ally who is 1 years old was looking at you, so I picked you up and I was showing you to her and saying, "This is Noel. Want to say hi?" She grabbed your face and kissed you right on the lips before I even knew what was happening LOL. Then we went to a birthday party last Sunday and a little girl named Reagan who is 4 kissed you right on the cheek lol. SO cute !!

This week was an exciting week!! We got cloth diapers, a new wrap called Jack's Treasure and a water ring sling!! :) I'm still learning how to wrap well... but I'm pretty                                                             good at the sling! The sling                                                    definitely helps to make showers easier. :)

Look how adorable these cloth diapers are!!! We have 30 of them... but here is just a few, haha!
Loveeee them!











Here's your fluffy little bum with your big sissy ! She adores you. She's been showing you the ropes on what it's like to be a kid. :p Showing you what shows are worth watching and all. Hahaha, it's adorable!

And here you are with daddy :) <3 He loves to play with you and try to get you to laugh. I love watching you both together. (I might say this every single time I post pictures of you both together.) You and your daddy, you and your sister, you all together - they're my favorite moments because you're all my favorite people!
LOL in the pic with the glasses you ripped daddy's glasses right off his face!
Then in this other pic you were trying to eat his nose !! LOL. You actually often try to eat his nose... it's quite amusing.

Porky baby <3

Here is your handsome smiling face. :) So adorable. You had your 2 month appt last night. You were 23 inches long and 12lbs 13oz. :) You've slowed down on weight gain but you're still doing very very well! We are still EBF ! Such an amazing little nursling you are. <3 I love filling your belly with my mommy milk and you looking up at me so content and happy. :) You got your shots too. :( Made me sad but it had to be done. You screamed for like 10 seconds then I latched you on and you nursed and all was right with the world again. <3 So happy that I could calm you quickly.

This week we also went to your very first museum ! We went to the Children's Museum with your sister and Papa Doug and you just sat in the Moby and looked around. :) We didn't have Jack yet... he was arriving later that day! :) But I love this picture of us! I actually made it my profile picture on fb. :)

Oh Goodness Noel, I love you so much. I never thought I could love anyone as much and equally as I do your sister but apparently I can. I love you both more than you both will ever know. I can't even picture my life without you both. <3 You both fill my heart with so much love, joy, and happiness. You both are my world. You mean everything to me. <3