Pretty Darn Cool

April will bring the 14th anniversary of Nerdstar and I.  That means we lived together for over 11 years before Noah showed up.  Sometimes it's kinda weird to realize we've got this other person, this little boy, with all his wants and wishes and schedules and stuff, living in our space.  This handsome, sweet, tall, goofy boy, making us laugh, bossing Nerdstar around, demanding snacks or movies or dance tunes or to go outside.  It's pretty darn cool. 

Summer Wardrobe Done

10 T-shirts
9 pairs of shorts
1 pair of swim trunks
4 pairs of pants
2 sets of pajamas

Less than $70!

We LOVE consignments stores!  Plus he got two new toys for under $11! 

Errand Buddy

I know this could sound crazy coming from the mom of a toddler, but Noah really is my errand buddy.  He has been pretty much from day one.  If it's been a few days since we've gone to the store (any store, but mostly grocery) he'll look at me and say "store".  He's always done well in the cart, although now he likes to start off helping me push the cart before he has to sit up in it. 

I know, this entry reads pretty boring.  But, after all the years I spent alone either before I met Nerdstar or the years she was off being my army girl, I'm so grateful to have Noah to run errands with.  So I'm really glad he's such a good, sweet kid when we have to run them.  He's even starting to talk to the cashier ladies we see all the time. 

He Didn't Even Miss Us

We did it!!  We finally found a baby sitter and went out to dinner without Noah!  And, we didn't even talk about him the entire time. 

One of Nerdstar's old army buddies has a very nice daughter who is going to baby sit for us. 

They basically had a movie marathon, interspersed with a few snacks and some episodes of Foster's Home.  He didn't ever fuss or anything.  It's like he didn't even miss us.  And when we got home, he was only marginally happy to see us, as long as we didn't interrupt him finishing the movie! 

So this first time went incredibly well.  Test number two will be when she comes back over and he learns that means we're leaving.  But I'm optimistic. 

Noah Rocking Out to Miranda Lambert

That's Entertainment

Our adorable boy is starting to sing.  Just a little.

A couple of times he's picked up a little flashlight and pretended to sing something.  That was cute.

The good stuff is a result of his insisting on "dance tunes" every time he wakes up.  We've long had his dance tunes playlist with the Bee Gees, Donna Summer, old Michael Jackson, etc.  Blame It On The Boogie is one of those songs.  He sings the "sunshine", "moon light", "good times" and "boogie" parts while doing his jump up and down dancing - complete with all the appropriate pauses in music.

Today he added the "shake, shake, shake" part of Shake Your Booty to his repertoire.

All Right

Noah's speech is coming along.  It's a slow and steady progress, and that's fine.  He's picking up short phrases we use a lot.  One thing I didn't even know I said, much less said often, is "all right" - Noah picked it up and it's pretty cute.  He says "let's go" and "see you".

When he sees himself he says "you".  It started a while back, he watched some videos from you.tube and other sites on the computer with me and he started asking for "you".  It took me a while to realize he wanted to watch the videos we've taken of him.  It makes sense, that's what I would say - "You want to watch you?"  Just wonder when he'll also make the connection that he's Noah (and the ten other nicknames I have for him).

He also counts to ten all the time, well, mostly, he tends to leave out three and four.  He'll point to letters and count them.  We haven't started working on letters yet.  Maybe soon.  It's hard to figure out how to work on things like colors, big and little, and things like that while waiting for his speech to improve.  I did order a big book of activities for ages 0-5 and we'll see how those help.