Week 11

We left Noah with the Boehmer's Wednesday night while Daniel and I went to a church dinner--I didn't do so great (it was the first time I had left him with someone other than Daniel...and maybe I cried a little...) but Noah was reportedly very good. Thursday night we had our first small group Bible study--well, it was a meet and greet at a restaurant--the actual study will start this week. Maybe all the activity wore Noah out, because Thursday night, he slept NINE HOURS before waking up for a feed, and then slept three more! Friday and Saturday night he slept eight hours followed by three more! I thought we were on a roll, but Sunday and Monday he only slept five hours his first stretch. I don't know what we did differently, but those three nights were AMAZING!! :)

We had another fun weekend in Lebanon. Daniel and I went to a huge children's consignment sale in Springfield with Ryan and Danielle and left Noah in Lebanon with Chris and Jodi. (Noah--and I--did great.) Our shopping was successful--maybe too successful--as we got Noah a load of clothes including winter coats and some toys. While in Springfield, we had to have a lunch outing to Lambert's, of course. Saturday was finished off by a surprise birthday party for my brother Mark (Happy 50th!). Sunday included church, lunch at Bub & Rae's (his wings are always delicious) and football watching at Chris & Jodi's. We also picked up our pictures from our newborn photo shoot when Noah was 10 days old--we're excited to finally get those up and displayed. And I got a sewing machine from my mom via Janice that used to be my grandma's. I'm hoping to get some material soon to make curtains for Noah's room (he only has valences, and I'm hoping if we can make it a little darker, he'll nap better in his crib...). And we scored a Christmas tree--for $10!! We lost ours in the apartment fire, and thought we would be tree-less this year and find one on clearance after Christmas. Now we don't have to do that!

This week is supposed to be a quiet one, but my parents will be here this weekend!

Noah showing off his new shoes from the consignment sale. Only $1!

We met Dad for lunch at work this week. It was a beautiful day to eat lunch outside. 

Noah meeting our Bible study leader, Scott, for the first time.

Ryan and Danielle got matching onesies for Noah and Matthew (they say, "My mommy is exhausted"). ..

...unfortunately, Noah wasn't feeling up to pictures...

Levi finally got the courage to hold Noah--we're working on him, Brooke! :) 

Noah and Matthew were more in the mood for pictures Sunday after church.

With Addie and Brody, too.

Brody was teaching Matthew and Noah some football rules.

Noah had a little accident on Uncle Chris's lap...whoops! Sorry to get it on your favorite shirt, Uncle Chris!

Noah has been talking a lot more in the past couple weeks. We tried to capture it on video, but of course he wasn't as chatty when the camera was on. We still thought the video clips were cute, so we're sharing them here.