Shower of Blessings!

Tonight I was blessed with my very own BABY SHOWER!!!!! :) I was so incredibly thrilled that I got a shower :) Since I did not have a pregnancy or even adopt a newborn it is not something that I would have thought would happen but I AM SO THRILLED IT DID! It was a wonderful time! We had wonderful bean soup over rice and some chips and spinach dip and pasta salad and of course cake! :) My dear friend Cassie MADE 2 cakes for us! She made my FAVORITE buttercream icing! :) She was so sweet and had to make this cake for Noah since he has been affectionatly known as Panda Boy for so long! :) Is it not the cutest thing???? :)

She is so talented! :) and let me clue you, it was soooo yummy! and the leftovers of this one are in my kitchen! heehee

Here is the other cake she made also! :) Again YUMMO! :) I just love reading it! It still seems unreal to me at times that Noah is FINALLY here! :)

My Sister in Law Michelle made this daiper cake for a centerpeice! :) I was so impressed! She and her whole family helped! :) I am told their are pictures of it in progress and I PRAY I will get some copies soon! :) She KNOWS me so well, she came in sayin YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT APART AND USE THE DIAPERS! heehee She knows I would be so tempted to just set it up at the house and look at it forever and never take it apart! ( I guess the welcome home Noah sign and door bow still being over a month later could have given her that idea! heehee)

Noah is doing SOOO well! He was of course the center of attention and LOVED it! He is getting SOOO comfortable at church! I was SOOOO excited when I arrived at the Church because as I was getting him out of his car seat and he looked up and realized where we were HE GRINNED SO BIG! :) HE KNEW WE WERE AT CHURCH!!!!!!! :)

Noah's Aunt Lisa gets to meet him for the first time! :) She is so fun and I am sure many years of fun times await Noah and Aunt Lisa at reunions and other family get togethers :)

Noah coming back to base (heehee mama is base). It is so cute how he ventures out but will come toddlin back to make sure I am still there! :) Boy howdy though if I stand up and am anywhere NEAR the door he is on top of me then! like he has radar or something! :) It was so cute! :)

Mama's good friend Amber and her baby Erin meet Noah! :) Amber and Erin have a special day coming up Nov 3rd! Its there court date for their adoption! We are sooo thrilled for them! :)

I just love all the kiddos that came to share our joy! :) They were so sweet and showered us with the blessing of hugs and sweet smiles! Noah is blessed to have so many little friends to grow up with! :)

Noah LOVED all the gifts and the wrapping too! :) He is a paperaholic! heehee

Here is Noah looking at a card! He recognized Elmo! He was so cute to come and read cards :)

Noah and his cousin Melissa! :) She is such a big helper to her Mom and has lots of experience with boys with her 3 little brothers! :) She will be a wonderful big cousin for Noah! :) That is Joshua with her! He and is little sister Tori just LOVE Noah! They always want to be around him :)

This one made me so cry! :) My dear Friend Sarah made this photo album for us! :) It has some pictures in it from the airport and some of the update photos of Noah over the months! and then room for more photos! I just love it! :)

Hopefully you can read this! It is the incription inside the photo album!

Here is a sweet book from my Sister and brother in law's family! It is so true that we give our children the gift of Love! That is SOOO important to me! That Noah KNOWS how much he is loved by us and by the Lord!

This was a gift from my dear friends Leesa and Paul who also happen to be our Pastors! :) I love this! Not only can I use it for bible time with Noah now for us to read to him, but it is also a phonetic reader for years to come as he learns to read! :)

Here is the inscription in that Bible book!

Most everyone who came brought a package of diapers!!! :) LOOKIE :)

That is such a wonderful blessing! :)

Here is most all the gifts the best we could get them in the picture! There were a few Church outfits, a sweater, a sleeper with feet in, toys, books, baby wipes, picture frames, photo albums, bibs, cups, travel containers adn the list goes on and on! There were a couple of gift cards as well so I will be doing some shopping soon and will have more to show you later! We were so blessed with so much :) I will make a slide show video thing when I have time so you can see each thing and more pictures of the shower events! This is just a snippet of all their is to show! And lastly I leave you with a sweet picture of a VERY worn out Panda Boy! When we got home he was sound asleep in the car seat! I actually took him out and move him into the house and laid him in the crib and he never woke and is still there now!

I so love this little baby boy! :)

THANK you to all my wonderful friends and family who were able to attend the Shower and Shower us with blessings of gifts and fellowship! I feel so honored :)

We send you all blessings and Kisses in the wind!

Noah is 18 months old

Today Noah is 18 months old! A year and a half! I have had the pleasure of watching him grow up in pictures from 6 and half months to 16 and half months. I have loved bein the one to do the monthly update now! This is the 2nd month bday update I have had the express pleasure of posting myself! :) Noah is doin QUITE well in most areas! :) He spent his 18 month bday at Church and then now at home with the family! :) Noah is still about 30 inches tall and he weighs 23 and half pounds now! That is a jump from last month. He is still drinking ALOT of formula but has added more and more table foods to the mix. He will pretty much eat anything as long as I make it small enough and HE IS IN THE MOOD TOO! heehee He is VERY clingy of me! He definitly knows what he wants and lets YOU KNOW how he feels about it if he does not get it! The pediatrician said give him anything to eat that he will eat and can eat. I am finding that I have made some errors in that area and we are a very gassy boy. Every day I fall more and more in love with my baby boy! I worry so much if I am doin all for him I should, is he happy, is he feeling loved, does he like it here. On and on my thoughts go. I want SOOO much to do the best I can for this prescious creature the Lord has gifted me with! I feel SO INCREDIBLY guilty when he cries and wants me and I dont pick him up. Sometimes it is just NOT SAFE to be in Mama's arms. Like when she is cutting up meat for supper! Also he has taken to if ANYONE else tells him no for any reason he screams and runs to me! When we are out at church I have become BASE! lol He will toddle off to explore or run after bigger kids or have them chase him but he ALWAYS comes runnin back to BASE! It was so cute the other day. He did it so much that SaraJane (21 months old) started followin suit! heehee So they would just toddle with all their might all over the fellowship hall and then Noah would rush back and touch BASE (ME ) and then here would come Sara Jane to touch me too! Before it was over with several other preschoolers were doing it as well! :) So funny! Noah has INCREDIBLE social skills for an 18 month old baby! He still ADORES paper! He is VERY into in and out and open and close! He will put things in and take them out and open things and close things. He loves it! He also adores cooking! lol Sara Jane taught him how to stir in a pot with a spoon in toddler class one night and EVERY time he is in there now he goes to that pot. Mama has got to find him one! Here are some pictures to share with y'all!

Noah WesLee sittin in Church beside mama listenin to Mrs. Leesa preach this morning!

LOOK at that face! He is so gorgeous!

THIS is a decision I now regret. NOAH's first taco (minus shell) at 18 months old! Gassy tummy followed! What do pedatrician's know anyway? LOL

more from dinner time

gettin very good at feedin ourselves if mama makes it small!

Can you see the inside of the taco?? :) so cute :)

Here is Noah in a hat from Bobby's brother John. Jei Jei just HAD to put it on him backwards! heehee

This is a book Bobby got Noah! He was just glancin through books and upon reading this one he found that it is about Adoption! So our first story book on adoption!

Well, Panda Boy is showing his displeasure at me for trying to post this! So I must run.

WE send you blessings and Kisses in the Wind!

MAJOR Praise and News on Panda Boy

Hi all :)

First let me start off by apologizing that it has been awhile since I posted and that this post does not have pictures. I will try and get some good ones over the weekend to share later. My camera battery died so I did not have it with me durin the past couple days.

Now on the the Major Praise. We took Panda Boy into see a new pediatrician! She happens to be of asian decent, is much closer to our home, and takes our insurance so it was such a blessing of God! She really was wonderful with Noah too! Anyway, we talked with her about alot of the testing and things for mental retardation and chromosome studies and such that has been recommended we do on Noah because they said he has inherited mental retardation of unknown origion. Well, she asked about how things were goin since we brought him home. We shared everything about Noah and how much he has just blossomed in the past few weeks! She asks if he communicates and I said well to a certain extent. Still no talking BUT he is babbling WAY more than he was and some are repeated phrases all of which she says is VERY good. She asked if he reached for us when he wanted us and we said yes and that he knew how to give me five now, and give a kiss (when he will , he is gettin stingy now! lol), and that just that day he FINALLY will wave bye bye now! :) Anyway, we talked and talked and she examined him and she said " I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS CHILD IS RETARDED AT ALL!" She truly believes that he is developmentally delayed but that with intervention and all we are doin she believes it is just that delays. She does not see the need to run any of the tests at all. Now, I need to check with our agency for purposes of post study and make sure if there is anything they require us to do in that area but unless it is required the Pediatrician does not want to do anything at this point other than us keep workin with him, and tryin to get him in early steps and all. She did recommend we continue to sign with him and to SIGN EVERYTHING! I have got to get some signin for babies videos QUICK! I know some signs but need to know more! She said he looked really good. She was impressed that he is OBVIOUSLY learning with me workin with him at home and such and also his ability to eat has gotten so good too :) Just about anything we eat as long as I make it small enough he eats! :) I am so praying she is right about this. We are thrilled for Noah if she is but we accept him no matter what. The worrier in me wants her to check it all out now just in case, but she is the doctor so I guess I should trust her for now and unless he shows what she called Signs of retardation not do alot of testing. All I want is for my little man to have the best life he can have and be the best Noah he can be no matter what diagnosis he may or may not have. She fully believes he will speak and I am really thinkin he might because of the increased babbling and such. I still need to find out if the birthparents could speak to give that information to early steps and the doctor though she says even if they didnt he still might.

Noah has just lit up my life in ways I would never have imagined. I just look at this child and I have to SMILE! No matter what I am feeling! :) He is so adorable! Even when he is begin challinging! heehee He has taken to STRIPPING the last few days! My mother in law says he is goin to be a stripper when he grows up. I rebuked that statement over him! But he is really into pulling the snaps between his legs and then pulling the whole outfit off and then comes the diaper! LOL Praise God he has only been trying this at home! I spend so much time sayin No , we must keep our clothes on! lol This morning he popped open the legs of his romper and I was like oh well. BAD IDEA ON MY PART! I shoudl have resnapped them right then because next thing I know he toddles up to me with daiper in HAND! lol and not on hiney! He is so quick! Prayerfuly he does not try this at Church tomorow!

I have a sweet blessing coming up! Something I did NOT think I would get to have since I was never pregnant in the non paper sence of the word! Be watching over the next week or so for news on this! :)

Well, my sweet panda boy is sleepin IN THE CRIB beside me. I rocked him and he was out so I tried layin him in there. We will see how long this lasts. Yesterday he woke up after a little bit and I picked him up and laid down in my bed with him and he went right back to sleep. Pray for my neck and shoulder because he sleeps so much better if I am flat on my back and he is in the crook of my arm! I hate to not let him do that since he rests so well that way and I know he probably never before slept being held. I can't imagine our sweet nanny friends at SLC had time to hold babies for too long at a time. I just hold him and stare into his face and watch him sleep :)

Well, I am off to check emails. I will try and post pictures in the next day or so.

WE send you blessings and kisses in the wind!

TONS of pics and news to share :)

Hi all :)

Well, we have had a busy week here in Noah's World! :) heehee Noah has decided he LOVES Elmo when Sesame Street is on and will run to tv to listen when he is singin la la la la Elmo's world! heehee Noah love music period! So so sweet :) And so fittin since his mama adores it as does most of the family :) Celeste is adoring havin a little brother :) and spending so much time with him and all of us I think! :) Here is a fun moment with her and I in the car :) Noah is the car seat behind and I am sure wonding what we are up too :)

She is goin for the serious look :)

Bobby's brother "Uncle Wesley" and his wife "Aunt Michelle" and their children "COUSINS" heehee came by for a visit on Saturday :) Here are a few pics from that :)

Uncle Wesley and Aunt Michelle sure do love Noah! :) Noah has decided Uncle Wesley is the bomb! He will run to him now! :) and he will stroke the beard! heehee


Aunt Michelle gets a turn with squirly Noah! He looks HUGE in this photo but he really isn't!

Noah has decided he can give out hugs! When HE wants too! heehee Here he is lovin on cousin Gavin!

Noah is watchin cousins Gavin and Logan get into the toy box and had to take off to join the fun!

Here is Noah playin with cousin Logan! :) they had fun with this froggie :)

The baby that would barely walk when we first got him and when he did fell so much is now runnin around my livin room! :) heehee so cute! He does fall still some but jumps back up MOST of the time :) sometimes he needs a hug and kiss before he goes on :) LOOK AT THAT FACE!!! :)

Speaking of that face! Here it is again :) The picture may be a bit wobbly but I just love it! :) You can see the first of the 3 teeth he is teething in now about 3/4 way in now :)


Here are the mischevious Duo! :) heehee. They have SOOOO much fun together! :) Noah loves his Jei Jei and as you can see She sure loves him too! :) Such a sweet relationship they have :)

Noah is just growin by leaps and bounds in so many areas. He understands so much english it amazes me! He is babblin ALOT now and he figures things out VERY quickly! One thing he has definitly figure out now that bobby has gone to work is that Bobby's Uniforms mean he is LEAVING! This is what he does now if Bobby comes out in his uniform for EITHER JOB!

Arms up in air and turns to me like I am suppose to make Baba (Daddy) stay here! It is amazing because Bobby's main job uniform for the State Police has a blue top and the one for Mall security is a white top. Noah has figured out if he wears either that he is leavin and will cry like this. so sad :( Maybe it is the badge since he wears one with each I am not sure but boy does he know its coming! Every time now Bobby has to kiss goodbye an unhappy boy! But he is learing Baba daddy always comes back evenutally. It has been so sweet here lately. I wish I had the camera in our room because Bobby is workin nights so he will leave just before supper and come in at about 6 am while Noah and I are USUALLY asleep for another round. When he wakes up the next time and Bobby is there he will crawl over and kiss on him and pat his head and grin big!! :) so sweet :)

When we picked Noah up at St. Lucy's Center (who we are FOREVER grateful too for taken care of our sweet little panda boy till he came home! ) we were given 2 little jamma type outfits from his birth mother and her family! They are the sweetest, softest jammas and I just ADORE THEM! I really want to find a way to buy him some more of these :) Maybe I can buy them online somehow! Anyway, they thought at SLC they would be too small so I really hadn't tried them on him and was going to put them up to save so he will always know that his birth mother and birth family sent them to him. Which I still plan to keep them but as I was lookin at them I thought I think I can get these on him so I tried! :) They were a tad short in the arms so you couldn't cover the hand but they didnt fit too bad :) I got some sweet pictures of him in them and hope to get some copies printed and put in an album of pics to send his birthmom and family for Christmas along with a gift of some kind though I have no clue what just yet. Here are some of the pictures I took :)

Is that not the cutest jammas! :) I LOVE THEM :)

I just love this one of him diggin in the toybox :)

Here is a close up to the little design on them. There are 2 outfits, one blue and one green both with these pipi panda on them! SO fitting for Panda Boy! ;) heehee :) I so want to find some more of these jammas!

We are belly laughin here! mama is soo funny!

I was tryin to get him clappin but he was always hands out by the time the camera did it! uggh but so cute :)

You can't see the jammas too good here but I just love this one of us lookin at each other :) he is such a snuggly lovey dovey baby! :)

You can't see all of him but THAT FACE! :)

Here is Noah with his Nannie! My mom! :) She is so funny. She keeps goin "I can't believe he is here!" I keep goin "I KNOW!!" heehee

So on to some news that is a major praise to share! :) We went to the Pediatric eye specialist yesterday that subspecializes in crossed eyes! AMAZING News. Noah's eyes and vision are getting stronger and stronger and he thinks they will straighten on their own and at least for now NO SURGERY! THANK YOU JESUS! mama did NOT want surgery! We go back in 6 months to reevalute but unless they are worse he does not expect us to have to do anthing! :) Here are some pics for our trip to the eye doctor :)

This is so cute, it is blurry and for some WEIRD reason it insists on loading here sideways.! I deleted and reuploaded it 4 times and it always does it sideways! but on my computer it is not sideways. VERY odd. So turn your head and look at my baby! :) He had so much fun toddlin round the office! :)

Here is Noah and a very sleep deprived Baba! He worked all night the night before but got up after about an hour of sleep to go with us to doctors! Such a good Daddy! :) We must have been a sight with us both so zombiefied from no sleep! :) heehee

Now Mr. Noah is gettin tired waitin on the doctor and was NONE to happy with the 3rd time to dilate those beautiful dark eyes! So we are havin a bottle and waitin on doctor!

So late yesterday afternoon Mama's friend Cassie and her 7 month old Caleb came for a playdate and then we went out to sonic together :) Check out these adorable shots!

Noah introduces Caleb to the SHELF! :) heehee He just loves that shelf and is convinced it is made for HIM! :) heehee

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out we come! :)

We have decided that Mrs. Cassie is a bouncy house! lol :) They had so much fun!

baby's galore! :)

Today as we pulled in the yard coming home from some errands we see the mail truck pullin out the other end of the yard! THAT is ALWAYS good news! It usually means a package! :) much better than bills! :) It was a package was a gifty from our sweet friend TIFF (who brought Miss Gracyn home a week before we brought Noah home) and her son Peyton. We were so excited!

I love that is was addressed to Noah! I showed him and he was excited cuz he LOVES paper! lol

I think he picked up on our excitement to get something GOOD in the mail! :)

He has spotted the SHOES! This boy loves shoes! IF you slip them off at our house, which most folks do it seems, he will take off with them! heehee

YIPEE! I GOT SHOES! :) He liked these bright blue ones the best and carried them around on and off for the longest time! :) He carried the black pair some but definitly favored these! heehee

watchin mama check out the rest of the package :) heehee

Now we are readin our card! :)

Well, if you have read this far THANKS! So much to share in pics especially. I am still feelin yucky on and off but at least was able to work on this post on and off all day today.

WE send you blessings and kisses in the wind!