Noah Update
Noah's been eating a whole lot better now. I don't have to argue with him EVERY time, just on a few occasions... which are never predictable. He recites his lines I gave him about eating in random orders as he goes "high 5! big and strong! muscles, grow big. me BIG BROTHER. chew and swallow. big like CJ. I like meat, mommy! I like food. I eat my food"... none of it really is in sentence form. He just will say a new catch phrase after every bite or so. The other day he ate salad AND ASKED FOR MORE! That's right, it's not a typo. I'm glad he's finally eating. Dinner is much more fun to cook now that I have someone to enjoy it with :)
He's still crazy as ever. I very seldom put him down for naps anymore. Really I just don't have the time if that makes any sense. Unless we have a very busy day or he wakes up early, he does fine without a nap. He's talking a whole lot more and I think it has a lot to do with him playing with CJ a lot. CJ is 5 and talks really well so Noah is getting tons of practice. Also Karrie will come over and he has to communicate with her as well. His vocab is being challenged!
I made Noah some number and letter flashcards and laminated them. It was a fun project for me :) I drew all kinds of cute pictures on the back of them too, but that picture didn't turn out too well. I couldn't use the flash because of the laminate so they're sorta blurry, but you get the general gist. Anyway... I was shocked at how many letters Noah already knew! He recognizes all but 8 letters, which isn't too shabby. He loves working with the flashcards because he watched me make all of them and even helped push the cards through the laminator. I am still working on getting him to even call numbers "numbers" instead of letters. I'm sure he'll learn 1-10 quickly though. He seems to be in a brain growth spurt. He'll repeat things I say and then give me synonyms he knows for the same thing. Example: today I said "the cup is empty" and he said "empty. all gone. no more. I drink it all. blue juice in my tummy" (it was blue gatorade). I love watching him learn and process his little thoughts :)
Karrie took these pictures of the boys with her camera. Unfortunately she ran out of natural light so they came out a bit blurry. The flash is just too stinkin' bright outside. Plus she was using my camera and isn't used to it. Karrie is a photographer too :) We are always talking about cute photo ops we could do. I think I am going to have her take Tristan's 2 month pictures. She's been dying to do a photo shoot with Tristan anyway :) CJ and Noah have been getting along a whole lot better than thy used to. I think they've figured out the "power structure" of their relationship or something. We hardly ever hear them fight anymore (knock on wood). They enjoy playing together. CJ is such a sweetheart for putting up with Noah. The age difference isn't huge, but it's definitely significant!
He's still crazy as ever. I very seldom put him down for naps anymore. Really I just don't have the time if that makes any sense. Unless we have a very busy day or he wakes up early, he does fine without a nap. He's talking a whole lot more and I think it has a lot to do with him playing with CJ a lot. CJ is 5 and talks really well so Noah is getting tons of practice. Also Karrie will come over and he has to communicate with her as well. His vocab is being challenged!
I made Noah some number and letter flashcards and laminated them. It was a fun project for me :) I drew all kinds of cute pictures on the back of them too, but that picture didn't turn out too well. I couldn't use the flash because of the laminate so they're sorta blurry, but you get the general gist. Anyway... I was shocked at how many letters Noah already knew! He recognizes all but 8 letters, which isn't too shabby. He loves working with the flashcards because he watched me make all of them and even helped push the cards through the laminator. I am still working on getting him to even call numbers "numbers" instead of letters. I'm sure he'll learn 1-10 quickly though. He seems to be in a brain growth spurt. He'll repeat things I say and then give me synonyms he knows for the same thing. Example: today I said "the cup is empty" and he said "empty. all gone. no more. I drink it all. blue juice in my tummy" (it was blue gatorade). I love watching him learn and process his little thoughts :)
Karrie took these pictures of the boys with her camera. Unfortunately she ran out of natural light so they came out a bit blurry. The flash is just too stinkin' bright outside. Plus she was using my camera and isn't used to it. Karrie is a photographer too :) We are always talking about cute photo ops we could do. I think I am going to have her take Tristan's 2 month pictures. She's been dying to do a photo shoot with Tristan anyway :) CJ and Noah have been getting along a whole lot better than thy used to. I think they've figured out the "power structure" of their relationship or something. We hardly ever hear them fight anymore (knock on wood). They enjoy playing together. CJ is such a sweetheart for putting up with Noah. The age difference isn't huge, but it's definitely significant!
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