Leah Smith
Here is my last post before we become a family of FOUR!!!
Like I said in my previous post, I have been a little sad lately because I know that Noah is not going to be getting as much attention from me as he has over the past two years. I am actually feeling better about this due to a lot of people telling me that it is normal to feel that way (thank goodness!). Anyway, I have been giving Noah ten times the attention that I normally give him this week and I wanted to do something really fun with him that required getting out of the house and going somewhere. I have heard of Farm Country at Thanksgiving Point and I thought that this would be the perfect place to take Noah since he LOVES animals. He had such a wonderful time petting all of the animals and feeding the duckies! The Pony Ride was a huge hit, so much so that he went on it two times! Here are some pictures from our afternoon in Farm Country.
Noah getting up close to the little goat.
Noah feeding the duckies!
Noah and Mommy on the Pony Ride {don't you just love Noah's "Say Cheese" Smile?!?!}.
Cute Noah!
Words cannot express how much I love this little boy. He has been the light of our lives for the past two years and I can truly say that it has been the best two years our lives {I am sure that Doug would agree}. He is such a lovable little guy and I adore how tender he is with everyone around him. He loves to give hugs and kisses to everyone and he loves to laugh and giggle, especially when I tickle him.
I have been feeling a little sad lately because I know that I am not going to be able to spend my time with Noah the way I have the past two years. I know that I am still going to be with him each and every day, but it is going to be different because now I will have two children that need my attention. It is hard because Noah is still so small to really understand what is going to happen this week. When we ask him "Where is your baby sister?", he comes over to me and kisses my belly. It is so precious! Noah is really good and soft around other baby's, so I am hoping that he is the same around his sister...only time will tell.
More then anything, I am so excited to have this baby girl and have her as part of our sweet family. I know that Noah is going to be the BEST Big Brother and I look forward to seeing how he interacts with his little sister.
I am going to take a break from blogging for the next little while so that I can spend time with my sweet little boy and sweet little girl. I will definitely keep everyone up to date once she is born by posting some pictures. My focus is going to be on my two little ones, and Doug, for the next while, but, like I said, I will keep everyone up to date :).
Noah is very creative when he wants to relax! Doesn't that look so comfortable?!?!? He was happy, that's all that counts, right??
February has come and gone so quickly! We had a lot of family birthdays this month....Happy Birthday to Sam {my dad}, Sam {my nephew}, Kris {my mom}, and my Grandpa Jentzsch! It has been a VERY cold month, so Noah and I have been hangin' in the house pretty much all month long. We have come up with some creative ways to keep Noah entertained! I just can't believe that it is already March! This is going to be an exciting month as Baby Girl makes her grand entrance! We are so excited to meet her!
I have posted some pictures from February. Just click on the link on the ride sidebar :).
Noah got a Red Wagon for Christmas, and since the weather has been so nice we decided to finally put it together. Noah had such a fun time helping Daddy! He LOVES tools and he was thrilled when we let him hold some real tools and help.
Noah had so much fun on his first ride out in his wagon. I am sure that we will be going on a lot of wagon rides this summer!!
Here is a video of Noah helping Doug put the wheels on the wagon. He was so proud of himself!
One of the concerns that I have had since becoming pregnant is how we are going to potty train Noah when I have another baby in the house. I know that it is something that I shouldn’t stress about, but it has been a major worry of mine. Well, I did some research and I read how most toddlers are ready to be introduced to the potty between 18 and 20 months old. Doug and I figured that it wouldn’t hurt to buy a potty seat for Noah and gradually start to introduce him to sitting on it and everything that is associated with it. I refuse to use a separate potty seat {it is just too gross for me}, so we bought Noah a seat that goes on the actual potty. We started sitting him on it at the beginning of January and the first time that we put him on it he went #1!!! I was AMAZED that he knew exactly what to do!! Since then, during every diaper change, I sit him on the potty and sometimes we have success, and sometimes we don’t. We do a reward system with him, so every time he goes #1 he gets an M&M, and if he goes #2 he gets two M&Ms.
WELL, today was a wonderful day! This afternoon, Noah walked in my room and he said that he was “poopy” {that is his terminology for the potty…I tell him that it is the potty, but he sticks with his own phrasing}. He then walked out of the room and walked back in with his pants in his hands…he had pulled his pants off all by himself! I thought to myself that he had gone potty and just wanted his diaper changed, so I started to change his diaper, but his diaper was dry! As soon as his diaper was off he got up and went over and climbed on his potty and went #1!!! He has NEVER done this before!! I usually am the one to put him on the potty and I have to remind him what to do…but not this time! He did everything all by himself…and he is only 22 months old!! I was so excited…I guess the past 1 ½ months of patience and teaching has paid off! I am sure that there will be some bumps in the road as we continue to potty train him, but today was a day to remember!
Sorry to ramble on and on…I tend to do that sometimes.
Computers are very important in my family. My dad is an Electrical Engineer and he LOVES computers...I consider him a computer genius since he loves to put computers together from scratch! Needless to say, I pretty much grew up with many computers in my house, and it is still that way at my parent's house!! Well, Doug loves computers too, which is great because this interest between my dad and Doug has brought them very close. Well, it seems as though Noah loves computers too!!! Whenever he gets his hands on a keyboard or mouse, he becomes very serious and doesn't want to be bothered...trust me, he knows what he is doing {well, he acts as though he knows what he is doing}. I guess a love for computers runs in the family!
