The Evolution of Noah (a.k.a. Photo Dump)

So I kind of haven't been really good about updating my blog.  I guess that what happens when you don't have a lot of down time and if I do, I usually sleep, clean or veg out.  Hopefully Noah will be okay that every month of his life was not documented on the blog (just in the baby book) and won't be jealous of his brother…. ( ha ha ha).  I still find it hard to believe that he is almost one year old.  Time has gone by so fast and he has changed so much!  He is busy, busy, busy and too smart for his own good!  I think having a brother running everywhere has really motivated him to be mobile so quickly.  So here is my photo dump of the monthly pictures I took with my phone.

 Not excited about having his picture taken and not being held.

 A little happier about having our picture taken and cracking a smile.

Not sure what he thinks but at least he stays in one spot!

And the moving and blurry pictures begins!

I wish my phone camera had a faster shutter speed to catch this kid.

Look at those rolls!  It's a lot of work to keep those up!

I think it took me like 10 minutes to get a still shot of him.

I forgot to take a picture with a sticker until he was a week away form 9 months, so this random picture will have to do.

Standing and ready to take off!

Noah really is such a sweet baby!  Not that he doesn't have his moments of being cranky and angry but he is usually all smiles for anyone he meets (although we do frequently start with an open mouth stare:)!  He sleeps mostly through the night, but still wakes up once or twice.  We call him the boob snob because he refuses to take a bottle.  Before Noah, I thought that you could get any baby to take a bottle if you gave it enough time, and then I had Noah and that opinion went swiftly out the door!  To clarify, he has taken a bottle at times but it is very rare.  He LOVES Steven and get so excited when he gets up from a nap and comes out to see us.  Steven isn't always as excited to have Noah follow him everywhere since he just woke up.  I have absolutely loved having two boys together!  I feel very blessed to see them learn and love each other!  Melts my heart when Steven does "big brother" stuff and loves on his little brother, even though some times it is a little less gently.  Noah does not like to be alone, ever…so it works out that he is the second child.  He is also my little socialite and follows us all over the house.