can't believe we have a one year old already! seems like just yesterday that we were bringing noah home from the hospital and trying to figure out our suddenly-changed new life. the first year definitely had some rough moments and new things to get used to - like more messes around the house, a lot less (or more interrupted :)) sleep, more noise (sometimes happy giggles, other times crazy meltdowns), and a feeling of being out of control a good deal of the time - but it has been an incredibly wonderful year, and we are filled with so much joy and gratitude for our little buddy that was an answer to many prayers over time. it's crazy to think that we have a kid and how quickly life changes once that is the case, but we love him so much and have had tons of fun watching him learn and grow from a baby into a little person. yes, he's only one but it definitely feels like he's out of the baby stage and onto being a toddler! we are thankful for God's blessing on our family and are excited for many more great memories ahead.
for noah's birthday weekend, most of our immediate family was able to come up, and we had a great time celebrating and hanging out for several days! my mom had come up earlier in the week to spend a little extra time with us and also help get ready for the birthday party, and everyone else came in friday and saturday. we had a noah's ark themed party on saturday (his actual birthday!), and earlier in the week, i came up with the idea to build an ark out of a washing machine box (which my dad, brother, and sister finished into a fine piece of art - haha). the kids had a good time playing in the ark and mini ball pit and just running around the yard. several of them came as animals from the ark too, so that was super cute! we are thankful that so many friends and family members came to celebrate with us, and it was a great party.
my parents had to get him his birthday balloon! he's very excited about turning 1 :)
birthday lunch at the marina restaurant
building the ark - noah only has two dogs and a giraffe to bring with him at this point
yes i squeezed him into his giraffe halloween costume from when he was 6 months old
finished product (after taking a little beating by the kids)
loving the cake
on sunday, we had his baptism since it was the only time over the past year that everyone was in town, so that was special to have our families there for that. everyone cleared out by monday, leaving us a few days before the craziness that was our spring continued! i don't have any good pictures from that yet, but hoping that kel has some that i can steal :)
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