I was bad so mama put me in the naughty cup

The things Moms make babes do for the sake of that CUTE picture........

Bad Day Turns Into Sweet Music

Mom had a bad day today, she went to leave for school and her car died with Noah inside. The car was towed to the shop and we have yet to hear what the damage will be. Outside of that it has been an all day cranky day at the Helland household. Anyhow Mom went to work on her paper (which she is supposed to be doing now) and Dad was taking care of Noah. Mom was typing away about adolescent psychology (yes she knows she is in law school) when she heard some Third Day music coming from her bedroom she went and peaked and this is what she found:



Dad serenading Noah on the bed. Noah loved it, it was the quietest he has been all day. Mom snapped some pictures and decided to post them quick before diving back into the paper.

Stats

Noah had his 4 month well-baby today. In the words of his doctor "he is extremely healthy" (must be all those drops of liquid gold he gets fed every day). She maintains that he is still ahead developmentally. He had been boycotting rolling over for two weeks now. He will go to his side and then stop. The only minor concern throughout the whole appointment was his bowed legs. He bears a lot of weight on his legs already and the doctor thinks they should be a little more straight. She said we will just watch them and see if they start to change, which they most likely will. She wasn't too concerned but wanted to put us on the alert "just in case". For now we are going to try to spend less time standing and jumping and more time on our belly to get that rolling thing going again.

Here are his stats:

Height: 27.25 inches (97%)
Weight: 15lbs 6 oz (could be off he didn't fit on the scale and can't sit up enough to not lay to get measured, our home scale shows 17-18 pounds)
Head: 16.5 inches

On another note, Noah and dogs have become quite the little pack.

When he lets out his high-pitched "I'm hurting (teeth?)" or "you have really made me mad cry" Jamba comes running from where ever she is in the house to check on "her baby". Then she gives you this glare, like you better not have hurt him. The other day Noah did this cry while in his exersaucer. Well Jamba came running and Hudson was by Noah looking at him. Jamba thought Hudson hurt him so she grabbed Hudson by the neck and gave him a little doggy-scolding. Hudson ran away. Jamba has officially taken the title of Noah's protector.

Hudson on the other hand is Noah's best friend. He puts his paws on the exersaucer to be closer to Noah so he can lick his face. If that doesn't happen or if Noah gets mad Hudson just hangs out next to him waiting for Noah to reach for him and pet him. This has been going on for a week or so. Noah watches Hudson to make sure he's around to play with and smiles and laughs when Hudson licks his hand. Yesterday, I left Noah on the bed to take a shower. I heard Hudson whining so I got ready to get out and enact a Puppy Time-out (we are working on the whole whining thing, Jamba's snoring is a whole other issue). Well, I looked, and Hudson was on the bed, next to Noah, on his back, feet in the air and Noah had a handful of his hair. Hudson gave me the "help me" look. So I went over freed his hair from the death grasp of a 4 month old and Hudson immediately jumped back. Then he looked at Noah and then laid right next to him for some more. I was actually surprised that Hudson, in his Yorkie way, didn't yelp or show his teeth to Noah. I guess we're going to have to keep an eye on them two.

School is almost over for me as I said earlier and I feel like I have a little more time so hopefully I'll be able to update again and not have a month to catch up on again!

4th Month

Noah has been keeping us very busy boycotting nap time and starting to cut some teeth. He chews on everything. The clothes in the pictures below are all 6-9 months, he is one BIG boy! We will be coming to MN May 8 - 13th. The plan is to have a gathering at Como Park on Sunday the 11th, near the west picnic shelter (close to the zoo entrance) to celebrate Mom's day and Jenni's graduation. The question yet to be answered.....Is she done with school forever? Everyone is invited to come. We think we will arrive sometime between 10 and 11. It will be a bring your own BBQ and do your own thing. We will be going to the zoo for our first time and maybe take a walk around the lake. Pray for good weather so we can enjoy our time with family and friends and feel free to bring whoever you would like to also spend the day with!

Noah Is 4 Months!

Noah has been a busy boy so far in Month #4

Eating Mr. Duck

Falling asleep after taking off his shoe and eating it

Stop taking my picture MOM!

Cool Dude Suntanning!

The awesome Colorado sun and my new glasses!

Eating Mr. Frog (Do you see a theme?)

LONG Time

Yes, we haven't posted for some time now.

This has been a busy month. I will be graduating in three weeks and have a million things to complete by then. Noah has been keeping busy learning how to roll and chewing on everything. He has also started boycotting nap time during the day which leads to crabby-pants when I used to be able to get some homework done. We had 70 MPH winds two weeks ago that knocked down our fence. Brian has spent the last few weekends trying to figure out how to fix that problem. Today we got the posts in and by the end of the weekend hopefully it will be done! I started seeds in some pots to see if I can get any sort of garden growing so I have some nice fresh fruits and veggies to puree and freeze for Noah. Hopefully, Greg will be able to come up and help me with that project.





Noah Getting Adjusted by Dad


Noah's First Cold, This is How We Made Him Sleep


Big Boy Can Hold His Own Bottle


My favorite thing to do is eat Mr. Giraffe


Sure not Oatmeal.......Mom was studying and neglecting me again as I sat in my own spit up!