211/365 – Ten years already?

It is so hard to believe, but Noah turned TEN years old today!  Ten years ago, I saw that adorable face for the first time.  I had no idea how fast time would fly.  I had no idea how incredibly smart, silly, handsome, loving, and fun he would be.  I had no idea that the love I felt for him that day, as overwhelming as it was, was only the tip of the iceberg.  TEN YEARS!

As is our usual family birthday plan, we let Noah pick the spot for his birthday dinner and he picked Chili’s.  We had a great dinner and then went to Best Buy and bought the only gift that he asked for…Guitar Hero Metallica. 

We love you, Noah!

189/365 – Heading South

Dwight had to spend the week in Nebraska for work.  My best friend, Lynne, called and was trying to decide when to come up to see us and I thought that since Dwight was gone I would go visit my Papa for a day and then stay with her the next day.  I wasn’t sure about travelling alone with the boys, but I thought I would at least try since it would only be a couple of days.  So, we sent the dogs to Dana’s, packed our stuff, and headed south to Waycross. 

171/365 – Alex’s Lemonade Stand Project

Noah decided to participate in Alex’s Lemonade stand this year, hosting a lemonade stand to raise money for pediatric cancer.  Our stand was dedicated to the memory of Dustin Cobb, one of Noah’s third grade classmates who was fighting cancer that year and sadly passed away last summer.  He invited his best friend, Joshua, to help and together we manned our booth outside of Joshua’s uncle’s tanning salon on a very hot afternoon.  The lemonade was free and we accepted donations for our cause and had a lot of contributors…strangers and friends (one of our friends that we hadn’t seen since high school even came out).  We had a great day working together for a great cause!

117/365 – Braces!

Noah’s top permanent teeth came in “fanned” where the front two actually cover part of the adjacent teeth.  Since being able to properly clean the covered teeth was a concern, the orthodontist recommended that he go ahead and get those straightened out now while his palate is not as set as it will be when he is older.  She said that all of the other teeth look wonderful and so he will only need the braces on those front four teeth on the top and will only have to wear them about six months.  Today was the big day when the braces were put on, so we decided that we should go ahead a get a photo for our “before” shot.