Noah 13 Months

Noah is finally starting to smile for pictures, and I love it. I continue to be amazed at how he imitates everything we do. He wants to sweep the floor, wash the walls, wear belts, but most of all, he wants to be a big boy like Jason! He is quite the challenge for me now at the park.

Noah is also pulling himself up on everything and cruising around furniture. He is already pulling out all my pots and pans. Our garbage cans live on top of the counters now to avoid being tipped over. We are entering the awkward transition phase of going from two naps to one nap. But even with these challenges, we are so glad to have Noah around. He brightens the day for all of us.

Noah just got his second hair cut (done by Grandma Linda). His hair has always grown at an impressive rate.

Kyle Regains Jason's Love

Busy season is hard on all of us, including Jason. Lately he has not been so keen on the stranger in our house called Dad. Jason has only been wanting mom to help him or play with him. I told Kyle he had to step up his game during his rare down-time to try to win Jason's affections back. This morning Kyle did just that. We woke up to four inches of new snow-- enough to play in, which is exactly what Jason wanted to do. So Kyle built another igloo with him, a different design from the last igloo. They spent all morning together, and now Jason adores his Dad again :).

Moonlight Easter Egg Hunt

We held our first Moonlight Easter Egg Hunt. Hopefully it will become an annual tradition. I read about it on a friends' blog and I knew I wanted to try it out.

We invited Heather, Mitch, Kelli, and Tom to come over for the hunt. I even let Jason stay up late to participate because I knew he would be wild with excitement. We hid the eggs in our backyard. Each person had a certain color of egg they got to find with the help of a flashlight. We also hid Cascarones, which are hollowed out eggs with confetti inside. If you found a cascarone, you got to smash it on someone's head and steal one of their eggs. We also had four golden eggs that anyone could find. The golden egg prizes were gag gifts. We all had a great time.