We took our first family outting as a family of four. We went to the see the "animals" at Pine Mountion Animal Safari. Noah had a blast until the "cows" kept putting their heads in our window. Not to mention he did not have a nap and was extremely tired. When we got home, he and David were out in the yard catching frogs. He loves "woggies."
Eden slept the whole trip except for the times she decided she was hungry. She is also beginning to lift her head. I put her on her stomach for naps because she seems to sleep better that way. When lying on her stomach, she has started lifting and turning her head. She is really beginning to fill out. I can't wait to find out how much she weighs.
When you look at the pictures they are in order from last to first. Sorry for the confusion.

Playing with the woggie

Naoh trying to feed the animals. Everytime he threw the food it would hit the roof of the car and bounce back in.

Sister sitting in the back seat

Daddy and Noah driving

Daddy's encounter with a cow

Our ride through the park. It was disgusting, but better than our car getting slobbered on.

Happy Fourth of July

I hope everyone had a great Fourth of July. We were able to relax and be lazy in the morning. Then, we went to David's parents to celebrate his mom's birthday. While there all the kids and most of the adults went swimming in their new pool. Noah had a blast. He wanted to jump off the side into the pool, and then he wanted to get out when he wasn't allowed. After the birthday celebration we went to the high school to watch the fireworks. I was a little nervous about how the kids (it feels weird saying "kids") would react. They did fine. Noah was thrilled and loved it. Eden started to fall asleep. That was until she decided she was hungry. She may be a little thing, but she has a BIG appetite. Last week we went to the dr. to see if she was up to her birth weight. She was up to 6 lbs. and 14 oz. I can already see her features starting to change, and I can tell she is really putting on some weight. This is good because her big brother doesn't yet understand that he doesn't have to lay on top of her to give her love. (Side note: At his 2 year check up Noah was 36 lbs.) Noah is still in love with his sister. Whenever we go somewhere he says, "Where Sister?" In the morning he always rolls over to kiss his sister and says, "old er." When she cries, he tells me to pick her up, and loves for all three of us to sit in the rocking chair and read. So far he has been a great big brother. I hope you enjoy the pictures.

Noah watching the fireworks

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Eden and Aunt Crys

Noah playing with the "glasses"

Noah and Daddy swimming

I'm Going Home

We were actually able to take Eden home yesterday. As you can see, she barefully fits in her car seat. Not a problem we had with Noah. We got her home and all Noah wanted to do was play with his little sister. He even threw a ball to her but did not understand why she didn't catch it. The only problem was that Noah's first words to his sister was "Hush" because she was crying. When we asked him what he said to her, he said I said hush. At least he is honest. It is hard to believe that we have two children now. I haven't quite gotten used to looking in the rearview mirror and seeing two heads instead of one but both of my children are the best Father's Day gift I could have gotten.

While I am waiting....

Here are some photos of our first experience at the Braves game with Noah. Since I have plenty of time here at the hospital with Eden there is time to update the blog. Noah loves baseball but not sitting in the seat. We spent most of the game in the standing room section so he could run around and watch the game when he wanted to. Although we had a good time we will wait for him to get a little before coming back. That way he will know more about what is going on.

More photos of Eden with the Family

After getting settled in at the hospital, we were visited by Eden's cousins and big brother, Noah. Noah took the news better than we thought. He was very excited to see his new sister and wanted to hold her the whole time he was here. He did not realize his own strength. With some help, he was finally able to hold her for a little bit.

Eden has arrived

Well, we were not expecting Eden to come this soon but she had other plans. Due to a few issues the doctor wanted to go ahead and deliver. Thankfully the issues were not that significant and our little girl arrived perfect. We are hoping that we will be able to get out of the hospital by tomorrow so that we can bring her home. We hope to have more photos of her soon. The next stage is getting Noah to realize he is not the only sherrif in town any longer. We want to say thanks to all of our friends and family who prayed for us over the past few days because everything went perfectly. We can't wait for you to meet her.

Happy Birthday Noah

So today was Noah's second birthday. I can not beleive he is two years old. We kind of did a choo choo theme. Noah loves to watch "choo choo" and "tractor" and "dump truck". ( He has a Thomas video that has all of those in it.) I decided to make his cake again this year. I think it was a hit as you can see from the pictures below. When I told him we were going to eat his cake, he ran to the table and climbed right up. As you can see, the first thing he did was grab the tractor. He had a look of shock and amazement on his face when everyone started singing. It was too cute. We had been singing the birthday song all morning, and he was shocked to hear everyone else start singing. We had a blast today with family and friends. Noah got some great big boy toys, and he is no longer in need of summer clothes :) We want to say thank you to everyone for a great afternoon. Noah had a blast and was not happy to see everyone leave.