Happy Noah!

Noah's 2nd birthday fell on Thanksgiving this year. He didn't seem to mind at all. He knew it was his birthday and every now and then would say, "Happy Noah!" Since it was Thanksgiving, we were able to have Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Chris celebrate it with us. We were SO glad to have them come visit us!


I had planned to make an actual cake for Noah, but after all the cooking and baking of the Thanksgiving food I just couldn't make myself mix up another thing! So Noah had a birthday pie instead and was quite happy with that. He still got to blow out the candles. The video starts out dark but we do turn the lights on part way through.

Noah has always admired Stephen's trumpet. Lately he has been using all kinds of things as his own pretend trumpet. He even moves his fingers! So we thought we would try to get him his own toy trumpet for his birthday. I found an instrument set at Winco, of all places, that came with a drum, a trumpet, a tambourine, and two maracas. Noah was very excited about it. So were all the rest of the kids. We had a few arguments and shed a few tears those first couple of days. I'm not sure that I was very wise to get that particular present, but I think we are all over it now and Noah has his trumpet so life is good.


A couple of weeks ago I was reading through some past posts and read about Noah turning one. I had listed 12 things that we loved about Noah. I enjoyed reading it so much that I've decided to make that a regular tradition. Not just for Noah, but for all the kids as their birthdays come around. So here we have our list for Noah this year.


12 things we love about Noah at age 2:

1. He is very busy! We've never had a child as busy as Noah.


2. Noah keeps track of every member of the family. He knows where they are and whether we need to pick them up or not. He also knows very, very well what belongs to whom. Whenever James is folding the laundry he likes to keep Noah nearby so that Noah can tell him who the clothes belong to.

3. If one of us is leaving the house, Noah wants to go too. Especially if it is Mama or Daddy but he would gladly go out with just Naomi if only I would let him.

4. Noah loves to wrestle. Especially with Daddy or Stephen.

5. Noah loves to play with balls, cars, trains, trucks, and animals.

6. Noah doesn't like the van to be sitting still if he is in it. Whenever we stop at a stop sign or stop light he quickly says, "Go! Go, go go!"

7. Noah loves his friend Paul who will be two in March. They talk to each other and happily share toys with each other and take care of each other. Today they started playing catch all on their own! They are just SO cute together!

8. Noah has a wonderful face. Dimples, round cheeks and amazing expressions!

9. Noah knows and LOVES all four of his grandparents and talks about them quite a bit. One day he saw a picture of Nana and wanted to call her. I told him that she was at work but that we could call her later. That night he remembered and insisted that we call Nana now! He was very happy to finally get to talk to her.

10. Noah loves to look at books. I think he looks at every part of a picture before he will move on to the next page. He always has a very intent look on his face.

11. Noah does not talk quietly. Ever. We had a special Family Home Evening lesson about whispering hoping that would help Noah learn to whisper during Sacrament meeting. It didn't work. I guess that's just what happens when you are the youngest and everyone already in the house is always loud. You have to be loud too!

12. Noah is a cuddler. He loves to give hugs and kisses and squeezes. And he still loves to be held whenever he gets the chance.