Noah's first playdate with his cousins!

Noah had his first real playdate with his cousins today! They had so much fun! And Noah can stand really well now for long periods while holding on to his exersaucer!

A fun day outside

Noah has had an ear infection and been cooped up inside for days. Today I decided since it was such a pretty day we'd sit outside. He LOVED it!!!

100 things about Heather

By popular demand...I give you 100 things about Heather:

1. Noah is on my mind 100% of the day, that little bugger is my life and my love!
2. I love love love chocolate, but not dark chocolate
3. I love the smell of cinnabun's, but not really the taste
4. I love sprite, it's the only carbonated beverage I will drink
5. If I had all the money to do it all over again, I'd go through school to be a reproductive therapist
6. I hate egotistical people, it's my biggest pet peeve
7. I love having a little boy, but get wistful for a baby girl anytime I see a cute dress
8. I love the start of the school year, even if I'm not in school
9. I love children, almost all of them ;)
10. I get online entirely too much
11. I love to take pictures
12. I hate painting with the kids in my classroom, so messy!
13. I wish I knew more about cars and car maintenence
14. I wish I was more anal about money
15. I wish I didn't have such a sensitive heart sometimes
16. I wish I was pregnant right now
17. I enjoy vacations, but enjoy coming home even more
18. My husband is truly my soulmate
19. I love chicken
20. I wish there were more baby pics of me
21. Although I love my mom and would love to see her again, I don't regret her death b/c it's made me who i am today
22. I think I'm generally a good person
23. I love cheesy E! shows
24. I LOVE the Food Network
25. I get annoyed by Colin's video games, they all involve so much violence!
26. I can't stand watching football
27. I want my son to be a professional baseball player
28. I love the look of neat penmenship (sp?)
29. I love funny movies, I like them better than any other kind
30. I love cooking in a clean kitchen, it's probably my favorite thing ever
31. I miss going on hikes in NJ with my dad. It's my fondest memory with my dad, going to wherever we went in the woods and going for walks and finding rivers to wade in
32. I miss alone time with my dad, I haven't had alone time with my dad in probably 12-13 years
33. When Noah's been sleeping for a while, and he wakes up and cries, it cuts me through the heart like a heart attack
34. Noah could throw up on me all day long and it wouldn't faze me, but anyone else it disgusts me
35. I guess I don't really know 100 things about myself...
36. I try to like wheat pasta, but really it's not the same
37. It's a struggle for me to eat any fruit, just not a fan. The kinds I like are the expensive kinds
38. I love things to be neat and orderly, but don't like to be neat and orderly to get them that way
39. I love to dance on top of things. Like on the stage at clubs, tables, etc. Yep, it's true!
40. I hate washing dishes
41. I hate putting laundry away (thankfully Colin does it for me!)
42. Our backyard looks like a tornado hit it
43. I don't wash our sheets near as often as I should
44. I love to watch TV, like I'm obsessed with it
45. I love to get out of the house
46. I love spending time with family and friends, but rarely do it
47. I wish I could entertain more, but it just cost so much money
48. I think I have the most adorable baby on the planet, I look at magazine baby pics and know my son is so much cuter
49. When I am having money problems, it takes up every second of my day
50. I think that it's more important to have love than money (but unfortunatly the latter makes the world go around nowadays)
51. I can't stand judgemental people and think most judgemental people need to get a life
52. I am terrified of being pulled over for speeding, so I rarely ever speed at all
53. I LOVE working out, but it just takes so much time
54. I love eating, and hate watching what I eat
55. I honestly believe I make the best mashed potatoes ever
56. I think Colin and I are happier than at least 90% of other married couples
57. I think Colin is the hottest guy to walk the planet, and for sure the sweetest
58. I can't really tell the difference b/t blue and black
59. When Noah sleeps, instead of doing housework, I'm generally online
60. If I didn't have to leave my family, I'd do the Biggest Loser in a heartbeat
61. I love school supplies
62. I love my IPod
63. I'm a big country music fan
64. I can't stand kung fu movies
65. I love my townhome and really could care less about buying a house (although I would like to move my townhome)
66. I love to highlight
67. I love to buy things, even stupid things like toilet paper
68. I wish I had been able to go to the world series that the astro's played in with colin
69. I hate my acne worse than I hate my weight
70. I really have no desire to see anyone I graduated with, with the exception of about 3 people
71. I feel like I never got to be a teenager.
72. I still think about my mom as if she was just away for a bit, and will come back later.
73. I love spraying canned air
74. I really and truly have NEVER smoked a ciggerette
75. I really and truly have NEVER done illegal drugs
76. I almost ran away from home (as a teen) twice
77. My first "boyfriend" of 3 years was 10 years older than me
78. I like to sew, but never do
79. I love looking up recipes, but hate to have to buy so many ingredients
80. I wish I could spend all of our money every month on Noah
81. I love going to the ocean
82. I love love LOVE going out to eat
83. I don't pluck my eyebrows
84. I don't wash the makeup off my face every night
85. I am hungry right now
86. I like the colors blue, pink and purple the best
87. I wish I had met Colin earlier in life
88. We never have ink in our printer
89. I wish Colin played guitar (I even bought him one)
90. I really sincerely dislike George Bush
91. I don't even feel like voting in the next election (but I will)
92. we use a diaper genie box to hold all of our shoes
93. I want to go on a shopping spree in an organizational store
94. I love to wear flip flops year round
95. I LOVE to read
96. I am a speed reader
97. I am a very fast (although not always accurate) typer
98. I love to email family and friends pics of my baby, whether they like it or not!
99. sometimes I care too much about what others think
100. Apparently, I know 100 trivial facts about myself.

Long time, no blog!

It's been called to my attention that it's been a while since I've blogged ;) .

So here goes! Not too too much going on here, except Noah's HALF BIRTHDAY! 6 months old! I can hardly believe it! We took some professional pics of him that I'll post later, and they came out fantastic! He had his 6 month checkup and shots on monday and he did really well.
He's 18 lbs 15 oz and 26 " tall. Super healthy and happy!
This week Colin and I are trying a new recipe just about every night. I decided we were getting into a rut and needed to try some new things. But since I primarily stay at home, it had to be within our budget. So I am trying 6 new recipes this week and along with normal breakfast and lunch groceries, I managed to only spend $100!!! Have I said lately how much I rock?

Right now Noah is on the floor behind me playing with his mickey mouse gym and he's starting to get frustrated so I'll blog more later!