Well, I'm not very good at keeping up-to-date with this blog, I guess. This last month has been a blur....Here are the updates: Evan has started 5th grade (his last year of elementary school!) and so far he really seems to like it. We'll see... he has good days and bad days, but doesn't everyone? And he lost his last baby tooth. He also has reached my height and weighs 100 lbs. Holy cow... I know everyone says 'it goes so fast' but no one warned me that time seems to speed up exponentially once you have kids. It seems to be speeding past me some days.
Anyway, on the Noah front: No, he's still not walking. He just reached 15 months, and he still butt scoots. But he is standing a lot more, and a lot sturdier - even starting to let go with one or both hands now. And when he sits down, he bends his knees now - so he doesn't crash down on his tush like he was at first (I guess that diaper wasn't great padding after all). And he is cruising around the furniture all of a sudden. He is very cautious - which is a good thing.
He's still generally a very happy baby - although he has his days (again, who doesn't?), has reverted back to waking up at 5am (shoot me) and has just started throwing mild temper tantrums when something is taken away from him. He now trys to 'help' around the house (you can see him here 'helping' with the dishwasher - he generally takes off with the basket full of silverware...) He doesn't say much (usually a grunt means 'yes' in response to a "Do you want..." question) but today he said 'car'. Twice. It was the cutest, sweetest little sound I've ever heard.
We also started taking Noah to a little playgroup at the library.
It's great... it's free, it's an hour long (I take him with his Nanny over my lunch break, once a week) and there are about 12 other babies there. He's the youngest. He's completely fascinated by the other kids and goes right up to them (doesn't even give a second glance back at me or his Nanny). So he is loving it. Evan is disappointed, though - he REALLY wants to go with him, but of course it is during school hours so that won't work. Hopefully we'll find something on the weekends that we can all go to together.
Evan is off at the Grandmas' tonight, working on his 'real metal iron man costume that he's not sure if he wants to wear for Halloween or just around the house' (those grandparents have a whole lot of patience...). They are all having fun with it, though, and it sure is creative. I'm hoping he comes home early tomorrow, otherwise Noah will be complaining all morning. He gets really grouchy when Evan is not home, and I swear he knows the difference between a weekend and a school day.
