I just have to say...

A Tribute to My Man-Cub

Two years has FLOWN by! I can't even believe it. I spent the better part of this evening looking through "old" pictures and video and mourning a little bit over my once-was baby. He really isn't a baby anymore. I've loved every single second of the past two years, and I'm excited for more to come, but WHY does it have to go so fast?

I clearly remember lying on the bed with my newborn, marveling and applauding as he learned how to reach out and grab my finger, soaking up any sound that he made. Now he learns new words everyday, and is constantly pushing his limits and trying new things. Tomorrow I'll be helping him with algebra and encouraging him to get his piano practicing done. That's the way it works, and I get that. But don't you sometimes just wish you could freeze moments and save them for later? Not through a camera or a video, but an actual memory with smells, emotions and feelings? I suppose if that was possible then eventually everyone would take it for granted just like we do now with photos and videos...but still. I'm just feeling like everything is happening so fast! And then the other half of me is far too excited for the future to desire any slowing. So I suppose things are just fine the way they are, guess God knows what he's doin':)

Anyway, I LOVE my little tike. It amazes me how he still gets cuter every single day he is alive. How is that possible? Rich and I can't begin to figure that one out, but there you have it, he does. I love him with everything that I have, and I love that being his mommy is making me into a far better person that I was before him. Heavenly Father knew how much we needed him in our lives, his timing is impeccable.

Here is a short scan over his little life, more for my sake than yours, but it's my blog so...

a few seconds old

a few minutes old1 week old

2 months old

3 months old

6 months old

8 months old

almost 1 year old

14 months old

16 months old

18 months old

21 months old

23 months old

Family Pics!

If anyone is looking for an awesome and very reasonably priced photographer, they should hire my cousin Tracy Layne. Check out her photography blog here. She did these pictures for us a couple of weeks ago with instruction from me that I wanted a location that was colorful and fun, and look what we got! She found these awesome buildings somewhere random in Salt Lake and we had such a great time and couldn't be happier with the pics!
Surprisingly, Noah was a gem almost to the very end. Of course we had to bribe him with anything he has ever wanted, but in the end he was plenty happy to devour the whirly pop we brought for a prop. Those things are actually delicious:)

Thanks Tracy!