Keeping up with the Nielsen's
The boys were outside today taking care of the lawn. I think Noah was trying to tell Daddy that his lines are not straight!!!
Noah got his bubble mower for his birthday from one of our neighbors and he loves this thing. Everytime we are in the garage he points to it. The bubbles ran out and I haven’t refilled them yet, but it doesn’t seem to bother him.
We had Noah’s 1st Birthday Party last night at our house. Everyone started coming around 5 o’clock and we grilled some hotdogs. After eating we had to do cake and ice cream!!! The kids loved the monkey cake, they were lined up to get a piece. After cake we opened presents…okay, so I opened presents while Noah sat on my lap. He did pull at the paper a little bit, but I had to do most of the work! After the presents were open, we headed outside so the adults could play washers and the kids could play with some of Noah’s new toys.
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Rick’s parents, Paul & Marie, are celebrating their 50th Anniversary today!!! Last night we told them they needed to be dressed and ready to go by 4 o’clock. They had no idea what was going on, but at 4, the limo pulled up and we told them to go outside…SURPRISE!!! We rode around in the limo for awhile drinking some champagne and doing some site seeing. Then at 6 o’clock we went to the New Theatre Restaurant and had a great meal and watched “The Sound of Music”. They said they had a great time and enjoyed everything!!!
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We went over to Lake Lenexa to take some 1 year photos of Noah. I can’t believe he is going to be one on Monday!!! This last year has gone so fast!!!
Noah was really focused on about everything except for the camera! He really likes the mulch…and of course tried to eat some!!! You can check out the other photos on this website.
Enjoy!!!
Noah is walking!!! He took his first steps on June 26th…I know, I know, it took me 2 1/2 weeks to finally post about it!! In my defense, I was in George for a week and then Renae and the boys were here for a week, so I wasn’t really being very productive those two weeks!!!
He’s doing pretty good at his walking, he just needs to realize he can not walk thru everything! The other day he was walking and there was a toy in his way, but he kept walking and tripped over it. He fell forward into the fireplace mantel and hit his head pretty hard. He had a bump and it turned red right away, but it didn’t turn out to be as big a bruise as I thought it was going to!!
He has also figured out how to get down off a step, so that is good!! He turns around and starts to move one leg down until it reaches the floor or the next step. Then the other leg comes down. If we see him do it and say “Good Job Noah”, he’ll stop and clap for himself!
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