Sunday night we went swimming at Stephen’s new apartment in Fort Worth.  Noelle’s clapping and saying, “Yay!”

That little buger just stood up!

Noelle loves hanging out with her uncle.  His broken ankle is getting better and better!  I’m sure Noelle’s kisses help!

Lots and lots of pool fun – we just can’t get enough of our baby bug!

Noelle would walk up to Drew and give him pats on the head all weekend… she is going to be a great big sister some day!

Drew boy needs a gumball machine – huge hit!  He is almost crawling – I can’t believe it!

Feed Baylor one last time.  All weekend Noelle followed Baylor around saying, “Meow” in a high pitched voice.  By Sunday, she was saying puppy again. 

Kiss the puppy bye bye.  We love you Ebert family!

While Michele and Andy were in Waco, we had a blast with the babies.  Mike’s family came over to help out and bring supper – thanks so much Pond Family – we had fun hanging out with all of you!

Note: Noelle has the girl block and she handed Drew the boy block.  They absolutely LOVED playing with Noelle’s birthday blocks.

Everyone needs a wagon wide to finish out the day!

“Yay!”

What a cute little load you’ve got there Mikey!

These kids are wiped out!  What a great day!

So Noelle decided to pass on getting her face painted this time… she looked up at the lady and said, “No…” in the sweetest little voice.

All better!

Noelle got in the middle of all these ladies and started dancing to the music they had playing!

One of the ladies was saying, “Drop it like it’s hot girlfriend!”

She was so proud of herself!

First time to see a carousel.

We ran into the Chase Family and that was really fun… Miss Aby is too cute! 

The Eberts came to stay with us this weekend while attending a friend’s wedding in Waco.  I got these pjs for the kiddos last year, and it’s a good thing I pulled them out now.

Drew Baloo is a growing boy… he is almost 9 months old and his pjs are 12-18 month.  He’ll be 13 months at Christmas so I figured that is on the smaller side of the range so we’d be good to go.  Miss Noelle looks aloof to the world in this pic!  Her pjs are 18-24 months and will probably fit in December, so it’s not a total loss.

Isn’t Drew so cute?  I love his hand on Noelle’s leg, so sweet!

“Can we get up now?”  They are so funny… this is Noelle’s face when she is in time out.  All in all, they are super cute – August or December.

Noelle checking out the fish… there’s so much to see!

The alligator didn’t scare Noelle at all!  She wanted to dive in after that big ol’ reptile.

Alison, Zane, Noelle, and Mo hanging out before supper.  Zane’s ready to go explore!  “What’s in there?”

Noelle was totally into the talking tree!

Cha-Cha the frog came to say hello to the kiddos. 

Noelle and Zane after a great supper.  Thanks Sheffield family – dinner was so great, and you guys are such wonderful friends!

“Can I hold your hand to say good bye?”  “Maybe next time!”

“Good night buddy!”

Noelle had so much fun taking Daddy hose to try on with his dress shoes – she would go put them back up too.  Noelle, you are getting to be such a big helper.  Mommy and Daddy are so proud of you every day!

We got my favorite Baby Nay outfit in the mail yesterday, and although it is size 2T we had to try it on just for fun! 

Noelle loves to sit on the bottom stair – it’s her special little place.  Right pic is more funny nose breathing – she is super funny!

More silly faces… these pants are just a little too big, but oh so cute! 

Contrary to public opinion, Noelle does cry every now and then.

Mike and I have had so much fun making a list of all of Noelle’s words.  Our requirements were that she has to have said the word in front of us at least twice and in context.

We went for her 15 month check-up Tuesday and the doctor asked how many words she knows.  I said, “About 40″… she said, “you mean 4 and 0,” I said, “Yes.”  She said, “The average 15 month old knows between 4-6 words, that is 4 dash 6.”  You should’ve seen my smile!

We are so proud of our silly little chatter box…

She weighed in at 20 lbs. 2 oz. (15th percentile) and is 32 1/4 inches tall (75th percentile).  We are doing time-outs mostly for her prissy “nos” about once every couple of days.  She is a very gentle child and wants to do good.  She always gives us a big hug when time out is over.  She has a tender heart and is very compassionate.  Of course, we’re just as crazy about her more now than ever!