My favorite pic from this week!

Noelle saying, "I’M STILL HUNGRY!" in the pantry, way past bedtime!  Noelle is seriously always hungry.  This child eats more than the rest of us put together!  This night, when I tucked Noelle in, I said, "You’re the best little girl in the whole wide world!  She responded, "You’re the best Mommy in the whole wide world!"  She is so tender-hearted!

 

Noelle’s favorite cartoon right now is Arthur.  At the end of the show, they teach you how to draw Arthur.  Noelle got some of my computer paper, drew Arthur, brought it to me and said, "Look, Mom!  I just drew Arthur!"  She did this ALL by herself (except for the TV instructions, which she only listened to)!  When Mike got home, I told him to guess who Noelle had drawn, and he did!

Noelle always wakes Anna Kate up from her naps, with my permission.  It’s the sweetest time of the day.  On this day, she gave Anna Kate this necklace and crown.  Anna Kate was so proud (you can totally see it in her face)!  I thought she was ready to put it all back in her dress-up trunk, but she started crying as I began to take them off, so I left it all on and she kept it on.  She’s already bringing me bows and bracelets!

 

Anna Kate is beginning to talk (a lot)!  Mike and I are amazed at her progress this week.  Her most impressive grouping is, "I love you!" It’s so cute!

Landon came to play on Wednesday!  He’s such a precious little baby.  Heather and I had such a relaxing time catching up.  Mike and I are going to baby-sit Landon next week, and we can’t wait!!!  

Arts and crafts this week!

Noelle’s crafts landed on Mommy and Daddy’s bedroom door, until baby sissy accidentally pulled them both down! 

 

Noelle told us she was going to wear a "Rumba" dress for the season premiere of "SYTYCD" Thursday night.  She got a post-it note and wrote on it for her number.  After each dance routine, she would say, "Did I make it?  Did  I get a ticket to Vegas?"  When we would say, "Of course!"  she’d run around the living room and celebrate! 

…and then the TV shut-off and the electricity went out with a HUGE explosion!  The fire department came and all the neighbors rushed outside to figure out what had happened.  Turns out, the transformer box exploded two doors down from our house.  Noelle was really scared, as it was a really unusual occurrence, using flash lights and candles to see where were going.  Thursday night was LONG and HOT… we had no electricity all night.  I was really too tired to journey to Keller the next day, but we had to get out of the heat!  We ended up having the most perfect day!

Meeting Micah McCown!  What a beautiful baby!

On the way to Keller, Noelle was cracking me up.  I wrote down everything she was saying.  Here’s some of her quotes from the car ride (5/28):

"Good thing we didn’t die last night.  That would be horrifying!"  "You have to leave some food for the McCowns!!!" (I couldn’t stop eating the french fries from the Chick-Fil-A we were taking)  About Anna Kate: "She’s about to have a melt-down!"  (Anna Kate’s NEVER had a melt-down)  then, "Chill pill" directed at Anna Kate.  In a country accent about Tate, "I’m not into LITTLE boyfriends."  To Anna Kate in a playful voice: "I love my Baby Biscuit!  I say Baby Biscuit because I love Anna Kate.  Where’s my Baby Biscuit!?!" 

The girls had fun playing with the sponge animals that grow when you put them in water.  Meredith and I were determined to figure out what animals each girl had… yes, we had to use the key, but we did it!!!

The Eberts went to the airport on Saturday.  Michele and I were determined to get a picture of Drew with his aunt, after all, his special shirt says, "My Aunt Rocks!"  I said, "I love your shirt, Drew."  He began trying to take it off saying, "I don’t like it!"  What a crack up!

 

Unfortunately for Drew, his Mommy and I found this photo shoot rather hilarious!  Michele kept saying, "Aunt Momo’s gonna win this one, Drew!"  I love you so much, Drew Baloo!

Poppa, surprisingly, gave Anna her first bottle of Kool-Aid without her Mommy’s permission.  Michele was yelling, "Dad, she doesn’t know that exists!!!"  He was just laughing.  What!?!  Way to go, Poppa Doc!  (unfortunately Michele lives too far away for you to be her dentist.  Is it fair for her to send you the bill?)  Lol…

Noelle loves jewelry and fashion!  What a little ham!  On this morning, Noelle was watching Arthur, and a Zhu-Zhu pet commercial came on.  She came to me and said, "I want a ‘Susie’ pet SO BAD!  It’s shaking my life up!" 

& I just had to post a picture of Bo and Sharon’s beautiful flower arrangement they let me borrow for my dining room.  I was supposed to take it back on Wednesday… Bekah, sneak it out of the house when I’m next door, okay?  🙂

…dance dance dance!

Fox 8/7c TONIGHT! 

Noelle is SO excited!

Last night while I was tucking Noelle in bed, she was really in the mood to talk. She started asking lots of questions about God. At one point in the conversation, I asked her, “Do you know God?” She said, “Of course, I know him.” I said, “How?” She said, “Because he’s in my heart, and I love him!  Mommy, how can he be in my heart and in heaven with Granny?” I said, “He’s so powerful that he can be everywhere at once.” She paused for a long while processing everything, then exclaimed, “I bet He went in through my nose!” I told her that she was probably right.

 

Cindy + Curt = LOVE

Babydoll can’t walk because she has an illness, just like Curt.  Her stroller is now a wheel chair and Noelle strolls it up to the toddler bed where her baby sleeps. 

She drew a picture of the Ziemke family today.  She told me it was impossible for Clarissa, Cayden, and Corbin to lose their Daddy.  This is too painful for all of us!

 

P.S.  Noelle told me that her glasses help her to concentrate and that she only wears them when she is serious.

We had the pleasure of having the Thurmans over to see the house and have an afternoon snack (chocolate covered frozen bananas) on their way home from a Jimmy Buffett concert.  They entertained us with concert stories, and Noelle showed them around the house.  We had a really good time!

I lost my notes and just found them and wanted to share what I said to Anna Kate at her baby dedication last month.

To Anna Kate:

About your personality: Your first purchase was a light-up, singing microphone that you wouldn’t leave the store without (right when you turned one).  At your first birthday, instead of eating cake, you saw everyone watching and started waving and saying “Hi, Hi, Hi" to each person, you are like Houdini, you’ve fallen too many times to count… you can escape/get out of anything! We have nicknamed you “Smiley” because you smile ALL the time, and we eat up your precious cheeks that go along with that gorgeous smile of yours.

You have been my saving grace this year and my inspiration. “He tends his flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; He gently leads those that have young.” Isaiah 40:11

It’s symbolic that it’s raining today because you have been a ray of light to me and a reminder of God’s faithfulness in the midst of the storm.

Our dreams for you are to be gentle, kind, good, discerning, and noble in character and not afraid to make yourself vulnerable to be in true relationships with God and others.

Our verse for you: “The Lord Himself goes before you and will be with you; He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.” Deuteronomy 31:8

You have renewed and refreshed our souls!!!

April 20, 2010

This weekend Daddy asked you if you wanted to go with him to wake up Anna Kate. You said, “Sure! I want to wake up that Little Flower with you.” When you got into her room, you said so enthusiastically, “Hi Little Flower!”

Tonight we were pulling weeds in the front yard, and you had “Shiny” your baby doll in her stroller out there with us. Anna Kate started to push “Shiny” in the stroller and I asked, "Noelle, is it okay if Anna Kate plays with Shiny?” You said, “Sure she can! I’d be honored for her to play with my baby doll.”

When we were leaving for our walk (Mommy, Noelle, and Anna Kate), you said, “Rock it girls!!!"  You’ve also been saying, "I’m going to rock this outfit today" when you have on something really cute.  Too funny.

April 21, 2010

You are so insightful. We ran into each other and I bumped the wall (it hurt), and you said, “I’m sorry Mommy.” I said, “You don’t have to be sorry, sweetheart, it was an accident.” You said, “I’m just sorry that it happened.” I said, “Oh , okay. Wow!” Like you weren’t trying to take the blame, you just felt bad. It was crazy you already understand multiple meanings of the same word. You’re a genius, I swear.

April 23, 2010

I write more when you are being a good girl… lol… I never want to forget how you tell me you love me like a wild thing from “Where the Wild Things Are” movie… you say "Awhoo" and put your lips up to my cheek. Ah! Life doesn’t get sweeter.

Your two baby dolls are named “Shiny” and “Butterfly.” Today you said, “Mom, Butterfly makes me laugh into pieces. She cracks me up!” You also have a beanie baby bird that Santa gave you that you named, “Sunshine Bubblegum” because he has some light pink fuzz on his head. Too cute (as always)!

April 25, 2010

We took a walk today and ran into Susie and Malia. You felt Malia’s fluffy hair and said, “Her hair feels like a sheep!” It was so sweet!

April 26, 2010

Today you told me that when you grow up you want to be a musketeer and a sun fairy! You usually say you want to be a veterinarian or a doctor.

April 28, 2010

You call your Daddy, “Daddy Waddy Waddy Poo” in public and everywhere. In public, people laugh when you guys are together and you call him this. So funny!

May 5, 2010

I said “thank you” to you for holding the door open for me today you said, “It was my pleasure.” Later in the day, I gave you something, and you said, “Thank you my highness!” You are a crack up! Hugs and kisses and wild things “Awhoooooo…”

May 11, 2010

Last night you said, "I wish I could go in my brain and see God."  This was after you told me you wished he was here with us and I told you that he is always here with us.  You’re so sensitive to the Holy Spirit inside of you.  I love that about you.

May 12, 2010

Today you kept calling me “Mother” so formally as we were running our errands. I finally said, “Noelle, why are you calling me ‘Mother’?” You said, “Because you’re the queen of our castle!” Lol…

May 13, 2010

Today you said, “Anna Kate is so stylish!” and “My cousin (Drew) and my boyfriend (Bailey) are so romantic!” and “Wasn’t Drew handsome at John and Nancy’s wedding?” You’re random and crazy, and I love you so much!!!

May 14, 2010

“Cutting a Barbie dress cake is kind of bazzare!” One of your random thoughts from today.

Our neighbor across the street, Jackson, was splashing water all over himself and his daddy. You looked at me and said, “That’s not very polite!”

May 17, 2010

You have been calling me “Queen Mommy” because you say I’m the “Queen” because you and Anna Kate are the “Princesses” of the Pond castle… and yes, you call our house our “castle.”

You and I were going to go upstairs last night together to pick up your room and you said, “Come on girlfriend!” I said, “What did you say?” And you said, “Come on girlfriend. You are my girlfriend, aren’t you?” "Well, I guess I am!" Love you Pilly Willy!

May 18, 2010

You have named your teddy, “Flower, Bow, Bicycle” because that is what you were staring at when we asked you his name. Your next baby became “Little Horse” because you were staring at the rocking horse in Anna Kate’s room when we asked you about her name. Lol…

May 19, 2010

4 year well visit, 32 lbs. (25th percentile) and 39.5 inches (50th percentile)

The kiddos just hung out in the yard Sat. night after Toria’s party… we were so tired!

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

We did it!  These kids are the best!

Our little gem is blooming and blooming!