Spring Chicken

The weather here has been fabulous!

 

Noah has been getting so much more time outside lately, as a result. We're loving it! Yesterday, we went to pick up Madison from school early. We all decided to get lunch at Birkdale and walk around some. We, of course, stopped by the ol' Jewel Box . He got plenty of attention from the girls there. Noah totally loved it. He's such a flirt.

Afterwards, we hung out at my mom's for awhile. He showed off his sitting up skills. He doesn't need our help anymore, which is weird. I'm still overprotective and worried he'll topple over and hurt himself. Oh, and if you're wondering why he's not wearing his helmet in these, it's because we're having some "issues" with it. He's still totally cool with wearing it. Unfortunately, my baby is hot natured, like his daddy. We thought the worst part was him getting little heat rashes in between his rolls. Nope. Try his head. He gets a prickly, itchy rash from his helmet. How do I know it itches? He rubs his head back and forth on things, then cries. It's so sad. So to prevent this, we're cutting back his time in it. And that's that.

He also got to watch Brad plant our garden this year, mostly tomatoes (because as it turns out, we don't eat much squash...) and a few peppers. He's also gotten to spend more time with the pups. Noah thinks they're absolutely hysterical. He grins and laughs and reaches out to pet them now. So cute.

Tonight, we were able to go to our friends' bonfire at their house. They have these pretty often, but it always depends on Brad's schedule and how Noah has been that day. Today was a good day. He seemed to enjoy the fire. He wasn't too sure what to think of all the little people running around. He kept watching them, very interested, but he seemed a little unsure. Alice is so cute with him. She's a little over a year old and cute as can be. Poor Noah just isn't used to having friends his size yet. And yes, he weighs more than she does. *sigh*

I promise I don't sit around feeding him sticks of butter.

 

Jim and Jess (especially Jim) are the type of people that own odd animals. They don't just have a couple of dogs. No, they have fish and birds and bunnies and even a bearded dragon. So it really shouldn't have been such a surprise when a chicken happened to come by for a visit. Somehow, we were all amazed at it, since it seemed to really like Jim. But really. He's the kind of guy that would bring home a chicken. It sat by the fire to warm up, then sat with Jim on his chair. He/she was kind of small, but we're positive it was a chicken. It clucked.