What Noah's up to

I realized that I haven't been sharing any milestones or cute new things that Noah's been up to with everyone. I have kept a "Baby's 1st Year" calendar so I do have everything documented, but from here on out, I'll keep you all updated. I know this is a pretty long list, but I know there are a lot of you back East that want to hear all this since you don't get to see him often or haven't met him yet at all. Hopefully, you'll be able to follow all this. I hope it's not confusing. Right now, Noah is really into books. He says "book" and will bring it over to you to read it to him. After you've taken the book from him, he turns his back to you which means "put me on your lap" all the while he is giggling because he is excited. We are reading quite a few books and he loves for you to ask him where things are so he can point them out. He will say a lot of the following words on command but if he's not in the mood to be tested, he'll just carry on with something he wants to do. He says fish, flower, baby, yuck, uh-oh, thank you (we have to tell him to say thank you), ba ba (water bottle), wa wa (water), up, cheese, tree, light, gup (grape), he knows the color blue and will repeat other colors we say, when we pull in the driveway I always say "we're home" then he says "home", ba-ba-ba (banana), anything circle is now "ball", bu-bu (blueberry), when he sees something he likes/wants, he points to it and laughs or says "mmm", Mimi and I always say "love love love" to him so he says "la la la" back, he says "whoa" when we go over a big bump or if he hears Jay or me say it, loves to hide behind anything and jump out and say "boo", says "oh" like he now understands something, if we sneeze he laughs and says "sss sss" which is him pretending to sneeze. He knows what the dog says "woof woof woof", he knows what the cat says "meow", he knows what the monkey says "ha ha" (he forgets the hoo hoo part), he knows what the lion says "rar". We tell him we're going to Mimi and Poppy's and he says "pop pop". Mimi's trying her hardest to get him to say her name. He loves to be chased around. We crawl after him and say "Daddy's gonna get you..." He runs for cover usually ending up behind the couch. He peeks out and thinks that if he holds his chin down, you can't see him. It's SO cute! Of course we pretend we can't see him until he's ready to be caught. He claps his hands. Even cuter is when we tell him we're going to pray and he'll clasp his hands together, but not for the entire prayer. Then at the end of the prayer when we say "Amen" he puts his hands back together. He loves pat-a-cake especially the "roll it" part. He thinks he's rolling it when he puts his hand on his forearm. Noah loves to crawl or walk back and forth between our legs. He is getting really good at throwing a ball. He understands that we throw or roll it back and forth to each other. He received a tee-ball set for his b-day and is learning to hold the bat correctly. We help him hit the ball. Then he fetches it and puts it back on the tee. He also loves to dance. He hears music and starts dancing all on his own. He bobs his head all over the place and bounces his knees up and down. He will dance on command pretty much anytime you make the request. He waves "hi" and "bye" and says "ba ba" (bye bye). Noah "gives five" and "high five", he loves to brush his own teeth (after we brush them) but really he just likes the taste of the toothpaste, he spins around in circles, likes to kick his balls around the room like he's playing soccer, he totally tries eating with his fork even if he has to pick up the food and stab it onto the fork himself, when I put on chap stick he wants me to put it on his lips too (I touch it to his lips so he thinks I'm applying some), he understands up/down and open/close, he likes to flip his toys upside down, he likes to stand on anything that is higher than ground level, he loves walking up and down the curb, he likes to sit in anything that will fit him even if barely like baskets and boxes, he gets on his scooter all by himself, he'll also pat your back if you're holding him. He saw Jay do that to a few people after hugging them. GG bought him The Letter Factory dvd for his birthday and he is already repeating letters. It's so cute to hear him participate with the movie. We just bought him a little potty. Although he doesn't get what's going on yet, Jay sits him on there after we eat (which is normally when he goes #2). He also brings Noah into the bathroom when he goes. He brings a book in there to occupy him and he's usually okay with sitting there for 5 minutes. We're not expecting anything to really click for awhile but we know we aren't hurting anything by giving him a head start. As busy as he is, he still LOVES to be held, and we still love holding him.