The Coffee Table

Noah's very favorite thing to do these days is stand at the coffee table. Sometimes he falls, then gets right back up... again and again and again. This kid is nothing if not persistent. Today he stood there while Matt and I ate dinner. The WHOLE time. (side note: this video is not from dinner)

Isn't this always the way

New toy:


Box it came in:

Relaxing weekend at home- ALL of us :)

Matt's busy season just ended, so we finally have him back on the weekends. We didn't do anything too exciting- just relaxed, went for a walk, played. It was nice to just spend some time as a family.

7 Months Old Today!!

All I can say is: wow. 7 months.

Not sure why I bothered with shoes...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Matt got me these beautiful flowers for Valentine's Day- which more or less made up for the fact that he had a work event tonight. Not his fault, but stinky :(

In other news, Noah has become a better crawler, but I am slightly worried that he may be taking his cues from Boston. Is it normal for kids to pant like dogs when they crawl?!

And now pulling to standing has progressed to pushing boxes around the house... maybe if I put some Swiffer cloths on the bottom he could clean the floors?

Today...

I was going to post this video of Noah exploring his leg strength (apologies in advance for the mid-video coughing fit, he is just getting over a virus).

But right before bedtime, I put him in his crib while I filled up his humidifier, and he did this:

...which more or less trumped the video.
I then proceeded to move the mattress down to the bottom. I'm not even sure how we got to this point already- him pulling himself on to his feet literally happened in a matter of hours!

Happy Birthday Matt!

This post is a few days late, but better late than never. Happy 33rd Birthday Matt! We love you :)

Matt asked his intern to make a cake at work, so I decided instead of a traditional cake, we would have a Salted Caramel Sprüngli truffle "cake." 

And so it begins...

Noah can now move in and out of sitting position with ease, which naturally has shown him that the crawling position is much more convenient than inching around like an injured soldier. Unfortunately this also means he no longer wants to sleep since practicing new skills is so much more interesting. This was not good news for exhausted mommy who has had two late nights in a row and was counting on napping while Noah napped.

In non-baby news, on Friday night friends of ours (Mike & Nicolette) who own a restaurant here that we frequent, came over and showed us how to make sushi. AMAZING. Mike made us the most ridiculous array of sushi and his fish was unbeatably fresh.  They also have a son just a few months older than Noah. Now that they are both older and more mobile, things should get more interesting for them.

Aidan & Noah

Then last night Matt & I went to the thermal baths then out to a restaurant called 'Spice' for a super nice dinner to celebrate his birthday on Monday (busy season prohibits night of celebration). The food was absolutely incredible and they had 'big as your head' wine glasses.

Sorry for the dark photo-  we felt weird unleashing the flash