weekly olive: forty-four

We're busy busy busy and this girl is always ready to go go go.
I'm too exhausted and I can't even remember if anything new is going on.  ha. She's still cute as ever though!

xo

weekly wonder: forty-four

Tis the Season! We're doing all kinds of winter and Christmas activities up in this house! Even though we live in Southern California and the weather can't decide whether it wants to be moderately cold or respectably warm, we're trying our best to get in the holiday spirit!

This week I took Noah on a visit to see the Santa at Santa Monica Place.  Now we took Noah to this very same Santa last year and got the sweetest photo. See! No fear whatsoever!

This year, Noah was absolutely terrified! I have no earthly idea why.  The whole way to Santa's Village he was singing "hohoho" and "Santa Santa Santa" but when he finally saw the big guy, he was anything but jolly.  So I pulled him aside and we watched a few other kids sit and happily talk with Santa.  I thought that it might make everything better, but nope.  Noah was not having it.  So I sat Noah on Santa's lap anyways (because I am the worst mom ever) and just let the photographer capture the moment... PURE TERROR.

After the photos ,I grabbed Noah and we chatted with Santa for a little while just so Noah would see that the old guy is really not bad.  In the end, Noah decided that was true and gave Santa several fist bumps and high fives.  I don't know why the photographer couldn't have captured that, but I guess that would been way too much work and time is money...  hah.  Anyways, I'm fine with him not wanting to sit on every stranger's lap.  Much safer that way.

Once Noah had finally settled from all the stress, I took him upstairs and we grabbed lunch and then played in the indoor playground.  He loves that playground SO much and since everything is padded, he feels like he can be a big kid and run around, climb the big stuff and not get hurt quite as often.  Is it just me or does he look like such a big boy? *sigh*

weekly noah: forty-four

If I could describe week forty-four in one word it would be cheese.  Noah has squinting his eyes and smiling REALLY big every time I pull my camera or phone out (doesn't matter if it's pitch black, if there is flash or anything).  I can only assume he's imitating me, since his father can rarely be seen smiling in any photograph he's been in (for some odd reason we can never catch his smiles even though he is a very fun-loving and happy guy).  Anyways, if I want Noah to stop crying all I have to do is grab the camera and out pops his happy, cheesy face.

I think I have mentioned before how Noah likes to wave and get everyone's attention everywhere we go.  Now he likes to motion at people to come to him.  Which is cute and creepy all at the same time.  I try really hard to keep him under wraps when we are out in public, because it's really strange having my 10 month old motion a people to come see him, but it really doesn't work and so we make TONS of new friends on our outings.

Most recently Noah has been making his best efforts to imitate me in everything I do.  Whether it be smiling, sticking  my tongue out, or even climbing half way inside the washing machine to help mommy get the clean clothes out.  Noah loves to help mommy... even though he usually causes more harm than good.

Really we have been having so much fun lately, even though I have not been feeling well and the weather has been super yucky and keeping us indoors for nearly a week.  We are certainly enjoying Noah's daily changes and looking forward to all that is to come!