15 Weeks

Had a doc appointment on Tuesday and all checked out good! Baby Apple bump is shown below - Jack chose not to participate this week :( 

new hair color - it doesn't look this brassy in person...at least I hope not!

 

21 Months!

Little Jack Harold isn't so little anymore :( In fact, most days we find ourselves saying "when did he get so big?" and "why is he a little boy now?" It's definitely a little sad, but at the same time, he is incredibly fun and hilarious the older he gets and the more "big kid" things he can do.

- Recently we started a music class on Wed nights. For the most part, Jack does a really good job listening and trying to do whatever Ms. Michelle is doing, but he does get a bit distracted here and there. There is a little girl Lilly in the class that seems to be a bit of a trouble starter (I think she is hilarious), and Jack some times likes to follow her lead. But for the most part, he gets back on track very easily and we have a lot of fun. At the end of the class, he gets little stamps on his hands and he loves coming home and showing Andrew what new designs he has.
- P has also started taking him to story hour at the library on Monday mornings. I get lots of good reports from that class too, and I am told that Jack is a very good helper at the end of class and helps Miss Jen push the tub of toys back into the closet.
- In terms of speech, he definitely has a lot of "words" but at this point they are all still 1 syllable, though for whatever reason over the weekend he started giving "toaster" 2 syllables and this morning he did a few "buckles" before going to "buh". Every once and a while he will be distracted and will bust out a much cleaner version of Grandma (normally "Ga") or will string together a "bye ma ma". He'll get there.
- Clothes wise we are into 2T, which is crazy, but they fit! 18 month pants are too short on him, but he can still squeeze himself into 18 month tops. Diapers we are on our last box of 4s I think, and we've bumped the night time diapers up to 5s. This move was also down in order to try and prevent pee outs at night, but the kid still manages to wet himself 2-3 times a week it seems.
- Speaking of bodily fluids, we are in NO way even thinking about potty training, but apparently Jack has other ideas. Not really, but he has wanted to sit on the toilet twice this week. Both times he just sits there and smiles like he's a big deal. We tell him what the potty is for and ask him to try and get his pee out, but obviously nothing happens. I think it will still be quite some time before we are attempting to train for real. I definitely don't see him trained before BN2 arrives this spring!
- He is a genius on the iPad, it's ridiculous. He can turn it on, get to his apps and navigate his way through any of them. It's actually kind of nice when I need to make dinner or do something for 2 minutes without him under feet. And for the most part, he does really well once told it's time to put it away even when he's not ready to give it up (which is never).

A few funny happenings from this month:
- one morning at 4:30am I heard some rustling through the monitor and looked to see that he was awake. Then I hear "low? looooowww?" (hello). Most of the time when he calls for us in the middle of the night, we are total suckers and fall for it, but in my head I said "it's 4:30am little boy. No one is home for you right now." He went back to sleep no problem.
- Last Sunday morning, I heard some noise through the monitor and looked to see Jack with his blanket over him like ghost baby, just walking all around his crib. He had his arms reached out, feeling his way along the rails, crashed and giggled multiple times and just had a big time for almost 5 minutes. We were cracking up watching him!
- We went to a pumpkin patch and were given bright green paper bracelets upon admission. Jack kept looking at his, and then tapping his naked wrist until Andrew took his off to give Jack 2 bracelets.
-We got an awesome house rules sign from Peetey and Peaches (thanks Steph!!) that we hung up this weekend. Jack notices anything new in the house, so he was all over this and we have probably read this about 30 times already. He reacts to every rule with an "ok", "no", "yeah" or giggle. Pretty funny.

The kid is hilarious every single day, and is stuffed full with personality! Can't believe we're creepin on 2!!!

House Rules Reading: https://vimeo.com/76635263

selfie

chilling in a firetruck

getting clean after Paint the Town

Mommy needs to work on selfie skills

 

Week 14

Baby is now the size of a lemon! Nothing much to report this week - my waistline is out of control expanding, and I feel my days in my regular jeans are numbered. I also swear I've felt a few random taps over the past week. I'm probably crazy and it's wishful thinking, but I like to believe it's the little lemon moving around letting me know he/she is all good in there.

 

In Her Shoes

Jack loves to put on my shoes. His favorites are pink flip flops and nude flats. This morning I got him clopping around the kitchen.

https://vimeo.com/75908953

Week 13

Baby Pea Pod week! We are either 1st week into the 2nd trimester, or last week in the 1st depending on what source you look at. Either way, I'm feeling great! The queasiness has disappeared in the mornings, and getting out of bed had been a LOT easier the past week. That could also be from our sweet new mattress too :)

BN2!!!!

We are beyond excited to be expecting Baby Noble #2 on April 1st!!! Happy April Fool's Day! Guess the joke's on us, as things are about to get a million times more chaotic and nuts at the Noble Nest :)BUT, we couldn't be more excited and can't wait to welcome this little only into the world come April. Yes, little one, APRIL. Don't be like your big brother and show up early!

Apparently, we love to find out we are having a baby while we are on vacation. With Jack it was in Greece and this time it was hours after we got off the plane in  Colorado in July. On the drive from the airport to the condo, I told Andrew I was pretty sure I was pregnant and that I would take a test once we got to our destination. Thankfully, once we arrived, Grandma and Grandpa took Jack to the pool for a bit leaving us with a few minutes to ourselves so we could find out together. Once they got back from the pool, we told Jack he was going to be a big brother. I know he is going to be a big help taking care of his baby brother or sister :)

So far I have been feeling good! A little tired and a bit nauseous some mornings, more so than I felt with Jack, but overall I cannot complain at all! My pregnancy insomnia has already started though, prepping me for the long nights ahead come April. I've seen the little nugget twice already and heard the heartbeat again at 11 weeks. Starting at 16 weeks I will get weekly shots of progesterone in order to help BN2 stay put until April.

We are so thankful to have such an amazing boy in Jack, and feel so lucky that we are able to grow our family again with BN2. We are praying for a happy and healthy baby come spring!

For those interested (Kathleen Bolt), I did set up an ExpectNet game: http://www.expectnet.com/games/BabyNoble2

10 weeks - baby kumquat

12 weeks- baby lime! I'll try and make myself more presentable next time

Jack helping me. PJ style.



 

Moneky See, Monkey Do

Obviously since my last post, Jack has been up to all kinds of fun and learning. But some of the funniest stuff he is doing these days is pretend play and mimicking. A few examples:

- Last weekend while playing in his room, I noticed that there was a big plastic mixing bowl in the room so I asked him if he had been baking. No response, but it then prompted me to ask him if wanted to bake a cake with me. This led to 20 minutes of baking a "blankie cake" complete with adding salt & pepper, sprinkling sugar, stirring, patting, putting in the oven and of course, eating.

- He has an Elmo fork and spoon and has been sharing some of his meals with Elmo lately. Elmo takes drinks of milk and bites of fruit complete with smacking noises. There is also a baby at my parent's house that he feeds pretty regularly I hear.

- This weekend with an empty jug and paper cups he was pouring milk and taking and sharing drinks.

- this morning he walked over to the Kleenex on my nightstand, pulled one out and proceeded to dab his eyes. Haven't quite figured that one out yet, but think it is from watching Grandma P wipe her eyes after they have been outside in the wind. UPDATE: he now also puts them to his nose too.

- he loves talking on his many phones (real and play ones) and when asked, 99% of his conversations are with Grandpa T. He holds the phone to his ear and says "lo" and then hands it over to someone else to talk.

- He loves playing in my car in the garage. He sits in the passenger seat and turns the wheel, pushes all the buttons, and honks the horn. Yesterday he grabbed my keys and put them near the ignition.

- Every night when I put lotion on his legs, he gets out his own tube and "puts" lotion on his tummy and then rubs it in.

- He loves to put gas in his mower and Cozy Coupe, and also water the plants. If given the hose, he actually will water the plants which is quite helpful :)

driving

making things happen at the Children's museum

again with the technology

pretending to take a nap, complete with snoring