noah is eight!

noah is eight today! how crazy is that? 

i feel old all the sudden!

we put streamers up last night and decided to set up noah's dinosaurs to party, too

the kids loved it!

first picture as an eight year old!

 michael made pancakes and spelled noah's name with is

 noah went to school like normal

and when michael took olive to speech (bless him) he also took treats to noah's class

and brought the kiddies home from school

we let noah open presents right away

he got a rocket, legos and a dinosaur kit

he loved it all

 cute boys!

 i could not love this boy more!

 after presents, we ate pizza and drank shirley temples

then we sang to the birthday boy

and he blew out the candles

here's noah's sweet dinosaur cake

after we ate and had cake, michael took the big kids to the riverwoods

so noah could do the ropes course and they could bowl and play miniature croquet 

it was a low key birthday 

(i'm not quite ready to throw a party with such a little baby)

but noah loved it

it's so weird to think noah is eight

in some ways it feels like way longer ago that i had him

a LOT has happened since then 

and i'm so grateful life has worked out as it has

noah is a really fun, funny boy

he loves to cuddle and his family is really important to him

his dad is his best friend

he protects his sisters

and he could not be happier to have a baby brother

the other day while holding henry he said, "it only took four tries" :) 

he likes to tease and joke

he is a total homebody 

he is awesome at martial arts

and a great student at school

he is so excited to be baptized 

he loves legos, dinosaurs, and playing with other boys

he's super social

i am so happy i get to be his mom