THE HART'S

More Cute Pictures

2012-01-14T19:46:00.009-05:00

Here is what we've been doing the past few weeks. Not really much! Just taking care of baby. I figure Grandma's will appreciate the pictures.
Disclaimer: Due to my lack of sleep, grammar, spelling, punctuation, may not be right.

Noah decided to go "night,night." Didn't really happen, but cute picture.

Haha! We think this is hilarious of Noah:)

Oh my. Don't you love the outfit?? And that would be a burp cloth on his head.

Liam left his mark on the bedding at the hotel in Spokane. Trent was changing Liam's diaper and shot poo out. He of course was freaking out! I go over to help him clean up and in the process a stream of pee shoots out. We couldn't stop laughing. We went through four diapers in the process. Too bad the bedding was white!
Mom, Dad, and Liam had some bonding time earlier this week. Liam needed to see a Pedi Urologist, and since we live where we do, the closest was in Spokane. No worries he is fine.
We owe a huge thanks to my friend and her husband for staying here with Noah. What a huge help that was!

Everyone keeps on asking us if Noah is jealous of the baby, but so far he has been really gentle and sweet with him. That's great, however, he has been acting out in other ways. I don't know if it is just a coincidence him just being a two year old, but he is starting to throw some major tantrums. His nap-time isn't so peaceful and easy like it used to be. He has a hard time going down, and also for bed! He has been getting up earlier than normal as well. In short, he can be pretty grumpy. Maybe because I am so tired it seems worse than it is. Maybe this is his way of adjusting. I don't know! Hopefully he will adjust soon! Noah is really a good boy.

He loves getting his hair washed. So much easier to wash his hair than it is Noah's!

Whoa! Monster child and itty bitty baby.

Noah rocking his duck to sleep:)

Baby pix's and the 30 YEAR OLD!

2012-01-03T23:39:00.014-05:00

The birthday boy! 30 years old!!! I always tease Trent for liking "old people," food. This includes strawberry rhubarb pie, which is what he always request for his bday. Thanks to a gracious family in our ward, who gave us rhubarb last summer. I froze the rhubarb and got a great easy recipe from this family for the pie. I was planning on making it for his bday this year. Thank heavens my Mom was here, because with all the craziness with the new baby she made it. It turned out pretty good!

Our burrito

First sponge bath. He loved getting his hair washed.

Grandma Smith helping me out with the bath.

All done!

Baby Liam

2012-01-02T23:27:00.007-05:00

Okay, this will be brief but here are some pictures for now. I went into labor last Tuesday about 1:30 AM. Liam was born 12/27/11 @ 11:52 AM. 7lbs 2oz.
I will get back on this later, but for now we have a newborn DR visit. Gotta go!

Nurses

Dr.Samra and one of the nurses. They were great!

Waiting for the epidural....

Christmas 2011

2012-01-02T19:06:00.005-05:00

Christmas Morning 2011. We had a great Christmas this year. We stayed home because of how close my due date was. Good thing, because he came on the 27th!
My brother and his family came to our house for Christmas. We had tons of fun with them, and are so glad they were able to be here. They got more than they bargained for, because they ended up babysitting Noah and cleaning the house for us when I went into labor. We are so grateful for all of there help. I really don't know what we would have done if they hadn't of been here!
Anyhow, back to Christmas. We got up that morning opened gifts from Santa, and went to church. It was nice to just hang out!

Smith Family. Noah and William had a blast playing together.

All of Noah's loot from Christmas.

The boys waiting to see what Santa left.

Christmas Eve dinner

We got a surprise visit from Santa and his helpers (Bishop and his family) Christmas Eve.

Noah wasn't very happy because he told Santa a few weeks ago that he wanted a train. When this Santa came he brought a bag of candy. This wasn't what Noah had in mind and threw it on the ground. Yes, he is a grateful child.

36 weeks

2011-12-12T15:48:00.003-05:00

Here is my 36 week lumpy belly!

Thanksgiving

2011-12-12T14:30:00.009-05:00

Pictures are out of order and quite frankly there are a ton of them. I don't want to mess with it. Oh well!

We spent Thanksgiving in Idaho this year with Trent's family. We had a great time! We were able to visit with friends and family that we haven't seen for a long time. It was great!
Turkey Trot Thanksgiving Day. Trent and his Dad ran the 5K. I was going to walk the 1 mile walk, but didn't follow the directions and ended up walking the 5K with Noah in the stroller! Oops. It was such a nice day there!

Noah loved hanging out with all of his cousins. We took him to his first movie at the theater and he did great! We watched the Smurfs.

Airport. I am so so glad we flew. It is amazing how much easier it is to fly with a 2 year old rather than a baby. Not to mention a much, much shorter flight flying from WA to ID vs. PA to UT! So worth it. Noah loved the plane! People on the plane got a kick out of him because of how excited he was when we would take off and land.

A bit of a lay over in the Denver Airport. I know, we flew past ID only to fly back. Don't ask me.

As I mentioned above, we were able to visit with friends that we haven't seen for a long time. This is my good friend Amanda and her girls. The picture turned out great:)

My big Sis Jen and Niece Cede. They stopped by Trent's parents for a bit. It was so great to visit with them!

Grandma and Grandpa picking us up from the airport. It is really nice to fly out and into small airports by-the-way!

Picture with the Croft family. Noah was already in bed at this point.

Noah and his cousin Chase. They are buds! They were sneaking marshmallows that the family was using for relay games at the church on Thanksgiving.

This kid loved the swing. He called it a horse. Didn't want to get off and just wanted to go higher and higher.

Loving the four wheeler.

Picture with Tyrie and her family.

Garvin Family. Another one of Trent's buddies from growing up.

Trent's parents had our rooms all ready for us when we got there!

Noah's bed. The bedding used to be Trent's.

Visited with Melodee's family. This was the best picture I got. Noah loved seeing his cousins! That was our Thanksgiving in a nutshell!

Christmas Tree and Crafts

2011-12-12T14:08:00.004-05:00

Noah wanted Trent to take a picture of this. He loves his Thomas!

Me and a few of my friends got together and made a few Christmas ornaments, thanks to Pinterest. This one says, "snow", not sure you can tell because of the glare. These were super easy to make.

Our Christmas Tree. We are ready for Christmas!

This one says, "joy".

Oh boy. A while back I sewed a blanket for the baby, and was feeling bad that I never made one for Noah. So this is what I came up with for Noah. It would have turned out better had I actually sewed the binding on correctly. Oh well! I am planning on giving it to him for Christmas. The boys will have somewhat matching blankets.

My friends and I had another craft night and made wreaths. It worked out great because we all went in together on the ribbon. Made it much cheaper to make!

32 weeks!

2011-11-13T18:45:00.000-05:00

Here we are at 32 weeks!!! Coming along, slowly but surely.

Baby Shower

2011-11-13T18:16:00.006-05:00

I had quite the surprise the other day. Trent was adamant that I come to his work for a potluck lunch on Thursday. He told me that it was an employee's last day of work so they were having a good-bye party for her.
Noah and I get there and were told to wait in Trent's office because they were having a meeting in the break room. We hung out in there for awhile until this"meeting," was over. Come to find out it was a surprise baby shower for us! I had no idea! We are grateful for the great job Trent has and all the good people he works with. They are all so generous.
The food was great and the room was decorated cute, AND we got a ton of new baby stuff! They went above and beyond that is for sure.
Oh, and the sign above one of the girls made it. So I guess that will be his name:) We still aren't a 100% sure what his name will be, but it is still my favorite!

All the gifts. Noah even got the wooden truck and cars as a gift. He loves it!

Having a great time playing with the balloons. Noah had a blast with the receptionist daughter.

Here we are!

Belly shot. The girls made me a ribbon corsage. Cute!

As I said, everyone went above and beyond in what they gave us. It is crazy this time around I haven't really thought too much as to what I need, but I really think we are pretty much set now. What a great help!

Walking into the room, I was surprised! Everyone was standing in the other corner. It was a full room.

This is what the "meeting," was, decorating.

haha! Oops, bit of a a grammar mistake. This is what happens when you order a cake from a place in Mattawa. People aren't used to English or don't speak it period!
The cake was a Tres-Leches cake. Never had it before, but it was really good! I had a few bites and it didn't mess with my blood sugar. Even better!
Big thanks to Mattawa Community Medical Clinic!!!

Halloween Party

2011-11-07T00:15:00.005-05:00

Sadly, we didn't get many pictures this year:( We had a fun time at our ward party. Noah seemed a bit out of it at first. He was so tired. He is not napping well anymore and didn't have a nap that day. Once he had some candy he was just fine!
He was a cute little dragon this year (next year too, if it still fits)! Getting ready for church the next day, he wanted to wear his costume!

Blurry picture. Here is a view from the backside. And another little dragon.

Our little fam. I wasn't creative and was a witch. Trent was dressed as left overs!

He still wasn't to sure about everything, but he really did warm up and was all over the place! We had a great Halloween!

This n' That

2011-11-06T23:40:00.003-05:00

Kinda a random post and kinda a gross picture. I need to get a better belly shot, this was after I got back from exercising. 31.5 weeks! Only about 9 weeks left. Hopefully less!! So ready for January to get here. I was dx with gestational diabetes about three weeks ago and it is very time consuming to regulate. Went to the Dr on Thursday and things are looking good. I just have to follow a strict diet and exercise like crazy. I do a TON of walking and pregnancy work out videos. Noah HATES going for walks. I try to go early in the morning before Trent goes to work and in the evening, but sometimes I have to fit one in during the day. Last week he was throwing a fit and fell out of the stroller while I was walking at a good pace. He was fine. I couldn't strap him in because his coat is to big. It was not very enjoyable for either of us:)

Our family at dinner tonight. Notice that Noah wrapped up his giraffe in a blanket and put him up to the table with us. Noah insisted that the giraffe have a plate and food!
I think Noah will be a great big brother! He takes really good care of his stuffed animals. He will put them down for naps and feed them. So cute!

He also likes to dress his stuffed animals! Here is going "night, night," in our bed.

This was great! Our neighbors dog got out of there fenced in yard and chilled out at our house for the afternoon. No joke, Noah was out there for the whole afternoon with the dog. He loves that dog. Super friendly dog!

Trent had a CME Conference in Cle Elum WA, at Suncadia Resort. Very nice place! Trent borrowed a car from a friend so Noah and I could have a car while he was gone. Noah and I went and met up with him for one of the nights. Fancy place! He really enjoyed it and learned lots.

Don't worry, he really didn't break his leg, just getting practice at casting.

Trent road his bike to work yesterday to do some charts, and on the way home he saw this table and toy at a garage sale. Went back later and got everything for 10 bucks! Noah loves it!
Oh, and the weird looking stuffed animal on the chair was given to him at the dollar store in Mattawa. We were bored yesterday afternoon, so we went to the dollar store! Wahoo! We lead exciting lives here. Anyhow, Noah picked this up and wanted it of course. I said no, and the cashier told Trent( all in Spanish), that he could have it for free. She didn't even know where it came from. I want to throw it away when he is not looking because it grosses me out. We call it the flea bag weird mouse. Unfortunately, he hasn't let it out of sight much. In fact, it is in bed with him now!

I Sewed!

2011-10-02T18:42:00.007-04:00

Well, it has been awhile since I've sewed something. My history of sewing is not the greatest. I took a sewing class in High School when I was a sophomore. Needless to say everything I sewed fell apart.
Then I worked at EK Accessories in Logan UT during two of my off tracks when I was in college. I worked in production of outdoor accessories and one of the area's was sewing. I didn't work in sewing for long. I never made quota and my supervisors hated me back there. I messed up the machines, broke needles, etc. I was frustrated as was my supervisor. Once I stopped going to sewing, I made my quota plus some in the other departments like packaging and pad printing. It all worked out in the end and I received raises for exceeding the quotas.
A few years ago and friend and I sewed a flag for our husbands cub scout troop. Wow, we were brilliant! Kim knew much more than I, but we weren't seamstress. We put letters on backwards and it was just a mess, but we got it done, and in the end it didn't look to shabby!
So that's my history. I always wanted to sew a baby blanket for Noah but I never did. I was so tired from working when I was pregnant it just never happened. I was determined to sew one this time around for the new baby. So here it is! Thank heavens for blog tutorials and YouTube! How did people live without the internet?!

I just had to throw these pictures in! Here is Trent and Noah watching Conference this morning. So cute!

Even if this blanket looks like a blind person in China made it, I still like it! The stitching is not straight, and I really hope it holds together after a few washes! Oh well I do like this imperfect blanket!
PS, I do feel guilty that I never made Noah one so I am going to make one. His will be with the train fabric as well, but the inside will be a blue fabric. I still need to figure out how exactly I will make it since there is more yards of fabric. I will probably tie it. Anyhow, I will post that later. Wish me luck!

Boise and Yakima State Fair

2011-10-02T18:41:00.001-04:00

Trent made it to the top! This was at the Yakima Fair.
Pictures are up loaded out of order, oh well. We went to Boise last weekend. It was so nice to see family and be in civilization again! We didn't get to many pictures but we had a busy weekend. Saturday morning we went to Parker's football game. His team so far is undefeated this season, and they won the game that day as well! He is a awesome quarter back, had some great throws and made a touchdown.

Watching the "big garbage big truck," with Grandma Smith. He loves the garbage truck! No joke he will cry when it leaves. He looks forward to this moment every week. He lucked out this week cause he saw one in Boise and here in Desert Aire.

Giving the big gorilla a hug at the fair.

We were finally able to meet baby Alli!

We also got to watch Tessa cheer and she is such a cutie! She is the one in the middle in the pic above.
After the game, we went to lunch with my parents to Smash Burger. Way good! Then we hit up the mall to pick up a few things. That evening my Mom, Summer, and I went to Woman's Conference. While that was going on Trent, Noah, and my Dad went over to Summer' s to watch the BSU football game (they won).
Noah had so much fun playing with his older cousins! He is really into "Dude More Perfect." It is something my Nephews came up with. They video themselves making crazy baskets that they uploaded to YouTube. Noah asks to watch everyday!!! Anyhow, he was able to play bball with some of the nephews, which he just thought was amazing!
Sunday was church, and then we just hung out at my parents, which was nice! Oh and one of my nephews was ordained to a Teacher so we were able to go to that.
We had a barbacue that night with my parent's, Summer's family, and Micah and Lindy were able to stop by. This was the first time we were able to see their new baby Alli. She is 6 months so she isn't super new:) We are glad we were able to finally meet her. She is a cutie!
Monday we came back to good ole' Mattawa. It was nice to get away!

Getting ready to pass.

Noah sure does love his grandparents! I don't know if you can see what Noah is holding. It is a shoe lace that he calls a "snake." He likes to carry it with him and play with it. Quite the imagination!

We went to the Yakima State Fair on Wednesday with some friends. We had a great time!
Had to get a picture in front of the hot pink stretch limo. The owner/driver was trying to get us to rent it. I told him repeatedly that we really had no where to go and I don't think we could put car seats in it anyway:)

This kid loved seeing all the animals.

Holy long horn!

Trinity and Noah got to pet the bird.

Getting off his first fair ride!

Bryan and Trent sizing up the climbing wall.

This picture is so cute of Dalton and Noah! What big boys! They had a blast on the train. It was so fun to watch Noah. Can't believe how big he is getting!

Merry Christmas to Trent and I

2011-09-19T16:11:00.005-04:00

Ta da! We just love this new bed!!!
We had an early Christmas this year. We have been saving for a new bed for awhile, and with Trent being reimbursed some money from work made it all possible to happen now.
After I had Noah, I told Trent that I wouldn't make it through another pregnancy without a new bed and a place to sit after having the baby. Our old bed was given to us from Trent's parents. Way nice of them! The bed is just so old and there wasn't much room it being a double bed. Trent was always elbowing me in the head and I was pushing him off. He was more than agreeable to get a new bed!!

Big boy bed!!! I am so proud of Noah. He has done amazing at adjusting to the big boy bed (this was mine and Trent's old bed). I was really nervous for this change but so far so good! (Knock on wood). I wanted to get him in a bed before we have the baby just to make giving up his crib not as traumatic and having him resent the baby etc. He has slept in it now for four nights and taken naps as well. The first nap was a little rough. He would keep on running out to the living room but finally after 45 minutes of this he fell asleep. After that we walked to Halberts and bought M&M's for a special treat for him for being such a big boy! He loved that.
He really does love his bed! It is plenty big for him to pile on all the toys he wants to sleep with and of course he loves the bedding! He loves, loves, loves sports. His favorite right now is basketball. As much as he loves the bedding he won't give up his blankets from the crib. That is okay as long as he sleeps I am just fine with that! I really don't think he will give those blankets up, I may have to by some new blankets for the crib when baby comes.
P.S. Don't you love the posters on Noah's wall?! They are some of Trent's old posters. Noah loves them! Also don't mind the pink sheet in the window. I have to do something to block the sun from coming in at 4am! That will be one nice thing about fall and winter no early sun rises!

As you can see we got a recliner. We were looking into gliders, however I've had people tell me that those are a waste of money, and this recliner happened to be a bit cheaper than a glider. Trent liked this idea much better than the glider! Way comfy! This will be so nice to have after I have the baby. We had a recliner in Philly that was given to us from Trent's old roomies, which they got from the DI. It was in horrible shape! I couldn't ever get in a comfy position on it, and after I had Noah, well recovery was horrid! I won't go into detail. I could go on and on! Anyhow, the point of this story was when we moved back out to the west, we tried to give the chair to some second hand stores. Nobody would take it! Trent and one of our friends threw it in the dumpster at our apartment complex.

Noah's "new room." I got this rug from Target for a killer deal. I still need to arrange his room but this is the rug.

Baby Bump

2011-09-11T19:25:00.001-04:00

Here we are 23.5 weeks pregnant. Noah wanted to get in the picture too.

Late Summer Fun

2011-09-11T19:05:00.003-04:00

We weren't able to do much during the heart of summer this year, so we tried to cram things in at the end at least. We went to Seattle a few weeks ago for the day. We hung out with Jonathan and Alicia. Scored some nice things from their garage sale (thank you), ate pizza, and walked in downtown Edmonds with them. Edmonds reminded us of Glenside a bit. The weather was perfect that day! We also got yummy frozen yogurt where you create your own combination of yogurt and toppings. Yum! That evening Trent and I went to a Mariners game against the White Sox. Noah went and spent some quality time with our friend Rachel while we were at the game. Noah loves Rachel and had a great time with her. The game was great! Especially because it was over by 9:20! Haha! The Mariners lost of course, but we really did have fun. Safeco field is super nice. One of the nicest ball parks I've been to. After the game we drove home that night and got home around 1:30 in the morning. Noah slept in till 9:30! That was the first!

Over looking the field.

21 weeks prego!

Last weekend we went with some of our friends to a water park in Moses Lake. It was great! The weather was warm, but not HOT. However, it was still worth it! Noah loved it, especially the beach where they had toys for kids to play on.

Daddy, Noah, Trinity, and Dalton. Wish I got more pictures. These will have to do!

Also last weekend happened to be Labor Day weekend. My parents came for a visit. We had a great time with them. Noah sure does love his grandparents! We went for a picnic to the park on Monday and my Dad had fun on the digger:) haha! He was playing with Noah:)

Bed Rest

2011-08-23T17:21:00.003-04:00

Well the past month and a half has been interesting. I was on modified bed rest until yesterday. I am 21 weeks prego and things are looking normal at the moment. I was having some complications, but like I said things are looking normal now. Hopefully that is the way it stays! We will be having a boy sometime around Jan 4. Noah would like to name him two, but I don't think that will happen:) We are excited and just a huge thank you to everyone who has helped us out the last while. We had Trent's Mom and two nieces come, my Mom, and my Sister in law come to stay with us. I really appreciated all of them coming and helping.
So, I had lot of time on my hands. I was going crazy not exercising, cleaning and just being normal! It was nice to have people here to visit, it kept my mind of things and kept Noah occupied as well:)
I finished a few projects that have been lying around. The picture above is necklace board I made. Thanks to Alicia for the idea! This was from a super Saturday that I never did, until now.

Menu board. Also from super Saturday.

I got to read a bit:) I love reading and read some good ones.

Peculiar in a Good Way, Mary Ellen Edmunds
The Princess Bride, William Goldman (I had seen the movie before, but I did enjoy the book. A bit different of course)
Murder by the Book, Betsy Brannon Green
Smoke Screen, Traci Hunter Abramson
Escape from Rwanda, John Yves Bizimana (Really enjoyed this true story. It was quite shocking to read mostly because he is the same age as me.)
The Time Starved Family, Deanne Flynn
Lipstick Wars, Christine Thackeray
Leaning into the Curves, Nancy Anderson, Carroll Hoffling Morris
Bitten, Robert Smith
The Hiding Place, Corrie Ten Boom (Everyone should read this. True story.)
Faith Among Shadows, Malcolm Leal (Another True story. Must read)
The Roots of Obama's Rage, Dinesh D'Souza ( I know the title sounds crazy but this really is a must read. Really explains what makes Obama tick and why he does the things he does.)

I am currently reading The Original Argument, by Glenn Beck. So far so good. It has been the summer of reading!

Something else I finally did. This was supposed to be for a Father's Day gift from Noah. I just never got around to putting it together. Better late than never, right?!

Random Summer Pictures

2011-08-23T16:50:00.007-04:00

I am currently traumatized by the above picture. The picture doesn't do justice to the size and grotesqueness of seeing this black widow in real life. This would be in our garage. Not to mention where we keep all the sport balls that Noah plays with. He gets in this thing all the time. In fact just two nights ago we were out front and he was getting all his toys out from this thing!!
So, Noah and I were going to go the library(he loves that place), and whenever he gets excited he will run away from us for whatever reason. Of course he was excited and ran out of the garage to the back of the house. I, of course, go get him and on the way back in this nasty thing caught my eye. I put Noah in the car and was freaking out! I wasn't sure the best way to kill it because of its position. I grabbed some bug killer spray crap, I knew it wouldn't kill it but at this time it had crawled under the curvy part at the top. I thought I could spray it down then smash it. Thank the heavens, because my neighbor was taking his trash out and saw me. He asked if I was spraying for ants and I told him there was a huge black widow. He then came over and killed it for me. I will be forever grateful. Meanwhile, if there is one there is more:( We will be scheduling an exterminator to come I believe.

Ha. Noah was playing dress up in Daddy's clothes. He put the shirt on walks past me, smiles, and says bye as he is walking to the front door. Funny kid.

Trying to escape.

Mini Trent

A quick snack after playing in the water.

Noah loves sidewalk chalk! Here is making a masterpiece with Aunt Alicia. We've had lots of visitors the past month or so. It has been great and everyone has been a huge help to us! Thank you!

Oh boy! Noah and his cousin William climbed into Williams pack n' play. Two mischievous boys! They really had fun together. Noah loves William!

In the big pool! Our landlords allowed us to use their pool! Trent has taken advantage of that.

More visitors. Noah loved playing with his cousins and Grandma Hart!

What is wrong with this picture??? Haha! Trent and Noah cooling off on the 4th.

We roasted marshmallows in the oven for Smores on the 4th. We were home bound this year.

Chillin with Dad.

Seattle Rock n'Roll 1/2 Marathon

2011-06-27T18:24:00.007-04:00

Trent ran the Seattle Rock n' Roll 1/2 marathon on Saturday. He did awesome! His time was 1:51. I have to say I am way jealous. He trained very little, I mean VERY LITTLE! He is just amazing and pulled it off. My best 1/2 mary time was 1:50 and I trained like nobody's business! So yes, I am jealous:) Enough about me.
There were 26,000 people who crossed the start line that morning. Insane! Tons and tons of people. Traffic was crazy. I dropped Trent off at the start line. Well technically, it was three miles from the start line. He had to run three miles just to get to the start line! Traffic was so backed up that he jumped out of the car, because it was getting so close to seven he wasn't going to make it if I drove him. He had a bit of a warm up:)
I then headed to the finish line which was at Quest Field and near Safe Co Field. I got there in good time and just camped out until he crossed the finish. We stayed at Jonathan's and Alicia's the night before. We had to leave at 5:30 in the AM. So we just left Noah there. We love having them in Seattle. And no not just so they can babysit! We love hanging out with them! After the race we went to Olive Garden and had lunch with them. They are the greatest!

Awesome medal. P.S. This marathon is part of the Rock n' Roll series which started in San Diego? Anyhow, they are now held annually in other cities.

All done!!!! The weather was perfect for running. Trent said that all throughout the course there where bands, and cheerleaders. He said the course was great. No big hills! I am totally doing this next year:)

At the expo on Friday before race day.

Haha! I took a picture of where I parked. It was an outdoor parking lot. It is kinda hard to tell, but it is by where the bus is. The reason for this was because last time we parked in Seattle we forgot what parking garage we parked in and it took us quite a while to find it!

This was awesome! I got to see the finisher of the 1/2 marathon cross. This picture is blurry but they were running so fast. They were neck to neck! I think the guy that won was from Meridian Idaho and it was his first 1/2 marathon. Pretty cool!

There he is!!! He is the guy in the black tank.

The Expo the day before.

Ready to run!

I got a great view of the finish! I was one of the first there. It filled up quick! Tons and tons of people. It took us awhile to get out of Seattle when Trent was done. All of the roads that were closed didn't help much either!
Trent did great and really enjoyed it. I am so glad he ran it!

The 25 year old!

2011-06-27T17:48:00.007-04:00

Had a great birthday this year. On my actual birthday it was Trent's day off. We went to town to run some errands, go shopping and out to lunch. We went to Hobby Lobby, TJ Max, and Jo Anne's. I got a cute dress, shirt, some craft things, and cakes pans! For lunch we went to Pizza Hut! I know totally random! We live so far from a Dominoes or Pizza Hut we don't ever eat it. We both were craving it:) It hit the spot!
Not only was my birthday day great, the day after Trent threw a surprise party for me. He did a good job of being sneaky. I had no idea he was going to throw a party! I knew he was up to something at one point, but I thought he was buying something off of Amazon and sending it to one of our friends houses, but I didn't even think of a party.
He had me pick him up from work Wednesday like normal. He told me that Rachel (LPN at work) would be coming over for dinner so just make sure the house was picked up. This didn't seem unusal to me since she comes over every now and then. When we got home the blinds were open and I saw a shadow of someone and then I started to get suspicious! I was wondering how did Rachel get inside already. Seemed weird. Walked inside and there was everybody! We had cake and visited for a bit. It was kinda later because Trent had a few unexpected patients come in at the last minute but it all worked out. Trent did a great job! AND he also gave me a gift certificate for a mani and a pedi! So Spoiled!!!

All us girls chatting. I really was spoiled last week! On Thursday us girls had a girls night in Tri- Cities. Dinner and a movie! Thank you Trent!

I just love this picture. The kids playing outside. Apparently they are all intently looking at a bug. Oh boys!

Yummy cake! Trent coordinated really well with everyone. He had someone pick the cake up. Someone else pick up balloons, and someone else pick up flowers. Smart guy.

Haha! I love this picture. While I was in Jo Anne's, Trent and Noah waited outside watching the tractors. Noah loves tractors and trucks.

He just sat there!

Beautiful flowers! My husband is the best:)

The 2 Year old!!

2011-06-24T13:02:00.008-04:00

I just had to add this picture real quick. We took the B-day boy to the DR for his 2yr well child visit. STATS- 30 pds, in the 75%. 35 inches, in the 75%. HC don't remember except it was in the 90% ! He is a big boy!!
He only had to get one shot thank goodness! He really struggled with the visit. He was freaking out just when the DR was listening to his heart! We take him to the clinic where Trent works or "Daddy's Work", as Noah says. Later that day Noah points to his leg where the band aid is and says, "Daddy's work". I hope he doesn't think that whenever we go to Daddy's work that he is going to get a shot:)

The birthday boy! We were out of town on his actual birthday so we had his party when we got back from St.George. We did celebrate with Trent's family. I will post pictures of that sometime. Anyhow, he loves Barney! I don't have many pictures of his party at the moment. My friend took most of the pictures and I haven't gotten them from her yet. These will have to do for now! We invited a few of Noah's friends that he plays with. Braden, Gemma, Dalton, and Trinity. I have to say I am glad there weren't many kids, because it would have been crazier with a bunch of two year olds! It was a fun little party. All the parents where there and we had a BBQ, and of course cake!

Here are all the kiddo's and Bryan.

Before everyone got there.

One of Noah's favorite gifts:) When we ask him what he got for his birthday he says, "I got a bike". He got the bike from us as well as a lawn mower (one of his favorite things), baseball and bat, and a Nader truck that blows bubbles. All the kids loved the gifts and had a hard time sharing:)

Just after I finished the cake. Whew! I made it the night before and it really didn't take me too long to make. I bought a Barney cake mold off of Ebay. Everything Barney is discontinued these days. I just made a yellow cake mix, and topped everything off with butter cream frosting. Easy!

Another shot.

CHICAGO

2011-05-22T17:18:00.011-04:00

Trent and I had the opportunity to go to Chicago because Trent had a health conference for the National Health Corp. We left Noah with Jonathan and Alicia. Bless their hearts!!! Noah had lots of fun playing with William. It was really weird to leave him, but I knew he would be safe and taken care of. I really did miss him and was so excited to see him again. I think he did over all pretty well while we were gone. He was happy to see us. Thanks again to the Smiths!
Anyhow, we were able to do some sight seeing. We arrived Wednesday night to Chicago. I must say, flying without a kid is a piece of cake!! We checked into the hotel, which happened to be the hotel where Obama stayed on the night of the election, as well as a few other times. Cool bit of history, I thought. I didn't vote for the guy, but come on, he is the President!
We then went to Lou Malnati's for some authentic deep dish pizza. So good! Thursday we went to the Sears Tower, Cubs game, and took a boat tour of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. It was awesome! Friday, Trent was in conference most of the day. I went shopping along the Magnificent Mile. It was great to just be by myself! Trent and I met up later and went to the Navy Pier and had dinner at Harry Caray's Tavern (famous sport announcer restaurant). Saturday, Trent was in conference for half of the day. I went to the Chicago Art Institute Museum. Interesting place. It reminded me of the Art Museum in Philly. I was able to recognize a few pieces of art thanks to Humanity's class from BYU-I! P.S., the picture above is of the Art Institute.
After that we headed back to Midway Airport to fly back to Seattle. Great trip. Already seems like it was weeks ago!
I've posted a TON of pictures. Have fun:)

Little bit blurry but this is Renoir's Two Sisters. There were a few others I recognized of Van Gough and Monet, but the pictures I took really didn't turn out, in fact this one is blurry.

After we went to the Navy Pier we got some hot chocolate from one of the restaurants in our hotel.

Cool picture Trent took from Lake Michigan while on the tour.

One of Trent's Dream comes true, going to Wrigley Field!

After the game. We didn't sit this close!!

On the tour.

The cubs lost badly! They played the Cardinals and I think the score was 9-1.. I already forgot!

Yes, I did eat a hot dog. Much better than Yankee Stadium, hands down!

Outside the park.

That is a long way down! Standing on the 103rd floor of the Sears Tower (now known as the Willis Tower).

A good shot of the field. I'm sure you noticed by now, these pictures are out of order.

Awesome view! This was another great picture Trent took while we were out on the lakes.

Yikes!

This is where we got hot chocolate. The weather was great on Thursday, but Friday and Saturday it turned off cold and rainy. I was so glad Thursday was good because that was the day we did the bulk of our sight seeing and the game!

Deep dish! Wow, this was so fulling! You can see the size of pizza we got, which doesn't look that big, but we ended up having left overs. Very heavy.

The reason why we were there. Trent really enjoyed his conference. He really did pick up some useful information.

Lucky cow in the hotel.

Navy Pier.

Harry Caray!

1/2 pound hot dog. He ate the whole thing.....
Of Course he did!

Trippy picture. Millennium Park.

Trent went for an early run one morning and had someone take this picture of him at Millennium Park. I did exercise too, I just ran around the indoor track at our hotel. Trent did some swimming as well. I just didn't want to get out of bed 6:30(really 4:30 our time) to run outside! I like sleep.

Where we ate on the Navy Pier.

Can't really see this all that well, but this is in the front of the hotel right where you walk in.

The lobby.

Just getting ready to leave the hotel.

Midway Airport.

Walking along the streets.

That is it!

His Sacred Name - An Easter Declaration

2011-04-28T12:52:00.000-04:00

Easters

2011-04-27T16:38:00.006-04:00

Wow, this is the last post and I am all caught up!
I just love this little boy, and his Easter outfit!

All ready to go to church!

We had a busy Easter weekend. Friday we participated in our ward service project. We picked up trash along the roadside of Road 24. Trent was still at work when the project began so I had Noah to take care of myself. I put him in the stroller; got a really good work out pushing him down the road through the dirt and weeds. I really did enjoy it. I felt like I got to know some of the ward members better. And I do have to say Noah was a really good boy. He of course would freak every time he saw a truck. Whenever he see's a truck he will say, "bbbi truck". Translation big truck. He was entertained for sure!
After picking up the trash, I picked Trent and Rachel up from work. Rachel is a new NP at the clinic. She just moved here, and lets face it, Mattawa is not a really hopping place! She is a cool girl and we've done a few things together here and there.
Back to the story, we then headed to the church for an amazing dinner. Chili, cornbread, and cinnamon rolls. Delicious! After dinner there was a Easter egg hunt for the kids. This was Noah's first official egg hunt! He did a good job and loved the candy. The above picture was taken after the hunt.

Super random! Saturday night I was filling eggs with candy. I had just bought new eggs from wal mart. I pulled an egg from the bag and could feel something moving in it. I open it up and there is a beer cap from China. The eggs of course were made in China. I couldn't believe it! I guess somebody thought that would have been a good trick.
The picture isn't very good but the cap says (in English and Chinese), "Tsingtao Beer". Yes, I am keeping it!

The second egg hunt. He was so spoiled this year. Not only did we got to one Easter egg hunt, but two others! On Saturday I took Noah to the park in Dessert Aire for the community egg hunt. Trent wasn't able to come as he had to work that day.
On Sunday was the third hunt. We spent the afternoon at our friends house. It was more of their family get together, but we had a great time. That egg hunt Noah scored some great candy. He loved playing in their yard too!
Noah really wasn't into this one, mostly because he was tired and grumpy. He had gotten to bed late the previous night which snowballs into the next day. He was crying before it even started because he wanted to go over to the Bball hoops but I wouldn't let him because then he would miss the hunt. Once it was time to start he chilled out and kind of zoned out. I think you can tell in the picture above. He did pick up three eggs and that was good enough for him. He just wanted to play since we were at the park. He did have fun, I think.

Little tired I must say....

The Easter Bunny found us.

So the "Easter Bunny", saw this giant egg at Hobby Lobby, as well as a certain little boy. This little boy freaked when he saw it and was in love with it! I guess the "Easter Bunny", was watching.....

Cracking the egg open. He was way excited if you can't tell.

Having fun!
Great weekend I must say. We made some good memories. I realize this post sounds like a worldly representation of Easter. Church was great! We are grateful for our savior and the atonement. I put a cool video on FB about Christ and Easter. I will post it on here when I am not tired, or when you are on FB check it out. Alright, that is it for now!

Seattle Trip #2

2011-04-27T01:05:00.007-04:00

A sunny day in Seattle! How rare is that?? Last week we made a quick trip to the west side of the state to see our good friends, Pete, and Jess. They were vacationing in Portland and made a day trip to Seattle where we meet up with them. It was a short trip but we managed to see a lot.

Not only did we get to visit with our friends, we also stayed the night at Jonathan's and Alicia's. So nice to have some family close by! We really enjoyed visiting with them and their hospitality. Alicia made super yummy breakfast that morning to start our day. Noah wasn't able to play with William that long because we got there the night before, after he was in bed. But they will have another opportunity to play much more in the next few weeks......

The picture above was obviously taken on the water. We took a duck tour of the city, which goes on land and water. Way fun! Noah loved it. Our tour guide was goofy, but that made it all the more entertaining. When touring a city one of the best things to do, in my opinion is to take a bus tour and or duck tour. I think it is worth the money. It is time efficient and just so much more convenient!

These homes where super crazy! I never had seen house boats like these. We even saw the house boat that was used in the film, Sleepless in Seattle.
These homes are pretty pricey! Of course they are owned by Bill Gates and other billionaires.

We ate a Ivar's again! Of course it was Pete and Jess first time, but we had been there a few months ago with the Smiths. I love the view of the water and to watch all the Seagulls. Noah loved watching the birds.

Posing with the tour guide. PS, he is wearing a wig. He would periodically change hats/hair throughout the tour.

Doing the chicken dance. It was quite adorable!

Where the Mariners play.

Pete and Jess on the tour.

Getting the life saving instructions before taking off.

And here is the Harts!

Just before we parted ways. Funny story. Trent and I forgot where the parking garage was, where we had parked. It took us about 45mins to find it! Keeps things exciting, right!?

Walking around Pike's Place. It reminded me of a Reading Terminal Market in Philly a bit.

We really enjoyed seeing our friends and family. Fantastic quick trip!

Just Noah

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Action picture. Noah loves this chair!

This was really funny. I walked into our bedroom, apparently Noah wanted to go "night, night", he had Trent get in bed next to him. He would pull the covers over his head and just laugh, and laugh.

Cool sunglasses:)

Big boy "helping", Daddy at work. Looks like he knows what he is doing!

Grandparents

2011-04-27T00:20:00.004-04:00

Wow! That flash was really bright. Oops!
At the beginning of the month we had the opportunity to visit with both of our parents. Trent's parents came to Mattawa for a few days. It was really nice to have them visit. This picture was taken just as we were getting done eating at PF Chang's in Tri Cities. It happened to be conference weekend while they were here. On Saturday for the Priesthood session of Conference Trent and his Dad decided to just go to the Stake Center by the Temple in Tri Cities; so us ladies and Noah could go shopping.. This was a genius plan I thought, because they would have to drive an hour just to go to our Stake Center the other direction, where there are no stores. Anyhow we meet up with them afterward and ate dinner at PF Chang's. Fun times!
We love having visitors and family is always welcome!

Saying "bye-bye", to Grandma and Grandpa before they left:( He really was sad!

Loves playing with Grandma

Bedtime stories.

haha! This was awesome! The only thing to do in Mattawa is eat food, Mexican food. We met Trent for lunch at the Taco Wagon(way good stuff). We sat down with our food and this man sat down next to us and serenade us. Noah was memorized...quite the atmosphere.

Grandma and Grandpa Hart at the Wild Horse Monument look out, near where we live.

Grandpa Smith giving the boys a ride.
A day after Trent's parents left, we packed up the car and headed to Idaho. Trent had another CME Conference in Sun Valley. He dropped Noah and I off at my parents for those few days. It was really nice to hang out. It was also perfect timing as Jonathan, Alicia, and William were there visiting for those same few days. We also were able to visit with Summer's family too. Jonathan and I went to Parker's pinewood derby (first one I have ever been to). I had to laugh though. There is no messing around with these pinewood derby's! I had no idea that wards would hire out to a company who specializes in pine wood derby's, apparently they do! Parker's ward went all out. They dimmed the lights, had some motivational speech about how everyone is a winner. I tried not to laugh especially with the disco ball thing... anyway Parker did good. Second place I think?!
Enough about that! We also watched Dasan play in a Bball tournament. He did awesome of course.
It was nice to do some shopping, visiting, eating, and just being around family!
Noah loved playing with is cousins, especially William. He loves both sets of Grandparents.

Portland

2011-03-30T17:20:00.007-04:00

Once again the pictures are out of order, so I will just start here....Trent had a medical conference in Portland last week. Noah and I tagged along, mostly because I will not stay in Mattawa without a car for more than a day:) I really did want to go and overall it was a fun trip. Trent was in conference for most of the day and sometimes the evening too. He didn't get to do much fun stuff but Noah and I did! Outside of the hotel there was a really nice mall. It was so nice to walk around outside and be around people!! Oh the luxuriousness of a sidewalk! We stayed downtown Portland at the Nines. The hotel was by far the nicest hotel I have ever stayed. And no we didn't pay for it. If we were the ones paying, there would be no way we would stay there! I really had no idea the hotel was going to be that nice...until we pulled up. Valet parking, room service, you name it they had it.
We felt kind of out of place, especially when we got there. I was mortified when the guy went to go and park our car, because it was so dirty. Food was everywhere, not to mention the stale smell of fast food. Gross. Then came time for the bellman to help us with our luggage. huhhmmm, garbage bag with shoes in it. Grocery bags with odds and ends in it. One of them had a bottle of dish soap with nice tinfoil wrapped around the top (to prevent spillage) was sticking out of the bag. Plus all of Noah's stuff. We looked like a mess!! The poor guy helping was probably thinking he was going to get a horrible tip. Speaking of that. I was signaling to Trent to pay the guy after he helped us. Trent didn't understand what I was saying and the guy left. As soon as he left I told Trent to go after him and give him so money. So he runs down the hall to find the guy, and I quote "Hey get back here. So what is the going rate these days?" The poor guy didn't really say anything and Trent gave him five bucks. haha! I do have to say I wasn't sure who all I was supposed to tip. The staff were all very nice and helpful. They would have the stroller ready for me when I went downstairs to leave. They would smile and always call me Ms. Hart. Should I have tipped them for that??? Yes, we are high class!

The door to our room. We were on the 7th floor.

View from above.

The lobby.

Trent was quite impressed with the bathrooms. This is one of the public restrooms in the building.

The lobby again.

We did get to see some friends who live in Portland area. Spencer and Trent were roommates in college. We went over there on evening and saw their cute baby boy and just hung out for awhile. The next day Noah and I headed back out there to go to a play group with Jamie and Carter. Noah loved it!

Oh what a night! We ended up evacuating the hotel Thursday night at midnight. We were fast asleep, and all of a sudden we hear alarms going off, lights flashing, and a voice over the intercom saying to evacuate the building, because there had been an emergency reported. We were in the deepest sleep, I swear! It took us a second to realize where we were and what was going on. Trent tried calling the front desk, couldn't get through. I ran to the door to see if I could see anything. Meanwhile, poor Noah who hasn't got much sleep at all, was waking up. Trent runs past me to see if he can find out what was going on. By this time, I realize I was just in my underwear. I throw a shirt on, pick up Noah, prop the door open waiting for Trent to come back. He doesn't come, and doesn't come. I had no idea where he went! I was wondering if I should stay or just go. The person in the next room to us, comes out in the hallway and talks to me for a minute asking me if I needed help. I told her I would wait for my husband and she leaves. Then I see another woman in the hallway and ask her if she has seen a blond man anywhere before she could respond here comes Trent. He had gone upstairs to the front desk. They didn't know what was going on and told him to stay in the room. If there was an emergency there would be something an announcement on the intercom. Then Trent got stuck between the stairs because the door was locked to the our floor. He had to go back up and they let him go down the elevator.
We go back inside and I realize that, yes, I had put a shirt on, but I forgot to put pants on!! We kind of try to settle down and the alarm goes off again! I told Trent, forget it, let's get out of here! So we grabbed wallets, phones, diapers and wipes. We then take the stairs down to outside. I was glad we were only on the 7th floor rather than the 14th. We get outside and the fire trucks are there. We were told everything was fine and that someone probably pulled the alarm. We then take the elevator back to our room and tried to go back to sleep. Noah would not let go of us. Poor kid was traumatized! He ended up sleeping with us, which never happens!! He would freak out if we would turn over. We had to lay perfectly still. So yes, the next morning we were exhausted! Needless to say, it was so nice to go home!!!!
PS, Trent and I had a discussion about this incident later and both realized how dumb we really were. We decided next time anything happens like that (hopefully doesn't) we will evacuate, and then ask questions.

We have a binky problem...

I hope you enjoy the video below..this is what happens when he doesn't sleep:)

Stuff

2011-03-15T00:40:00.002-04:00

This will be a really random post, but I figure the Grandma's will appreciate all the pictures of Noah.
This was Noah eating lunch today. PB&J and an apple, which he only took one bite of, then threw it.
He is starting to say more and more words. Yesterday he said about 3-4 words that I didn't know he could say.

Eating his sandwich with a fork. Oh and he wouldn't hold still for the pictures
so that is why his eyes look stoned. These were the best ones. They will have to do.

Forget the fork! Yum

This is my favorite shot! Such a cheese face!

Trent got this pack for a sweet deal at the flea market. $15 bucks!!! Now we just need the weather to be nice so we can go hiking.

So here is the story. I was getting ready for church on Sunday morning. Usually in the morning while I am getting ready I will turn one of Noah's shows on to keep him somewhat entertained. This particular morning he got into the other bathroom, grabbed a roll of TP, and my hairspray. Then proceeded to empty out the diaper bag, found my gum and plopped down on the futon with all his findings.

That would be his mouth full of gum....and the wet spot on the futon is hairspray. PS, having the futon is so nice because I can just take the cover off and throw it in the washer. This has come in handy many times with messy hands and also when he got into my liquid blush.

Happy three years of wedded bliss!!! Here is our tradition of sparkling cider and cheesecake!

He loves playing with empty milk jugs. He did not want to let them go. He would freak out if I tried to put them on the ground...so I just left them!

Another funny story. I had poured me a bowl of cereal, started to eat, and then Noah comes up to me. He was trying to tell me something. He grabbed my hand so I followed him to see what he wanted. He took me to his bedroom. When I went in there I got distracted cause I needed to pick clothes out for him to wear for the day. I started going through his clothes and after awhile I realized that he wasn't in the room. I came back out to the kitchen and there is Noah in my chair, eating my cereal!! I ran to get the camera to take a picture, but this was the best one I could get. He got distracted with the TV. He is a very mischievous and smart boy!

February Happenings

2011-03-06T17:01:00.006-05:00

February flew by like it always does. Here's what we've been up to.
Trent played in donkey basketball last week. It was a fundraiser for the FFA at the High School. Trent and his fellow co-workers represented the clinic as a team; sadly, they lost...badly! They made two baskets. And yes, competitive Trent had to chill out for awhile after the loss:) I will post a video at the end of this for your enjoyment. On a side note, I was thinking of my brother Micah, who broke his patella playing donkey basketball last year. No injuries to report this time.
And one more side note, Trent and Noah were in the local newspaper. They put a cute picture of Noah sitting on the donkey with Trent standing next to him. They messed up on our last name and put Hill. So we are now the Hills:)

Valentines Day! Noah gave me a chocolate kiss for V-day. That is what he is holding in the picture. Trent of course, sweet guy that he is, gave me flowers and a really pretty necklace. We really didn't take many pictures because Valentines for us this year was a sick day. I was sick for a few weeks and Noah ended up getting whatever I had, which turned into an ear infection. Not fun! It was the sickest he has ever been. He had a fever of 104.8! Nice thing about Trent being a PA is that he can look at his ears anytime. Anyway we are all well now. Knock on wood......

WIND!!! The wind here is out of control. It seriously sounds like our roof is going to come off. This picture doesn't really do justice to show all the shingles we lost. They are going to have to re-shingle the roof. We also had to have our Satellite dish realigned. I guess the wind is what we have to expect during spring here.

Noah was invited to one of his friends for his birthday party. This was Noah's first friend bday party that he has been invited to. He had lots of fun! Braden and Noah love to play together. They are funny boys!

Still loves the vacuum! Oh and he also knows what closet has the vacuum in it at church. Not to mention what closet has the toys in it for nursery!

Love this picture! Noah loved looking at this magazine for some reason. He would point to a picture of this woman who had a nose ring and say "mama." Not really sure why he thought it was me! Then he would point to a picture of a man who had white hair and facial hair and say "daddy". Obviously he doesn't know what his Mom and Dad look like:)

mmmmhhh...Noah doesn't really like to eat. Very frustrating! One of my sisters said that parenting would be easy if you didn't have to feed or discipline your kids. So true!
We bought him a booster chair so he could sit up at the table with us for dinner. We thought this might help with the eating thing, but no it hasn't. Oh well.. I will just try and remember this time when he is a teenager and won't stop eating...

Crazy Boy!

2011-02-20T21:58:00.002-05:00

Here are a few random pictures of the boy.
Little blurry but he loves wearing is mittens.

Trent has been busy at work! This was all the charting he had to do after a long day of work. Work is going really well for him. He is seeing lots of patients which is good, but means he doesn't get home until later. Oh well, still is not as bad as it was when he was in school!

Ha. Noah found some swim diapers from last summer and really wanted to wear them. I let him!

Pictures of Seattle

2011-02-20T21:12:00.007-05:00

A few weeks ago we took a trip to Seattle for the weekend. So nice to be in the city again!!! We so miss Philadelphia! We got the chance to meet up with some friends that we made while we were in Philly. It was great to see Carl, Courtney, and their cute kids. They are from the Seattle area and are now living back in the area.

It was so great to spend time with Jonathan, Alicia, and William. Thank you Jonathan and Alicia for letting us stay at your place, and for taking us site seeing. We really had fun!! AND we hope to come back soon!
The above picture is us on the ferry headed to don't remember the name??? But we had crepes when we got to the other side. They were fantastic!

On the harbor.

Noah loved "playing" the arcade game on the ferry.

On the ferry. Brought back memories of taking the Staten Island Ferry to NYC. Made us homesick :(

The boys. William is such a cutie. Noah loved being with his cousin.

Not sure if you can tell what the map says, but I am trying to point out where it says Forks. Apparently the ferry we were on is what you have to take to get there. FYI, if you don't know the importance of Forks, WA - where have you been!!?!

Good ole' public transportation. We took the bus into Seattle. It gave us flashbacks of taking the train while we were out east.

Ivar's. Yum. We were able to eat dinner near the water front one evening. Alicia's brother, who is in the Air Force, happened to be in Seattle for the night and was able to meet us for dinner. By-the-way that is Noah's menu that is on his face.

That would be Trent.

Fun trip to Pacific Science Center. William and Noah found a dinosaur foot print.

On the bus. Saw some interesting people! Everyone was really friendly huge difference from the east coast!

Trent in front of the dingy Key Arena.

Here we are in Jonathan's break room at work. Quite the view huh? thirty something floor? He works for Ernst and Young an accounting firm. However, he is not an accountant he is involved with information systems. Smart stuff with computers!! He is a brain child.

Trying to get Noah to pose. Not working so well. I know this is lame, but I loved the hot chocolate machine that they have in the break room. Fun to make and tasted great!!

On the bus.

I realized that I didn't get a family picture of the Smiths. Oops!!

Christmas 2010

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Gorgeous sunrise on Christmas Morning. Our camera doesn't really do justice. Not the best quality.
We spent Christmas 2010 with the Smith side of the family. We had a great time! My parents had a full house Christmas eve night. Micah, Lindy, Jonathan, Alicia, William, and of course us. Summer's family came over just for the evening. We were able to see most of the Smith family around Christmas time. Unfortunately, we didn't get to see Jennie and her family, and Trent's family. Trent's parents did make a special trip to Boise the day after Christmas to see us. It was great! Wish everyone lived closer and then things like this wouldn't be an issue. Maybe someday??

Playing games on Christmas day.
Don't know the name of this particular game, but basically everyone gets in a big knot and has to unravel into a circle with everyone holding hands. I know that doesn't make much sense but it really does work!

Playing with new toys.

I just love this picture! I think this back pack is adorable. Noah loves playing with it. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Smith!!
It has been a few months since Christmas and at first he wasn't to interested in the back pack. A few weeks ago he must of just noticed that he has the bag because he carries it everywhere. He will grab his sippy cup, back pack, and wave goodbye to me as he walks to the front door like he is going leave. He cracks me up!

Happy boy! There is Jonathan and Alicia in the background.

Noah liked playing with his cousins toys better than his own. In fact Noah didn't have any interest in opening any of his gifts. My little tech/electronic/push anything that has a button or lights up son, was trying to turn the TV on the whole morning!

Santa was good to us this year:)

Grrr. This picture was meant to be later in this post, but blogger deleted it for some reason. So I will just put it here.
Trent is showing off his Christmas Ornament that I got him. Yep, Lakers.

The picture above Noah is sporting off his new PJ's given to him from Grandma and Grandpa Hart. He also loved playing on the rocking horse at my parents.
As I mentioned above Clint and Summer's family came over for the evening and had dinner with us. We had fun hanging out, watched the new Alice and Wonderland. I really can't remember what else we did!! I really should have done this post months ago!

Cousins!

Mom and Dad. I apologize not the best picture, but I have to put one on here! I didn't get a picture of Micah, Lindy or Jonathan family on Christmas Eve! Oops.

The Boyle's

Opening his Christmas ornament. This year he got a dog with a basketball. He LOVES dogs and any ball. Those are two words that he says very well!

Thank you Trent. I thought this ornament was awesome. A slice of chocolate cake!

Update (in other words just old pictures I haven't posted).

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Noah helping ice Christmas cookies. More like he would just eat the frosting. He really wanted the containers that had the decorative sugar etc. In order to not make a bigger mess, I let him "use" the garlic salt shaker. Reason being it was the only spice that I had that was sealed. He never knew the difference! Oh and P.S. he was using the fork to eat his cookie.

Wow, this seemed like it happened forever ago! Back in November we had a huge wind storm. We were awake most the night, because it sounded like the roof was going to come off. We lost about thirty shingles. One of the nice things about renting is that we don't have to pay for repairs! Our landlord sent somebody out to fix the roof just in time before it snowed. Perfect timing.

More shingles. We have quite the windstorms here. And I thought Idaho was bad!

Happy New Year and Happy Birthday!

2011-01-04T23:55:00.004-05:00

Trent turned the big 29 this year!!! Last year in his twenties, sucker:) In case you can't tell, Trent's bday cake is a Dodger baseball cap. I had a fun time making the cake, however I wished I would have made a practice cake. I've never worked with fondant before and it is really obvious!

I love this picture, not only because of Trent's expression, but because Noah looks so grown up. He is such a little boy (duh)!
I think Trent enjoyed his birthday. He watched football ALL DAY. Something productive did come from this, Noah can now say football. He still needs to work on the pronunciation but we know what he is saying.
Happy New Year to everyone. I will try and update this more. It's been a few months...

Happy Halloween!!!!!!!

2010-10-30T22:48:00.005-04:00

Here are our cool pumpkins!!!

Some people in our ward had a trunk or treat at their home that we went to. Noah made a pretty nice load! He was a super cute Robot this year and Trent was a prisoner(same as last year). I know I am the party pooper and didn't dress up. Oh well:) I put on a bunch of pictures enjoy!

Noah loves chocolate! I never have really given him candy before. I let him have two pieces. AND he loved it! I think we have created a sugar monster.

Trying to get candy off the table.

Halloween shirt compliments of Grandma and Grandpa Hart. Thank you!

Lil' Monkey

2010-10-30T22:33:00.004-04:00

This past week Noah has decided to be daring and start climbing the furniture. Another new thing, is that he has to taste everything! We called Poison Control the other day because he ate some of Trent's deodorant. Have to watch him every second!
He was trying to open the blinds to watch Trent drive off to a meeting at the church.

He is very smart for using his toys as stepping stools.

And yes he can climb up on the kitchen table. Turkey!!!

Not really happy when I told him he had to get down.

I was in the back of the house doing something and came out to the kitchen and saw Noah on the table. I had to get pictures before I made him get down.

This used to work. We would put the chairs in front of the TV to keep Noah's little fingers from pressing buttons.

Have I mentioned Noah loves electronics?? Not matter where we go he will find something electronic. He is going to be a computer brain child/baseball player when he is older.

Leavenworth Oktoberfest Marathon

2010-10-04T00:58:00.007-04:00

Leavenworth Marathon DONE!! I am slowly regaining movement of my legs. Besides that we had a great time this last weekend. Leavenworth is the coolest town. I felt like we were in Germany. I've never been to Germany but I can imagine! The Bavarian style was awesome!! We stayed Friday night about 20mins out of Leavenworth because there were no hotels available because of Oktoberfest. There were tons of people there! We came home Saturday night. It was a quick trip one that we will have to make again. The picture above is at dusk before we left on Saturday. Once again these pictures will be out of order but I am to lazy to fix it.

Noah waiting so patiently for me to cross the finish. Trent was so great to watch Noah and all the other many times while I was training. He is such a great husband!

This was taken at dusk as well (after the marathon, obvio). We met up with some of friends after the race and walked around to all the little shops. We had lots of fun. Well, I really didn't feel like walking but it was fun to see the sights.

Noah giving me a love after the Marathon. I was wiped out! The race didn't start until 9am and the weather was in the 80's. TOO HOT!!! The scenery was very pretty but I will Never run the full marathon again. This race was geared more for a 1/2 marathon. Maybe next year???

Love the architecture. We didn't get a picture of the McDonald's, but even that building architecture is Bavarian.

Noah found a billy goat.

It looks like Noah is trying to push the goat over but he really is just petting it.

1st lap. One other reason why I won't do this again is that the full repeats the first half! Ugh. That was tough mentally! I had to cross the finish when I hit mile 13 only to turn around and do it again. Meanwhile people are cheering for me around mile 12 saying I am almost done when really I have 14 miles left to go!

People take this serious! It was really fun to see all the people in costume running the race.

This is the fish hatchery where the race started and ended. The mountains are really cool.

Right before the Marathon.

Nervous. Not really sure what I had gotten myself into.

Crossing the finish, finally!!

After it was all done. Still alive!! My time was quite horrible; much worse than my previous Marathon in SLC. It took me 20minutes longer to finish. Nothing to brag about! However I did come in 1st place for my age group!! I am just so glad that I did this and mostly that is all over!

Summer 2010

2010-09-24T16:18:00.009-04:00

Hello! We are alive, in case you were wondering. We've had a crazy summer w/moving across country, and Trent starting a new job. It has been great! I apologize now because the pictures are out of order. Noah just woke up early from a nap and is a little bear right now. I'm trying to hurry!

Like I said Trent started his new job. The picture above is his first pay check! Haven't seen one of those in a while. Very exciting!!!

Flowers from a patient thanking him for doing such a good job.

Oh Noah. We now have a gate that goes across so he can't get in the kitchen anymore. Thank Heavens! He likes to make messes.

Enjoying.

He is all boy that's for sure!

Can you see why we have a gate in front of the kitchen now?

I actually let him play in this for awhile. The oatmeal was ruined why not let someone get some use out of it.

Loving the new ball Grandma and Grandpa Hart brought him. Over Labor Day weekend our parents came to see us. It was fun to have them somewhat closer that they can just drive and not have to fly.

Having fun w/Grandma and Grandpa. I realized that I didn't get any pictures of my parents. Oops.

The little boys playing in the park.

Trent's 2nd home. Actually it is great to have his work so close to where we live. I love his schedule.

Home Sweet Home! I love our house. It is sooo nice to have space.

Our first night in our house. My nephew Traeten helped us w/ the move and Noah. We had two parts to our move. 1st Philly to Boise. 2nd Boise to Mattawa. We stayed at my parents for about a month before we came to WA.

This was the load the 2nd time around. If anyone reading this ever moves I would highly recommend Penske. Great moving trucks and prices are pretty fair. Didn't have any problems.

Here is the crew. All ready to go. PS I really don't want to move anytime soon.
I had my fill this summer.

Cute Noah in his first baseball cap. He actually will wear it now w/o throwing it off.

We stayed in Idaho Falls w/Trent's fam for a week or so. It was fun!

On the Greenbelt feeding the ducks.

Fireworks w/Trent's fam and neighborhood.

Cool picture of Noah and Grandpa Hart.

This is 1st truck we had that we drove across country. Well Trent drove the truck and I drove our car.

I thought this was hilarious! This is Noah's cousin who is a year older than him. He wanted to hold the "baby."

Enjoying a Ice cream cone at Harts.

4th of July in good ole' Rexburg. We made it back to Idaho just in time for my family reunion that was on the 4th.

IF fireworks.

Noah thought that they were pretty cool.

First hair cut! Trent was getting tired of people thinking that Noah was a girl.

This was on our trek out west. We finally made it to Wyoming!!! Such a long drive.

All packed up ready to leave.

He has had it! He hates riding in the car. We've ruined him:)

Happy Birthday Noah!!!

2010-06-08T21:45:00.004-04:00

Ahh! It has been ONE YEAR!!! Can't believe it! Noah had a great day, I think. We had a little get together w/some of our neighbors. He loved having all the attention:) And of course he loved cake!

Grrr..fuzzy picture. Here is Noah's new toys. He is spoiled.

Noah opening gifts...

He needed a little help.

Messy, Messy!

The cake.

We let Noah open a present from Grandma and Grandpa Hart, when he woke up on his Bday.

Boston

2010-06-08T20:40:00.010-04:00

Last Thursday we packed up the car and headed to Boston. We have always wanted to go there and thought since we are moving soon we thought we had better go. And we also wanted to celebrate Trent finishing Boards, which he passed! We had a GREAT time in Boston!
I am starting backwards w/the pictures, this was on our way home from Boston. We had to get our car battery jumped twice on the way home. We were kind of sweating bullets for awhile because we weren't sure what was going on. We just wanted to get home and not be stranded anywhere. Luckily we made it home and it ended up that our battery had died. We were so glad about that because that is not to expensive!

Noah pointing to Plymouth Rock. It's not so big anymore thanks to a little thing Mother Nature likes to call erosion.

Here she is again, sideways though....

Noah, Mom, and a Pilgrim on the May Flower. All of the people dressed up as Pilgrims were in actual character as though they were from the 1600's. It was kinda funny, especially when we asked if we could take a picture.

Noah ready to set sail...P.S. Noah shirt was soaked because he spilled his bottle down him, oops.

The Fam

Way to balance!

At the Plymouth Visitor Center.

This guy was way funny!

Pilgrims

Check out this stack of wood!

We visited the Indians. The Indians were dressed up but not in character. Pretty cool.

Quick lunch on the trail at Plymouth Plantation.

Noah loved playing w/the toys.

Noah hanging out in one of the huts.

Dad and Noah in the Indian village. Disclaimer; we where told not to address them as "Indians," but as Wampan...something, something, something. I am not sure how to spell it so that is why I am saying, Indian.

Minute Men National Park Visitor Center.

Walking the trail at the Park.

Of course we had to see Fenway Park where the Red Sox play.

We both had to try Lobster. It was gross. Never again.

Poor guy. He was all tuckered out.

This was an actual person!

The US Constitution.

The Freedom Trail. We followed the red line all through Boston to see the sights.

Trent climbed all the way up Bunker Hill Memorial. Sorry the picture is fuzzy. We need a new camera.

haha! Trent in front of where the Celtics play. Kind of a touchy subject right now as they are in the playoffs w/the Lakers.

In front of Paul Revere home.

This nice older man took this picture of us, however he missed the statue. Oh well!

Trent sitting in the pews of the church where George Washington attended and where Ben Franklin was baptized.

The pews looked like stalls.

Paul Revere grave.

Mass. State Capital. This is the Executive Office.

The ex-Governor, Mitt Romney.

State Capital.

Trent giving a very important speech. Once again fuzzy picture.

Enjoying the Subway.

Subway.

Boston Temple.

Ugh..traffic Jam in New York. It took us one hour to go 1/4 of a mile! We had to laugh at a guy that was next to us. He was dangling a Yankee Jersey out his window and then he got out of his car and screamed. We were guessing that he was trying to get to a Yankee game.

Here we are in the traffic jam.

Noah was great!

The GRADUATION

2010-05-29T22:22:00.002-04:00

It was very sunny and warm....

Yay! Diploma. And if you are all wondering Trent did not go to Hogwarts even though it looks like Dumbledore is giving Trent his diploma.

Looking very serious:)

Where's Waldo, I mean Trent.

More of Graduation etc.

2010-05-25T20:03:00.003-04:00

Twins????? haha! I bet Trent called Dr. Lynch to coordinate what they should wear:) JK! Dr. Lynch is one of the professors and it just happened to be a coincidence that they wore similar attire.

An open house was held in the castle after the Award Ceremony; where Trent received his certification of completion. Also, this was where the pix above was taken.

Looking good!

Trent receiving his certification of completion of the PA program.

Trent's LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!! Good riddance:)

Funny face.

Independence Hall.

Love Park.

Here we all are!

Jim's. The best place for a cheese steak.

2010-05-23T16:56:00.002-04:00

We visited Gettysburg with my parents and brother Brandon. It was a lot of fun! We went there a while ago but it was really cool this time because my family was with us and because Noah was a little bigger.

"Honest Abe" outside the Visitors Center. He was quite a man.

This is in the Gettysburg National Cementary. It was a very peaceful place, you could really feel it - quite an experience. We didn't get to see this part when we visited before.

This is about the location where President Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address. Read the words - they are pretty profound.

Here's the little Nug - just got him coming out of the tree!

Our New Home????

2010-05-08T10:45:00.005-04:00

Wow. The past three days have been a whirlwind for us! Long plane rides, time changes, and all in three days. Poor Noah! He was a trooper! So why did we do all of this???? Trent had an interview in the middle of nowhere, or I should say the middle of everywhere(that's what people who live there say).

To cut to the chase, Trent got the job offer(we haven't said yes yet). We actually were 99.9% sure that he already had it, but it was nice to finally see the place and the clinic. Trent spent all day Thursday at the clinic and was able to see how things run at the clinic. He really enjoyed it and loved the environment. It reminded him alot of working in Mud Lake, which he really enjoyed! Also another plus is that Trent could use his Spanish since the population is about 90% Hispanic. Trent has done such a great job! Way proud of him.

Where we flew into. I never had been on a small plane before. Noah loved it. He really likes taking off and landing. He will just smile and laugh. No ear problems for him:)

This is where we stayed. It is a model home that a family there uses as a guest house. It is fully furnished. And it was soooo much nicer than a hotel. I am really glad that we were able to stay there. They were very accommodating to us.
The clinic administrator had arranged for us to have lunch at some member's home w/other young couples from the church. It was very nice of her. It was nice to meet some ward members, but it was also very awkward. Thursday night we were guest's of honor at the Senior Citizens pot luck. Everyone was so nice to us.

The inside. It was so nice to have so much room! And we even had TV!

Trent and Noah.

Here are a bunch of pictures of the area to give you and idea of what it looks like. I think its pretty. Reminds me of Idaho.

The busy, busy town of Mattawa.

The clinic.

The store.

Geez, it has been awhile since I have seen this!

We will keep everyone posted on what we are doing when we find out what that is exactly.

Hart's Lately

2010-05-03T09:01:00.002-04:00

This picture is so cute. To bad it turned out fuzzy. Anyhow haven't posted anything for a while. April flew by! Things are going good.Trent is officially all done with his rotations and now just has tests and a projects left to do. Yay! He has done awesome! Can't believe graduation is in 2 weeks, and that Noah will be 11 months this week.

Getting ready for church.

"Um, what is Trent doing?" One may think this when they look at this picture.
It is called church basketball every Tuesday night. I guess he hit the floor pretty hard. Pull out the frozen veggies. They make great ice packs!

We went to the DC Temple about a month ago. Trent watched Noah while I did a session. We trade off. Noah was trying to keep out of the sun!

Visitor Center

We took a trip to downtown a few weeks ago. We went to the National Constitution Center. Way cool. I feel bad that those who have come here and visited us didn't go here. We didn't really know about it. It was way cool. Oh and PS this us standing by the Philly Phanatic.

Easter and More!

2010-04-05T09:32:00.003-04:00

Happy Easter! We had a great weekend! Trent just finished OB/GYN Rotation and didn't have much homework to do, so he was able to spend most of his time with Noah and I. That never happens! Saturday our ward had a Easter Breakfast/Easter Egg Hunt. Then we watched Conference, which is always great.

P.S. The bunny cake was a recipe that I got off Kraft Foods. It was way easy!
Noah waking up from a nap (he actually took one! 2hrs at that).

Noah on Easter morning. He kind of ate some scrambled eggs and pancakes. Don't mind the bed head hair.

The Easter Bunny!

Noah's stash from the Easter Bunny.

He wouldn't hold still for the picture.

Sporting off cool bunny ears. He really enjoyed opening a Easter package from Grandma and Grandpa Hart. Thanks!

I love these PJ's!

Trent loves these PJ's!

9 Months

2010-03-16T15:53:00.003-04:00

9 months!!!! Noah sitting on Dad's lap sporting his cool band aids (you can kind of see them) from getting a shot and poked at his Doctor visit.

Noah is doing great! He does have torticollis, which is a spasm in his neck muscle. So I will be taking him to physical therapy. His first appointment is April 5th and I guess we will go from there.

Anyhow, he is 22 1/2 lbs, 28 1/2 inches long, and HC 18 1/2 inches. He has a big head:)

Heather's Rant

2010-03-08T20:43:00.007-05:00

President Obama came to Arcadia (Trent's school) to push Health Care Reform. As much as the man makes my blood boil I really wanted to get a ticket so I could see first hand what goes on at such an event. Even though I'm sure much of it is staged, none the less, I wasn't going to stand in line for 6+ hrs w/my baby to get a ticket. I'm actually glad that I didn't hear him speak. I was where the REAL AMERICANS(as in no politicians) were. Outside protesting. It was such a nice feeling to see other people who felt the same as I do. The one thing that I regret is that I was trying to video the Pres. as he drove up, but I got to excited and hit the wrong button! AGGGhhh! Oh well. It was great to boo and to hear people singing "God Bless America." Still so sad I don't have the video:(

Okay so before you go and think that I am inhuman for not wanting Obama Care to go through. Let me explain where I stand. Yes I agree there needs to be a change in Health Insurance. Yes Bush did increase the deficit. No I don't want people to go w/o health care that they need or to die. A solution to this would be open the borders of the states so that there can be competition. Let the free market work! And put a cap on Mal Practice Law Suits. Those would be too easy, right Obama?

The problem w/ Obama care is, well where do I start?! His health care WILL triple the Deficit. It will ruin the BEST HEALTH CARE in the world. Other socialized countries have terrible health care. That is why everyone in the world comes to the U.S.A for health care. John Stossel who now works for FOX News did a special on Canada's health care a while ago. People there are being refused treatment for the life saving surgeries that they need! One town has a lottery where they pull a name out of hat so they can see a Family Doctor. World leaders of these "Great," socialized health care come here for treatment etc. Well duhhh!!! I met a man today whose wife is from the Soviet Union and said he wouldn't even take a dog to a clinic there. That is how bad it is.

Okay on to the "Party of No." One woman I talked to today was bashing the republicans because they say "No" to everything. Actually the American people are saying no as well as Democrats!!! Watch the news (disclaimer: too bad about propaganda). Obama has gone back on his word. No surprise there. Health Care has been pushed through in the dark of the night. Deals have been made, unconstitutional at that. Nebraska ring any bells??? During his campaign (which by the way John, is over. That is the only thing Obama knows how to do) has promised that bills would not be passed in the dark of the night (such as homeland security, The Patriot Act, after 9/11) and that the American people would be involved. We all know about CSPAN. Well thank heaven for the Health Care Summit. That was theee biggest bunch of crap. It was all for show. Obama came off arrogant and wouldn't even answer Sen. McCain about his own campaign promises he has not fulfilled.

Also it was pointed out to me today once again that, "Well it is not Obama's fault. Look @ what he inherited. It is Bush's fault. The GOP has done nothing for the past 10 years. " To answer that, yes spending was out of control. BUT and that is a big BUT the current Administration has done nothing to stop spending. Actually have increased the deficit!!!! Biden says that this the time where you have to spend money to avoid bankruptcy. DEBT is NOT FREEDOM Mr. Biden!!!!! The country will not sustain itself if this administration does not stop!!! STOP saying it is Bush's fault. It really is getting old blaming Bush for all of Obama's mistakes this past year. It has only been 1 year since Obama has been in office and look at where we are. Job losses are astronomical! He is destroying the country as we know it and building a new framework from the inside out. "Fundamentally transform America." I believe those were his words...

What has scared me from the beginning is the history of this man. He sought out Marxist leaders, and teachers. Jeremiah Wright sound familiar??? He is a living legend you know (an award he gave himself:) Obama also said during his campaign that if you want to know who and what he believes look at the people he surrounds himself with. Okay look at his administration! RADICAL RADICAL!!!

Next, during the campaign Obama was talking to a man somewhere in the west ( I don't remember what state) he told him that is was necessary to redistribute the wealth. Mmmmhhh? The way to accomplish his plans is through health care. P.S. whatever happened to the American Dream? The Government can have so much power and control over a person by health care. This, my friend, would be the nail in the coffin I am afraid. Those who don't believe this will sadly see the wolf in sheep's clothing when it is to late. Hopefully this won't happen.

There were about 200 people! Yay!

Like this one!

Spring!!!!!!

2010-03-08T20:22:00.002-05:00

SPRING!!! I think it is here! It has been so nice these past few days that we went for a Sunday walk through Fairmount Park by the Schuylkill River. Ahhh so nice!
Of course we had to try out the jogging stroller (thanks Mom & Dad Hart)!

On the docks.

Dad & Noah. Noah loved being outside. He was so good!

Noah likes the DVD'S........

As I am sure you can tell!

Did I Mention he moves.....

He loves cords and wires. He is trying to pull the plug of the air conditioner out. I really have to watch him. He especially likes where the computer is. It is wire heaven for him!

Noah and the Sock (Plus other pictures of cuteness)

2010-03-02T10:08:00.004-05:00

One of Noah's favorite things to do is to play w/his clothes when we change him for bed. He will toss his pants and shirt through the air while he smiles and giggles. This particular night he was going to town w/ his socks (as you can see in the pictures). PS I took a little video of this that is posted at the end. Watch it! It is hilarious!
Tastes good!

Having fun.

Noah playing in the exercise saucer toy thing. We have some friends who will be moving and wanted to get rid of the saucer because they will be moving and didn't want to take it w/them. So they gave it to us! Noah likes it...well sometimes.

Ready to go parachuting.

Noah is mobile now.

All tuckered out! Snuggling up to his Monkey Friend. So cute!

8 MONTHS!

2010-02-14T15:33:00.002-05:00

8 months!!! Can't believe how fast time has gone. Noah is starting to scoot around and getting
more hands on with all of his surroundings! I'm thinking he is about 22 or 23lbs and 28inches???? He is as happy as can be!

Ready to play ball! Noah loves to throw balls the only problem is that it doesn't come back! He doesn't like that so much. However he will scoot after it now.

Enjoying a bath.

Happy as can be.

Check out those rolls!

To good for his sippy cup! (You can't really see but he is wearing

an ESPN shirt compliments of his father).

Snow Day!

2010-02-11T10:57:00.008-05:00

We had a HUGE snow storm starting Tuesday night lasting until 12:00 AM Thursday morning. We got at least 18inches of new snow on top of the snow from last Saturday, which we got at least a foot then.

Trent didn't have to go to work, because everything was closed. Infact all the major highways, and roads were closed. It was great. We had a fun day just hanging out at home. Noah even got to play in the snow for a little bit!

Where is the car????

Mom and Noah

Someone wants to go back outside again!

Good Morning Baltimore!

2009-12-07T21:51:00.005-05:00

Last Saturday we went to Baltimore MD for Dollar Days. We were able to get into the National Aquarium for only $1 per person (regularly about $26). Way cool! Then we went to a Sport Museum featuring Camden Yards and all of the area sports legends such as Babe Ruth (birth place Baltimore). We wish we would have had more time to go see other places, but there just wasn't enough time. I actually liked the sport's museum better than the aquarium. The Sports Museum had some really fun interactive games. So fun! PS The above picture is of Trent (Obvio), standing next to Baltimore's Heroes.

I totally kicked Trent's trash playing soccer!

Dad helping Noah ride the horse.

Trent joined the marching band.

Dad and Noah did great guarding the goal.....

....me not so great!

Trent next to Carmelo Anthony Jersey's.

Noah loved the lights at the aquarium. He kept on trying to jump out of my arms.

Really big Jaws!

Dad and Noah in the Australia Room.

Cool Jelly Fish.

Check out the double chin!

This building used to be a power plant that had been remodeled into restaurants and other stores. We ate lunch there at the Hard Rock Cafe. Very fun day!

Thanksgiving

2009-12-02T20:31:00.003-05:00

Scary picture huh?! If any of you ever come to Philly Naked Chocolate is a must! I know the above photo doesn't look all that appetizing, but it is the coolest, yummy place. We went there with Trent's parents who came here to run the Philadelphia Marathon, which happened to be about the same time as Thanksgiving. It was great to have them here!

Trent and I shared this. So good!

Of course we had to have a Philly Cheese Steak from Jim's.

Noah catching some ZZZ's, while waiting for Grandma and Grandpa to cross the finish.

He recently found his thumb.

Yay! The finish.

Martha!!!!!

2009-11-23T09:16:00.003-05:00

Here's Martha! Everyone should watch Martha Stewart on BLACK FRIDAY, because I was in the live studio audience. It is kind of a long story how I ended up being there, but to make it short I went with 7 other girls in my ward. We went to Martha and spent the day in New York. I felt weird leaving Noah (it was my first time leaving Noah with someone other than Trent). Anyhow, it turned out to be a profitable trip. I got $500 worth of prizes!
Here is the "Mormon Mommy Play Group from PA."

The set.

Martha taking questions from the audience. We were only allowed to take pic's of the set before and after the show and could only take pics of Martha if she asked questions. Luckily she did ask questions so I could get a picture of her.