Noah – Week 8 – as big as Teddy TrialRun

When we bought our baby gear, we didn’t have a clue how to use any of it. So this teddy became our guinea pirate. We put him in the pram and took him out for walks with the dogs. We strapped him in & out of the car seat and baby carrier, over & over until we figured those out. Yes, I even changed nappies on him and practiced dressing & undressing him in baby clothes.

I call him Teddy TrialRun.

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When Noah was born, we realized that we made a bit of a sizing error, because Teddy T was so much bigger. Not anymore!!

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I think they’ll be best friends.

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Grow Veggies for Peace

If only it were that easy.

Spotted at Kew Gardens “eco-village”

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Happy Valentiniversary Day!

I surprised Marta by revisiting our wedding venue and having lunch at the restaurant there.

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She surprised me by ordering a smaller version of our wedding cake to eat at home.

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Hello, mamalicious

Pretty woman, walking down the street…

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Shaggy with racing stripe

Mamalicious was busy taking care of baby, so I got to try something creative and new… giving her American Cocker Spaniel a haircut!

[Daddy, I'm scared. Please put the clippers down and stop cackling like a mad scientist!]

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Shaggy looked bored with the regular ‘puppy cut’ so I decided to modernize it. Make it more sporty. So I buzzed off all his back hair except for a racing strip down the spine, and let it taper out to his back legs. Then I cut off all the hair on his lower legs so it looked like he was wearing cutoff shorts.

The picture doesn’t do it justice. He’ll be the envy of all the dogs on the block.
[You mean I'll be laughed at by all the dogs on the block.]

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Wait! Where are you going? Don’t run away, I’m not done yet.
[Oh yes you are, I'm outta here. Woof!]

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Video – Noah smiles

These are the first videos of Noah smiling.

Noah’s new tricks, weeks 6 & 7

During weeks 6 & 7, I learned a new trick: SMILING!

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I’m Superbaby! Stronger, smarter & cuter.

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(YAWN!) Ok, I’m tired. Can I take this off now?

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I love staring at the farm animals on the nursery wallpaper border. That’s where my best friends Duck, Cow, Sheep, Pig, and Dog live.

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I also got my mug shot taken last week. For my passport. I’m officially on the grid now.

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Goo-goo, gah-gah!
I also learned to make cooing sounds.

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And I think I’ve perfected my “unhappy face.”

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Chilling out in my coolest outfit, “Rock and roll like me.” (Shout-out to whoever gave this to me as a present, I think it was my grandparents in Spain.) Peace-out!

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I have the best girl in the world

’cause I came home from a hard day’s work and she made me this:

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Succulent. Beef. Ribs. With 2 kinds of BBQ sauce. HEAVEN!

Noah – 1 month old

If you really want to feel time passing by, have a baby. I can’t believe it’s been a month already.

“Feed me NOW!!!”

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We introduced the bottle this week. He took to it like a dog to a bone. (I find that baby training is very similar to the puppy training, except that I can’t tempt Noah with scooby snacks.)

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He hasn’t given us a real social smile yet, but sometimes right after a feeding he closes his eyes and gives a little one.

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Noah’s tío y tía (uncle & aunt) came for a visit.

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Faces of Terror!

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Noah, week 4

It was the longest month, it was the shortest month. I don’t think I’ve tried to form as many long-term memories at any time in my life as I have in the past 4 weeks. What a ride! Speaking of rides, Noah loves his new ‘gandulina’*… especially when you rock it hard like it was possessed by a devil. I’d be scared of flying out of the thing, but he falls asleep. (*Spanish for ‘Lazy-boy’)

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To all those who told me that having a baby was so much more difficult than raising a puppy… wrong! Like I said, you don’t know Jack. Literally. My dog Jackson had a ridiculous case of separation anxiety as a puppy — howling and whining and keeping me up all night long, destroying the house whenever I went away, and he a bad tummy to boot so I was constantly cleaning up after his vomit and loose poop. It took nearly a year for him to get over most of it. And have I mentioned his drooling? So I’m sorry to disappoint you, but Noah is a walk in the park compared to the Jack-beast.

Thanks to Alex & Becky for the awesome tee.

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Noah got a bit of ‘baby acne’ all over, mostly on his face and chest. Excess hormones from the breastmilk. It’ll go away and it doesn’t seem to bother him much, except for looking like a teenager 13 years too soon.

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Los abuelos [the grandparents] flew in from Spain last week (and boy, were their arms tired). That means it’s family picture time!

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Sporty Dad!

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