Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Happy Birthday, Dad!


I just wanted to take a minute to wish my Dad a very Happy Birthday.

He's always been there for me, holding me up (whether I knew it or not). He's always been there for me, has always been honest with me (whether I liked it or not), and has always been there to give me a swift kick to get off my butt when I really needed it (thanks, Dad!).

He's a remarkable man, a wonderful father, and I can't think of anything that makes me happier than knowing that Noah is going to be able to spend a lot of time with him.

Don't ever stop "just being a Dad."

I love you. Happy Birthday!!!!


Sunday, February 25, 2007

New Noah Pics!





I snapped a couple of these today & in the past few days; some of them aren't as clear as I'd like, but I guess they're pretty good, considering my squirmy subject.

I was trying to find the picture I took of Noah a few months ago in his high chair, smiling his big smile, but since that's on our hard drive, currently in the hands of individuals who can fix said computer, I'll have to do without it. I wanted to do a side-by-side comparison, see how he's grown...

He is getting so big! He's sitting up pretty well now; wobbles occasionally, and sometimes will start to topple over, in slow-motion, but those times are getting fewer & fewer. He's really jumping now, and when we put him in his jumpy swing, he goes crazy. I don't think we'll have any problem getting him on any amusement park ride, the way he's acting now! He still has no desire to be on his tummy, and when you put him down for tummy time, once he realizes what you're doing, he quickly rolls over on his back. If you think that you'll make him stay on his tummy by blocking his roll, he gets so mad....and then whines about it. A lot.

Anyway, it's time for his dinner, so let me publish these pictures and quit rambling on & on.

Enjoy!




(The cat & the remote are the two things that I think Noah may actually crawl for.)

Monday, February 19, 2007

New Noah Movie!

Here's the newest Noah movie that Patrick did. Hopefully I'm not spoiling a surprise--I just think it's funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjaG01mQets

If you don't have high-speed Internet, it may take a while to load.

And yes, we think that his first word is, indeed, "kitty." Not "Mama." Not "Dada." But "kitty." Oh well. My first word was "cookie." And I must say, I still like cookies.

And, since I did not live up to my promise of posting a photo last week, here's one that will cause our dear, sweet boy much embarrassment in, oh, 11 years.

Enjoy!

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Not sure I like the new Blogger...

Not sure if I mentioned it or not, but Blogger recently changed. Before, Patrick & I could use the same e-mail address to log in, the same password, etc. and would just choose which blog we wanted to post to--his or mine. Well, when Blogger changed to Google, you had to update to the new version. So I logged in, using the same information. And forgot to tell Patrick that he'd need to choose a different name. So when he logged in, and chose the same username that I chose, he became forever linked to my blog. I've researched the blog help archives, and from what I see, there's no way to break this link. So, what I've done is created a new account, and essentially a new blog for myself--but only as a cover. But, in doing so, I think I've removed my picture from my blog...which is okay, I guess. Most people know what I look like, and honestly, I don't change that much from day-to-day. Most people probably log in to see pictures of Noah, which is fine with me.

Speaking of Patrick's blog, do you all realize that he's posted some movies on his blog? Not sure if people were aware, because there's been no comments left, but just wanted to throw that out there.

I'll be brief with this update, because it's late, and I need to get my beauty sleep.

I started my first full week as a Realtor yesterday. So far, it's been pretty nifty--Noah and I went to Babies-R-Us, then we went to the mall. I bought a shirt.

I should have done this YEARS ago.

Seriously, though, Mom & Dad are in Florida this week, so Noah and I are winging it. When they're in town, there will probably be a few days where I drop Noah off for a couple of hours to go into the office, but this week, I'm just enjoying being a full-time Mommy. I do have an appointment to show some houses tomorrow night after work; it was supposed to be on Sunday, but some unavoidable things came up (as unavoidable things have a tendency to do that), so we just rescheduled.

I have, however, previewed a couple of homes with my business partner (she & I are teaming up for the listing side--splitting the marketing costs, doubling our efforts--I think it's a pretty sweet deal, since she knows everyone [whereas I don't] and I don't mind talking to people I hardly know and asking them if they've thought about using a Realtor [which she isn't sure she really likes to do]--so I think we compliment each other very well).... And these aren't your normal, every day, run-of-the-mill homes. The least expensive one we viewed was around $800,000.00. And yes, that's in U.S. Dollars. The most expensive one was $1.25 million. Although I must say that one that wowed me was only $989,000.00.

Sorry no pictures of Noah with this post. I'm on Daisy (my magical laptop), and haven't downloaded any new pictures. I should be able to find a moment or two tomorrow, and download the new pictures (or take some new pictures!) and post them.