It's a good thing I have on my camouflage pants!

My Auntie Rachel bought these pants (and my shirt!) for me, and it's a good thing that I had them on. Otherwise I would not have been able to sneak up on the mighty elephant and ferocious lion!

Noah Pics!

Not a whole lot of news to tell; Patrick was gone last weekend helping Dan & Janet move a whole lot of stuff from their moving vans (notice the plural) to their apartment and the storage unit; I've been trying to work the Real Estate thing as hard as I can; and we've just been enjoying our little NoMonster. He's getting so big--he's really "talking" and every once in awhile I'll catch him singing. He's not crawling yet, but I think he's beginning to understand that it's something he'd like to do. He's standing pretty well (with support of course!) and the other day was trying to pull up on the sofa.

Wanted to put a couple pictures Mom & Dad took yesterday, and one that I took a couple days ago. It's just amazing at how fast he's grown and how much his looks have changed.

Happy Birthday, Mom!

My Mom is such an amazing woman; looking back, I'm not sure how she did it all. I know that she has a way of making things seem so easy, when I know that they aren't. I know that as I get older, I see more and more of her looking back at me in the mirror, and I can hear her in my voice. I can't think of anything that makes me more proud!

My Mom has always been there for me, as a parent when I needed a parent, and as a friend when I needed a friend. When we didn't live close to each other, I looked forward to our shopping/bonding trips--not to buy stuff, but just to be with her. I still look forward to the times we go out shopping, and just talking about all the little things, just being with her.

I love that Mom & I are probably the only two people who think "Ishtar" is a funny movie, and that we like watching funny videos of cats. I love that Mom makes it look so easy to raise a child, and then let her go to live her own life. I hope that I can make it look easy, too.

I know that Noah is going to think his Grandma is an amazing woman, too, and that he's going to love her as much as I do.

Happy Birthday, Mom! I love you!