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2008-12-17T12:30:00.001-06:00

What I Did On My Summer Vacation

2008-08-26T14:12:00.009-06:00

It's been a long, long time since Mommy has written anything on here for me. She apologizes. Since it's been so long, it's kinda hard to tell you all the things I've been up to, so here are some highlights from the last 6 months.

* I have a new baby cousin named Hannah.
* I went on a fishing trip.
* I went to the beach.
* I learned how to use the potty.
* I went camping.
* I celebrated Adrianna's 4th Birthday.
* I started swimming lessons.
* I went on a trip to Lethbridge.
* I went on a trip to Edmonton.

And here are some pictures from a few of these highlights.

Helping Grandpa organize his tackle box.

Hanging out in the fishing boat.

Playing in a little pool at the beach.

Practicing my casting with Sammy.

Digging a big hole with Grandpa.
(I'm the one with the hat sticking out of the sand.)

Yelling at Daddy and Grandpa
to come back and play with me.

Helping Adrianna with her presents.

"You WANT me to hit that thing!?"
No problem!

My first day of swimming lessons.

Listening to the teacher with the rest of my class.

Waiting my turn down the little water slide
since they wouldn't let us go down the big one.
No matter how much we asked.

Hanging out with Grandpa Ray in the hot-tub.

Playing with Grandpa Ray's new puppy, Bullet.

Concentrating on my driving at Galaxyland.

Enjoying the Merry-Go-Round with Adrianna.

"Look Mommy, one hand!"

Playing with Adrianna at the waterpark.

Showing off the motorboat skills
I learned in swimming lessons.

Enjoying an ice cream cone with Mommy.
(It was Mommy's treat after she had to get a needle.)

That pretty much brings us up-to-date. Stay tuned for highlights from my first day of school and the day I become a big brother!

Birthday Bash: Part 2

2008-02-19T23:51:00.008-06:00

As promised, here are the pictures from Noah's 3rd Birthday Party. Special thanks to Becky who acted as photographer for this event.

Grandpa came over early to play.

The first in a long line of gifts.

Picture summary of Noah and Ben's
relationship right now.

Very excited about the construction blocks
from Aunty Becky and Aunty Ang.

Presents make Noah very happy.

The youngest party goer, Kaden.

I'm saying cheese Aunty Becky!

More party goers.

Present from Mommy and Daddy.

There's Daddy!

Adrianna helping Noah open his gift from her.
A very loud plane that everyone fought over
and the parents confiscated.

Lightning McQueen shirt, underwear and coloring book.

Posing for Aunty Becky while waiting for cake.

Finally, the car cake.

Cheese!

Mommy's handiwork. Hehehe.

Enjoying the ice cream cake.

Time to play with the toys!

Playing Robot Potato-Head with Grandma.

It was a very fun party and Noah got SPOILED. Thanks to everyone who came. I think this was the funnest birthday party yet. It helps when your child actually knows what's going on and recognizes what a present it. And, boy, did he recognize!

Monster Trucks!

2008-02-18T17:37:00.008-06:00

On Friday night Mommy, Daddy, Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Mike came with me to the monster trucks. I was really excited about seeing the big monster trucks, not the little ones. There was other stuff there too. There were motorbikes that raced and jumped. Regular trucks that crashed. People even raced around on lawn mowers. It turns out that monster trucks are pretty loud and scary. I didn't really like it when they came out to do their stuff. But I still had fun and talk about it all the time. Here are some pictures.

Here's Mommy trying to take a picture of us.
Those chairs are pretty squishy.

Here are Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Mike.

This is how I spent the night: on Daddy's
lap with his hands over my ears.
(There were earplugs underneath too.)

This is the monster truck that gave everybody rides.

Here's one of the regular trucks that raced around.

These are the racing motorbikes.

And this is one of the jumping motorbikes.
If you look really hard you can see him in the air.
This was my favourite part.

These are the weirdos that raced around on lawn mowers.

And these are two of the really big, really loud
monster trucks. I liked the dinosaur one.
(I just didn't like it when it made noise.)

Birthday Bash: Part 1

2008-02-17T22:23:00.004-06:00

I got to do lots of fun things for my birthday. So many fun things in fact, it took three days to do them all! So I'll start at the beginning. On Thursday, February 14th I turned 3. That night Aunty Dionne and Uncle Ken came over for supper and cupcakes. Then even brought me a present. And Mommy and Daddy gave me some presents too.

This is me on my birthday minute: 10:11am

Here I am waiting patiently for my cupcakes.

Uncle Ken thought I was pretty funny.

Here they are!

I blew all the candles out all by myself!

They tasted really good.

My first birthday present! Cars MegaBlocks.

More good books from Mommy and Daddy.

And a Canada puzzle too.

It was a good night.

And tomorrow I'll tell you all about the Monster Trucks!

Through Noah's Eyes

2008-02-06T00:10:00.000-06:00

Here's the long awaited Christmas through Noah's eyes post. Nothing Christmasy about them really except they were taken around Christmas time. But enjoy!

Daddy's getting a little tired of posing for my pictures.

Playing with Daddy's Ferrari Lego set.

Smile Mommy! Mommy! Smile!

Good smiling Daddy!

Good smiling Mommy!

My Bunny.

Long Lost Christmas Pictures

2008-01-13T20:04:00.000-06:00

Better late than never. At least that's what Mommy says.

Christmas Eve was spent with Grandma Dianne and company at her house. Then on Christmas Day Aunty Stacy, Uncle Steve, Adrianna, Grandpa Ray and Colleen came to our house. We didn't get to see Grandpa and Grandma Braun and everybody until almost New Years but it was worth the wait!

Making Christmas cookies with Mommy.

Obligatory Christmas tree shot at Grandma Dianne's.

Christmas morning was all about the Lego.

I don't think that's goes there Daddy.

Yeah! Puzzles!

This piano rocks!!

Yes, Adiranna, I know it's your piano.
I was just tuning it for you.

Nothing like a present to smooth things over.

Oh man! Monster trucks! That's awesome!

Wow, that's sure a nice firetruck Sam.

You're firetruck is great too, Ben.

I get a firetruck too! That's awesome!

Boys and their trucks.

Absolutely impossible to get everyone
looking at the camera at the same time.

There. Now you've seen everybody smiling.

Stay tuned for Christmas through Noah's eyes.

Here's a preview.

And yes. Noah actually says awesome that much.

October (Yes, we know it's almost December)

2007-11-28T00:05:00.000-06:00

Mommy is lazy. That's the only excuse as to why she hasn't updated my blog. So get ready, because I did lots of stuff in October.

First there was Great-Grandma Newson's 80th birthday party. Here are a few pictures I took at the supper. (If you want to see Mommy's pictures, she put some on Facebook.)

I'm really good at action shots. Like chewing.

Here was my supper. The fries were just dipping sticks.

I'm really funny guy.

Here's Uncle Mike, Great Uncle Kent and Brent.

Hehehe. These guys are even funnier than I am.

I took a picture of Aunty Ang taking a picture of me.

After the birthday party it was time for Thanksgiving supper out in...

ROSETOWN!!!!

Mommy, Daddy and I went to a really fun park when we got there.

I went down the slide...

and played on these climbing things.

Mommy's a really good climber.

Hey! What's up there?!

It's Daddy! He thinks he's a monkey!

After the park it was time to eat. But I don't like eating so I had to find something else to do.

Like climb into the puppy house.

Uncle Josh helped me out with the finer points.

After eating Great Aunty Elaine brought us to a farm. It was my first time at a farm and it was really fun. My favourite part was the kittens.

I wanted to take this one home. I kept going back to pick him up over and over.

The horses were a little scary.

But I didn't mind them when they took me for a ride!

After Thanksgiving it was time for Halloween. But not before we got our first snowfall of the year!

I was really excited about the snow. The first thing I did was ask for my shovel.

There wasn't enough snow to shovel, so I ate it instead.

Now it's time for Halloween! Only I really don't like wearing weird clothes.

I got really upset when Mommy tried to dress me in my costume.

I was supposed to be a bat. Mommy tried to dress me in a Batman sweater and she had a cape and some ears for me. But I didn't want to wear it.

So I went as "Noah" instead.

I didn't mind the treat part though!

September

2007-10-05T14:09:00.003-06:00

Mommy and Daddy have been pretty slack with the camera lately. So I've had to take things into my own hands...

Here's Celia on the TV.

And Bug walking.

Here's my potty.

And my Dump Truck.

This is our footstool and a wall.

And here's Mommy at the table.

Mommy did manage to take a few pictures of me this month.

Here I am making my 'dinosaur' face.

I've been getting pretty good at my tricycle too. I can actually work the pedals now. Next is steering.

Grandma Dianne and I built this really big block tower.

I was really excited about it.

We had an exchange student from Columbia live with us for 3 weeks this month too. His name was Esteban. I really liked him and would follow him around asking him to read books and play with me.

See you next month!

August...So Far

2007-08-23T00:17:00.001-06:00

And I thought July was busy! August was SUPER busy. First I had to make an appearance at Adrianna's 3rd birthday party. She's a bit of a goof.

But there was cake...and I'm all about the cake.

She got some weird presents. It must be a girl thing.

But she did get this AWESOME (a new favourite word) bubble blower.

Mommy and Daddy managed to keep me pretty busy around the house.

And then we had to get ready for Aunty Stacy's wedding. It was kind of a big deal . I helped Mommy with the decorating.

Afterwards Adrianna and I hung around looking cute.

Here we are, all dressed up. We kinda stole the show.

Mommy gave me a jelly bean to keep me quite during the ceremony.

Here's the wedding party. Doesn't Aunty Stacy look beautiful?

The day after the wedding Mommy and Daddy took Adrianna and I to the Ex. It was pretty fun. Here we are on the train.

And on some flying fish.

And on an airplane.

Things have settled down here a bit. I have plenty of time to be my weird self.

Cheese!

July

2007-08-23T00:02:00.001-06:00

Better late than never.

July was a pretty busy month for me. Mommy, Daddy & I moved out of Grandma's house into our own house at the beginning of July. It's really close to Adrianna's house. She comes over on Wednesday nights and we hang out. Here we are running around and playing in my front yard.

I also got to play with Ethan and Connor when they were here visiting. We played in the jumpy house and things got a little crazy.

I helped Mommy and Daddy with some things around our new house. Whenever they needed something measured, I was their guy.

I posed for some pictures.

And best of all, I went fishing with Grandpa. He's really impressed with my fishing abilities. I even got to use a real hook...that's how good I am. I didn't catch anything, but that's okay...

'Cause I'm not in it for the fish...

June...In Pictures

2007-07-04T23:55:00.002-06:00

Here are some highlights from June. Daddy and I went to a garage sale and he bought me a whole bunch of animals. I really like playing with them. See...

I even line them up. And the little pig HAS to go on the big pig's back.

Mommy and Daddy took me to the Forestry Farm Zoo. I liked the birds the best.

Daddy and I are looking at a really big, pretty bird here.

It's a peacock.

They were walking around everywhere.

Then we met up with Grandma, Grandpa, Aunty Becky, Ben and Sam for some fishing. Ben let me borrow his fishing rod and Mommy showed me how to use it.

And Aunty Becky showed me how to use it.

And Ben showed me how to use it.

But then it was Ben's turn to have it back. I wasn't too happy about that.

I guess it was his rod.

But don't worry. I got my own fishing rod and now I practice in my backyard...naked.

See you in July!

May...In Picutres

2007-06-06T16:30:00.000-06:00

I've been way too busy to post lately. In case you haven't noticed, it's nice outside. And why would I do anything else but go play outside. This is what I do:

I go outside whenever I can and run. And then I run some more. I love to take-off down the sidewalk and make Mommy and Daddy run after me. I'm pretty fast. They really have to run.

I love to help Grandma water her plants. I don't even care when I get all wet and muddy. Adrianna likes watering plants too. She helps whenever she comes to visit.

The only time I'm not running is when Daddy makes me sit still for pictures.

Well, I guess I do go inside sometimes. I don't mind it when there's cake involved. Ben had his birthday party inside and it was pretty fun. Did I mention there was cake?

Ahhh, cake.

I actually refuse to eat anything that doesn't have sugar in it. I find that when I refuse to eat anything, Mommy and Daddy will be forced to give me exactly what I want when I ask for it. If the only thing I ask for all day is cookies, by the end of the day I usually manage to get one.

Even though it doesn't have lots of sugar in it, I will eat cereal. I also feed cereal to my animals.

The sheep is a bit of a "pig".

I enjoy cereal so much, I help myself to it whenever I want. Mommy wasn't paying attention to me the other morning, so I got myself some breakfast.

Good stuff.

Random Pics

2007-04-28T23:00:00.000-06:00

Mommy and Me

Easter Chocolate

Cookie PJ's that I only wore once for 20 minutes.

Me and my soon-to-be-step-cousin "Anna".

Adrianna likes food way more than I do.

My new Hot Wheels sunglasses.

My new glasses, my new wagon and my new chauffeur.

Whoooo Hooooo!

Hey...who invited this guy?

My 2nd Birthday

2007-02-19T20:30:00.000-06:00

Since Aunty Becky is so impatient...here is the rundown of my birthday party. On my real birthday Mommy made some cupcakes. Then Mommy, Daddy and I went to Toys'R'Us and I got a Cars backpack, a couple Thomas trains, and a Thomas movie.

Today was my BIG birthday party. Mommy stayed up really late last night getting my cake ready. Then she got up early this morning and made lots of yummy snacks for everybody to eat. Aunty Ang was the first person to arrive (she's very punctual). Then Grandma & Grandpa came over along with Anika and my friend Wyatt, Corinne and my other friend Graye, Fake Aunty Dionne & Uncle Ken, Mommy's cousin Jenn, Great-Aunty Joanne, Grandma, Aunty Crystal and Uncle Josh. Here's a picture of me helping Mommy get everything ready.

There was a lots of Cars stuff at my party. Including this really nice Lighting McQueen cake that Mommy made.

There were lots of presents for me too. I got a couple more Thomas movies and another Thomas train, a tool belt (I did NOT want to try it on), some Superman toys, Sesame Street books, and LOTS of clothes (including a Bob the Builder shirt and more Superman PJs). After the presents we got to eat cake and ice cream.

The cake was really good. (I finished Wyatt's for him after he left).

Everybody was really tired after the party so we all had naps. When I woke up Daddy and I played in the balloons. My Great-Grandma Val and Great Aunty Elaine also came over after my nap to see me. They brought me more clothes and a really cool pair of shoes. They're blue and Mommy says they're called DAWGS. I didn't like them though and won't try them on.

It was a really good party. My other friend Ava couldn't make it but she came over tonight after supper to play with me. I showed her my trains and played BOO! with her. She was lots of fun.

Remember When...

2007-02-14T14:37:00.000-06:00

Happy (Belated) Birthday Daddy!

2007-01-29T15:45:00.000-06:00

It was my Daddy's birthday on Friday. We went out to Grandma & Grandpa's for supper and cake (Mommy cooked). It was lots of fun. I even made him a card.

I've only known my Daddy for a few years but he's the greatest guy I've ever met. (Grandpa is a close second).

He was the first person who ever held me.

He gives me lots of baths.

He showed me how fun toys are.

Then he showed me that tools are WAY more fun.

He lets me eat in front of the T.V.

Sometimes he dresses me funny. But I don't mind.

He'll help me do things I really want to do.

And he's the best guy to lay down and cuddle with.

So Happy Birthday Daddy!! Thanks for sharing your cake.

Don't ever stop being the funny guy you (think) you are.

I LOVE YOU!!

My Cousin

2007-01-15T17:43:00.000-06:00

My cousin Ben and I had a really good time at Christmas. I miss him now that Christmas is over and I ask for him all the time. My Mommy made a DVD for me with lots of video of me and Ben playing. I watch it everyday.

When we get together we like to play with our cars. But sometimes Ben stops playing and comes over to hug me for awhile. I guess that's just what cousins do.

Christmas 2006

2007-01-03T10:49:00.000-06:00

Mommy was kinda lax with the camera this year so there aren't pictures of all our Christmas gatherings. But to be fair, there were a lot.

So here are some of the highlights. (The last 5 pics were stolen from Aunty Becky.)

Christmas Eve

What do you mean this isn't how it goes?

Mommy's Note: Jonthan and I got Noah a Car for Christmas. We had to return it. Partly because the door wouldn't close, mostly because he got soooo much stuff this year we simply didn't have room for it. So I'm not going to put up any pictures of Noah and his car. But here's one where he was helping Jonathan put it together. He was really excited. Now I'm going to cry.

Christmas Day

Noah enjoying a car from Aunty Stacy and Steve.

Boxing Day

While everyone else opened their mounds of presents, this is what amuzed Ben and Noah the most. Animal crackers and a cheap puzzle.

Noah also REALLY liked Sam's present.

Alright Sammy...I guess I'll share your piano with you.

Shake Shake Shake

Ready, Set, GO!

The mound of presents. This isn't even all of them.

The Braun Gathering

Noah was bombarded by girls when he arrived. He hid in his booster seat until Ben got there.

Amusing themselves in the corner.

Forget Ben. I'd much rather play with this pretty girl. (And bring her toys, and show off for her trying to get her to look at me, and sit by her for the rest of the day.)

Fireman Noah

Alright. Who's bright idea was this?

I'm A Big Boy Now!

2006-12-17T22:24:00.000-06:00

I did it! Tonight I peed in my potty all by myself! Mommy, Daddy and Grandma were very excited. Mommy showed me where the pee goes when I'm done and I got to flush the big potty. It was a very exciting night.

Peg Leg Noah

2006-12-05T01:34:00.000-06:00

If you've ever wondered how I manage to amuse myself...

Random Pictures

2006-11-20T14:12:00.000-06:00

Here's some pictures of me. If you really want to know what I've been up to go check out Mommy's blog. It hasn't been good. I've been a pretty difficult boy lately. Here are some pictures showing my non-difficult side.

Every morning Grandma makes me a fruit smoothie drink before she goes to work. I have it for breakfast. It's the only way I'll eat fruit. And I LOVE them.

Now that we have all this snow I can go for sleigh rides. They're really fun. I just sit back and let Mommy do all the work. I wear my toque now and my boots but I still won't wear those mitts.

Mommy and Daddy bought me a big-boy toddler bed. Don't be fooled by the picture. This was the only day I actually liked it. (see Mommy's blog )

Ben came to visit me a couple weeks ago. This was the first visit we've had where we got along and played really nice. Ben decided he wouldn't try to hug me all the time and I decided I'd let him play with me.

Grandma gave each of us these cool toy cars. Mine was a yellow truck and Ben's was a red race car. We sat at the window and played cars for a long time. Ben showed me how to race up the glass.

He won.

Snack time!

Then Ben left and now I have to play all by myself.

That's all for now!

CANDY!

2006-11-01T10:16:00.000-06:00

Yesterday was a weird day. After supper Mommy and Daddy put this dumb costume on me again. They know I don't like it. I tried to scream and fight but then Daddy gave me Smarties. I was so busy enjoying the Smarties I didn't realize that Mommy had got the whole costume on me. I was kinda upset. But then I got to go in the car and I got to bring my candy bucket with me. A candy bucket is something Grandma gave me a few days ago. She showed me how to bring it to people and they'll put candy in it. I like my candy bucket. I didn't like that stupid costume.

First we stopped to get Aunty Ang. Then we stopped to see fake Aunty Dionne. Neither of them gave me candy. Then we went out to Grandma & Grandpa's. Grandma had little packages with chips in them. I really like chips. And she had chocolate. She gave me LOTS of chips and chocolate. And nobody minded when I stole candy from the box and put it in my bucket. They seemed to be too distracted by my costume.

Next we did something really weird. Grandpa, Mommy, Daddy and Aunty Ang took me outside where we walked over to the neighbour's houses and knocked on the doors. All these strangers would come to the door and look at me. It was kinda scary. But then they gave me candy too!! My bucket was so full. This one lady even gave me a ball! By the last house I'd kinda gotten the hang of this whole thing. I guess if you dress up funny and have a candy bucket it's all right to go knock on strangers doors and take candy from them.

After going to strangers houses we went to Grandma & Grandpa's church. There were lots of kids there running around. Some of them were wearing costumes too. And Aunty Susan was there to give me more candy. I was shy for a bit but then I ran around like the rest of the kids. I ate more Smarties and ran up and down a ramp. I really didn't mind my costume any more. How could I not like something that got me this much candy!

We got back into our car and on the way home Aunty Ang and I had a candy fight in the back seat. I threw all the candy from my bucket at her! It was so much fun! I felt all tingly and hyper.

When we got home I played with Grandma Dianne and Sara a bit. Then they took my costume off and I wasn't allowed to have any more candy. Mommy, Daddy and I sat on the couch and watched a new movie Over The Hedge. It's not as good as Madagascar, but I'll watch it again.

It turned out to be a pretty good night. I wonder if I'll get to do it again tonight?

Fall Photos

2006-10-12T10:47:00.000-06:00

My Mommy and Aunty Becky sure think alike. Cause Mommy and Daddy brought me outside the other day to take pictures just like Ben and Sam's Mommy and Daddy did. Only we didn't go to a park or field or anything. We just played in all the leaves in Grandma's backyard. It was lots of fun. I would run and jump into the leaves over and over.

Dance Evolution

2006-10-02T23:32:00.000-06:00

One of Noah's favourite things to do is dance. Here's the proof...

Don't forget the sound!

Am I Really Related To These People?

2006-09-27T23:17:00.000-06:00

I met this guy named Ethan the other day. When Ben and him get together things get all crazy.

I try and stay away from them, but they jump around everywhere.

Seriously people. I'm outta here.

My Buddy

2006-09-19T22:59:00.000-06:00

This is Ben. He's my favourite cousin. I really like him.....

Most of the time.

Mommy's Slacking

2006-07-09T23:21:00.000-06:00

My Mommy just realized when she sat down to help me do this post that she's barely taken any pictures of me since the last time we blogged. So for all you Noah's World readers here's a quick summary of what I've been doing for the last month and all THREE pictures that I have to show you.

My Aunty Becky and Aunty Angie threw me a First Birthday Party!! It was great! There were lots of kids there, and presents, and cake. I wonder if they knew it wasn't really my birthday? My Mommy doesn't have any pictures of it. Maybe Aunty Becky will send her the one's she took and then Mommy can post them here.

I got to spend an entire weekend with my Grandma's and Grandpa while my Mommy and Daddy took a trip all by themselves. I wonder if they took any pictures of me while I was with them.

I've also been spending a lot of time outside playing in pools and with watering hoses. I like to help water all the flowers and get really, really wet.

I've been spending a lot of time with just my Daddy lately because Mommy got a job and has been working way too much. But it's lots of fun playing all night with Daddy. We make big messes and then leave them for Mommy to pick up later. Hehehe.

And I've gotten a couple new teeth. I now have NINE teeth. They work really good when eating ice cream cones.

When you have lots of teeth like I do you have to brush them every day, twice a day. I've gotten really good at doing that too. I even have my own tooth brush and toothpaste.

The other weekend I got to go to the greatest place ever!! It's called a lake! There's a giant pool and a giant sandbox there that you can play in for hours and hours without ever having to go inside. And I LOVED it! I sat on the beach and played in the sand while the water came up and got me wet. My fake Aunty Dionne and fake Uncle Ken came with us and played with me. I hope we go back again really soon.

Sorry it took so long for an update. We're going to try and not wait so long anymore. But right now I'm going to go pose for my Mommy. She needs to start taking more pictures of me.

P.S. Mommy is finished changing her blog. Some people have said that they can't get into her blog now. If you can't see it you are probably using Internet Explorer. Try upgrading to Internet Explorer 7. If it still doesn't work then you'll have to use a different browser. Mozilla, Foxfire or Netscape should all work. If you don't want use a different browser...then too bad. She's put too much time and effort into it and she's not changing it back.

test for mommy

2006-07-06T01:46:00.000-06:00

Don't worry....a real post is coming soon....just having troubles with blogger.

Moving, Cousins, and Other Stuff

2006-05-29T15:24:00.000-06:00

Wow!! I've done lots of things this past month. Mommy, Daddy and I moved back to Saskatoon. Now I see my Grandmas and Grandpa all the time!! But before we moved we went back to all our favourite spots in Winnipeg.

Here are Daddy and I at the park watching the ducks and geese.

I wanted to go into the water but Mommy and Daddy wouldn't let me. So instead Daddy held me up so I could touch it.

Mommy and I watched the birds too.

And while Mommy and Daddy were packing I kept getting into trouble.

It looked like a good idea at the time. But don't worry...I got out all by myself.

Not long after we moved into our new apartment Mommy finally decided that maybe I should get a haircut. I didn't think that it was such a good idea.

But it turned out alright. Mommy thinks that I look more like a little boy now.

Don't worry...I still manage to get into trouble here in Saskatoon too. Mommy realized it wasn't such a good idea to give me that Fisher Price Tape Player. I'm pretty smart and I love to press the buttons.

Last weekend Mommy, Aunty Angie and I took a trip to Yorkton to see my cousins. But they took too long getting ready.

Mommy has never seen me fall asleep watching TV before. I was really tired.

Cousin Ben and I had lots of fun on the weekend. We played on the beds.

And I showed him how I like to play with cats.

And then we made cupcakes!! They were really good.

Oh yeah...we also went swinging in the park. It's was lots of fun.

And guess what!! I have 6 teeth now! I pushed out 2 molars and Mommy and Daddy didn't even know it. They were so busy waiting for my top front teeth to come in they didn't even think the others ones would come in first. And now I have 4 front teeth and 2 back teeth. Not bad for a 15 month old. Hehehe.

Rammy

2006-04-26T09:13:00.000-06:00

Daddy says I'm rammy. Mommy says that's not a word. I have lots of energy though. I like to run around screaming. And I like to attack the cats. And when Mommy or Daddy make me mad I like to attack them. When this happens I need a time out. I have to go sit in my crib...or sometimes the corner.

And when Mommy is folding the laundry she really needs my help. So I take everything that she's folded and unfold it. And when it's neatly piled in the basket I empty the basket. I'm such a good helper that now when she does the laundry I get to sit in a special spot.

I LOVE sitting in my special spot!!

Now that it's nice out we go to the park almost everyday. There are swings and slides and these rocking things. I really like it there. We bring a ball and Mommy and Daddy throw it around with me.

Mommy really likes it because playing there tires me out.

See...I'm too tired to even play with my toys.

Next time I post I won't be living in Winnipeg anymore. I get to go live in the same place as my Grandma's and Grandpa's. Can you believe it!! I'll get to see them as much as I want. It's very exciting.

Long Awaited Update

2006-03-30T13:40:00.000-06:00

My mommy has been slacking off on my blog lately. I tell her that I have devoted readers but she doesn't listen. She finally put some new pictures on the computer and realized she couldn't put it off anymore.

I've been doing a few new things lately. I've realized that crying, stomping and throwing temper tantrums usually get me whatever I want. I also don't like it when Mommy and Daddy are in the kitchen and not paying attention to me so I go in there after them, squeeze between them and the cupboards and PUSH really hard until they're not in the kitchen anymore. They love that. And I know that there is a world outside my own house now, a world with long hallways to run in, and malls with slides I can go down, and other people's houses with new faces and toys. I just don't understand why we spend so much time in this house. I bring Mommy and Daddy hats and shoes and yell at them to put them on me and take me out, and sometimes they do...but not as much as I would like. And Mommy has been teaching me signs so I can tell her what I want since my vocabulary hasn't moved much beyond "out" and "up". I know "telephone", "bye bye", "all done" and most importantly "more". I just tap my fingertips together and I get food. So it doesn't really mean "more" as much as it does "food". Mommy's been trying to teach me "cookie" and "juice" but "more" works fine so I just use it over and over again. And the most exciting new thing I've discovered is that FINGERS FIT IN NOSES!!! Can you believe it! My finger fits so nicely into my nose and I get such a reaction out of Mommy it's worth doing all the time. hehehe. Other than that nothing much has changed. Not even my teeth. I still only have two little teeth but they work just fine. Well, here are some new pictures.

Here's Mommy and I sharing some creamcheese icing. mmmm

Here's Daddy and I going for a sled ride.

Here I am trying to crawl on snow...I really hate that snowsuit!

Watching TV from a laundry basket....You have to try it!

I'm practicing my climbing skills.

I'm practicing my cat-catching skills.

Just a little further....

Learning from Cousin Ben....all my soothers in a row.

UPDATE: I used my "cookie" sign today. Mommy and Daddy were very proud.

New Friends and Other Stuff

2006-03-08T12:13:00.000-06:00

I've been learning all sorts of new things lately. Mommy is teaching me how to use a spoon! It's really fun. You have to hold the spoon really tight and then dip it into the bowl and scoop the food up. Then you get to put the spoon in your mouth! I've been eating really yummy cereal with my spoon.

And I really like feeding other people with my spoon too!

Would you like some? It's really good!

Mommy and I take naps together sometimes too. It's fun in her room because we get to lay in bed AND watch tv. And then the cats come lay with us too.

The other day when Mommy was supposed to be doing homework she thought she would give me a bath instead. But she forgot to take my clothes off!! You can't have a bath when you're wearing clothes!

It was pretty funny. Daddy didn't think it was as funny as Mommy and I did though. He said she was just trying to procrastinate...whatever that means. Then he made her clean me up and give me a real bath.

And a couple of days ago these people came over and brought me some more birthday presents. They also brought this little girl with them too. Her name was Chloe. She just laid on the floor like a cat so I thought maybe she would like to wrestle like my cats too. Mommy didn't think she did. So I just laid beside her while she checked out my ears. I let her play with some of my old toys too.

She was wearing these really cool blue shoes but she couldn't even walk! And her Daddy was really big and when he talked to me I got kinda scared. He's a football player.

Well, that's what I've been up to. I have a cold right now so I'm not very happy. I'm feeling pretty yucky so I only like to sleep laying on Mommy or Daddy. And when I cough it wakes me up and kinda hurts so I've been crying more than usual. But it's really nice outside and when I'm feeling better Mommy and Daddy say they'll take me on a sleigh ride outside.

Happy Birthday Aunty Becky!!

Pictures For Aunty Angie

2006-02-23T15:34:00.000-06:00

I've been a pretty busy boy lately. One-year-olds have lots of things they have to do.

I helped Daddy mop our floor. I thought I should help him since it's mostly my mess that gets stuck on the floor.

And then he helped me take my bath.

But then I stole some chips from him...even though I wasn't supposed to. I didn't think he'd mind.

In the mornings my kitty Celia comes to visit me. We sit and chat until Mommy comes to get us. We weren't quite awake yet on this morning.

I'm getting really good at playing with my popper toy that Uncle Mikey got me too. The balls pop out and then I go get them and put them back in. But sometimes I get stuck so Daddy has to help me out.

And then I go steal Daddy's slurpee straws!

And those are just some of the things I've been doing lately. I'm trying to learn to talk too. I can say "up" and "out". Mommy and Daddy are always telling me "out!" "out!" And I throw balls and play with my train set. I also discovered that pointing helps me get things too...I just point to something and then Mommy or Daddy hands it to me! And when I put my arms up and say "up" they'll pick me up and hug me. But I don't say "up" very often.

My First Birthday

2006-02-16T11:38:00.000-06:00

What a great day I had. I think it should be my birthday everyday! Mommy came into my bedroom in the morning saying "Happy 1st Birthday Noah!" then she gave me a great big hug and I got to go wake up Daddy. Then at breakfast I got a card from my Grandma Dianne, Uncle Josh, and Aunties Ashley and Crystal. There was money in it too...but Mommy says that's going in the bank for school.

Then after breakfast Mommy blew up all these balloons and I played with them until lunch time when Daddy came home with even more balloons! Only these ones floated!

After lunch Mommy and Daddy untied all the floating balloons and they went up to the ceiling. All these long ribbons came off the balloons and I liked walking through them and grabbing them and running around while the balloons followed me. So Mommy left them up on the ceiling so I could play with them all day.

Then it was supper time. I had broccoli and cauliflower with cheese, some bits of garlic toast, and spaghetti and meat sauce. It was sooo good. I made a really big mess with the spaghetti but Mommy and Daddy didn't even care. I even got to eat in my diaper.

Then after supper there was this cake with a candle and a sparkler and my friend Aidan and his Mommy and Daddy came over and everyone sang "Happy Birthday" to me. Then they gave me the cake! The whole thing! Can you believe it!

It was carrot cake with cream cheese icing and it was sooo YUMMY! And nobody got mad at me even when I put my foot in the cake!

And after supper they gave me all these presents to open but I was more interested in playing with my friend Aidan. I had lots of energy after that cake!

It was a great day! Thanks to the people on the computer who came to my party too! Mommy's sorry it didn't work better. The webcamera kept making our computer freeze and she had to restart it like 10 times. She's also sorry she doesn't have more pictures but she was so excited to play with me all day she kept forgeting to take them. Now I can't wait until my next birthday!!

2006-02-13T13:40:00.000-06:00

IT'S MY PARTY!!
And You're Invited!!

Since Mommy and Daddy and I are all by ourselves for my very first birthday, Mommy thought it would be nice to show everybody out there my birthday party! February 14th is my birthday and I'm going to have spaghetti and cake and presents. You can watch me eat my spaghetti and cake and open my presents because Mommy is going to broadcast my birthday on the internet! If you want to come just go to http://meldawnb.camstreams.com at 6:00pm tomorrow night (that's Winnipeg time). Mommy will do a test run tonight at 9:00pm so everybody can try it out and make sure it works.

*You will be signed in under a guest name - please change your name so we know who's there and don't block you.

*Mommy has her own blog now too! If you're interested it's melissabraun.blogspot.com - and don't forget to comment!

Things I've Been Up Too

2006-02-05T10:58:00.000-06:00

It was Daddy's 30th Birthday and he got some tools and a tool box. I helped him sort everything out and put everything away. I really like tools (especially power tools).

I Love Spagetti! Anything pasta with some tomato sauce on it makes me really happy. My other favorite foods right now are chicken and cheese. I also like broccoli if it has cheese on it. And don't forget the bananna for desert. Oh...and I'm drinking LOTS of juice from my sippy cup
(1/8 juice: 7/8 water).

I've found another cool place to play in the kitchen...the REFRIGERATOR! There is so much neat stuff in there. I found this funny looking bottle in there and Mommy let me have a taste of it and it was GOOD. Maybe she'll let me dip cheese in it sometime.

I've also turned into a little monkey this past week. I've figured out how to climb onto this chair all by myself. Bug loves to sleep on the chair and now I climb on up with her. But don't worry...I give her a kiss afterwards.

I'm also having lots of accidents lately. The other day I was running and I tripped and fell on my face. I fell so hard that my nose started to bleed. And now my lip is all red and the top of my nose is a little bit swollen and purple. And then yesterday I was shaking the end table like I always do and one fell on me! I'm not sure how it happened but I scraped some skin and bent my fingernail and it started to bleed too. There was so much blood everywhere that Mommy didn't even know where I was hurt. But I showed her my finger and it hurt LOTS! Now I might loose my fingernail. Daddy says I'm following in his footsteps. Mommy just hopes that I don't start jumping off refrigerators.

*This post brought to you by homework procrastination.

I'm Playing Tag!

2006-01-31T10:23:00.000-06:00

Mommy say's we're playing tag and somebody tagged me. So now I have to answer all these questions. Some of the questions didn't apply to me so I'll make my own up.

4 THINGS

Four Jobs I've Had

1. My first job was to grow in Mommy's tummy. That didn't go very well cause I gave her lots of trouble.

2. My second job was being born. That's went really well. It only lasted 4 1/2 hours from start to finish. (I was making up for the trouble I caused at my first job)

3. My third job was sleeping and eating. I'm still doing this job and getting better every day.

4. My fourth job is PLAYING! I'm really good at this job...especially when I have someone to play with.

Four Places I Have Lived

1. In Mommy's tummy.

2. In our apartment in Winnipeg.

3. At Grandma Dianne's for part of the summer.

4. At Grandma & Grandpa Braun's for the rest of the summer.

Four Places I Have Vacationed

I've only ever been to four places.

1. Winnipeg

2. Yorkton

3. Saskatoon

4. Edmonton (That was a REAL vacation with Mommy and Daddy. Playing cards in the hotel room was the BEST)

Four TV Shows (Commercials) I LOVE

1. The one with the bunnies and the really cool music. I dance when ever it's on. (Telus - pretty much any commercial by Telus)

2. The one with all the oranges dancing around. (Tropicana)

3. The one with all the cherries dancing around. (Fisherman's Friend)

4. Anything with a car or spaceship in it.

Four Toys I LOVE

1. My house...it has a radio and I play it all the time and dance to it.

2. My car...it also has a radio I play and dance to all the time.

3. My stearing wheel...it has LOTS of buttons and sounds and is REALLY loud.

4. My popcorn popper toy...Grandma and Grandpa sent to to me from Saskatoon and I LOVE it. I push it around and scare the cats and annoy Mommy and Daddy.

Four Foods I LOVE

1. Pasta and tomato sauce. I LOVE IT! Any pasta will do but spagetti is the messiest and funnest to eat.

2. Chicken. It's SOOO good. I eat it faster than Mommy can cut it. It's really good when combined with the pasta and sauce.

3. Grapes. They're good anytime.

4. Cookies. They're really sweet and I make big messes with them.

Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now

1. Playing with my Grandma and Grandpa Braun. They are sooo fun. They have lots of toys and don't mind sitting on the floor with me and CHASING me!

2. Playing with my Cousin Ben. He's the coolest guy I know. He has a really cool car and sometimes he lets me drive it.

3. Rocking with my Grandma Dianne. I love to cuddle with her. And she always reads me lots of stories.

4. In the bathtub. I gotta go their right now actually cause I just dirtied my pants.

Bye Bye!

Photo Album Update

2006-01-27T19:09:00.000-06:00

Mommy's updated my online photo album. If you wanna see just click on "Photo Album" under "Noah's Links".

Don't Forget To Write

2006-01-19T17:26:00.000-06:00

Mommy says that if you read my blog you have to leave me a comment. Just a note saying "Hi" will be fine. And even if I've never met you before it would be nice to know you were out there reading and interested in what I'm doing. Gotta go eat supper....mmmm broccoli.

Long Overdue Update

2006-01-19T09:48:00.000-06:00

Hi Everybody! Mommy says she's really sorry she hasn't posted anything in a while but she's been really busy. We spent almost a whole month in Saskatoon over Christmas! Daddy was there too but he couldn't come till later because when he was leaving Winnipeg the car broke down....again. And then when we were ready to come home after Christmas everybody got sick! I was okay though...and I got to stay a whole extra week with Grandma and Grandpa (only they were sick some of the time too). And then finally when we were all better and ready to come home an old lady hit Daddy when he was in our car! Mommy and Daddy were not very happy...but I didn't mind because it just meant more time with Grandpa. So Grandma and Grandpa let us borrow their car to come back to Winnipeg while ours stayed in Saskatoon and got fixed. I thought that we should have just stayed and played but Mommy had already missed lots of school...I don't know why she was so anxious to go back...she doesn't even like school.

But let me tell you about Christmas. I got soooo many toys that Mommy and Daddy couldn't even bring them all back to Winnipeg with us! It was great...all those boxes and paper and especially ribbon...I LOVE ribbon. And Ben and I both got really cool cars! Sometimes Ben would let me try his while he tried mine...but he mostly just tried to take whatever I had. I don't know why...there were lots of toys to play with. And there were LOTS of new people to visit with. We even drove out to Rosetown to visit my Great Grandma. That was really fun only there were lots of puppies trying to play with me. There were puppies where ever I went at Christmas. I like to play with them only if they were smaller than me though. That Roscoe kinda scared me at first but by the end we were good friends.

But now I'm back in Winnipeg and I've taken up an old hobby of mine....CAT WRESTLING!! I don't know why I ever stopped. Bug and I have the greatest matches! I usually win though cause she gives up and leaves. And I've figured out how to open EVERYTHING. There's lots of stuff to be found in cupboards and lots of clothes to be pulled out of drawers in my room.
And pretty soon I'm getting a visitor. My Grandma Dianne is coming to baby-sit me for a whole week!! Daddy has to drive Grandma and Grandpa's car back to Saskatoon and then buy us a new one because that old lady that hit our car wrecked it so much that we're not getting it back. And Mommy has to go to school EVERY DAY now so she can't even watch me. But Grandma Dianne was insistent that she could come and watch me instead of me having to drive all the way back to Saskatoon with Daddy.
Well I gotta go now. Mommy says to tell everyone out there that she will try to post more often. (I don't know why she doesn't do it more cause she sits on the computer ALL THE TIME!)

Very Busy Boy

2005-12-15T23:46:00.000-06:00

Hi everybody! I'm very sorry I haven't talked in a while but my Mommy has been hogging the computer for weeks now. She thinks her school work is more important than letting me blog. I have had a very busy couple of weeks though. After my fever went away Mommy and Daddy had to go back to doing lots of homework again. Especially Mommy. She sat in front of that computer all day and all night for weeks. School must be very hard. I'm glad I don't have to go. Since Mommy was working so hard I got to spend lots of time with Daddy. We watched TV and played all by ourselves. Daddy thought it was a pretty funny game when he put his clothes on me...

I thought it was funny too...but not as funny as he did. Mommy also stopped working long enough to help Daddy and I put up the Christmas tree. I'd never seen a Christmas tree before so at first I was kinda scared. They're pretty prickly...and some of the things we put on the tree were prickly too. But it didn't take me long to realize that there were very cool things hanging on that tree. My kitty Bug showed me how to take all those things off the tree too. And then I got to help Mommy wrap all these boxes up...

I don't know why she was doing it since you can't play with the stuff when it's all wrapped up. And she seemed to think it was funny to put all these bright bows on me. That Mommy and Daddy...what am I going to do with them? After Mommy was finished sitting in front of the computer she brought out all these tools and started to make a lamp. She had a drill that I was very interested in...but she wouldn't let me see it. But she said the lamp was mine for my room. It's really cool. There are pictures of my toys and different things from my room on it. And it lights up really nice. My mommy is really smart. Even though it was mine she had to bring it to school to show her teacher before I can put it in my room. But I get to have it after Christmas...

After Mommy was done my lamp she didn't have to do any more school work! I finally got to sit down and play with her. But not for long because she started packing all my stuff up and said that we were going on an airplane to go see my Grandmas and Grandpas. Now I didn't know what an airplane was but I do now! It was really big and kinda loud and flew through high in the sky while we were sitting in it! And the best part was that I got to sit on mommy's lap and watch TV the whole way! But we had to leave Daddy at home because he still has school work to do and I didn't like that. I miss him lots but he's going to drive here to Saskatoon and see us in a few days. But right now I'm visiting with all my Grandmas and Grandpas and Aunts and Uncles and showing them how I can walk and run away from them. And I even helped Grandma Dianne with her Christmas tree. She had already set it up but since I had helped Mommy and Daddy I thought I would show her how she should put it...

I think the beads look much better in a pile on the floor. And they taste pretty good too. Well that's all the stuff I've been doing for the last little while. I'll come back and tell you some more stuff later. Mommy and Daddy said that some guy is going to be coming and bringing me presents in a few days. He's from the North Pole and he flies too...but not in an airplane. I'll let everybody know what he brings me. Bye Bye

Not A Happy Camper

2005-12-04T01:52:00.000-06:00

I have been having a very hard couple of days. It all started when one of my teeth finally started to come up. Mommy was very excited cause she could feel it and see it. It's my first one you know. Mommy and Daddy think it's funny that I could walk before I had any teeth. But my tooth started to make me not feel very well. My mouth was really hurting me...so much that I didn't even want to share a popsicle with Daddy. And then I woke up crying in the middle of the night cause I was really hot. I had a fever. So Mommy and Daddy took turns staying up with me all night because I would not sleep unless somebody was holding me. I still didn't feel well the next day and then Daddy started not feeling well either. Neither of us felt like eating so we sat on the couch and watched TV all day. Having a fever isn't fun. It's makes Mommy sad because I don't want to play with her like I usually do. When you have a fever it means that you always want someone to hold you, you cry a lot, you don't want to be left alone, you don't want to eat, you don't want to play, you don't want to wear clothes, and you especially don't want to sleep by yourself. So last night I got to sleep with Mommy and Daddy in the big bed! I would have been more excited if I didn't feel so bad. I slept pretty good but I don't think Mommy and Daddy did. My fever still didn't go away today but I felt a little bit better. I think I might try sleeping in my own bed tonight. Mommy really hopes I feel better tomorrow because she doesn't like to see me so upset all the time. Mommy and Daddy also wish that we lived a lot closer to the grandparents so they could help take care of me...especially because they have lots and lots of homework that they still have to do even though me and Daddy aren't feeling well.

Guess What I Can Do!

2005-11-24T23:37:00.000-06:00

Did you know that crawling isn't the only way to get around? Cause it isn't! I have discovered how to walk. I took my very first step all by myself on November 12 and I haven't stopped since. As of today I can walk almost 3 feet...without holding onto anything! Mommy and Daddy get really excited when I do this...and then I get really excited cause they're so excited. It's a good game. It's really hard work though. Because balancing is very important when you're trying to walk...and that is something that I'm not very good at yet. But I'm practicing everyday. I might even get so good that those cats won't be able to get away from me so easily. Which is good cause I really like to jump on that fat one.

All About Me

2005-11-18T19:38:00.000-06:00

Mommy thinks that people might want to hear what I have to say....or at least laugh at all the things I do. So she decided that it might be fun to have my own blog...whatever that is. All I know is that I get to sit at the computer and bang on the keyboard...which is one of my favourite things. And my cousin Ben has a blog too...so it must be something that big boys get to do. So I'll start my new hobby by introducing myself. My name is Noah Michael Jonathan Braun and as of today I'm 9 months and 4 days old. I was born on Valentine's Day of this year....Mommy says that I turned one of her least favourite holidays into the best day of the year. Some of my favourite things to do are wrestle cats, jump on beds & play with things I'm not supposed too. I'll fill everybody in on other things I like to do later...but right now I have to go eat supper. MMM....squash.