First Steps

Ever since Noah went mobile it's been a whole new world for him. He's become a very quick crawler who we chase after regularly. He loved to pull paper off the desk shelves and take all of his books and toys off his play shelves. Noah has also stated pulling up on everything. He will pull up on a piece of furniture and cruise his way around a room. He also finds a way to get as close to the kitties as possible, even when they jump up on furniture to get away from him. He's started to step on objects to make himself taller.

Over the last week he's been walking behind his walking toy quite a bit. He has the whole run of the main floor of the house. Behind his walking toy he navigates from room to room, walking as far as he can in a straight line and then letting us know that he needs help turning his toy so he can continue on. Lately he's been pausing as he walks along to let go and try standing unassisted. He has been standing on his own for progressively longer periods of time. Tonight he was standing holding on to Eric's knee for balance. Then he let go and stood there for 20-30 seconds. We clapped and cheered him on because this was the longest we have seen him stand. He was so excited by the attention that he decided to take one step forward. We cheered even more. Then he realized that he no longer had something to grab onto and plopped down to the floor.

It was an exciting first step. We were so glad that we both had the opportunity to witness it. We're not putting too much stock in it though as we know it could be a long time before Noah is ready to walk. He's getting the idea though and he's pretty proud of himself for his accomplishments. Of course we're very proud of him too... as any new parent would be.

State Fair

Noah had his first experience at the Great Minnesota Get Together this weekend. He enjoyed trying some new foods and people watching. He also thought the animals were pretty neat. We let him pet a horse, goat and pig. I think he was most interested in the horse because it's head was bigger than he is. He also got to meet Goldy Gopher who he thought was pretty cool.

Here are a few photos from our fun packed day.

Teeth

About a week and a half ago (Saturday 8/22), Noah woke every 15 to 45 minutes throughout the entire night. Eric and I were dumbfounded as to what was bothering him so much. We took turns laying with him, rocking him and shushing him through the wee hours of the night and morning. The next day we were both exhausted. Last Wednesday (8/26), I felt a tiny sharp object in his mouth. After much distraction and convincing, I was able to look at Noah's bottom gums and see that he had a tiny little portion of a tooth poking through. He was getting his first tooth on the bottom left-front. That explained the ugly Saturday night. A few days later, another tiny little sharp object appeared on the bottom right-front. This week, he's still working on those first two teeth. They haven't advanced much further but they don't seem to be bothering Noah quite as much now. As long as he's not in so much pain, we're okay with the teeth taking their time because he's still nursing and the teeth are not yet big enough to cause his mother much pain.

Noah doesn't like showing off his pearly whites yet. In fact he sticks his tongue out or clenches his jaw and purses his lips to prevent us for peering into his mouth. So sorry to all, no photos yet. We'll try to snap one when Noah decides to give us the opportunity.