Noah has gotten to be a little bit of a picky eater lately. But on this day, because he helped make the turkey meatloaf, he “gobbled” it right up (pun intended!) His favorite part was painting the ketchup on top.
Caramelizing some onions for the meatloaf – Noah enjoyed smelling them
Who wouldn’t love to paint with ketchup?
YUM 
Noah is always such a big helper, but when it came to setting up Baby Garrett’s crib in his nursery, Noah’s excitement was off the charts! The room we chose for Garrett is the room that would have been Wyatt and Jack’s. I know they’re just as excited as Noah for Baby Garrett to join us!
This elephant used to be Noah’s…he said Baby Garrett could have it so he doesn’t get scared at night.
“Do you think I’ll fit in here?”
Big helper!
Well, despite Noah’s help, we got the crib put together in just about 3 hours 
More pictures to come as we finish the room!
Noah got this microphone for his birthday from his buddy, Ella Rae, and from time to time he will give us a concert. On this day, he was especially serious about his singing!
Here is a video I took on vacation – You can tell I was trying to get Noah to tell the story, but he just wasn’t following my lead. We’ll work on interview skills 
We have been planning a little getaway vacation for a while, but with the way I had been feeling and the contractions I had been having, we were wondering if we should put off the vacation until after Baby Garrett joins us. Over the last week and a half, I have started to feel better. So after several promises that I would heed the doctor’s restrictions and not do anything more than sit in the shade and drink water, I received the blessing to change my scenery and enjoy our vacation!
We weren’t far from home – about an hour and a half to Lake Oconee in Greensboro, Georgia – to the Ritz-Carlton Lodge at Reynold’s Plantation. We will definitely have to go back when we can take full advantage of their facilities – jet skis were not on the agenda for this visit And because they weren’t busy during the week, we got a complimentary upgrade to a suite on the club level = free food around the clock is like heaven-on-earth to an expectant mom!
Can you tell Noah is ready for the trip??
Our room had 2 balconies – Greg saying “hello” from the other side
The view of the lake from our room
The fire pit where they roast s’mores every night
Making our way down to the pool
Pausing for a picture
Daredevil Noah
Noah and Daddy on the balcony chatting about their first day of ‘cation
Noah was so tired he ate dinner in bed
The next morning, we strolled down to the beach.
Mommy needed a rest – Noah pushed me on the swing
Setting up the umbrella
What Noah will tell you was his favorite part of ‘cation was the “Linger Longer Express” – a small choo choo that drove around the property. Noah got to ride it several times!
Pretending to drive the engine
The engineer sure fits the part (and the train plays Johnny Cash music!)
Noah and Daddy relaxing in the infinity pool – where does the pool end and the lake begin??
Hi Mommy!
Building a sandcastle
“Mommy, I brought you a flower! Wanna smell it?”
“When can we come back??”
I’m asking the same question, Noah
Noah has finally gotten comfortable going in the big pool without his swim vest on! He’s doing so great! On Memorial Day, we spent a few hours at the pool, and Noah was able to show me all his new tricks he’s learning with Daddy.
Geronimo!
Resting on his back
Swimming to the ladder
Sizing up the buckets – hmmm…can I do it??
Well, maybe if Daddy does it with me!
I did it!
The cutest thing was at dinner that night, Noah looks at me and says, “Can you believe how brave I was today?” No, Noah, I can’t!
Last week we went to play with our friends, Tyler and Molly Kate. Noah had so much fun wearing Tyler’s Spiderman costume and following Molly Kate as she crawled around the house.
Molly Kate was on a mission and Noah just wanted to be right by her side!
Watch those muscles, Spiderman! You don’t know your own strength!
Thanks for having us over, friends! We had a great time!
