Birth Story: On Friday morning, April 17th 2009 I was dreaming
a crazy dream. I can’t remember all of
the details, but my Aunt Maxine was in it and I had to go to the bathroom. I almost think she was teaching me a dance?!
Who knows! Well suddenly I felt as if I had peed the bed. Even in my dream I remember wondering if I
peed my pants. I woke up and freaked
out. I ran to the bathroom and peed, but
even though I was finished water was still coming out into the toilet. I was pretty sure my water was broken. It was around 4:30 in the morning. Noah was not even due until May 15th
so my classroom was not ready, I was not ready, nothing was ready! Lol My house was a mess and even though the water
continued to drop out of me I stuck a towel there and insisted that we cleaned
before we went to the hospital. Lol So
despite Tommy’s arguments we cleaned up a bit, packed a quick hospital bag and
headed to the hospital. The funny thing
is the very next day was supposed to be our birthing class!!! Needless to say
we didn’t make it. After your water breaks
you have to deliver within 24 hours to prevent infection so we were excited
that we would have our baby boy very soon.
The contractions started and even though they really hurt I held out
until I was about 7.5 centimeters dilated
before I got an epidural. Within an hour
of the epidural and about thirty minutes of pushing my baby boy was born. Apparently he had been in the birth canal for
awhile because he had a two inch cone head!! Lol He was 19 ½ inches long and 6 pounds 4
ounces. J
Noah – 0 months old
When I first
saw Noah from a distance as the doctors were cleaning him up ,etc. He looked like a little black baby and I was
freaking out because I was thinking nobody
would believe it was Tommy’s! ha ha. But it
turns out that he was just needing a little circulation. He had brown hair and blues eyes!
His poor little cone head! When I
first held him in my arms I was full of emotion. I suddenly felt an intense feeling of love
and protection for this new baby. I had
opted to breastfeed and the nurse wanted me to try and feed him immediately. I had no idea what I was doing and it was a weird
experience, but we made it through. Noah
was greeted by the following people at the hospital: Grandma Timmons (my mom) and his Daddy were
there for his birth. Then Grandma
Starits, Holly Link (my best friend), Step Dad, and Brother Jeffrey came to
visit. My brother Kyle was on his
mission in Oklahoma, but we made sure he knew of his arrival as soon as
possible! Noah’s first month of life was beautiful. He slept most of the time and was a good
baby. I was in love!
Noah’s Blessing Day = May 10, 2009.
What a special day and weekend. My mom was graduating with her master’s
degree so we were lucky to have my grandma Morgan, Aunt Melinda, Uncle Kory and
two of the their four kids (Ryan and Addie) also be there for Noah’s
blessing. It was a wonderful weekend! We have a four generation picture where I
look like a beached whale still! Good times!
Tommy gave him a beautiful blessing.
I felt the spirit so strong and it was such a touching experience to
have your baby being blessed. Wonderful
day!
Noah – One Month (Theme song “Cry,
Cry Baby!”)
Noah was the perfect baby until the day he
turned one month old and then he cried ALL of the time. It started out being in the evening for three
hours straight and it gradually got worse.
One day he cried all day except for a couple hours. Needless to say Noah and mommy cried together
many a night and day. I did not know
what to do. No matter what I tried he
always seemed to be in pain. He seemed like his tummy hurt all of the time and
then I felt bad because I was breast feeding and felt like it was my fault
because of my milk. Well after a horrendous
month he was put on hypoallergenic formula.
No milk based for this little guy!
And then eventually he was put on acid reflux medicine. He started doing MUCH better after that. He still had moments and hours sometimes
where he fussed, but overall he did MUCH better! I was very thankful for my mom for being
there to help tremendously when he was first born and then during this very
HARD month of figuring out why my baby cried all of the time. I really appreciated her and I am so thankful
for her.
Noah- Two Months Old
Noah’s tummy
got better and so he was much happier, just every once in a while a sour tummy
as evidenced below. Mommy and daddy just
fell more in love during this month!
Noah Three Month
Noah has been in the 25th percentile
for height and weight. Mommy started
working when Noah was three months. It
was the hardest 10 months of her life.
But Noah had a great baby sitter, Nana Jan who took great care of
him. He started to smile more often this
month.
Noah Four Months
He started to laugh very hard this month. He also started to play more with toys and
with mommy and daddy. He began reaching
for and grabbing for toys. This was the
month that began “the everything goes in the mouth” phase. He started "baby
talking" and bouncing in his walker. He has loved to be on his feet since he
was around 2 1/2 months. Also he started eating cereal and vegetables
with a spoon. Also during this month he discovered his feet! He
just recently started to kind of scoot around on the floor. Up to this
point he has hated tummy time, but is starting to like it now. He also
LOVES being talked too...and is just a little spoiled. J He HATES taking naps.
That could be bad for mommy in the future! :)
Noah Five Months
Noah started getting bigger. He started rolling over and eating more solid foods. He plays peek a boo with his blanket! He is so little to know how to play that game already!
Noah
Six Months
He begin to sit up on his own. He also began to scoot and
army crawl everywhere. Noah started to
pull himself up on furniture as well. He started to laugh and be very
happy as well. He started saying da da da when talking to himself and playing
with his toys.
Noah Seven Months
At 7 months old he began to crawl regularly. He also started
saying ma ma ma, but usually only when he is hungry or tired and crying at
mommy's feet.
Noah Eight Months
He got his first tooth. Then
the second one started coming a few days after. So his bottom two have
pushed through. He has been so much fun. He also recognizes words like:
food, diaper, bottle (ba ba), bye, yea, vroom, Roxy). He is soo smart.
Also, it is the cutest thing. Whenever he has a stinky diaper momma
has taught him to wave his hand in front of his face while she says stinky.
He has actually said stinky once or twice. His babysitter taught
him to push his car around the house and say, “vroom”. He also
let his babysitter know that he was stinky one day, by going by her and saying
“stinky.” He is a lot of fun and loves to laugh. He will wrap his
arms around you and give you loves. He will also give nice, big open
mouth kisses. He is eating solids three times a day and has been on milk
based formula since 6 months old. Finally!
His sensitive stomach is starting to handle it better. At
first he spit up the milk based formula a lot, but now he is just
spitting up every now and then. He loves his little snack puffs and
drinking out of a Sippy cup. Although usually all the water that goes
into his mouth, is spit right back out and then he laughs. He always
tries to crawl out of his high chair. He tries to escape and cry when I
change his diapers. He fights naps like NO other and just loves to
play and explore. He is really only cranky if he is hungry, tired, or he
is teething and its hurting him. We think his stomach is better, but
are scared to take him off of his liquid Zantac just yet. We enjoyed our first
Christmas with Noah. He had us out of
bed by 6:00 AM and was as cute as button in his first Christmas PJs. He did not really know what was going on, but
we helped him open his gifts and he enjoyed playing around with the paper and
boxes more than his new toys!
Noah Nine Months
Noah is a joy!!! ;)
He warmed my heart the other day.
He does not care at all when I leave him in the morning and could
care less when I come and pick him up. He just loves Nana Jan his baby sitter.
However, the other day when I walked through the door to pick him up...he
saw me and smiled a huge smile and then just started to book it and crawl to me
smiling and was just so happy to see me. I LOVED it. I sure love
him. He is getting into everything, climbing onto
and into everything, and is so fun.
Noah Ten months old
Noah Eleven Months
He is playing more and more and loves
to walk around furniture, not taking any steps on his own yet though. He is getting bigger and bigger!
Noah Twelve Months ~ One Year’s Old!
On
his first birthday Noah took
his first steps! A few days after that he was a full-fledged walker
because he was very determined after getting his first taste of walking freedom. He kept walking and falling, walking and
falling until he figured it out. His
first words: da da, ma ma, ba ba (bottle), mo mo (more), what at? , hot, ball,
nigh nigh, light. He had been in the
25th percentile at all of his checkups. However, at his one year checkup
he weighed 20 pounds which put him in the 10th percentile for weight. He
was 29 inches which kept at 25th percentile for height. He is small
and perfect!
14 months
He
seems to sing abc, he gets a serious face and shakes his head no while making a
mmh sound, he shakes his finger no at things, when he gets hurt he points to
what hurt him and shake his finger, he yells at Roxy to get down or tells her
no when she barks, he gives kisses and loves when you ask him...if he feels
like it, he says down, mamma, dadda, mm(milk), more, ball, grandma, papa,
He
dries his own hands and wipes his own mouth by putting the cloth to his face
and moving his mouth back and forth, lips closed tight
he
can identify his eyes, teeth, mouth, ears, nose, feet, hands...and more
He
likes you to say honk, honk when he pokes your nose
He
gets into everything and enjoys taking things out of it's place, he loves
undoing my purse and wallet, he likes to bring things to you
He
claps, he laughs
At 14
months he has 6 teeth. 4 on the top and still only two on the bottom
when daddy
gets home (or if mommy is actually gone) he runs to you and gives you a big
wrap around the neck hug
He
loves to snuggle and gets the biggest smile when you pull him on your lap and
squeeze him...when he is ready to snuggle he brings you his blanky and his
binky. Then he points to the remote and PS3 controller so he can watch tv
and snuggle with you...usually resulting in him napping.
When
he’s hungry or thirsty he walks to the fridge or cupboard and whines
he's
officially discovered his pee pee in the bath tub
he is
getting better about diaper changes, but is still a brat and tries to get away
the whole time
he
loves music, he sings and he dances by swaying side to side with a smile on his
face
Plays
the piano, helps mommy mop (not!)
He
LOVES bath time.
He
eats pretty much everything. He is very demanding of attention - esp if
you are on electronics. His acid reflux seemed to have gone away with him
turning one years old. He is a very happy boy unless he is tired or
teething.
Noah
Eighteen Months
He started Nursey and loved it the first month and then all of a
sudden he started clinging to me and crying when I dropped him off. That lasted about a month and now he loves it
again. During sacrament he asks to
go. It will be quiet and all of sudden you
hear Noah yell, “Nursery!!” He used his
binky for naps and bedtime until 18 months and then we cut him off cold
turkey. He cried when I put him down for
naps for about a week, but after that he was pretty good! He sleeps well during the night and takes
good naps. FINALLY! It only took 18 months. Probably did not help that I worked until he
was 13 months old and his babysitter held him for naps until then. So I am glad he can
sleep on his own for naps now.
Noah
Twenty Two Months
Noah is talking very well for his
age. He knows and can recognize his upper case letters (all of 26!)
He also knows his numbers 1- 10. He is one smart cookie. He has
actually known this for about a month too. He loves to sing, He
especially likes to try and sing the alphabeth, twinkle, twinkle little star,
Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam, and Barney's I Love You. He loves to watch
Cars and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and Elmo. He has great manners, but
awnry too! He has trouble sharing, but is doing better. He always asks
for a kiss on wherever he gets an owie, including his butt! If he knows
you hurt yourself he will say sorry mommy and give me a hug or kiss. He
loves cereal bars!
He is
so much fun! He loves to do puzzles and color!!! He likes to play
with cars and tools with daddy. He knows and recognizes pictures of Jesus
and the Prophet. He is the joy of my life!! He has to work on figuring something out
until he gets it. He is very persistent
and has to figure out things or he gets upset.
He will color and do puzzles for an hour or more!
Noah loves to ask you to snuggle
and watch a favorite show with him. He especially likes to ask this right
before bed time. And it so hard to say "no" to his sweet
smiling face asking to snuggle. But he sure knows how to stall bed time.
He takes a book in bed with him for naps and bedtime. He used to
pick the book he wanted super fast...now he takes his sweet time, knowing the
longer that he takes the longer till he goes to bed! :)
The
other day I went to play with him and he did not want me there so he said,
"Mommy commputer." Meaning he wanted me to get on the computer
so he could play by himself! lol So funny!
