Friday night out with Noah!

"i a piggie"

Jammin' to the Rolling Stones

Naomi Fenwick!

This is our precious new niece and we can not wait not wait to meet her. Finally a GIRL in the family! She is 10 months old and has congenital heart disease that my require surgery once she is here in the United States. She currently lives in foster care in Hubai, China. We hope and pray that all goes well and as scheduled so she will be home with us by Christmas. We continue to pray for her daily and thanks God for an answer to our prayers!Below is a video of Noah meeting his new cousin. Every time he sees her picture now he wants to give her a kiss :)

Noah on the big boy potty!

Noah with his new snake that Paw Paw bought him!

Noah is growing up too fast! He is talking more and more every day. He has become interested in the potty so hey why not let him try?! Daddy bought him a new potty seat today and he has asked to sit on it several times through out the day. He finally went potty tonight before bed (after sitting there for five mins.) I got so excited when he actually went that he began to cry told me he was scared.
Well we gave up on the swim lessons this week. He did well for a couple of weeks but has since decided that he does not like it any more. I have noticed that he actually does better at the pool with me. So each trip to the pool he gets more comfortable. He now like to stay in the big pool rather than staying in the baby pool. We are counting down the days until vacation! We look forward to getting away and enjoying a relaxing week at the beach with family. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer!

Swimming with Daddy... HAPPY FATHER'S DAY BRIAN!

Noah's second week at swim lessons

Noah decided to go swimming with his new float in the bath tub!

Today Noah had his second swim lesson and I am so glad that it went better than last week. He was so excited about going swimming but as soon as we got there today he got so scared. Brian was able to go with us this week which really seemed to help. After only a few minutes of being upset Noah calmed down and got right in with Brian. There was actually an eight month old girl there that was swimming under water... I had never seen anything like that! It was amazing! I think every week will be better and our goal is to get Noah comfortable in the water. He loves running around the baby pool but the "big" pool is a little scary for him.

Tonight when I went to start Noah's bath water he went running in the other room. The next thing I knew he was trying to get in the tub with his new float! How could I say no?! So we had swim time in the bath tub :)

A Long Week......

This has been a very long week at the Aulick house. Noah has had a mixture of strep throat, high fevers, his fifth ear infection since December, and the hand,foot,mouth virus! That virus has caused him to have horrible blisters inside his mouth and on his lips. I have felt so sorry for him! He has not been able to eat much of anything except pudding! And I believe that we have watch Cars and Toy Story more times than I can count :) Yesterday seemed to be the turn for the better with Noah, for dinner he actually ate 1 chicken nugget and a few fries. I now have strep throat and have felt horrible at times. I guess I had forgotten how painful strep can be! I am praying that Noah and I feel better REALLY soon and I also pray that Brian stays healthy. He starts his summer classes this week and really does not have time to be sick! I think that Noah seems to be getting tired of just playing at home with mommy and daddy. He mentions his cousins *Braden,Chase,and Nate* all of the time!

This has become Noah's favorite spot to watch his movies!

Sword fight with daddy!

Since we have not been able to go to the pool Noah splashes around in his "tiny" baby pool in the backyard. We are suppose to start swim lessons on Saturday!

Noah loves cheerios!

Last Weekend.....

Noah's new hair cut!

We went to the Cherokee Triangle Art Fair last Saturday afternoon- after daddy rested up from running the mini marathon. Noah found a tambourine sitting on a table and decided it would go better around his neck as he danced with his cousin Chase!

Noah and Daddy Friday morning watching the hot air balloons fly over our house. Noah was amazed! We attempted to go see the balloon glow on Friday night but because of the wind it there were only a few balloons to watch :(

This was the view from our backyard on Saturday night watching the balloons take off for the Great Balloon Race! I hope everyone is having a great Derby week and enjoying this beautiful weather. Noah has been under the weather but after a trip to the doctor today I am hoping the antibiotic will kick in and he will start feeling better soon.