A Mom's Thoughts The Night Before A 5th Birthday

It is the Eve of Noah Henry's 5th Birthday. How did this happen? I know it is so cliche to say "it seems like only yesterday" but I am going to use it. It only seems like yesterday that the 2nd best day of my life occurred (for those of you who know me well you all know what first best day was, Peter wasn't here yet so not that, he was the 3rd best day of my life)! Noah was born. What an amazing time in my life that was!!! How amazing my life has become because of him!!


I decided to do a little reflection on his life. So here it goes.......

0-12 Months:
*Happy Birthday Noah
*Summer of 2004 Noah camps several times and LOVES it!
*Noah learns to roll over
*Noah goes to daycare
*Noah learns to sit up
*First of several ear infections
*Noah starts getting teeth
*Noah has his first Holidays-4th of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Eve
*Noah learns to crawl
*Noah takes his first ECFE class
*Noah takes a bottle
*Noah starts swimming lessons
*Noah is the smiliest baby in the world
*Noah learns to walk
*Noah has an AWESOME first year!

12-24 Months:

*Happy First Birthday Noah-Frogs were the theme
*BIG Birthday Bash and a day at the Minnesota Zoo
*Noah sits forward facing in the carseat
*Noah loves his backyard sandbox and going to the park
*Noah has many playdays with Elise, Jack and Mallory!
*Noah et. al. buy a camper and enjoy camping in a whole new way!!
*Noah goes on his first train ride!
*Noah starts to enjoy the library
*Noah takes his first airplane ride to Maryland and Washington DC!
*Noah enjoys Music In the Park in smalltown USA
*Noah starts to talk in full sentences and never turns back.....
*Noah learns to run, climb, and just be damn busy
*Noah is still SMILEY!!!!
*Noah says "ight, nuit nacks, and many other funny words!
*Noah flies to Arizona with Mom and Gma Daun

24-36 Months:

*Happy 2nd Birthday Noah-Elmo was the theme
*Big Birthday Bash and trip to the Zoo
*Moves to new house
*Noah goes to Disney World, Sea World and plays in the Ocean!
*Noah gets his first bike
*Noah loves parades
*Noah loves to watch trucks on Main Street and all the traffic
*Noah LOVES the park and we start naming them by the color of their play equipment!
*Noah learns to love hiking and the North Shore
*Noah loves to play outside-any season-any weather
*Noah et. al. move to new house (when do we stop calling it that?)
*Noah LOVES new house!

36-48 Months:

*Happy 3rd Birthday Noah-Bob the Builder was the Theme
*This was Noah's BEST Birthday Party EVER-when we sang to him he just stood up on his chair and grinned like you wouldn't believe and held his hands together, looking out at his family and friends and was truly filled with so much joy, the pictures do not even capture how he felt and how we felt.....amazing!
*Noah decides "I want to wear big boy underware and no more pull-ups" the prize was a blue telescope and an excavator!
*Noah goes to South Carolina and Georgia-BEST vacation EVER!
*Noah starst pre-school
*Noah has fascination, well more of an obsession, maybe a love for Fire Trucks and Tractors!
*Noah meets Bob the Builder at the Children's Museum!

48-60 Months:

*Happy 4th Birthday Noah-Fire Trucks was the theme
*Noah learns to ride his bike without training wheels
*Noah learns to scooter on a razor scooter
*Noah goes to preschool again!
*Noah becomes a big brother (and LOVES it!)
*Noah learns to ice skate and now really wants to play hockey!
*Noah prepares for kindergarten!!!

So just some of teh high lights!!! Noah is the BEST!!! He rocks!

Read More Tomorrow...he will officially be 5!!! The house is decorated and waiting for him to wake up in the morning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



How Sweet It Is!!!!!!!!