Build-A-Bear

While we were in Phoenix in December, Ely & I were finally able to take Noah to a Build-A-Bear Workshop! 

We let Noah pick out any stuffed animal he wanted, and after debating several animals including a pink bear, he settled on a brown puppy dog :-)

Getting ready to start building his dog

Using the pedal to help stuff his dog

"Washing" him up

 

 

All done!

Noah chose the fireman outfit for his dog and aptly named him "Puppy" :-)

 Noah then proceeded to walk around the mall with the fire hose ready to put out any fires ;-)

Here are a few other random photos from our trip to Phoenix:

Lucas hanging out with Great-Grandpa Jake

 

Lucas also aged a lot on our trip thanks to this pacifier from Aunt CiCi  ;-)

 

 

Lucas: Four Months

Lucas at four months of age!!!

 

Weight: 16 lbs 4 oz

Length: 26 1/4 inches

Head circumference: 42 1/2 cm

 

Lucas's favorite thing at four-months-old is jumping in the Jumperoo! If he starts to get fussy, we can put him in the Jumperoo, and he will calm down and start jumping like crazy with a huge grin on his face :-)

Other things Lucas loves are grabbing his toes and watching his big brother. Noah was given a stuffed reindeer for Christmas from GG and Great-Grandpa Jake, but right after he opened it he ran over to Lucas and gave it to him! Lucas now LOVES holding the reindeer.

 

Lucas is also about to hit another big milestone: sitting up unaided!

 

You wouldn't know it from this photo, but Noah wanted me to take his picture with Lucas! :-)

Hahaha, it's like the bear suddenly came out of nowhere!

 

Love those chunky thighs

 

Happy four months to our little Mochi!



Beautiful Saturday

The boys and I decided to go to the park this morning since Daddy had to get ready for a flight.

Noah was very excited that he could climb this tree all by himself!

Breakfast silliness

Lucas is so close to crawling! He wants to chase after Noah so badly, and I think it's just a matter of days before he can :-)

Phoenix Fun

On our last visit, Grandma J took us to an awesome park that we practically had to drag Noah away from by the end of the day.  Freestone Park in Gilbert, AZ only has four rides, but for only $9 Noah got to ride those four rides as many times as he wanted! I don't remember what time we arrived in the morning, but Noah had so much fun that we left the park to get lunch and then had to go back so Noah could go on the rides a few more times (it was the only way we could get him to leave for lunch in the first place, haha). 

The four rides at the park include a train, a carousel, a wave runner (jet skis that go around in a circle), and a mini Ferris wheel.  I lost count of how many times Noah went on each ride!

Lucas spent most of the day sleeping or eating, and occasionally watching his brother go around and around :-)

Noah was the most excited about riding on the train!

The first time Noah and Ely rode on the carousel, Noah insisted on sitting on these chairs...of course, after the ride started and he realized that he wasn't going to be going up and down he got really upset and wanted to switch mid-ride :-)

 Well, it may not be the "shaka" he was going for, but Noah has the Volcan salute down ;-)

 

The Wave Runner

Noah was really weirded out by the wristband they gave him to wear.  For the first 20ish minutes, he wouldn't put his arm down! Ely would attempt to lower Noah's arm, and Noah would slowly raise it back up :-)  We finally had to tuck it under his shirt sleeve so he would forget about it.

 

Noah and Daddy riding the train all the way around the park

 Noah can't pass up a chance to drive a car!

Back on the carousel with a better seat :) 

 

Noah was really excited about riding on the Ferris wheel until we got to the front of the line...and then he decided he wanted to go on the carousel again, haha! 

We were finally able to convince him to give the Ferris wheel a shot, and of course he loved it and wanted to ride on it multiple times :-)