eric + kandis: 5 months...a little late.

So I'm definitely a little late on Noah's 5 month post. This summer has been crazy!! To sum it up: we've been in 5 states in the past month...yes FIVE with a FIVE month old. Haha it's been an adjustment but overall such a fun summer with our little guy. Those five states: Florida (family vacation), New York (fun stop before our mission trip), Connecticut (mission trip), Alabama (family visit), and back home to Georgia. Noah really did amazingly well with all the travel and has been the best travel buddy :). Noah has ridden on his first plane ride and gone on his first mission trip in this past month. Along with those firsts Noah has gotten his first tooth, eating baby food regularly, and started sitting by himself with his hands propping him up.

Just a note about Noah's first family vacation. We went to Orlando after a stop on the way to see Eric's family. We stayed at a wonderful hotel down there that had everything we needed to just stay and relax. The pool area had a lazy river around the property that Noah loved!! We got him a shaded baby float (police car:)) and he was more than happy to float around with mom and dad while splashing his chunky little toes in the water!! We had such a wonderful time just the 3 of us :). We stayed lounged out around the pool during the day, ate by the pool, floated in the lazy river...ahhh take me back now :). At night we went to downtown disney, did a little shopping, and ate out. It was heavenly :). We had so much fun watching Noah in the float and were so very thankful to be able to get away as a family and soak up all that wonderful time as "we three".

Now that we are back home and life as youth pastors has settled down for the moment we are on to our next big thing....MOVING/HOMEOWNERS!! That's right tape, packing, big brown boxes, and uhaul trucks here we come! We are so excited and so grateful to God that we will be homeowners the first of September. This house was such a huge blessing in our lives and we really are blown away. We've been looking on and off for about a year and God just allowed everything fall into place with this home. We cannot wait to move in and watch Noah have so many special milestones in this house....crawling, walking, talking, playing in the yard, and one day bringing him home a baby brother or sister. Thank you Jesus for the gift of this home and your neverending provision for our family. We are grateful beyond words!!

So that my friends is a snapshot of our sweet baby Noah from 4-5 1/2 months. We are so very in love with Noah and are humbled to be his mommy and daddy...what a precious gift from God. Noah, you are without out a doubt Gods biggest earthly blessing in our lives and we are continually overwhelmed with the love we have for you. We pray you would continue to thrive and that you are daily surrounded with the evident love of God and by parents that strive to love you as He loved us. Noah at 5 1/2 months you are:

- The happiest baby ever...ppl are always so tickled at just how much you smile...all the time

- Sitting up by yourself (this just started 8/11)

- You now have 2 teeth...the 2nd one just poked through a couple nights ago

- Sleeping 12 hrs consistently (you had a rough time right at 5mo with teething but have come back to being a great night sleeper)

- Taking 3 naps a day. You've become such a better napper as of late. Now taking 2 2hr naps and 1 1hr nap.

- Eating 3 meals a day...you love pears & sweet potatoes, you like apples, & you tolerate squash

- Getting on all fours and rocking back and forth...hilarious to watch haha

- Think meco is funny

- Very ticklish on your ribs

- Got your first haircut!! made mommy sad but that crazy hair of yours had to be tames :)

- Nursing every 3 hrs (5x a day)

- Babble all the time & try your hardest to sing along with mommy & daddy