Noahisms

Noah has entered a really fun phase recently. He's two now, and he has a great sense of humor, and now that he's talking more he makes Ash and me laugh more and more every day.

Ash traveled for work recently and while he was traveling we couldn't talk to him on the phone. When he got back home, Noah and I were in California for a conference I wanted to attend.

After almost three weeks of solo parenting, and traveling from the east coast to the west cost alone with Noah, I was a little tired. I feel like I do a great job keeping up with Noah for a lady who is 5 something months pregnant, but even I need a break sometimes. One morning, I told Noah we were going to head to the San Diego Zoo but I needed to sit down for about 20 minutes first.

Noah looked at me and said, "Call daddy!"

I figured he missed Ash so I called Ash and put him on speaker phone. As soon as Ash answered Noah said, "Hi Daddy, help me, mommy's stuck." Ash and I each laughed really hard and we tried to explain to Noah that I was sitting down, I wasn't stuck.

Noah Fancy and me in San Diego

Last night at dinner Ash was talking to Noah a lot as we ate. He kept asking Noah questions about the food, his day and so on. Noah looked at Ash, then pointed to Ash's plate and said, "Daddy, Mommy said EAT!"

Every day, Noah seems to learn something new, and every day he seems to laugh more often and heartier at the things around him. It's like he gets more and more and each new thing he learns makes him love his life and the world a little more. It's completely humbling and wonderful to be around.

He walks into a room, smiling from ear to ear. If Ash and I are both there he says, "Hi Mommy. Hi Daddy." Then he goes to the opposite end of the room and runs at us with his arms open wide, a smile set on his face and lands in one of arms, hugs us then runs to the other. Sometimes he kisses each of us and then demands we kiss each other and these moments that may only last a minute seem to fill my heart up like they are forever.