Nothing cuter than a boy in overalls! :)

Here are a bunch of pictures from this afternoon! I didn't edit anything out so they are kind of random.  Noah absolutely loves watering flowers!  On second thought, maybe it's the picking of the old flowers and yelling 'dead head!' as we toss them and playing with the hose that he loves.  Either way, we have so much fun doing it while Brooklyn naps each day! 

"Helping, helping!"

Water his 'truffula trees'.   

He seriously has the sweetest little hands!

"More water, please!"

 

"It's raining, it's raining!!!"

If there is water- this boy will find it!

He's trying to refill his can. :)

And these next few images are for my husband,
who has zero faith in my planting & keeping flowers alive abilities! :)

This one is massive.  I actually planted 1/2 in another pot! (the first image)

Noah's hibiscus!

Love his little foot prints!

"Noah, lets just get one smile and then we'll go inside."

Definitely not his real smile, but the best that I was going to get.  

Today was the first time he's ever been ready to go inside before me.
It was probably because I was trying to take his picture.

And our little princess is awake!

I took some of the children together, but they aren't uploading correctly.  I'll try again tomorrow, because I'm off to bed.  And it's before 9PM!! :)

he melts my heart.

pretty in pink.

Noah with his babies.  We don't go anywhere without them.   

Although chalk is fun, it does not taste good.  

No, I wasn't eating chalk.  Why do you ask?

Pretending to feed Brooklyn some baby milk that we received as a sample.  

Noah tends to get busy when I sit down to nurse Brooklyn.  The other day I could hear him in our room opening and closing the dresser drawers.  He eventually came out with one of my shirts and carried it around all morning.  I asked if he wanted to wear it and he replied, "Yes!"  So here is our sweet boy in pink!

He wouldn't stand still for two seconds so I could get a picture.
It's almost as if he knew these images would come
back and haunt him some day :)

a hug from daddy...

Operation Kid Comfort is an amazing group of volunteers!  They make quilts for children who have a deployed parent out of the goodness of their hearts to help provide them with some comfort during the deployment.  You submit 9 images of your child and spouse, and then they ask that you patiently wait for your quilt to be completed.  I submitted our images right after Randy deployed and on Tuesday they called to say it was complete!  I instantly had tears in my eyes, because I was so excited for Noah to have his very own daddy quilt.  I've seen other quilts they've made for friends and they are just precious!

The lady went on and on about the images that I sent.  She said they just loved how Noah's quilt turned out and that they had been using his as an example in various classes about quilting.  She was also very proud that they had some Noah's Ark fabric that they were able to use.

I can't explain how much it means that these ladies are willing to do this for military children.  I know a lot of people tell me that at least he's little and he won't remember.  While that may be true, it's still affecting his sweet little life and doesn't make the day to day any easier right now.  He still asks for his daddy all the time and misses him like crazy.  He'll ask for daddy while we're out shopping on base and he sees other Marines in uniform, he still points out the window and shows me where daddy's car is parked.  He also kisses the pictures we have of Randy hanging in our house everyday.  So yes, he may not remember this time in his life, but right now he is totally missing his daddy and that's really all it takes to break our hearts.

My friend emailed the ladies to thank them for their time and effort.  Here is her response, "It is said that those who sleep under a handmade quilt- sleep under a blanket of love.  When you tuck him into bed tonight and wrap his quilt around him, tell him it is just like daddy's giving him a big hug!  I just did this for Noah at nap time and he was honestly smiling from ear to ear! Although he isn't home, I'm certain he still feels his daddy's love each and everyday!