Where there is a pile of books, you can usually find Noah. He rarely sits through even the shortest story, but he is constantly bringing us books and backing his little booty onto our laps. Eli is starting to read, so he usually has a book in hand too! Yesteday Eli was even nice enough to read to his little brother.
We have had the most gorgeous weather the past couple of days! I thought it would be fun to go to the park and feed the ducks. Eli was excited to go fishing. Noah liked seeing the ducks, but he was much more interested in eating the bread than actually giving it to the ducks. Eli just wanted to go play on the playground equipment, so Noah, Eli and I walked over to the climber leaving Joel at the pond with the cars fishing pole. Noah was throwing a fit because I kept pulling him off this big slide that he was trying to climb up, so I put him back in the stroller. We walked back over to get Joel (still fishing with his cars fishing pole), and we decided it was time to go. Noah cried for the whole 3 minute car ride back to our house. GREAT IDEA MAMA!
Joel had a doctor appointment on Monday and was cleared to start lifting 20-25 pounds. You know what that means!!!!! Saturday shopping trips BACK ON!
Joel had to work in Minneapolis Thursday and Friday. I took the boys up on Friday afternoon and my friend Tonya met us at the hotel to hang out (take Eli swimming) for the night. Thanks T! We had fun! On Saturday we went to Krista and Brent's. Craig and Jen met us there, so we got to meet Austin finally. It was great to see everyone, and the best part was that the kids played so well together. I hardly saw Eli the whole time we were there. The ride home wasn't so fun. The 5 hour trip took almost 8 hours. Granted we stopped at the Outlet center for a few minutes and stopped to eat, but we drove in HEAVY rain most of the way home.
We basically rolled out of bed and went to the state fair this morning. I think Joel even woke Noah up. Nothing like a cup of chocolate chip cookies, a corn dog and cotton candy for breakfast!
Good thing Joel was there to catch Eli off the diving board just in case the swim vest, arm floaties, and ring weren't enough!
After naps Saturday afternoon, we went to our friends' parents' house to go swimming and grill out. We ended the evening with four wheeler rides and fire works. Eli had a blast. Noah just wanted to run around the pool. 
We had a very busy weekend which is so unlike us!! We started Saturday morning by picking up our niece Grace and heading to the zoo.
Poor thing! I hope your day was better than this guy's! Look at how wet his shirt is from drooling. He had one tooth pop through, and there is another one on the way. On top of the teething, he has a terrible runny nose. He kept putting his finger in his nose this afternoon. Maybe he was trying to stop the snot from pouring out.
Eli keeps seeing this commercial for Jumpin' Jack's on TV, and he's been asking if we can go. We finally went this morning. The boys had a lot of fun!
Being very careful with his birthday cake.
Showing off his cute little shirt from Tonya
I can't believe my baby is one!!!
Noah is pretty much just walking these days. He still falls over all the time, but he gets right back up. The big birthday is a week from today. Does anybody have any "must have" ideas for one year olds???? 
After ND, we went back to my parents for a couple of days. We were planning to come home Monday, but we kept extending our stay. It felt a little silly LEAVING the lake on the 4th!
After the resort, we met Joel's sister and family at their Dad's in North Dakota for a few days.
Eli braving the slide during our four days at a resort with my mom's family.
Relaxing at Grandma and Grandpa's
We were not planning to go on vacation until June 22nd. Unfortunately, my Grandpa died on the 15th, so we went up North a little early. Here are the boys at Krista and Brent's the day of the funeral. 
I took Noah to the mall on Saturday, and decided to get him some shoes while we were there. I knew I would have a hard time finding shoes to fit because his feet are very fat. Therefore, I went to Stride Rite where the lovely sales person talked me into these huge white shoes. I know they're kinda ugly, but where else would I find double extra wide shoes????? Yes, he is wearing size 6xxw.
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I brought Grandma Connie back with me after Memorial Day Weekend, so she was my helper last week. She kept the big boys entertained! On Friday Grandma and Eli went to see Shrek The Third. After the movie and some McDonalds, Grandma was trying to get Eli to go for a walk with her, but he was much too busy playing with his new Shrek happy meal toys. This was the compromise.
We stayed at my Aunt Cindy's for a couple of nights when we got together with Joel's family earlier this week. Noah loved Cindy's dog, Coco. He would walk around the house saying "caca".
