Noah's first 4th and more!

I'm a little behind on posting this update, but things have been quite busy now that summer is in full force. For the 4th of July, we took a road trip to Tennessee to visit with Joshua, Sarah, and Riley. Noah had a great time playing with his cousin Riley!! Hopefully soon I'll have the pictures scanned from the visit and will post them for everyone to see. The fireworks were beautiful, but when Joshua set off a few in his yard, Noah was scared to death!! He tensed up, held on to me tightly, and cried and cried. They were loud, so they were pretty scary to a baby who doesn't understand what it's all about.

On Saturday (July 1st), we got our very first family portraits done! Most of them turned out ok, but there's a couple that have weird looks or bad lighting (shadows)... You can see all of them below.

Well, Friday will be Noah's 11 month birthday!! (Along with my mom's birthday!) Before we know it, we'll be having a big birthday party for him!! For those that will be able to attend and want to mark your calendar, I'm thinking about doing it on Saturday, August 12th, but that's not set in stone yet. Look for some sort of invitation soon.