BYE BYE PACI PARTY!!

So today was a BIG day in the Skibbens' house! Luke said bye bye to his paci's and through them in the garbage, we told him the paci fairy was going to come and give them to little babies that needed them, and since he was a big boy now, he doesn't need them anymore! We celebrated with pizza and cupcakes with Grammy and Grampy! It was so cute! We were cheering him on and clapping when he threw them out, he was so excited! It was hilarious. Jared put him to bed and he asked a few times for it, but Jared explained that we gave them up tonight for the babies and he didn't ask anymore and went to bed. So for the first night, things went well...let's HOPE it continues that way!

Cupcakes!!

Putting the paci's in the garbage :)

He was so happy...it was so funny!!

Giving Grammy knuckles! He was running around giving us high 5's and knuckles. Such a nut!

I love this picture of Luke reading with daddy! He loves this book! I love that he can tell you what's going to happen through parts of his favorite books now. Such a cutie patootie! 

Time for cereal!

Today I tried rice cereal with Noah for the first time. He wasn't too sure about it. He kept looking at me like,  lady, what are you putting in my mouth! Love this boy! We will have to try again! I started making and freezing some food for him, I can't wait to try those. But for now...we will stick with boring old rice cereal and breast milk! :)

NOAH-5 Months old

 I can't believe Noah is 5 months old! Well, he was 5 months on 10/4/12, I'm posting a little late. He is my little happy pants! He has decided for the last month or so that he wants to wake up all night long! Yuck, where did my great sleeper go? I have to remind myself that this too shall pass ALL night long!

 He rolls all over, but has been doing that for a while now. He loves to sit up (with my help or the Bumbo) and see everything!

And he loves his jumpers, and of course adores his big brother! I can tell he already looks up to his big brother. he watches everything he does, and is always smiling and laughing at everything everything he does. I love watching my boys growing up!

Luke is TWO!!!

 How is it possible that this sweet boy is 2!! He is growing up SO fast!! There isn't a day that goes by that he doesn't make me laugh and want to pull my hair out at the same time! Yep...he definitely is 2! :)

 Luke is a talker. All day long he talks. I love how much he can talk now. He is my little sponge! He knows a good chunk of his letters and some numbers. He loves to sing songs and watch ANYTHING on TV. We try to limit how much TV he watches. He loves to play with his Cars, and Toy Story characters, his bat mobiles, and tools. And any chance he can get he tries to steal my iPhone or iPad and plays his games or watches his shows on netflix on there. He is addicted to them already.

Luke had a Cars themed birthday party and had a blast! We had friends from out of town, which made it extra special! Here is the cake we made.

Here is Luke on his actual birthday! Lucky boy had 2 celebrations this year! He is just THAT special :)

Luke has definitely warmed up to his brother. Most mornings he goes with me into Noah's room to get him up. He loves to climb up and look over and smile at Noah and say "Hi Noah!" or "Good morning Noah" He shares his toys with him and every now and then through out the day will just walk by him to say hi and every great once and a while will give him hugs and kisses with out me asking him to! :) It melts my heart!

About a month ago we moved Luke into his big boy bed! He does AWESOME!! I was SO nervous for this transition! But he was so ready. He looked at us like we were crazy the first night, but went right to sleep and has done so every night since, and for his nap everyday he sleeps most days 3+ hours in there. And when he wakes up before us, he just hangs out in his bed. He knows that mommy won't let him have his paci outside his bed, so he is content to stay there just so he can have it! I love that I can crawl into bed with him at night and read him stories and pray and talk about our day. It is one of my favorite things to do now!

Noah is 4 months old!

On 9/4/12 Noah was 4 months old! I can't believe how FAST this last 4 months has gone! This little boy is truely a sweet sweet boy! I sure am lucky to be his momma! This month Noah was 15lbs and 23.5 inches long...hmmm...last month he was 24.5 inches long...someone's measurements were off. I'll have to see if I can measure him tomorrow!

 Noah has been sleeping in his crib now for about a month and it doing great. He typically goes down between 7:30-8pm and gets up around 2ish to eat and goes right back down till 8am. He also has been taking 2, 2 hour or so naps a day in his bed. Well in the afternoon, sometimes he naps with me. I love that about my boy. He loves to cuddle with mommy! :)

 Since about 3 1/2 months Noah has been an official "roller" He can roll himself both ways, and it's pretty funny to me. He already is trying to roll away from me while I change his diaper. Lord, help me! If this boy is ALREADY on the move...I can't even imagine what it will be like when he is running around with his big brother! Tonight while Noah was on his belly he was scootching himself forward towards daddy. Little nut-so wants to keep up with Luke!

We are so blessed to have this little man in our lives! I could not imagine my life with out him! God knew exactly what I needed and could handle when he gave me this sweet little gift!

Noah is 3 Months!!

I am WAY behind on posting this...Noah was 3 months on 8/4/12! Here is his 3 month picture!

                                                 Noah was 13lb 10oz and 24.5inches long!

This little man is such a happy boy! He is such a joy. I love watching him grow!

Noah is 2 months old!

This post is a little late, because now Noah is 10 weeks old, but on July 4th Noah was 2 months old already! I can't believe how fast he is growing! He is definitely a lot smiley-er than Luke was as a baby. Luke was SO hard to get him to smile. Noah smiles all the time and has even laughed a few times! He has been trying lately to roll himself over, which is crazy to me, but I think he is ready to get up and move so he can run away from his nut-so big brother! Luke LOVES to be right in his face when he talks to him and tries to pick him up all the time, and drives his cars and trucks all over his face, and has more times than I'd like to share has been let's just call it "rough" with Noah. I guess that's what I get for having 2 boys. We have many years of fights ahead of us, I am sure.

Noah has been a fantastic sleeper for me since probably about 4 or 5 weeks old. He sleeps usually anywhere between 6-9 hours straight. At this point I feel extremely blessed because I know it is NOT normal for this to be happening, and I also know that it doesn't mean this is how it will be ALL the time. I learned fast with Luke that you can't get used to anything with a baby, because as soon as you do, they change it up just to make things interesting!

At Noah's appt he weighed 12 lbs and was 22.5 inches long! Love every inch of my sweet baby boy!!

Noah July 3rd :)

Visiting Jared at work on the 4th for their cookout after the parade, we didn't make it to the parade since it was like 104 degrees out! Yuck!

Noah and his big brother Luke on the 4th of July (Noah 2 months, Luke almost 22 months)

My happy 2 month old!