So Where Did You Leave it Last?

"So where did you leave it last?" Of course, that is the common question anyone would hear after mentioning they lost something. But after watching a comedian, Tim Hawkins, bring out the silliness of that question John and no longer ask each other where we left it last. I still would like to know the answer...I lost my camera. We've had it for years and I am sure it is just in a bag but haven't taken the time to look too hard. I just keep thinking, "Boy, that sure would be a cute picture of the boys!" Then remember I am not sure where my camera is. Of course, my blog is going to suffer because of my lack of pictures. If I didn't have pictures to add I would probably not have a blog. I've never claimed to be a writer. Engineers are actually known to be horrible at 'English.' I would agree...although my husband is quite good at it. But he is good at everything he does. I am not just getting brownie points for that statement either. He really is good at everything he does. After being together over 9 years, I am still shocked when he doesn't know the answer to one of my questions. It doesn't happen very often but it surprises me still. I guess he is not the walking encyclopedia I think he is at times.

So, back to my subject (and off the fact that I ran on to another subject proven my lack of proper writing)...the camera. Sorry about having any pictures to add. :( I promise my boys had really cute moments last week. I hope to never forget them in my head. Love them!

Daddy and Luke

So sweet!

Today

All these pictures were taken today. It seems like such a long, fun day when I look back on all the boys and I did. Noah and I normally get some play time before Luke wakes up. I think he really likes getting that time together. We started off with some puzzles...

When Luke woke up, Noah had to join Luke on his play mat. They just talked and talked to each other, laughed, and rolled over. It just blesses my heart to see them loving each other.
Another play time on the mat...
And Luke ready to take his bath...Hooray! Hooray for bath time!Of course we had many other events in our day...blocks, coloring, jumping on the trampoline, hide and seek, working on our letters, saying 'bye' and 'I love you' to Daddy as he leaves for work, watching Luke squeal at his airplane mobile, many diaper changes, lots of crying and time outs, Luke and Noah each sitting on Mom's legs singing songs, jumping on the coach, playing with games, playing with trucks, eating lunch and dinner as a family, lots of eating and drink breaks, reading several books, pretend play in all sorts of ways, playing with balls and trains, etc. etc. Life at the Woogies house!

Swimming

Since our pool from last year had a leak in it, Grammy gave us hers. Noah loves it; thanks Grammy. He is finally starting to swim a little more and allowing some water in his face. I think it helped that he swam with others his age at our family reunion. He had a blast then and is really enjoying it now. He even went down the slide into the pool! I am so glad he is loving it now!

Look at that water splashing on him. He had a blast!

Just had to add this picture of my boys. They have their own look but definitely look like brothers! Cuties!

Packing...

We went to Fairview again for July 4th. John's side of the family has a family reunion every year and it is a pretty big deal. We have a blast and look forward to it each year!

So we found ourselves packing again...Noah apparently thought he could travel in Luke's pack n' play. I don't think that would have been legal! I was surprised to see him in it when I walked into Luke's room! He loves hiding. I have yet to have a problem finding him...

We went Friday and came back Saturday night late. But we only came back with Luke. Noah stayed there with Grammy. It was strange only having Luke in the car on the way home. We did some sleep training with Luke while Noah was at 'Grammy camp.' Reading a few books to Luke is part of his night time routine. We started this with Noah when he was 4 months also and it works like a charm! Noah is VERY into his routine and knows when it is time to settle down and go to bed! I am thankful now that Luke also knows how to fall asleep on his own. Yea for Mommy and Daddy time! How sweet is that!

Circus

Saturday, Noah, Luke and I met John in Oklahoma City. He had been at youth church camp all week and the boys and I were in Fairview visiting family. It was nice to be back together again. We celebrated by going to the circus. It is the first time Noah or Luke had been to the circus. Of course, I don't think Luke will remember much...have even slept through some of it!

They had a pre-show before the circus where you could walk around to see the clowns, get tattoos, see the acrobats, see the main elephant, guys on stilts, guys who juggled, try on outfits, take a picture on the motorcycle, and more. Mommy picked up a couple clown noses for the boys...aren't they cute! This was one of my favorite things. I saw them in the pre-show but unfortunately missed it during the show...Luke got hungry. It was right up my alley...they are pretty much gymnast/cheerleaders.

Noah's favorite part of the circus was the elephants. He loves elephants. Daddy and Mommy are often elephants around the house while Noah rides on our back. We also recently saw the new baby elephant at the Oklahoma City zoo. I don't think they rank higher than the hippo on Noah's chart but they are pretty cool! I had to get several pictures of the elephants so that we could refer back to them when Noah needs an elephant fix.

They also had lots of tigers. It was neat to see them. They were soooo big! I am sure that man fears for his life a little each time he does that. I am pretty sure I don't want to have that job when I grow up!I enjoyed the trampolines too. It was neat to see them flying so high and doing trips without running into each other. Pretty neat!Noah had a blast and really focused in on the elephants. I would say he was a bit young and uninterested in most anything that wasn't an animal. He is a pretty active boy to be sitting there so long but did well. It was the first time he has gone anywhere that he had to sit for a while and do well with it. We haven't attempted any other shows or movies and he didn't do well at football or basketball games...maybe in another year.Here is my sweet Luke. Isn't he cute...and tired!

We had a blast! Thanks Grammy and Pop for taking us! It was so fun to experience it with you two!

Pictures

I am trying to get better at taking pictures. I love looking at pictures of the boys but just don't remember to take them in the moment. I feel like I need to work at it now or poor Luke will miss out on some of these precious childhood memories. I am so blessed to have these cuties!The boys love helping me with tasks...well, Noah does and Luke just wants to be where I am. I try to get some of my tasks done while they are awake because it is a rare moment when they are both sleeping. I try to take advantage of those times to spend time with the Lord, read, work out, or do something for myself. I also feel like it is good for the boys to learn to help Mommy. They need to know that they are a part of the family and need to do their part to make the everything work around the house. They are too young to do to much on their own but do great helping me. The time and discipline is finally paying off...sometimes you wonder if it is clicking in the moment. Noah is becoming such a polite, helping boy. It is all by God's grace!Noah did such a good job helping me with dinner. He tore up all this lettuce by himself. He had to make all the pieces about the same size. I am glad he likes cooking with me. Hoping he wants to cook dinner for us one day. Wouldn't that be great!

Noah is such a helpful big brother. I try to involve him in taking care of Luke. Since Luke is teething (already has two teeth in) then Noah thought he would help him out by putting a teething toy in his mouth. So helpful!Lunch time at the Woogies house...When Luke is sleeping, I try to be intentional with Noah since I pay quite a bit of attention to Luke when he is awake. We do school, cook, play rough, play outside, games on the computer or board games, etc. Noah loves circles and is a perfectionist so this was a fun task for him. We decided to put everything in a circle around his dice tower. He did such a good job!It is hard to feed Luke these days. We have to be in a room by ourselves without any noise. Otherwise, Luke wants to know what is going on with Noah or whoever. He is a little social bug and always wanting to learn about this world he now sees. After I fed Luke, I walked out to see Noah working on this masterpiece. He had gotten them all out of the bag and told me he was putting them in rows.

Fairview

We had a great time in Fairview. I decided to take the boys there because John was going to be at Youth Church camp all week. I like to visit family when he is going to be gone for a while. I went to Mesquite to be with my family when John went to Russia in May and now we have visited Daddy's side of the family. It was a fun and busy week.

One evening we went to visit the historical society. Grandpa met us out there with the cub cadet. We rode around in it and Noah really enjoyed that. One of the stops we made was Noah's Great Great Grandpa Wohlgemuth's house. It was moved out to the historical society for show. Pretty neat!One of Noah's favorite parts of the tour was the huge trains. This is the back of the coal car. He wanted to climb up...already trying to scare Grammy and Mommy!Here is the caboose that the society got for free. They plan on fixing it up. Can't wait to see it complete! Marva's friend Sarah is holding Noah in the front of it. Noah and I had to take a picture on the train. We climbed up there and peeked around a little. It was so high! I don't think I am as much as a dare devil as I used to be. I sure wouldn't mind being in Heaven (falling off it) but now I think of my husband and boys that I would leave behind. :(

Noah had to wear his Thomas outfit for the visit!Here is the engine from the front. It is huge!We also saw a old tractor. Noah loves tractors so I had to get a pic of him. It was kinda hard for him to look into the sun for the picture...Here is Grammy, Grandpa, Noah, and Sarah on the cub cadet. This is a suspension bridge that Grandpa helped build nearly 20 years ago. Noah loved running across it. There is a bridge like this (that bounces) at the playground in Weatherford and Noah loves it. It was fun to see him bouncing on a bigger version!It blessed my heart to see Noah playing with his brother. He had so much fun. He kept pushing Luke around house and wanted to do it again and again. I can foresee Noah really enjoying playing with Luke as he gets older. Noah just loves playing with other kids and will enjoy having a brother around to play with. Thanks Grandpa, Nana, and Grammy for such a good time! We love you all!

Blue

Ever since Noah was little I pushed something called 'Blue' upon him. I heard of kids getting attached to a large blanket or something big and didn't want that to happen. So, I thought giving this to Noah would be better than something so big. His 'Blue' is a small dog with a tiny blanket attached. I actually bought two foreseeing that I would need to wash it and still have one to give him. Noah now knows he has two but he is OK with that and likes them equally. He often wants to have the other Blue and switch them out. He sleeps with it every day and night and often carries it around the house. Luke now has his own 'Blue.' Nana (John's Grandma) got Luke a Blue and this is the first time he's had it. He seems to like it already. Noah was very excited to show Luke his 'Blue' and wanted to take a picture of them. Luke's blue is an elephant. I went ahead and bought another Blue for Luke too. I thought Noah would be jealous of Luke's Blue and want it too be he is not. Here is a picture of Luke playing with his Blue.Noah wanted me to take a picture of a funny face he was going to make but just smiled instead. What a cutie!

Fun Times

Noah is so much fun right now. He just cracks me up all day with the things he says...he never stops talking and if he runs out of things to say then he will just say silly sounds while dancing and laugh at himself. He is so full of joy and love for life. He has quite the imagination too. Yesterday during lunch he was pretending that part of his peanut butter sandwich was a dog who was sad because he lost his sock and his foot was cold. We had to go searching for his sock.

We have been spending more time outside lately. We got out his pool from last year and he loved it. We realized the next day that it had a slow leak so we will have to invest in another one! He is such a cutie...how can you resist playing with that kid!He is learning my routine with Luke. When Luke woke up from his nap, Noah got my nursing pillow and brought it in the front room so that he could feed Luke. "I feed Luke, Momma," Noah said. I put Luke on the pillow but he wasn't quite sure what to do after that...pretty sure he isn't producing any milk!

Here are the potato heads that we put together one day. He wanted to take a picture so we could show Daddy our creations. So proud!

Here is our swing set that John put together with Larry. It is great! We love it! Noah loves the fort and swing the best. He can swing forever!

Had to get a picture of Luke in here since he is so precious! He is really rolling over both ways now and doing great. He can hold his head up while on his tummy pretty well. Just love that smile...I can't get enough of him!