Picture Perfect!

FUN, UNFORGETTABLE TIMES. . .

Well Mr. Baby Cowan... you are pullin out all the stops these days! Haha I put you down in your seat the other day and I turned around and looked back over to you and you were doing this...

Ahahahaha sooo funnyyyy!! I could NOT stop laughing! I cracked up for about 5 minutes straight and you seriously held the pose the whole time. You finally cracked a cocky side smile with a look on your face saying, "Yeahh whaaat." :) It was incredible and I look forward to showing your future girlfriend this fantastically hilarious photo... in a long LONG time. :)

GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT. . .

Lately you have been learning how to reach for things and grab hold of them. I thought a toothbrush may be easy to grab so I put it in front of you on your stand up toy. You immediately grabbed it and put it up to your mouth just in time for me to snap a pic.

Your timing on things is seriously impecible. You are talking more and you

r newest sound you make is "Aa--aht." or "Aah-k. Eye-yuh." You speak VERY loudly. Haha I

wonder where you get it. I was just on the phone with Gramma Tutu today and I could barely hear myself talk because you were babbling so loudly. You were yelling at the guitar. You also say "Hi." & Yeaaah." You said "Mama and Mom," NUMEROUS times, despite what anyone says. You only say it when you're crying for a bottle. You know I'll be the first to bring it to you. :) You are soo amazingly precious and I just can't get over it! We are connected, Noah James. You have my laugh already.

You definitely do get over-stimulated though, honey. You don't like to be around other loud kids too much. It overwhelms you after a while and a couple times you cried so hard that even a bottle couldn't fix it. :( It broke my heart. All I could do was hold you and rock you until you fell asleep. Loud noise in general overwhelms you at times. I had rehearsal one night and I had to take you and the drums hit one time and you cried that very second. My ears used to be VERY sensitive as a kid, so I think you got that from me. Sorry Bubba. OH I also said "bub

ba" the other night and you repeated it RIGHT back to me! You said it inwardly though, it was really funny. You like breathed in and said it. Haha. Cracked me up. Well your Papa Bear and I love you dearly and tomorrow is your Daddy's first Father's Day! We are very very excited about this! K I gotta go grocery shopping.

LOVE YOU NOAH JAMES COWAN! <3

Toes in the Sand. . . Sand in the Toes. . .

First dip!! ^

On our FIRST hot day of the season that the husband was home, we felt it quite necessary to hit the beach! We went out to Grampa & Gramma Tutu's house, ate good food, soaked up the rays, dipped Noah's toes in the bay for the FIRST time and counted our blessings. We also finally got to visit with Gram and uncle Leifa for the first time in a while! God's love was shining down on our family and alllll of my blessings in life hit me at once. What a life I live! ~ I realized when we were out there how much I am in love with the ocean. The Puget Sound is my own little sanctuary. It was crazy to walk the beach that I grew up on, as I held my very own little one in my arms. Seems like moments ago I was just a little one running along the rocks and lifting up every single one in sight, trying to find crabs. I would try to balance on driftwood in the shallow chilly water, but I ALWAYS fell in. It was inevitable. I pretended I was the little mermaid... I swore I was for a while. Haha. I pretended I was an Olympic swimmer... a dolphin. I was a water child. I would stay in that ice cold h2O until I went numb and beyond. These are some of my childhood memories I will always treasure. Can't wait to share these times with my baby boy and the babies to come!! :)