And then one day, Noah just started crawling.
(Well what did you expect, you can't really show "crawling" in a still picture!) |
Noah also took to rocking in his very special little chair. .
. |
And he even started sharing his food. You wouldn't believe
just how hard he laughed at this--he thought this was the funniest thing ever! |
June 19th was Noah's first birthday, and all the grandparents
(and a great grandma and an auntie) came to our house to celebrate. Noah had all the guys
in stitches. |
The ladies were only slightly more reserved. |
Noah had lots of presents, but like any 1 year old, the
ribbons were much more exciting than a bunch of boxes sitting around. |
Oh look! Some more ribbons!!! |
Can you have too much of a good thing? Survey says,
"yes." |
Noah gots lots of cool toys, books and clothes. He even got
his ark and all the animals. He was a little confused when we call the little bald figure
on the boat "Noah." |
Even with all those great toys, sometimes it's the simple
things that are the best. This balloon was the A#1 favorite toy for 4 days straight. |
After
presents, it was time for cake. We had a little miscue and blew out the candle before
singing, but he didn't exactly pull the "well, on my LAST birthday, you guys sang
THEN blew out the candle" on us. |
At first, he really didn't know what to think, so he kind of
picked at it a little bit with his little (but very accurate) pincer fingers. |
It didn't
take long, though, before the icing was where it should be on his birthday: all over his
face, his fingers, his elbows, his hair, his mommy. The shirt, however, stayed remarkably
clean. |
After a full day of recovery from the cake and excitement,
Noah went to local Fox Run Park for some R&R with Grammy and Grandpa Bourque. He got
to feed the big fishies, what fun! |
Grandpa makes a good horsey. Noah was so delighted, he was
giving us his now-famous "snorts of joy." |
That Wednesday, Grammy and Grandpa took off for
an overnight trip to Crested Butte, Colorado as a late celebration for their 34th wedding
anniversary. That day, we got word that Angie's grandpa Jack was in the hospital in
Montrose, Colorado with pneumonia. He and grandma Betty had come all the way from Oregon
to visit family in Montrose and Colorado Springs, but they couldn't come any further. So,
we went to them! |
As only God could plan it, Crested Butte is only about 90
miles from Montrose, so instead of coming back to the Springs, Grammy and Grandpa B met us
in Montrose. Noah got to meet Grandpa Jack in the hospital, and we were also able to spend
some time exploring the area. |
The areas surrounding Montrose are beautiful! This is cascade
falls in Ouray, Colorado. . . |
This picture is for anyone out there who thinks the people
were in the way of the scenery in the last shot. . . please don't identify yourself, just
enjoy the scenery. |
Montrose is also home to the magnificent Black Canyon of the
Gunnison, a 1,500 foot deep gorge which is renowned for being the most narrow and steep
canyon for its immense size. |
Grandpa Jack was recovering and out of the hospital by the
end of the week, so we all enjoyed a good time of family history and story-telling. Noah
thought the stories were good, but the oxygen tube was even more entertaining. |
Angie's parents arrived the morning we left, so we took the
opportunity to get a four-generation family photo. From the left: Betty Edwards,
Jack Edwards, Kerri Edwards, Angie Bourque, Marsha Edwards, Dean Edwards, Noah Bourque and
Dan Bourque. |