Disney Dreaming

Home from Disneyland - exhausted but happy.

Lots of details to come!

1 more sleep

ONE MORE SLEEP,

O N E M O R E S L E E P till Disneyland!

Can you tell - the Nobles household is very excited

I tried to capture some of that excitement on video but Ellie wasn't exactly in the mood.

Oh well, here are my 2 attempts at documenting her thoughts before our inaugural trip to visit the mouse

Quote to remember: "I'm brave"

Quote to remember: "I'm ok with that too"

Disneyland ... .. . . . here we come!

9 month update

Yesterday, the Juder turned 9 months old

Here are some of his latest accomplishments

• This boy has 7 teeth - yep - SEVEN!
• He is so very very close to crawling. He lunges forward and rocks back and forth. If Ellie didn't always get his toys for him - I bet he'd make more of an effort :)
• He loves food! Apple sauce, kale, pears, squash, zucchini and even avocado.
• His favorite way to drink water is to lap it from a shot glass - don't judge
• He's extremely ticklish. Most kids love to be tickled and take cues from their parents' smiling faces - but I think Jude is truly the most ticklish kid ever!
• He doesn't sleep! The last 2 weeks he has been up every 2 hours A L L night long!

• Has laugh attacks! But he just doesn't laugh . . . he cackles!

p.s. 2 more sleeps 'til Disneyland

First Day

This week marked another milestone in Ellie's preschool career.

On Monday, she started the Ladybugs Class.

This class meets 3 times a week and is filled with 18 giggling 3 and 4 year olds.

Last year, preschool was just 2 days per week and much shorter. Now, Ellie goes twice a week by herself and stays for almost 3 hours!!

She had a bit of trouble with drop-off at the end of last year so I was a bit nervous but of course she surprised me.

Mommy - Ellie date

Before dropping her off at school I took her out for a donut. (of which, she only eats the icing!) Can't believe we started this preschool before she could even talk and now she's a big almost 4 year old!

So confident walking 'the rose way' into school

Showing Teacher Paula her 'Allison' doll she brought for show-and-tell.

(Yes, she calls this doll 'Allison' - as in - Alice IN wonderland)

So happy to be back at school!

Sister Week Part Two

We just finished up a week of more sisterly love.

Drew's big sister Shaneen, her husband Anthony and baby Stella Marie started their trip with a nightmare travel experience that lasted 2 days!

But we were so glad they toughed it out and made it to Seattle.

The fam

Noble women doing what Noble women do . . . Breastfeed their babies!

Babies in backpacks

This was the first time we had met Stella (unbelievable since she is 6 months old!). She is such a doll and Jude loved pinching her.

Cousins! Ellie was very tolerant during the photo shoot - just smiling and smiling while waiting for 2 babies to look in the same direction!

Fun spent in the sand with family. Life is good!