The first 2 weeks with James...

Wow, having a new baby in the home has been quite the change and we are taking on new roles in this family. First off is Cohen who doesn't know what to do with the baby. All he does do is steal James' binkys, hide his bottles and turn his carseat upside down. Chad is the best Dad ever (as always) and takes the nine to midnight shift with the baby every day so I can sleep. Halle thinks the baby is hers. She holds him several times everyday, feeds him, un-buckles him from his car seat, and now is starting to carry him around the house (which is scary, I know)

and now James takes naps in Halle's doll crib too...this version of playing house must feel quite real.

James is doing great. Very rarely do I catch him with his eyes open. He is the sleepiest baby ever, yet I am completely sleep deprived:) I can't get enough of him.

His first official bath at home was a family event

and I think he liked it!

We are full of joy with this new baby. It has been SO hard and SO busy, but SO worth every minuet!

Baby James

Introducing James Marshall Noakes! This little bundle of joy showed up 2 weeks early to surprise us and what a great surprise he was. He was born on Sunday at 7:06 pm and

weighed 7 14. Life has been pretty crazy and I am so tired that I dont know if I am actually posting this or just dreaming that I am . James looks just like Cohen did when he was born. Both Chad and I slip and even call him Cohen sometimes. We love him so much and he is such a blessing.

Happy Fall!

Happy Halloween!

Nona always throws an awesome Halloween party equipt with scary food, haunted houses, witches brew, games and lots and lots of treats. Unfortunately, mommy was too fat to fit in any costume so no dressing up for adults this year:( Here are some pics.
My little Jeannie and Race car driver

Cute Cousins!

Side note: There are only two things Cohen loves in this world right now and they include cars and trains. This costume could not have been more perfect, and even made the sound of a race car going round and round with accompanying flashing lights.

For Trick or treating we had a horrible rain storm making it very hard for my little Jeannie to trick or treat (not enjoying the wet rain ruining her sparkly make-up). Halle ended up sitting in the front seat of my car why Cohen zoomed up to every door with 2 trick or treat bags. No rain was going to stop this guy from getting candy!

"Scary" Hill

Took the kids to Cherry Hill with our friends the Sorensens for a little Haunted miniature golf and apparently a scary train ride...doesn't look too scary to me, but luckily I wasn't one of the adults to squeeze my behind into one of the carts...

Carving Pumpkins!

Halle had no problem getting down and dirty with the pumpkin carving thing. However my little boy who I can NEVER keep clean, refused to touch the "orange goo" and used an ice cream scoop to dig out the seeds:)

Cohen turns three!

Just as Halloween approaches every year we get to have a birthday party for Cohen. I have yet to do anything really "Halloween themed" because by the time we celebrate his birthday, we are all worn out on Halloween activites.

This year he was insistent on having a Thomas the Train birthday party and even knew he was going to get his first train set for his birthday present.

We went to Boondocks to celebrate and invited a few of his cousins and

Nona and Papa to come along

"Here comes Thomas!"

We played in the toddler zone for awhile and then went bumper bowling. It is so cute there because they have really little bowling lanes and small balls for the kids. Even Mommy is a good bowler and Boondocks!

I love you little boy. Please, please no more birthdays. Three is good forever:)

Picking out our pumpkins