Noah & Daddy Time:)

Gabe is officially done all of his course work for medical school!  As a result, his job over the past few weeks has been to play "Mr. Mom" as he calls it... watching Noah while I am at work.  They have been both LOVING their time together!  It has been really neat to watch their relationship change over the past few weeks:) I am very greatful that they area able to spend this time together before the big move, the new baby and Gabe starting his residency.

Noah has also really improved his speech in the past few weeks.  He is finally starting to initiate conversations with words we can somewhat understand... of course with that he now has strong opinions about what he wants and he has learned the word "NO"... I realize that we were lucky it took this long, but the time has come:)  Now that he is "talking" a bit more it is amazing to see how much he really does know... We read LOTS of books during the day (and I mean actual story books) and he can finish most of the sentences in them!  

The top 2 pics are of Noah and Gabe shaving... Noah with his "razor" is really fascinated with the whole process... the second picture is what we get these days when we ask Noah to smile... oh well.  The last picture is of Noah and Gabe pretending to take a nap.  It is so cute with Noah pretends to nap and closes his eyes:)

We close on our house 2 weeks from today!  Maine here we come!  Stay tuned...

Our New Home!

We were waiting to make sure we would actually get the house before sharing with everyone... We are checking off contingencies and etc. left and right and as our closing date approaches (May 29th) it is looking better and better for this to go through.  We are very excited to have found something so well maintained and in our price range!! It is a cute little ranch 3br, 2 ba in Portland in a great residential neighborhood, and only a 7 minute drive for Gabe to the hospital.  The yard is small, but plenty big enough for us and as an extra bonus it is completely fenced in... lots of space for Noah to play without running into the road:)  We can't wait for you all to visit... the last picture is of the finished basement aka. guest space:)