time...

wow, time flies. look at this picture of my baby noah:

can you believe he is holding a picture of himself from when he was less than 2 months old? (the frame is a $0.50 IKEA one that i painted and added some MR rubons). noah looks so much older in this picture - almost like a toddler. everyone is right, time does fly esp when you have a baby. thinking back to the first couple months of his life, i can remember so much but also some of it is a blur. like i remember the moment he popped into this world and but i can't remember him being small. i am sure some of it has to do with the sleep deprivation but i keep asking myself if 3 months from now if i will remember him at the size he is now?

but i guess that is the beauty of scrapbooking and photographs. to help you remember the little things that tend to slip your mind. and truly that is what is so great about this hobby!

and getting ready for the holidays is sorta something new for us. david and i (and our families) aren't big holiday decorators. but for noah's sake, we are making a effort. no, we don't have a 6 ft tree but i did manage to get some decorations up this year - i am not into heavy decorating b/c that also means heavy cleaning up. i did make noah a tree full of ornaments all with his photos.

i also made him this reindeer:

it is a tiny one but each year i hope to slowly add some decorations for him!

right now though we are working on planning our big trip to asia. it is AMAZING how much stuff a little dude NEEDS! his bag might be bigger than mine when it is all said and done. but i think i am going to bring an 8" binder album to use as a travel journal. i will be working on that in the next couple of days and will post here! i am also excited to be seeing family i haven't see in many years.

have a great holiday season!

PS, please offer david (my DH) some kudos - he has taken a big step and signed up to take chinese classes at a local college here! i am so proud of him. this will go far in our quest to make noah tri-lingual. and i know david stalks my blog and reads the comments to make sure you encourage him!