Portraits

We had some portraits taken of Noah last month. I know I'm a little biased, but man, he is one cute baby!!

Happy Halloween!

We spent Halloween with Mike's brother's family in Kyle. Their neighborhood is a good one for trick or treating. There are always a lot of people that go way out and decorate their yards and such. One of their friends was actually having a Flinstones themed party--the dad made a life size Flinstone car and they had a dinosaur cut out and everything. It was pretty cool. We love hanging out with the kids for Halloween and it was so fun having Noah this year too! He didn't last very long with the trick or treating but instead snoozed in his stroller while we walked with his cousins. A good time was had by all.

Noah was a monkey. His costume had a big stuffed tummy on it so it made him look even bigger than he really is. Isaac was Ash (from Pokemon), Lydia was a kitty Webkin, and Jared was a Biscuit Brother.

Hanging out with Lydia before trick-or-treating

the cousins

Daddy, Monkey and Mommy

Who needs candy? I've got a water bottle!

Jared and Lydia

Jared playing his guitar

I thought these decorations were clever

decorations at the Flinstone themed party

"Drunk as a monkey" as Mike said.

Noah fell asleep in his stroller during trick-or-treating and we took a picture of him with Brian's flask. We're such good parents.

Pumpkins at the Christmas Tree Farm

On Friday we went to the Elgin Christmas Tree Farm. In the fall they have tons of pumpkins and other fun activities. We went out with our friends the Terrals who have a 1 year old daughter, Maddie. We went took pictures with the pumpkins, went on a hay ride and looked at the farm animals. They also have other fun stuff that the kids were a little too young for. Hopefully we can go out again in future years making this a fun fall tradition as Noah gets older and can enjoy the other stuff too.

I love these pictures of Noah and Maddie...

Noah: "Hey how come you can stand up? How do you do that?"

Maddie: "Daddy, the boy is trying to touch me again!"

Mmmm...mini gourd...

Hay Ride

Looking at the animals

Uh oh! He's mobile!

Noah has been working really hard at trying to crawl over the last several weeks. We've watched him progress from laying on his stomach and streching out REALLY far trying to reach, getting up on all fours rocking back and forth, lunging forward and falling on his face and finally to forward movement. It's not very graceful, but he can most definitely move. Especially when he sees something he wants. Here's a couple videos of his latest achievement.

Beautiful Fall Friday

The weather has finally cooled off a little so we decided to enjoy some time outside. Noah LOVES being outside too. So, we took advantage of the nice weather and headed to Central Market. The location in Central Austin has a really cool outdoor deck and playground as part of their cafe. Mike and I enjoyed a pizza while Noah just enjoyed hanging out in his stroller. Then we walked around the little trail and took some pictures in the trees.

Angleton

We spent TX-OU weekend with my family in Angleton. All members of the Tilton family were together for the first time since Noah was born! We took the opportunity to take some family pictures together, all dressed up in our school colors (Texas, A&M, and Texas State were all represented...note I think there's appropriately more burnt orange than other colors!). Mike's Dad, Loyd, and sister, Vanesssa, came down from Houston to visit and watch the game with us on Saturday. We were proud to get Noah a win for his first OU weekend. Poor little guy kept getting scared and crying when we'd all cheer loudly for something during the game. We'll have to work on that. We also went out to the Brazoria County Fair for a couple hours on Saturday. Showed Noah some animals and had some good fair junk food...corn dogs, funnel cakes, and even fried oreos this year.


Here are our family photos:

The Tilton side of the Family

Mike, Liz, Noah, Kristi, Thomas

Tom (Dad), Alice (Grandmother), Merri (Mom)

The White side of the family

Loyd(Dad)
Vanessa, Mike, Noah, Liz

The White men

Noah on Daddy's shoulders getting ready for the big game

Hey family: If any of you have other pictures from the weekend to share, please post online or send them to me so I can add them...seems I didn't take many pictures with my camera this weekend!