Baby Blessing

Our little family

The Piepers

The Campbells


The Great Grandmas

All of us were together for Noah's blessing--our whole family was able to be here, (minus Andrew, who is in Idaho on his mission). It was nice having four generations on both sides, thanks to our wonderful Grandmas, who both made the trip for the occasion. We had the blessing in the Campbell home, on the day after Thanksgiving, which was the only day we could find that enabled all the family to be together. It ended up being a sweet setting for our family. My only fear was that Noah would scream through the whole blessing. I thought that was going to happen when he started freaking out just before it started, and all of our rocking and shhhhhing and bouncing failed. But thankfully he quieted during the opening hymn "I am a child of God," and as you can see, he was knocked out for the rest of everything, including the family pictures. Kyle gave him a nice blessing, and didn't try to change his name, or bless him with outstanding athletic abilities and success on the football field (unless that is what he meant by "health and strength")!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are thankful for baby noah!

Noah's Second Road Trip and First Date

So I ran away with Noah for a couple of days to spend time with Grandma Pieper up in Rigby Idaho, and on the way back we stopped by to meet up with Ella and Jane.  

Noah's first date consisted of:

Chilling in a new vibrating chair

Jane running him over with a car

(the aftermath)

Getting some lip action

The older woman has helped to distract him from the pain of being separated from his father. We left Kyle at home and we go back tomorrow.  These pictures are to tide Kyle over until we are back together and to remind him that he really does have a son!  This is proof that Noah exists and that he misses you.

Learning to live with a baby

So it's funny how life changes with a baby! We are still in the learning and adjusting stage, but I guess that probably lasts forever, so we're making the most of it. The boys are sleeping right now...it was supposed to be a family nap, but i still haven't got the hang of putting Noah down after he falls asleep without waking him up in the process...so I am learning to multitask with Noah in my arms. Today I've figured out how to hold Noah and type (with both hands, now!). Also I have learned a new trick for calming the little guy down: Grammy has a big trampoline at her house (it's official, we are moved in here in St. George now) and if I bounce around on it with Noah, he loves it and he's out like a light in seconds! It reminded me of the time when I was pregnant and I was jumping on that trampoline, having a butt sit war with Haylie and Tayler, and then sister-in-law Brooke reminded me that I was pregnant and I shouldn't be jumping on a trampoline. I had forgotten that I was pregnant and that there were certain activities that might not be ideal for a little growing fetus. After that, I cried and got all paranoid for a few days that I had given my baby trampoline brain damage. Well good news, Noah seems to have handled it well and at 3 weeks, appears to be fully functional (if you count sleeping, pooping, and eating!). We are becoming expert diaper changers (although I forget the Buttpaste most of the time). Also I am learning to live with breastfeeding pain, and Kyle is learning how to make sure the little guy's lips are flanged while latching on. Anyway, speaking of diaper changing, little Noah is making some sounds he only makes when he's filling his diaper (and it sounds pretty intense this time), so I better stop this here and go do that mother thing...Fun :)

Noah goes to church

Noah was excited to go to church today. Last week he wore his pajamas and slept through the whole thing, but this week, he was a little more lively, as you can tell from the pictures :) We were sad that this was our last week at the Eastmont Ward. Noah already has so many people that love him down here! But since he's cute and lovable, we should be able to find some friends up in St. George. Anyway, church was fun, especially the part when Noah had a diaper explosion and messed all up and down his back side and all over his new church clothes. These things happen. This is a picture during the clean up process.
So, other than that, church was good. It was funny, there was another newborn at church today, who is a week younger than Noah. When you held the babies next to each other, Noah looked like a baby on steroids! We love our chubby little guy.

Noah's birthday

Baby Noah's first picture

What a cute little guy, conehead and all. :) He finally came on October 29 at 7:44 pm. He came out measuring 20 inches and 7 lbs 14oz (which was a lot nicer to deliver than the 8 1/2 to 9 lb baby the doctor told us to expect)! He's a little blondie with chubby cheeks and we think he's the cutest. Everything went well, and as you can see, we were a little tired after the whole thing.

Babies are great. We were so happy he finally made it (even if he had to be coerced via pitocin!)
We love having him around and we think we'll keep him! :)

HE'S HOME!!!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

There will be many more photos to come tomorrow. But Noah came home today, on Halloween, and wanted to say hello to everyone!!!

He's healthy and strong. We love him!!!