Almost 6 weeks old...

Noah just went in for his 6 week checkup and he's doing great! He's up to 9 lbs 12oz and 22 3/4" long. Thats 2lbs 3oz and over 2" since he was born and puts him in the 90th percentile for height and 50th for weight. He's still a pretty good sleeper, but he sure gave mom a run for her money Saturday night! He continues to push himself up further and further while laying on his belly and even managed to flip himself over once last week.

Most of the pictures in this album, as usual, are of Ben. Sorry Noah, but Ben loves the camera! Grandma came up last weekend to watch Ben while we went furniture shopping and they had a ball. Went to a place called Monkey Joes which is a huge indoor park of assorted inflatable bounce houses and rides. Not sure who had more fun!
Luckily for Ben, they also happened to be fixing a leaking pipe in our yard that day and the utility company guys loved Ben and let him sit in trucks and back hoes and play on all of their equipment. The kid was in heaven.

And the latest pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/daneichenwald/9_15_08#

Ben meets cousin Julia

Last week daddy and Ben took a boys roadtrip up to New Hampshire to visit the new lady in the family and we had a great time. Aside from a very brief breakdown on the way back, Ben was fantastic the entire way and we got caught in many hours of complete down pour. Ben took a little while to warm up to his new cousin, but once he did, he was his usual hammy self. We got some great pictures of him 'driving' Mike's truck, holding and kissing Julia and then once we got home in his Gambian outfit makes faces and showing off his physique.

http://picasaweb.google.com/daneichenwald/9_10_08#

Noah is growing so fast. He's starting to fill out some of those outfits that were huge on him and he's even outgrowing some outfits.

Boy meet stair

Sorry Noah. You haven't done much interesting lately so this post is about Ben. Last night was a big night for Ben. En route to his first hair cut and bubble bath, Ben was about to start climbing the stairs and bit it big time, chin first into the step. Poor kid had blood coming out of his mouth, but he's a trooper and soon forgot about the pain. He was too excited to get his hair cut and test out his new Thomas the Train bubbles! His hair was crazy long and yours truly was the barber and it came out pretty damn good if I don't say so myself! And of course Ben was a champ and didn't complain at all. And he absolutely loved his bubble bath too. Check out the pics:

http://picasaweb.google.com/daneichenwald/9_3_08#

We also went peach/apple picking today and Ben had a great time. Noah, as usual, slept through it. Amazing how big Ben is getting. He's been apple picking a few times already but couldn't even walk last time. Now he's picking apples and eating them completely on his own. Adorable!