noah benjamin thompson: too cool for school

School is officially out for ~~summer~~ spring. Noah's nanny started this week and it has been going really well. I was kind of sad to take him out of daycare because the teachers loved him, but now he gets constant attention and plenty of naps. Also, I selfishly love being able to hear his chattering all day while I am working. It is slightly distracting, but unfortunately I've been so busy I haven't been able to sneak away a whole lot to see him. I do feel a little bad for the nanny because her day is relatively boring since he is asleep for 4-5 of the 8 hours she is here (never mind, that sounds like a dream job). I am definitely glad we went this route for now and wish we had done it from the start.

In addition to meeting his nanny, Noah got to meet Uncle Jake's girlfriend, Jocelin. He loved having them visit and showing them around the city. We were total tourists for the weekend - we covered CNN, the aquarium, the zoo and world of coke (yep, city passes!). Noah's favs were riding the escalator at CNN, seeing the dolphin show, petting a goat, feeding a giraffe, riding a carousel and of course seeing real life zeebees. Noah also accompanied us to a few brunches and got another night with his babysitter while we went out.

As a quick aside, if you are planning to hit any of those highlights with a baby, know that CNN doesn't allow strollers. We owe Jake and Jocelin a big thanks for being our Downton Abbey-style valets. Also if you get a city pass, you can skip the line at the aquarium, and the cleanest and quietest bathroom at the aquarium is the one near the cafe. The bathrooms at the zoo on the other hand are all disgusting and only one (the one near the gorillas) has a changing table, not that I'd use it.

The weekend before Jake and Jocelin came, Grandma Bea and Grandpa Art came to visit. They had a lot of fun playing with Noah and got to babysit while we went out with Heather and Garrett. Grandpa Art got the hang of swaddling and Noah was very well taken care of. That same weekend Noah celebrated his first Easter. Our friends and neighbors, Keith and Adrienne, were nice enough to have us over for a great meal so we didn't have to cook.

Unfortunately right after Easter, I came down with a nasty cold that lingered for over a week. Noah didn't seem to catch it until almost a week later when he got very stuffy and his eyes started to water. It was one of the saddest things I've ever seen, but he seemed relatively unfazed (still grinning and giggling a lot). He did wake up one night almost every hour but thankfully that was only been one night.
Noah has gotten really close to rolling over from his back to his stomach. Whenever he is playing on his back he rolls onto his side but can't quite get over from there. I am thinking it will happen any day now. He has also started to show a little bit of interest in toys and will firmly grasp onto anything nearby (he seems especially fond of necklaces and hair and yesterday went for a rattle). He loves bubbles and peek-a-boo (he always laughs when you surprise him), so those are two of our favorite games. We've still been going to the park to swing and play 2 grow classes and may try a music class next week. I figure that since he is home all day it will be nice to get out and be around other kids a few times a week. Also he has started to sound more and more like a pterodactyl from Jurassic Park (he must've know it was being released in 3D). Ben took a video and we watch it constantly.