I’m so sorry guys! I’ve started to really get into our days up here and it’s been so hard to find the time to detail it all on the blog! Things are going great! We just got back from the zoo! We walked around all day with buffalo and lions, rode the carousel in the children’s section and, even though Noah slept through it, went through the monkey and reptile houses!

We’ve been to 3 other b-day party’s with another teddy-bear party coming up next week! And swimming is finally starting to be a – good fun thing – instead of – that cold, wet, loud thing we make him do! He’s been successfully dunked! And while I think he’s still trying to figure out why we would want to submerge him, he’s trying to be a good sport about it! I’m posting all of our pics from the past couple of weeks so PLEASE feel free to check them out!

Our biggest focus right now is trying to get noah to put on the pounds! He’s pretty low on the overall scale so we’re eating, eating, eating! all the time!

We celebrated the beautiful weather here in THE MAD CITY!! with a few hundred of our closest friends at the farmers market then followed it up with a lazy nap and a picnic in the back! Check out the rest of our pics.

Noah is locked and loaded for our michigan road trip!

for those of you looking at this picture and wondering if I stay in my pj’s all of the time because i’m staying home with Noah… you’re absolutely right!! Isn’t it great!
no but really… this was our first birthday party. it’s theme was pajamas! so we all dressed to match! we should all have a pj-day don’t you think…

he has spoken!! Noah said his first word today! dada has been uttered and mumbled 10 times since and if you listen long enough to the babble, you’ll at least hear dada along with a myriad of other small syllables such as ahhhh, maaaaa, baaaaa, you get the point! I hope everyone is having a fantastic weekend!

HAPPY EASTER!

yep! i just posted the rest of our pics from swimming class. I’m not going to lie to you, Noah has not taken to it as i had initially hoped, in fact, i think he would prefer to go back to the pediatrician (as we finished his 6 month check up yesterday) and get more shots than to spend his time in the pool. Do’nt fret! next week jaythan (our very own tiny dancer) will be back in the water and i have high hopes that noah will make a full recovery!

As many of you know, the entire allure of the university of wisconsin was brought about because of their strong role in stem cell research.  Most of that allure is attributed to Dr Jamie Thompson who came to UW following his discovery, isolation -and most notably- replication of a stem cell. He has slowly built up the program to become the best in the nation! The method that he used with these cells was a sought after technique that at that time, no one else could successfully accomplish.  He gladly shared his secretes (for a small fee) and the world of stem cells along with their possibilities, bloomed!

I am orating this fascinating history for you because the patents that he listed this special technique under have been revoked!  This is HUGE for the university as they have been able to become such a force in stem cell research due to the funding (not government affiliated) from this procedure.  If that funding stops, and the bill remains in effect to not allow federal funding for stem cell research, uw’s ability to continue its’ ground breaking research will slowly but surely die.

I do not feel that the ability for these patents to be approved or disapprooved will hinder the research ongoing at this time.  It has grown throughout the US and other nations as a huge contender for therapies and treatments of disease and illness across the board, I do feel, however, that if these patents remain revoked (he has issued an inquiry into the matter) Wisconsin will not remain in the forefront of this rapidly growing science…

OK guys! as promised here’s a pic of our swim class last night! Noah was a little more comfortable in the water but we were kind of lonely in there without Jaythan! I’ll upload the rest of the pics to our flickr account later!

WHEW! It’s been a crazy couple of weeks! Noah and I went to our first fancy playgroup! It was fantastic to meet some new moms and dads and talk about the trials and treasures of staying home with our little one’s! This is noah and bodie getting acquainted on the floor.

We have our 2nd swim class tonight and due to a mishap in the bedroom last night (get your minds out of the gutters! Jaythan stubbed his toe on the bed!!)  I’ll be the only one in the pool with Noah!!  this is lucky for you folks as that opens up Jaythan to play photographer!  See you soon!

Noah had his first swim lesson last night!!  It was really cool to see an entire facility completely devoted to children’s swim.  I think kids need a special environment to feel safe and comfortable in order to begin to trust being in the water, and Swimwest is just that place!  I’m slacking on the pictures, the whole lesson took both Jaythan and i doing the dance to keep Noah happy so i didn’t get the chance to snap any pics but I promise I’ll capture Noah doing the crawl next week!