Noelle Irion Girton

Noelle Irion Girton made a surprise appearance on April 10, 2008. Happy Birthday MOM!!! She wasn't scheduled for arrival until the 15th.

Here I am after checking in on Thursday night about 2 hours before she was born.

Noelle was born at 11:46pm on 4-10-08. She just barely made it on my birthday! She weighed 7lbs. 14oz and is 19 inches long. She is so much smaller that Kade was!

Here are some of her first pictures. More to come later. She and I are still in the hospital!

Coloring Eggs

My mom came up on Good Friday morning so we could color Easter Eggs. Last year Kade "helped" but didn't really get into it. However, this year once he figured out what we were doing he wanted to help. He finally got into a "routine" with my mom...she would scoop the egg out with a spoon, he would grab it off the spoon and she would take it and put it on the drying rack. So needless to say his hands were quite colorful at the end. He didn't understand or like that he had to wait after he put the egg in the color! He also got very mad when we were done, he wasn't ready to stop. We have 2 videos of him coloring eggs that I will try to get uploaded soon.

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Little Reader

Kade's new favorite thing is to "read" everything he can. His favorite spots are under the table reading daddy's Sporting News Weekly and reading the paper at the table like daddy.

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A boy and his dog

Kade is crazy about Sunny. He chases her around the house and then she chases him. He can even call her by name, it sounds more like "sis" but she knows he is talking about her! So, Nate decided to put her in his crib and see what they would do. Pretty uneventful, she laid down and he sat right next to her. That is a good thing since as you can see he is a pretty big man in a little bed!

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Mickey Mouse pancakes!

I tried to make Kade Mickey Mouse pancakes for the first time the other night. He has no idea who Mickey Mouse is, but he thought the pancakes were funny. I took a picture because I was very proud of my first try. I should be a pro by the time he knows who Mickey is!

Ball Boy

Kade couldn't choose one ball, so he had to climb in and get a closer look!

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Playing in the snow

Here is Kade playing in the snow. He is so basketball crazy, that he thinks everything is a hoop and he shoots!

12 inches of fun

We have been hit with snow like crazy this year. I have never seen anything like it! It feels like we get some snow everyday. The largest amount we have gotten at one time was 12". The snow was all the way up to the front porch as you can see in the pictures. Kade LOVES the snow. Mom loves the snow because he plays for almost an hour and then crashes for almost 3 1/2! He has a major melt-down when it is time to come in, even when his hands and face are red and freezing!

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Budding Artist

Kade received several gift cards for Christmas, and with them he got some crayons and paper. The newest thing is trying to color with pens and pencils all over anything!! So we got him some crayons and he can ONLY color in his highchair under mom's watchful eye! He colors and colors until he almost falls asleep, as you can see.

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Kade and Daddy Shootin'

After Nate's game last week, Kade and Daddy shot hoops for a while. At the big gym, Kade has more fun passing the ball to Daddy and watching him "shoot it!"

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Kristyn and Addy!!

Kristyn and Addy were home in Chicago for Christmas. Unfortunately we missed Jon, who had to fly home for work the day we went in - next time! Kade and Addy had a blast. They played and played for hours. They were so good, that Kristyn and I actually got to sneek out and go eat an adult only dinner!! The kids were a little camera shy during our photo session unfortunately.

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Christmas at the Cabin

We were able to go to the Stenzel Christmas at the Cabin this year. It is the first time in a few years that we have gone. It was good to see all my cousins and their little ones.
Kade had a blast, yes he is wearing a bow on his head and pushing a stroller in one of the pictures. Nate about had a stroke. I told him he was just practicing for his little sister!

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Shootin' Hoops

Okay, here goes nothing. This is Kade shooting at the old hoop if this is viewable, I will put up one with the new hoop.

Santa's been here!

Santa came to the Girton house a few days early this year due to his and our hectic travel schedule! He didn't really understand the concept of course. He was thrilled however, to see his new hoop. It talks to him and Dickie V comments when he makes a shot. He thinks he is hot stuff. Hopefully, I will figure out the video deal and there will be a video to follow!
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Getting a Christmas tree

We took Kade to get a tree on the Sunday after Thanksgiving. I think this is going to be the last year for the real tree though. I am allergic and Nate isn't into decorating the tree! Kade was more into running up and down the aisles than the trees themselves!

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Favorite Passtime

Kade's favorite passtime is watching his favorite team play basketball. Can you guess who they are?

The Best Book Ever!!

The Girton Boys take a minute to check out the "best book ever!" This years edition of Inside Indiana, the booklet that tells you all about this years Hoosier Basketball team. I think Kade was the most excited about it, he looked at that book for about 1 hour! Daddy is so proud.

Reading the Paper

Kade has started reading the sports page. He loves to "read" it to us and point and tell us all about the pictures!

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Halloween Parade

I took Kade down to Amboy for the Halloween parade last Sunday. He was a very cute skunk. He loved the costume, but really didn't talk or smile when he was in it! His cousin Haleigh was a duck, which is one of Kade's words he says, but he wouldn't say it for anything!!

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Picking Pumpkins

Kade was hilarious picking pumpkins. First of all he thought they were all basketballs and so he kept saying "shoot it" and trying to pick them up. We have a pumpkin patch right down the road that is self serve, so we were the only ones there so he just ran around and loved it!!

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