Nora's 1st Birthday Party

We celebrated Nora's first birthday this past weekend. We all had a wonderful time. We started preparing for the big birthday bash about two weeks prior. I thought I might have heart failure because we were having a patio being poured and two weeks before the party it wasn't done!!! God knew that we wouldn't be able to have the party without it, so things finished smoothly.
The Friday before the party Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Karen, Aunt Rena, Uncle Tim and Aunt Candace, Aunt Colleen and Danny came into town. I was a little worried again because it rained all day Friday. Saturday morning we woke up and all was well!!! The sun was out and the weather was perfect. I put everyone to work (imagine that) and we had everything ready to go.

The party started at 4:00 and everyone came in full force. We had about 60 adults and children at our house for the festivities. We have never had that many people over before, so thank goodness it was a beautiful day! Nora had a lot of fun seeing and playing with everyone.














We opened presents and boy did our little girl make a haul!!! Everyone was sooo generous. She got everything from toys to clothes. She is set for the summer! Nora also had fun eating her cupcake. She helped me blow out her candle and then dived in! Downed a whole sippy of milk in the process too! Who doesn't like milk with their cake?! After a very long day the birthday girl retired to bed.

This morning when I woke Nora up she knew she had new things out there to play with. She kept pointing to the door and grunting. As soon as we got out of the bedroom she was pointing at everything and was super excited to get down on the floor and play! Thanks again to everyone who helped and generously gave gifts!! We had a great time!

This is one of their favorite spots!!! They both love to look out the front door and watch who ever is going by! If Staley is there first, Nora is there shortly after. She loves her puppy dog.

Grandma and Grandpa's March visit

Grandma and Grandpa came to visit the last week in March. We are so lucky that we get to see each other once a month. We had such a great visit and had a lot of fun playing with Nora. She is just so active and loves to play with everyone.

Grandma had a great time playing with Nora. We opened her toy piggy bank and grandma helped show her how to stick the coin in the bank. It was so cute and Nora loved it.

Grandma also got to do Nora's swim class with her. The water was sooo cold, but it didn't seem to stop them from participating in class. I don't know who had more fun, grandma or Nora.

Playing at the Park!

We went to the park during our spring break with some friends. It was such a beautiful day, but very windy. This was Nora's first trip to a park. We had such a great time. She really loved the swing!







Chilling in the swing.

Hanging out. Nora couldn't do too much so we spent most of the time watching our friends Julia and Brooke play on the playground.

Sippy Cup

We have started to introduce Nora to the sippy cup and she loves it. She is so funny when she tries to drink out of it. We have been putting either water or some watered down juice in it. She really likes the juice better but we have been limiting her. She finally figured out if you tip it towards your mouth you will get more in your mouth. She usually has a soaked shirt when we are done with the cup, but is a learning experience. She also likes to bite on the cup too. I think it feels good on her gums. Our little girl is getting big! Two more months until she is 1!! Where did the time go?

Daddy and Nora swimming

Peter did Nora's second swim lesson with her. I got strep and didn't want to get into the pool after being sick. They had a short, but nice lesson. The water was a little chilly because the temp outside was colder than last week. About 15 minutes into the lesson another child threw up in the pool so everyone had to get out! That was the end of that lesson, but the instructor told us we would add another one on to the end. Nora just loves the water!!!

St. Patrick's Day Parade

We took Nora to her 1st Parade today! We had alot of fun. The weather was better than they had predicted. The sun came out and it was almost 60! Much different than the forcasted 50 and cloudy. I wish I would have known that because our poor Nora got sunburned. I am sooo sad, her poor little cheeks are so red.






Nora sitting and waiting for the parade to start.







The Irish Family







Dad and Nora before the parade.