Happy Birthday Baby Girl

In honor of little Norah turning one, 

I started her baby book last night. 
(true story)

That being said, even though some of our 

actions show she is the second child,

we really couldn't love her more. 

When I was pregnant I couldn't imagine 

loving a child nearly as much as Ava had

consumed my heart.  That just didn't seem

possible.  People said it was, I truly did 

not believe them.  

I do though, we all do.  Norah is such a funny,

beautiful, sweet little girl, it would be impossible

not to love her like crazy.  

We call her trouble and make the sounds 

from Jaws when the shark is approaching

sometimes when she is crawling into the room.

She terrorizes cupboards, pulling out the 

contents, attacks computers, crawls behind 

everything, climbs on top of tall dangerous 

spaces, and just plain gets into things, constantly.

 Everything goes in her mouth, even if it's dirty

and gross.  Whenever she sees something she 

wants more then what she has she simply throws

whatever she is holding on the floor, like it means

nothing.  She goes from thing to thing, on a mission.

She is fast!  And determined.  She loves her mama,

but much like Ava did, refuses to say it.  (Although Ava 

had it down by now)  She says all sorts of things like

"Sit down, kitty, stinky, outside, dada, Ava, this, cheese"

I'm sure there are many other things, they just aren't 

coming to me right now.  She chatters constantly.  

She sounds like she is having huge conversations 

about everything but you can't understand a word of 

what she is carrying on about.  : )

Norah loves to play.  All day she goes from toy to toy, 

but mostly from person to person.  Me & Ava are her 

top picks but we are also her only choices much of the

time.  When ever someone else is here she is quick to 

check them out too.  She seems like she will be social 

just like her big sister.  

It is so easy to make her laugh.  She loves to be tickled

or lifted up to see things, she loves to be carried around

or wrestled with, swung upside down or chased.  Her 

little giggle is infectious and she keeps us all laughing 

most of the day.  

She is eating all sorts of food now, including peanut butter

& jelly sandwiches, yogurt, chicken & pasta.  Cheese is her 

favorite food for sure.  She still eats quite a bit of baby food too. 

I just started her on regular milk and that is going really well.

Norah is super close to walking, she can stand independently

for several seconds and has taken one step, of course she 

did it while wearing wings, I think that helped. : )

It is hard to believe that a year went by that quickly,

but it also feels like she has always been part of us.  

Norah brings so much joy to our lives, we couldn't feel 

more lucky or more blessed to be her parents.  

 Ava is just as taken with her as us.  She takes great care 

of Norah, she keeps her safe, hugs and kisses her all through

the day, plays with her and always tells me how cute she is

and how much she loves her. Such wonderful sweet words

that simply warm my heart. 

What a day, our little sweet (last) baby is one.  

Little Norah, we couldn't love you more.  

Thank you for being YOU.