Pictures and News

A long time since the last update here - sorry! But lots has been going on... Here are some cute pictures of Nora, of course, to start off.



Hanging out in her chair, getting ready for lunch.
Eating a cracker before lunch.
Here, I picked a dandelion for you!
It's really, really, really interesting.
Daddy just finished landscaping around the new stairs he built in the side yard.
There are rocks!! Hurray! Nora loves rocks.
I mean, she really loves rocks!

Before: getting ready for Nora's first real haircut. (I trimmed her bangs in February, but this is the whole thing.)

Before from the back: you can see all the long wisps making up the coveted baby mullet!
After: she's suddenly a toddler! (I evened up her bangs a little more after this picture.)
After from the back: no more mullet!
Nora likes both her new haircut and her supper.

In other exciting news, Nora and Mama have been taking an Itsy Bitsy Yoga class together for the last few weeks. A photographer from the local paper was there this morning, and there may be a story in the paper on Mother's Day this Sunday featuring the class! I hope some of the pictures he took of Nora get in the paper - she was having a really good time this morning, and looking super cute (as always).

Also exciting news is that we're getting ready for Nora's first birthday this coming Saturday. She's having a party with her family and friends - I'm sure lots of pictures will follow! She's also getting ready for a special Mother's Day on Sunday, which should be a bit more relaxing than Mother's Day last year, when we brought her home from the hospital.

And finally, the most exciting news of all is that Nora's going to be a big sister this fall! Her new baby sibling (we don't know yet if it's a boy or a girl, but we'll find out next month) is due on Halloween, so they'll have a space of just under a year and a half between them. We're all thrilled, and can't wait to meet the new baby!