Nora's Birthday Party

I had my birthday party Saturday here at our house. It was loads of fun and lots of people came to see me! Thanks to all my friends and family that made the long drive (or flight) up here for my party!


Decorations


Close up of the cupcakes


Party favors for the other kids


Getting ready to blow out my candles! Notice the shirt that Mommy made for me.


Enjoying my cupcake. I might have eaten 4 cupcakes that day!


Miles enjoying his cupcake


Opening presents


Posing for the camera

Nora turns 3!

Its hard to believe my little Nora is 3 years old! She's getting so big. She's such a sweet girl and loves to help mommy with everything - cooking, laundry, cleaning, Will. She loves reading and watching movies. She's still obsessed with dogs and pretends to be one every single day.


2008 Just born


2009 First Birthday


2010 Second Birthday


Third Birthday today!

Since I'm having a little birthday party next weekend, we didn't have a big celebration today. Mommy took me to Toys R Us. They gave me a birthday crown and balloon for coming on my birthday. I got to pick out a couple of toys - I chose some dog figures and the movie Bolt (can you tell I love dogs?). I got to eat McDonald's for lunch; chicken nuggets are my favorite! Mom and I made cookies tonight. And finally, I got to play in the snow for a little while! I had a really great birthday and can't wait to see everyone for my party next weekend!

Pulling up!

So Will has become tremendously (mom says scarily) mobile in the past few weeks. He's been army crawling for a while now, but now he is "regular" crawling on his hands and knees and had begun pulling up (and even trying to cruise the furniture). He's almost 8 months old so I guess its about time for him to be moving but I'm not sure Mommy and Daddy are ready for this!


Will loves to pull up on the couch (and the tv stand, and the bookshelf, and the wall, and anything he can get his hands on)


Mom has started finding Will standing in my crib after I wake up.

Will's not much of a talker yet, but he sure can move!

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Christmas 2010

This year Christmas was celebrated several times. We had our first Christmas at Thanksgiving with Daddy's side of the family. We open presents from immediate family on Tuesday night (Dec 20th) because we would be out of town with Mommy's side of the family on Christmas. I enjoyed this because Christmas seemed to last forever and I got to open lots of presents! However, Mommy and Daddy say that next year we will make it a point to spend Christmas Eve at our house so Santa can visit here.

As usual, Mom did not do such a great job with taking pictures, but here are a few to enjoy:

Christmas at our house:


Will's favorite part - eating the wrapping paper!


Nora opening one of her presents


Christmas with Mimi and Poppy:


Cooking with Mimi


Visiting with Mawmaw and Pawpaw



Will and I loved our laptops from Uncle Lee and Aunt Terri Lyn:




Even Daddy and Aunt Jessica are fascinated


Santa Came!!


My bicycle from Santa


Will's Tigger from Santa (I think I liked it more than Will)


I love the Grinch and Max from Mimi


I love my cute hat from Aunt Katherine

Overall, we had a really great Christmas. We loved seeing all our family and eating yummy food. We got lots of great presents. I know I can't wait to do it again next year. I was very sad when Mommy was taking down the Christmas tree today. But she told me that coming soon was my birthday! So now I have something to look forward to!

Excited for Christmas!

I'm really looking forward to Christmas this year. I can't wait to open all the presents, I ask all the time if it is Christmas yet!

Mom made me this Christmas Tutu. I really did not want to wear it for the pictures but Mom made me. This is the best we could get.


Will looks really cute in his new elf hat!


Will couldn't wait to open Christmas presents. Mom left the room for just a second and came back in to find that Will had unwrapped the present. Doesn't he look pleased with himself?


I like to pretend that I'm a dog a lot! Here I am with my best friend Luna, being a dog.


My cousin, Miles, came to visit this past weekend and we had a great time. Don't we both look great in our tutus?


Mom and Dad took us to a park on Sunday. I'm apparently over my fear of slide. I went down the big slide all by myself (several times)!

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas

From the Town Square light display


Visiting Santa! Nora always says she wants a Bike, a car, and a Train. We'll see what Santa brings her...

and a couple of new pictures of Will:


Will has a tooth! Yay!

He fell asleep while eating one night. It was too cute!

He'll be 7 months old tomorrow (time flies!) and has the army crawl down. He's trying to do a real crawl too - he gets up on his knees and rocks, so I'm sure he'll have it figured out soon. I'll try to get a video of this up soon.

Catching up

We've had a lot going on since we last posted! Right before Halloween, Mommy fell and sprained her ankle really bad. She was on crutches for a week but thankfully is now able to walk on it! It made for a very interesting week!

Here are some pictures from Halloween. Since Mommy was hurt she did not get to take me trick or treating. Daddy stepped in though and walked me all around the neighborhood and I got lots of candy!

We went to Mountain Home last weekend for cousin Miles' 2nd birthday party! It was lots of fun!

Riding a miniature horse!

This was my favorite activity! I did rode the bouncing horse almost the whole time!

The birthday boy blowing out his candles

Cake and Ice Cream! Yum!

Will hanging out with Grandma

On Sunday, I got another haircut - this time a little shorter! It looks too cute!

Before

After (I didn't want to cooperate to get my picture taken)

Monday, Will had his 6 month check up. He continues to be a big boy! He weighed 21 lbs (90%) and was 27.75 inches long (95%). He got lots of shots but has handled them very well! He's doing great!