Sunday, January 25, 2015

scenes from our weekend

dear nora,
here are some pictures from the past few weekends in january! 


helping mommy bake

"rock rock rock" 

"watch" ... your favorite thing to do

eating ice cream 


drawing pictures to keep busy before dinner :)

playing with your little people doll house


swinging at the park 



dare devil 

matching with mommy :)

"dip" "cracker" 

you woke up asking for a bow and milk :)

"bow" :) 

Shedd Aquarium with Isabelle :)
"Woah"


just hanging out in a box :) 


Monday, January 5, 2015

happy birthday, grandma!

dear grandma,
happy birthday!!! i hear today is a very special birthday for you, so i wanted to say happy birthday myself! (but i don't sit still for long enough for my mom to take a picture!)  
i love you very much!

xoxo,
nori boo 




Thursday, January 1, 2015

new years eve 2014


this year we continued our tradition of spending new years eve with the favia family.  i lost count on how many years we've been doing this, but as most traditions, it has evolved over time due to kids and babies!  

we had dinner at our house and then headed over to kristen and mikes for dessert and a 9pm new years celebration.  we spent the night & enjoyed a waffle breakfast in the morning!  i love ringing in the new year with such great friends :)  you had a blast dancing with nathan, kylie, and brianna during our celebration.  

here are some pictures from our evening!










oh just sitting in the dog bed and playing with dog toys #gross


so. much. noise. 

my people

happy new years eve, kiddos!

happy baby :) 

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

merry merry christmas!

nora,
merry second christmas! this christmas your dad and i could not stop reminiscing about past christmases, especially the last two.  you have changed so much since last christmas.  you were just learning how to roll both ways and now you're running all over and talking up a storm!  

we spent christmas eve with grandma and papa, uncle kyle, and great grandma joan.  you were quite overwhelmed with all the presents.  you had a lot of fun opening them, but weren't so sure what to play with first.  your attention span with each gift was quite short!  

here are some pictures from christmas eve...
cookie monster

seeing all the presents! 

farm house & animals

bitty baby 



our family christmas eve 2014

take 2

trying to sit in the doll stroller :) 

"dada nigh nigh" haha

reading books to your baby & elfie 

christmas morning was so much fun!  when you woke up and saw the living room, you said, "wow!"  your dad and i got you a kids table and painted it with a chalkboard top.  you seemed to have fun sitting there drinking your milk and coloring with your new crayons and minnie book.  santa brought you your very first baby doll, too!  a few clothes, puffs, and a water bottle rounded out the gifts from mom, dad & santa.


then we headed over to gigi and grandpa's house to spend christmas day with the georgalas side of the family.  your uncle mike & uncle jimmy were excited to play with you all day. you ran all over the house screaming, "miii" for "mike".  you exhausted us all!  you were very spoiled by your loving grandparents, too! once again, you were quite overwhelmed with opening all the presents.  you loved the magnadoodle and little bunny you opened.  here are some pictures from our christmas day...

playing at gigi & grandpa's house

oh, hi minnie! thanks gigi for our new fav toy! 

we had such a magical christmas this year.  i am so excited for future christmases and all the excitement that will come!  
merry christmas, nora!
xoxo,
mommy & daddy 

Saturday, December 27, 2014

winter break, part 1

dear nora,
i have two whole weeks home with you!  could there be anything better than that?! (yes, the summer... but that's so far away!) here are some pictures from our time together...
best way to start winter break.. cuddles in bed :)
playing with your baby & bunny
 (pictures from aunt kristen)
my 3 favorite triplets! 

my handsome godson :)

such a big smile you have, nora! 
opening presents from the favia's
mesmerized by the christmas lights 

just reading books by the tree...  
dinner at shake shack 
with the ORIGINAL elf... elfie 

taking lucy for a walk


you love the tree!

picnic dinner night!

we have several other fun things planned for the break, so i'm sure there will be more pictures to share!
xoxo,
mom