Christmas Time is Family Time!

The Christmas tree is up and boy is it beautiful! Nora seemed disinterested at first, so Tim and I put up the tree as she napped. When Nora woke up and came downstairs, she started adding ornaments to the bottom of the tree and you could finally see the magic of Christmas in her eyes.

Funny thing, she goes to the Christmas tree almost daily to quiz Tim and I on the color of the ornaments. "Daddy, what color is this?" "Good job, Daddy!" - Nora

Bubba reminded us of last year when Nora was just saying "tee". My time has flown, and she's grown up so much!

Thanksgiving '09

"Hey Good Lookin'
What ya got cookin'
How 'bout cookin' something good for me!"

Nora was quite the chef in helping us prepare for Thanksgiving dinner. She helped make the green bean casserole, the cranberry compote, the sweet potato casserole, and the cornbread dressing. "Help! Help! I wan (want to) help!" is what Nora kept saying as we prepared our small meal for three. She wanted to do everything. :D It was a lovely time together, and the food was not too bad either.



(I'm not too sure Nora was happy with the results of the cranberry compote.)


I am so thankful for my family, near and far. There is no other thing in the world that matters more than family. They all have a special piece of my heart. I think about how blessed I am that I have so many people to love and so many people who love me back. My family is the best part of me. I love you all. I AM BLESSED!

Yooooooooo Gabba Gabba!

Trick or Treat!
Nana, Poppa, Bubba, Jackie, and Austen all joined us for some Halloween fun!



Friday night, We finally cut open our pumpkins for some ooey, gooey, pumpkin fun! We didn't know how Nora would do putting her hand in all the slime, etc. since she has can be somewhat prissy. At first, she didn't like it, but then she saw everybody else digging in. I think she figured "Oh well, let's do this." By the end of the night Nora was elbow deep in the pumpkin and even helped Poppa carve his pumpkin. (So cute- She walked up to him and said "I wanna help." How could he resist?) Here are our pumpkins.
(from left to right: Kendra, Tim, Nora, Poppa)


Nora was Foofa from Yo Gabba Gabba this Halloween. (I'm so proud that I actually made her costume. Goooo Mommy Mommy!) :D Tim and I also joined the party and dressed up as Tootie and Mundo. As sweet irony would have it, we opened our front door only to find our friends, DJ Lance Rock and an Aqua-bot! It was fabulous!



Nora had a fantabulous time. She was so excited about going from house to house getting candy. It was cold and rainy, but Nora did NOT want to come inside.
Here are some of the cute things Nora said throughout the night.
Nora: "House! House! Trick or Treat! House!"
Nora: "I wanna walk! Walk!" (We were just trying to pick her up to speed the process, but Nora was not having that!)
Nora: "My BAG!" (This was yelled as anyone reached to help Nora carry her bag)

Now, how many years do you think we can keep it a secret from Nora that you are supposed to eat the candy you get?