wow... a year!!!

so, this is the pic from last year on her birthday... and the EXACT same outfit today... what a cute girl! how much she's grown up!

she finally likes wearing the hat! except, she dropped it in the store today, and i somehow missed it. noticed when we got to the car, and had to go back through the ENTIRE store before we found it! (we went out a different way than we came in, and it was RIGHT next to the exit!) i told her i was sad that we lost it, and she was so cute, trying to make up with me.

cute little boy... grabbing for his cupeez... speaking of... nora has a big girl bed now (just not set up until the new house), and we have been talking about how you don't need a cupeez in a big girl bed. she keeps talking about it, over and over!

it doesn't look like it, but she is hanging from her bed! her little bummy is not resting on those pillows! what a little monkey!!!

auntie kelsey came over! we had so much fun...

sweet boy, laughing at miss stef on the fourth! we went back to her pool and enjoyed a WONDERFUL fourth of july!!! (still waiting for the pool pics to get to my inbox... my camera was inside!)

"oh dad... whatcha looking at???"

snuggled with daddy... caught daddy a little of guard!!!

giving daddy a big kiss and saying "thank-you for being our hero!!!" and, it's a little late, but thanks to all those who are serving, or who have served, to give us our freedom! if you are looking for something to make you proud to be an american, our church had a wonderful service that you can watch online. shadowmountain.org.

nora waved her flag all day, and kept saying "happy to you!!!".

we painted our toes again... this time red! she loves them! daddy is out of town this week, and we have had a fun time. yesterday, we met chels and jeffrey at the mall, and to get nora to sit in her stroller, i told her we were going to go find them. she started saying "chelsey, jeffrey, where are you??", and continued to say that until we found them! (a good 15 minutes...) she is SUCH a joy in my life. i am so thankful for my two kids...

and now... off to do some work while two babies sleep!!!