Photo dump

Conors Christmas Advent program

Conor's little preschool had an adorable little advent program on Friday.  The kids all came out and sang several songs and showed off their nativity artwork.  Then we had a little photo shoot with some of his friends.  Seriously cute...

Christmas fun 12/6/14

Today was a busy but fun day.  We started out by going to a work Christmas party at another agents home.  We had food and a fun gift exchange.  Santa also came and joined the party!  The kids were in awe... 

Then after a short nap we packed up and went to the light parade.  We camped out to save our spot for 2 hours before the parade even started.  We met up with Conor's friend Leighton and his family so the kids had fun while waiting.  We ate pizza and just relaxed.  The parade was pretty impressive-the kids loved it!  The last picture of Norah is when she saw Santa on the last float... Priceless...

Norah's birthday party

We had Norah's birthday party a week after her actual birthday and it was a success!  Chris smoked some pork shoulder, we made baked beans, coleslaw and lots of treats (rice krispies treats dipped in chocolate, animal cookies, then cupcakes from Gigi's).  Norah had a blast running around the backyard with all her little friends.  Then that night she opened a LOT of presents - a very successful birthday!

 

 

Norah is 2!

So... My baby is 2 years old... :-( Today was her actual birthday and we celebrated it by going to two other birthday parties, none of which was hers. :-). She had a blast though as she got to play all day.

We started the day out with a bubble bath.

Then had chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast.

Then we got dressed up and went to church to hear Conor sing with his preschool class. (No pictures... Mom fail...)

Right after church we walked next door to Jump City for Luke Powell's birthday party.  The kids went crazy jumping and running around, then ate pizza and cake and ran some more.

After they were sufficiently worn out we went home for about an hour for a quick nap.  Then woke Norah up (she is never happy about being woke up) and drove to the train park for Konnor Von Rice's birthday party.  They had more cake and candy and soda there and played hard.  And of course we had to take a train ride.

Then home to play outside, have dinner (spaghetti at Norah's request), PJs and then presents!  

Aaaand, ended the day with Dilly Bars...

A pretty good birthday for our princess.  Her party is next week so we will defiantly do some more celebrating then!

Norah 2 year facts:
Height: 34.5 inches (68%)
Weight: 27 lbs (56%)
Head: 19.5 (93%)
Clothing sizes: 2T
Shoe size: 6
Favorite food: Everything!  She loves anything that can be dipped: ketchup, salsa, guacamole, etc.  She also loves salad... :-)
Favorite books: Any books that she has something to count.  10 Friendly Fish is a definite favorite.
Favorite pastime:  reading, coloring, TV, babies (dolls, stuffed animals/dinosaurs)

Our girl is such a little lady.  She is talking in 3-4 word sentences.  She mostly understands anything you say to her and can follow directions (when she wants to).  She is super independent and willful.  She loves to cuddle but only for a little while.  She is super sweet.