Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Ava and Dresden's soccer

Soccer was so much fun. The kids loved it and keep asking when they can do it again. And although Eric and I enjoyed it it was a rough schedule. They both had practice on Monday night (of course) and only an hour apart. So most days I would take Ava and drop her off, Eric would come get her, and I would go straight to Dresden's practice. We didn't get home til late and then most weeks Ava would have another one on Friday night. Eric has scouts on Tuesday night so we really only got two nights to stay home. But I'm sure that's just how it is with kids in sports. I was just happy they were getting some good exercise.
Watching the games on Saturdays was the best. They would get so excited and Eric and I would get really into it, even though neither of us ever played and know nothing about it! :)
Dresden's age doesn't have a goalie and they would just follow the ball up and down. Very entertaining!
Ava was awesome and did so well. We are so proud of both of them. And next year I hope to have a zoom lens!








^^They always loved the tunnel at the end.^^


Dresden was pretty good and very fast. Just a cluster of boys running around!








^^Nora had fun running around on the grass!^^
^^She also loved watching the dogs walk past.^^


This was their last game (notice the grass is not very green anymore). Ava had been dying to play goalie and she had such a sweet coach that he let her play the first half. She did pretty good for her first time. She said she didn't really like it though.














Tuesday, January 21, 2014

The cake smash

More birthday fun! I just love a good cake smash! I am aware there are a lot of pictures but who doesn't love seeing a baby devour a cake, and the kids were trying so hard to make her smile. Plus I spent a fair amount of time on her cake! :) I am way out of practice on photography but I still love these. 
When I set it down in front of her she just stared at for a good minute. We were all trying to convince her to eat some. Finally she did and she LOVED it! She was just looking at us like "is this ok"! She was making the best faces.















THE END

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Happy First Birthday Nora!!!

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
Woah...one year has already flown by! (well technically its been one year and 4 months now) We are so lucky to have this happy easy going baby in our family! She is such a sweet and cuddly baby. She was just starting to get better at sleeping through the night but not 100% of the time when she turned one. She was still nursing and nursed until 14 months. The longest I've ever nursed a baby. I was getting a little nervous about how I was going to wean her! We swapped with books and it worked!

She woke up to our favorite birthday breakfast...made from scratch blueberry pancakes and syrup. I don't think I can every go back to boxed pancakes and store bought syrup. She LOVED it and the kids were so sweet with her. They just kept telling her happy birthday and were trying to make her laugh. :)

She has always been a pretty chill baby and was in no hurry to walk. She has taken the longest to walk. She was taking a few steps but didn't really walk until a few weeks after her birthday.
She loved music. Especially Gangnam Style.
I just love her two little bottom teeth.
I'm so sad I am so far behind on this little blog. I may need to skip ahead and describe Nora now at 16 months! I feel like I've already forgotten some things from when she was one. :(




^^stuffing her cute little face!^^




I saw this idea on pinterest and new I had to try it with Nora. I loved how they turned out. She was a little nervous about the balloons at first but then she loved them! We have tried to keep the balloon tradition going. I'm a sucker for any and all things pictures so of course there are a million first birthday pictures! First birthday's are the best!







The kids had soccer games so we had her birthday party the next night. We just had cake and a little ice cream bar but I tried to make it cute. She was so fun to watch open presents and especially eat cake for the first time!




^^I made these frames and it was so fun looking back at how much she had changed in one year. ^^











^^Loves babies...and kissing them!^^




 ^^It was pretty yummy cake!^^



We love this little sweetie pie so much! At her one year check up these were her stats.
Weight: 21.6 - 75%
Height: 30.5 inches - 88%
Head Circ: 18.2 - 83%