birthday babe

nora is one today. we can hardly believe it!
she's been walking for a few weeks, and has been a pretty good sleeper for months now.
she loves to smile and play and crawl on our heads in the morning.
we love her...


her first morning


first birthday morning

i took nors on a walk to a park today, where she walked and crawled on all of the play things like a very big girl. swinging was scary today, though.








by dinner time she was so very tired. the following pictures are making me laugh a lot right now.








she had mango/pineapple/banana/coconut ice creamy stuff for dessert, and we got her her own chocolate bar to dig into instead of cake, but she was far too tired to take the wrapping off.

and here she is about ten minutes later, conked out among toys, a balloon, an unopened present (chapstick. don't worry, she doesn't eat it)...