One and A Half

This past week we celebrated a very special 'Half Birthday' at our house. On September 26th Norah Grace turned one and a half. When asked her age I still answer in months but I am always quickly corrected by Liam who says "no Mommy, she is one and a half now!" With all of our birthdays falling in the Fall and Winter we have started a little tradition in our house of celebrating 'half birthdays'. Our celebrations have not involved anything big and fancy but just a little recognition of what I believe is a special day especially in the eyes of a child. So far our tradition has only evolved to include doughnuts for breakfast, a pretty special treat when you are use to things like oatmeal or yogurt and with the excitement that gathered from the kids, right now I would say that is enough especially for one little girl who LOOVVVEEESS doughnuts!! I think one of my favorite parts of having my own family is starting new traditions and seeing my kids remember them, look forward to them, and really enjoy them. I seriously love traditions and hope that this is something that my kids come to look forward to as much as I do.

Here are a few shots of the 'Half Birthday' Girl at the park enjoying the amazing fall weather that has taken over our area. We were quite a hit at the park and met up with a few of our friends who got to share in our little 'half birthday' breakfast treat.

And since I am in the habit of updating the blog only about every six months I will give you a little update on my sweet baby girl. She is a MESS!! She is funny and silly and spunky and sassy and sweet all at the same time. She loves to laugh and smile and flirt. She is always smiling and waving and saying hi to everyone we meet. She meets few people she considers strangers and will go to just about anyone who will hold her without hesitation especially if there is the promise of food. She loves to make people laugh and in my opinion is pretty funny and absolutely adorable.

She loves to talk and talk and talk and talk and talk....she can say just about anything she wants to and sometimes things you don't want her to. Her vocabulary and comprehension at only 18 months always seems to catch me by surprise.

She loves to sing and dance and can regularly be seen swaying from side to side or spinning around and around singing "Row, row, row, row, row, row...boat...merrily, merrily, merrily....dream."

She takes after her mommy and loves any and all things sweet especially ice cream and cupcakes. She has learned the word cupcake and with just that one word and a pretty stinkin' cute smile has figured out how to sweet talk her way into free cupcakes at our favorite cupcake shop, Georgetown Cupcakes.

She can regularly be found climbing on just about any and everything. On many occasions when cooking dinner I will hear her calling my name only to turn around and find her standing in the middle of our dining room table. This is a major problem because after climbing her second favorite activity is jumping....on that one she takes after her daddy and is a going to be quite the daredevil.

She loves playing with her baby dolls and I normally find her carrying at least three of them around at a time. She likes to wrap them up and blankets and put them 'night night' in Liam's bedroom which is by far her favorite place to play. She can normally be found sitting in Liam's room on his bed surrounded by all the toys she has moved from her room and the den into his room to play.

And last but not least she absolutely without a doubt thinks that her big brother hung the moon! She calls him "Bo-Bo" which we think is short for brother. She wants to do any and everything he does. She loves to have him chase her around the house and steals his toys regularly not because she wants the toy but more importantly she wants his attention. He is the first thing she asks about when she wakes up in the morning and the only thing she mentions at night when you ask her who she wants to pray for. She loves him and I pray that it stays this way forever.

Until next time....(which is hopefully going to be sooner than 6 months)