Happy Birthday, Baby Girl!

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

1 Corinthians 15:10

Our sweet Norah Grace,

Happy Birthday Baby Girl! We love you more than words can say. You bring more joy to our lives and we are so thankful that God picked us to be your parents. Your sweet, easy-going spirit is just what our family needed. We learn something new about you everyday. You can be spunky and sassy or snuggly and sweet. You love to cuddly but often times want to jump out of mommy's arms in an attempt to keep up with your big brother. You are just days away from running, we think you might skip walking all together. Today on your first birthday, you have taken your most steps so far walking about 10 or so steps before falling down with a huge smile only to get right back up and do it over again. You are talking up a storm! You surprise us everyday with a new word or sound or sign. Your first word was dog but now you are also saying: mama, dada, papa, all done, go, hey, bye-bye, yep and most recently, hey y'all (taught to you by your papa on a recent visit.) You love to play with your brother and you let him know who's boss when he tries to push you around. You can not sit still long enough to read a book but love to play with them in your crib when you are protesting nap time. You love to give hugs and big, wet open mouth kisses. You like playing trains and cars with your brother, your favorite part is to sneak in and still the trains right of the tracks. We call you "swiper" because you are sneaky and quick and can get into just about anything if we turn our heads for just a second. Your brother also affectionately refers to you as "Godzilla" for the times that you have trashed a tower or destroyed a puzzle. You love to be outside and get really excited to go down the slide and could probably swing in the swing all day if we would push you. 

We pray everyday that you know you are loved by us and by God, that you know you are beautiful both inside and out, and that you know we are so blessed to have you in our lives. You are God's "grace" to us and we are so thankful for your sweet little life.  

Love, 

Mommy, Daddy, & Liam

Just stay this little...

Your little hands wrapped around my finger
And it's so quiet in the world tonight
Your little eyelids flutter 'cause you're dreaming
So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light

To you, everything's funny
You got nothing to regret
I'd give all I have, honey
If you could stay like that

Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
Just stay this little
Oh, darling, don't you ever grow up, don't you ever grow up
It could stay this simple

~Taylor Swift

My sweet Norah Grace,

You are the light of our lives. Your sweet smile can light up a room and that is a good thing because you are always smiling! You have the most infectious laugh that just captivates anyone that passes by and makes your whole body move and bounce and wiggle. You absolutely love your big brother and he loves you back with his whole heart. He loves to tell you how pretty you look and kiss you goodnight and he has promised me he will still do this when you are older (and I am going to hold him to it.) You have your daddy wrapped around your little fingers and I hope that is right where you keep him. You always greet him with a laugh and a wiggle and your sweet flirty smile when he comes home from work and you snuggle in tight as he picks you up. As much as you love your daddy you are still a mama's girl. I love rocking with you during a middle of the night dates.  If I could have three more of you I would in a heart beat but I know that you are "the one and only ever you" and I promise to treasure each and every moment with you my sweet happy girl. I can not believe you are 6 months old today but I also can not remember a day without you. 

I love you baby girl! 

Mommy 

Sweet Dreams

Picture of the Week or Month?

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It is going to be my goal to either post a Pic of the Week or Pic of the Month for Norah Grace, similar to Liam's Watch Me Grow pictures with the frog. I really want to make this a weekly project, that being said, I am going to need some serious motivation and accountability to do it every week. So if anyone out there is still reading our blog leave us some love in the comments and let us know how much you desperately need to see a weekly picture of Norah Grace on a new piece of crazy cool fabric each time! (Mommy works best under pressure, bring it on!)