Nora's 1st birthday and Mother's Day

We had a small family party for Nora this weekend (her birthday falls on Wednesday this year). It was great to celebrate our little lady. What a wonderful, exhausting and fun year this has been. Nora is such a blessing and her feisty little spirit completes our family. We are excited about all of the new adventures another year will bring (with our new cowgirl boots--thanks Uncle Ben and Aunt Chelsie)!

My cake wreck. She thought it tasted great--but it definitely wasn't pretty

Claire and her new boots with Uncle Ben. Nora also got new boots but I don't have any pictures.

Claire and her cousin Elizabeth--this picture keeps flipping. Ugh. 

 Mother's Day 2014:

driveway Trouts

Nora: 11 months

This lil cutie is almost 1!! She loves her new toothbrush and wouldn't drop it to take this picture yesterday. Claire 'helped' me take these pictures, you can see her tiny foot in the upper right corner. And Adam managed to break his foot over the weekend while stepping down from a curb. But this is about Nora. She is wonderful! Still very loud. We do not use baby monitors--there is no need. If she is upset you know it. She loves to eat, loves to crawl around and roll this pink bouncy ball. She is still so sweet and funny. Nora talks a lot. She says up and I think she tries to say bottle and bird. We love her so much.

Nora paints

Nora loves to eat paint at school!

Easter 2014

Happy Easter 2014 from our little family! It was a beautiful day in KC. Claire enjoyed three egg hunts this weekend. We got to spend time with grandparents, great grandparents and Aunt Meredith on Sunday. The only decent pics we snapped:

Egg hunting like a boss

girls, girls, girls

No big news here, just recent pictures to share:

fun with cousins in the modern wing of the art museum

Nora's favorite hiding spot

Nora loves climbing the stairs repeatedly and making everyone nervous

the rain boots I bought years ago finally fit Claire!!

zoning out in ballet

trying out the goggles for our upcoming ski trip

clean kids

Nora: 10 months

I'm 10 days late to post Nora's 10 month pictures. This sweet little 10 month old is on the move. She is a fast crawler and pulling up on everything. She loves to terrorize Claire by knocking down block towers, gnawing on doll faces, etc. Nora also LOVES cheese. When we get a stick of string cheese out of the refrigerator she goes crazy. She also loves to smile for the camera with her cheesiest smile. Check out the last picture taken at school. This is a typical Nora smile. I still cannot find the monthly stickers. 

See ya!

Weekend

Nora helped load the dishwasher.

Claire had ballet. 

We went to the Nelson Atkins Museum for lunch and story hour with a family from school. It was a gorgeous day! The kids enjoyed the stories and songs but the highlight may have been getting to ride through the modern art wing on the golf cart! I'm still amazed that the museum allows story hour to be held in such an amazing space. Claire only had to be asked to not climb on one of the sculptures once. :) Hope you had a fun weekend too!