First Birthday Coming Right Up

I have been busy planning Anora's 1st birthday party since Christmas. So as usual I have fallen behind on my blog. I am so excited for her party, Tammy has been such a big help with everything. I love that she is just as excited as I am. She has had so much fun picking things up here and there and spending her wee hours of the night searching the internet for "inspiration" It is coming together quite nicely I think and I hope that the Princess enjoys the party half as much as we have enjoyed planning it. I am hoping for good weather so that everyone can come and enjoy the festivities with us. I wanted to give a little teaser for my followers. Some of you have already seen this but below is a picture of the dress I ordered for her to wear.

Tehehe, isn't it just fabulous!!! Who wouldn't feel like a Princess in this dress.

Long time no blog

Oh my goodness where to start.... I am sorry I have not been as faithful to my blog as I have to my facebook recently. Anora has just been on a whirlwind. She started talking before Christmas. He first word besides "Mama" and "Dada" was "pretty". Grandma kept showing Anora the Christmas tree and saying pretty tree and eventually she started whispering "pretty" and pointing at the tree. Really it sounded like "pt" which was probably her saying pretty tree but we wanted to believe she was far more advanced and decided she was saying pretty. Her next word sounded something like the neighbor boys name "Reed" so that is what we went with. Now of course we had to have her combine the 2 words so now she says "pretty Reed". She started walking on the long weekend for Christmas and she is now almost at a run. She has also learned the words "Bee Bee" for the oldest neighbor girl (Kimberlee). I guess Elizabeth is a bit of a mouth full; we will have to work on that. Oh yeah and when she says "Hi" she opens up really big and say "hiiii". It is just too darn cute. She waves hi and bye. She loves music and will dance to anything. She has just started bobbing her head back and forth when she is really happy. When she is walking and humming to herself she waves her arms from front to back. Really I could go on and on but I think I will let the pictures speak for themselves as too just how darn cute she is.

Christmas Photos

My Little Helper

Look at my little helper. I was in the middle of hanging up laundry when I ran out of hangers and had to run to the bedroom for some more hangers. When I returned there she was; my little helper pulling the clothes out of the dryer for me. She was so excited when she saw me. Almost as if to say "LOOK MOM!!! I'M HELPING!!!!" I can't believe all of the things she can do anymore I forget she is my shadow most of the time crawling around after me wherever I go. She is learning so quick.

Catching up

I am soooooo sorry I have not posted much on the blog in a looooong time. Mommy got sick with Pneumonia the middle of October and I am still fighting with it. I hope I get over this very very soon.

Oh my goodness how she has changed. Our little princess is crawling and into everything and all over the place. You can't hold her anymore and cuddle because she has more important things to do. Dang it!!! Mommy really misses her cuddle time. She will hardly slow down to eat her bottle and nap times are almost always a fight. Due to Mommies illness however, we have brought Anora into the family bed and we all seem to sleep the best there for now. Good thing we have a King size bed. Mommy, Daddy, Anora, Payton and Marshall all sleep there now. The boys are both so very good with her. They will lick her top to bottom if they get the chance and they tiptoe around her in the bed, it is so cute.

Anora's new found freedom has caught Mommy and Daddy off guard and I am not sure that we were ready for all the things she gets into that she shouldn't and all the stuff we needed to protect her from. That seems to be a fluid situation as she continues to explore her abilities and her environment. She is cruising along the sofa now and able to stand on her own for a few seconds at a time. It really won't be long before she is walking. She has already suffered many bruises and bumps and I am sure there are many more to come.

I miss my little snuggle bunny. Please Anora can Mommy just have the first bottle of the morning snuggle? I love that time with the 2 of us cuddled all together all nice and toasty with the sleep cobwebs just beginning to clear. Can you give that to Mommy at least for a few more months?

Fall / 9 month Pictures

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