A Month of Firsts

 This month has been a lot of fun. And this last week especially has been whirlwind of a events. Two Saturdays ago Nora went to her first birthday party. She had a blast and so did we! Here she is gobbling up birthday cake after attending her first Pool Party.

 We also got a box from Grandma that included a new dress and lots of books. She spent an hour handing me one book after another, asking me to read them. She was in book heaven.

Nora's birthday was also this month and we celebrated last Saturday. While I was running around making food and decorating this is what John and Nora were doing. I managed to snap a few shots and laugh at Nora's squealing but it was very stressful! I'm not sure why I was stressed but I guess any time you try to do something new there's going to be some level of fear, right?

Nora had a great time though and she loved playing with her friends and eating her 2nd cupcake. (This one was way messier then the first.) So I would definitely call it a success.

So after a bath we threw her in her crib with the leftover balloons and let her go crazy. She loved it! And it bought us a lot of cleaning time. 

Over the weekend I also managed to hit my first softball at our local batting cages (woo hoo), have my first taste of octopus (this place is the best!), and boulder my first time over the ledge at our climbing gym! I'm a weakling so that last one was sort of a big deal.

And today will be our first anniversary spent together. Last year John was in Pensacola and I was at home in El Paso with a four-day old baby. I am so blessed to be married to him and to have a family that I love being with. These last two years have probably been the most difficult and happiest years of my life. So John and Nora, here's to eternity.