Norah's 1st Birthday

It's official - our baby has turned One!  It was an exciting day, yet I must say that I'm sad.  Her first year seems to have flown by.  It seemed like she stayed a baby for so long - since she was content to lie on her back to play all day long.  If she needed to see something, she just did a tummy crunch and lifted her head up off the floor - abs of steel.  She didn't roll around until almost 9 1/2 months; literally, she was completely immobile.  Shortly after mastering the roll, she'd roll over to the couch or a table, hook her feet underneath and do a sit up.  Really, abs of steel.  Then, at 10 months, she started crawling, 2 days later, she was pulling herself to stand.  And, now she's walking.  She did the monkey arm walk at first, but now she's cruising along pretty steadily.  It all happened so fast; she's trying to keep up with her sisters, and she already tries to play dress-up with them.  She loves big beaded necklaces and sunglasses.  

Anyway, her actual birthday was a success.  We gave her cake on the 22nd, but saved the big "dig in" for her party that weekend.  I'll try to get to those pictures up soon; there are a ton!  She seems to know that her new toys are actually hers and that they never belonged to one of her sisters.  She's not saying words yet, but like her big sister Molly, somehow you know what she wants.  Our sweet Norah Jane...