Teeth are poppin' in!

Here's a quick pic of Norah one month ago with her one fang tooth :)

**This week she got her two front teeth but no pictures yet of that!

Destination FL

Last week we returned from a great time in Florida! We went to Orlando to celebrate David's cousin's wedding. Emily and Ian threw a great destination wedding and I think everyone who came had a great time relaxing and catching up. Here are a few pictures from our adventures in FL!

We went to FL a few days early to enjoy the area. One day we drove to Cocoa Beach and saw David's parents & Keith and Kristin. We boogie boarded in the ocean and had a really great seafood dinner! Norah had her first experience in the ocean, but she didn't like it!

Yes, this is the same type of whale that recently killed a trainer. Sad, but a truly amazing creature.

The following day the three of us went to Sea World. I cried a few times while we were there remembering The Cove, a documentary we recently watched (if you have two minutes watch this You Tube clip). It was fun but very hot!

A quick bath via the sink :)

Bachelorette party fun with my sistas!

Boys chillin at the pool!

Chuck, Keith, David, Eric & Ken

The whole Kolnes Klan!

David was an usher and had the honor of walking his aunt Kris down the aisle!

The beautiful Bride and her father.

It's always so special to watch the bride make her way to her groom at the front :)

Missing Steve! He couldn't make it due to work complications :(

Norah goes Shopping

36 Hours

Norah has successfully survived 36 hours sans pacifier. I think this is goodbye to the paci for our little Love!

**I know these pictures are older but they are just too cute. 1. When she was sad sometimes the paci would calm her :) 2. A picture of a very funny paci... we were trying to figure out just which one she would choose.**

Our baby girl is ONE year old today!! It's been such a huge year for us and we feel blessed beyond words.

Let me tell you a little about Norah currently!

Temperament: She is so happy! So many times I've had people tell me, "I've never heard Norah cry, does she ever cry?" To which I respond, yes occassionaly. We are so blessed with a very content baby... maybe we have this idea that all babies are as content and self entertaining as Norah.

Social Skilz: Norah is very social girl already! She loves people and smiles at strangers all the time (little flirt). She also is willing to let just about anyone hold her. For example: we were just in FL for a wedding and the maid of honor was speaking so Norah and I were standing in the back. One of the servers was next to us and making faces at her, all the sudden Norah reaches to this lady with both arms and her full body! It was surprising but super cute. The lady LOVED to hold her :) She's probably so socially great do to the fact that we've gotten to travel so much this past year (Norah has been on 20 flights!).

Here's Norah in her birthday suite in Florida last week!

Development: Norah has been crawling since July 4th, so about 3 months! She's now walking behing rolling toys (I'll post a video soon) and she even stands on her own for about 10 seconds here and there. Aunt Colleen says Norah will probably walk a few steps in the next month or so! Scary!!! She also dances to any music that's on the radio or t.v. even if it's only for a few seconds she starts to jive. She also climbs stairs very quickly! Norah also has one tooth, the one next to the top middle and is currently cutting two more (the top middle).

Language: Norah has been signing "milk" since around 5 months. Now she signs, "Doggie"/"Wrigley", "more" and "hi/bye"... I think that's it. Oh yeah, she also claps when she's happy or to mimic someone clapping. I wish I knew more signs to do but that's almost all I've been doing with her.

It's so amazing how much she understands even though she cannot form words yet. For example: when she wakes up from a nap or night time I come and great her and say "spit out your paci(fier)" and she does it! Once it's out I'll pick her up. So smart! She also said "Mam/Mom" since around 4 months when she wanted milk or for me to pick her up. Now she's dropped the word "Mom" and says "Dadadadadada" or "Nanananaanana"... not really referring to anyone or the anything. She does definitely try and say the word paci but it comes out more like, "Asi" as she points to her pacifier.

Sleep update: Last week she basically slept through the night and went down like a champ! I think all your prayers have helped us make some beautiful progress. We just needed some encouragement and prayers, thank you. She still takes a little extra love to get to sleep and then for the most part wakes up for one-two feeding per night. What a blessing for David and myself.

Kim Got Married!!

We were in MN for my sister's wedding! The whole week was a blast and the wedding was spectacular! Kim was a stunning and radiant bride. Here are some great pictures that capture the week and the big day.

Hitting up the MN State Fair was a MUST!

Mani/Pedi for the bride!

It was so fun catching up with long time friends, like Scott!

Practicing for the big day.

Excited!

My only shot with the Bride!!! I hope someone else got more, isn't she stunning!?

The wonderful parents. Ewald & Karen Toldt and Diane and Randy Moselle

Norah was the flower girl! She can't walk yet so David helped her get down the aisle :)

Sealing the deal!

*One of the many special things about this day... Kim wore my Mom's wedding gown. My mom was just as stunning in it 30 something years ago!

It was a little hot at this outdoor wedding but that didn't stop us from dancing!

Mr. & Mrs. Toldt!

The morning following the wedding we were lucky enough to have the bride and groom to ourselves (both immediate families). They came back to my parents house and opened gifts and we reminisced about the wonderful wedding. What a fun week!
L to R: (top row) Ewald, Aaron, Karen, Sarah, Randy, Adam, David & Hannah (bottom row) Diane, Nathan, Kim, Kelly, Norah

New Neighbors!

The first full week we were moved into our new house we were out on the deck grilling away and we hear "knock knock, can we come in?!" Our neighbors on the North side were at our fence door wanting to come in to our yard to bring us some welcoming fruit! It honestly made me cry right then and there... basically all our neighbors in CO pretended we didn't exist. It's already been so wonderful to have such friendly generous neighbors, we feel like we know and trust them already. God is good!

Here is the beautiful raspberries they picked from their yard and the fresh local peaches...

and here's what we made for breakfast the next day!

YUM.