Monday, June 25, 2007

6 Years!

On Saturday, Erica and I celebrated our six year anniversary. It didn't go as planned, but it was a wonderful day. The bed and breakfast was booked, and our baby sitter was out of town. Instead, the whole family spent the day together. We began by returning books at the library. Actually, the books were ours, but we didn't want them anymore, and no one else did either. So, we put them in the drop box and sped away. Next, we went to the mall and shopped for clothes. Norah had a great time sticking her tongue out at herself in the dressing room mirror. After a nap, we had dinner at Loca Luna. We sat outside, which was fun, but the mesh tables proved to be a challenge since the holes in the table were the perfect size to accept Norah's cheerios. Norah loves feeding herself, but needs a little more practice. Erica and I, thankfully, did not drop as much of our dinner on the ground as she did. We concluded the evening, after bathing Norah and putting her to sleep, by watching The Queen. We give it three stars. It was a good night, and it was nice to spend an entire day remembering how blessed I am to have such a wonderful wife.



Friday, June 22, 2007

Norah has a tooth


My baby girl has her first tooth! If you look on the lower left you can see it. She cut it a couple weeks ago and is working on cutting its neighbor. I know because Norah and I were up doing battle with it from 12 to 3. I love this picture.

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Just like daddy

My little girl already loves to be behind the wheel. Click here for the appropriate backgrount music.

Sunday, June 03, 2007

Memorial Day

We just took Norah's 2nd trip to Illinios. (I think she is just darling in the suitcase) Uncle Ray and Aunt Elaine have a big party/ family reunion every year on Memorial Day. They live in the country and have a farm house, stocked pond and two barns - one for the growing animal population and one for toys (remote control planes, tractors, and this year an inflatible barn for jumping).
The kids also got their faces painted. I love having so many children in our family; here are Ireland and Kiki. Finley loves visiting the O'Connors and the dynamic of a big family. He has decided that he wants a large family as a result, well that and being an only child (same for me). We want our kids to be able to share the memories, joys and hardships of growing up and having us a parents.
That is actually a difficult idea for me; I know that I will do things that will hurt Norah. I just pray that I am the kind of parent who can listen and apoligize without getting defensive. Okay back to Memorial Day, I especially love this last picture that Finley captured of me throwing Norah in the air. Click the link for more pictures: Link