You’re ONE YEAR OLD! :)

Nora got to have her birthday stretched over two days. Since Sean worked on Friday, we decided to do most of the celebrating on Saturday. She did open a few presents on Friday evening, though. Jonah was very excited for her to open the gift he chose for her – Thomas the Tank Engine bath squirters – “because Nora really likes Thomas AND she really likes baths.”  (But really, he’s spent far more time playing with them than she has… haha…)

He was also eager to jump in at any pause in the action to help Nora find a place to start ripping into her gift again.

Here he is supervising another opening, just looking for any opportunity to ‘help.’ ;)

Nora didn’t need a lot of help, though. She definitely got the hang of present-opening very quickly. We think she’ll be pretty thrilled to find that she gets to do it again in just a few weeks.

Then today it was cold, but not raining, so we took Nora to the park, knowing she’d love some outside time. She insisted on the swings first, but then went over to see some stairs and slides. The slides were wet, and she liked dragging her fingers through the little puddles.

She’s really getting to be quite the little climber!

Peeking out the windows

Off again, not caring that the playground is bumpy, wet, and freezing.

After naptime, Nora got her first taste of cupcake. Here she is, eyeing up the treat.

Jonah helped her blow out the candle and then she started right in on the cake. She didn’t mind getting her hands a little messy, but once she discovered the frosting, that was pretty much the only part she went for. I think it was easier for her to grab that than to pull off little pieces of cake, but she liked both.

And since one of her joys in life is seeing balloons in the grocery stores, Nora was super excited about the bunch in our living room this afternoon.

Happy birthday, sweet girl!!!