Nora is 1!

Hard to believe it has been a whole year. Well - maybe not. A lot has happened in one year actually! Nora has spent 42 days of her 1st year at the hospital. She is also one of the busiest 1 year olds around. I have to keep a special calender for her and monitor her schedule like a personal assistant. I have a rule that only one appointment per day - which still gets broken on occasion.

Nora's birthday was on December 10. It was a blizzard so I stayed home from work. Andy was travelling home from a trip to Toronto. He made it home by dinner and I made her a cupcake to try for her first birthday. She has had a bite or two of chocolate before, but never full access to a cupcake before. She didn't really get it at first - but once she got a taste she managed to stuff some into her mouth.

On Saturday we had a small party here with pizza and cake. Nora's grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles came. She got many nice presents. New toys and new clothes. We got her a wagon which I think we will make use of when it is warmer out to pull her around the yard. May work better than the stroller on the rough terrain. She really made a mess of her cake at the party. Covered from head to toe.

One year down! Whew!