Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone had as wonderful a Christmas as we did. Nora crawled over to her Santa toys, looked at them for a few minutes, then took a piece of wrapping paper over to the kitchen to play! We got to see lots of family, and enjoyed the beautiful snow. We are so grateful to have such a sweet baby girl to share our Christmas!

Christmas Cookies

Mary Grace has been on a cookie making binge lately. It's awesome, as I am her primary taste tester! She also made cookies with Hannah, Emily, and Will. A great time was had by all, and many cookies were devoured.

Our Favorite Present

We decided to follow the tradition that Dad and Candy did for Mary Grace and her siblings, and give Nora an ornament each year to hang on the tree. We found a sweet little ceramic rattle with "Baby's First Christmas 2010." She loved gnawing on it, chucking it across the living room, and chasing it!

Here is a picture from our (late) Christmas card shoot we decided not to use, and a few of Nora opening her little ornament.

Music Time

Nora loves to help us when we practice!

Eleven Months

Milestones:

• Crawling with her belly off of the floor, and getting quite fast
  
• Waving bye-bye (with her whole arm!)
  
• Saying "Uh-oh" and "No-no" appropriately -- lots of opportunities for those words
  
• No more formula
• Lots of table food
• Still no teeth...
  
• Learning boundaries and obeying sometimes!

We can't believe she's almost a year old (or that the last post on this blog was the 'Ten Months' post)! Here are some shots of her impersonating mommy on the phone.