catch up pictures from Shelly

Shelly sent some cute pictures from the past few months & I posted a few favorites.

Here is Norah at Grandma & Grandpa's house one last time before they left for Arizona.

Aunt Shelly and Norah


Norah the fairy


Norah and Aunt Sarah when she and Adam came to visit last August



Stephan & Josh

Norah loves to climb up and sit on the rocks in Grandma's yard.

Speaking of the name Norah....she is one of three Norah/Noras at her school! Nora ranked 216 on the Social Security Administration's list of top 1000 names. Even so, in her little school of 65 children, there are three of them. AND one is going to be new to her class. We didn't think it was an uncommon name, but I am surprised at how many Norahs we have met since she was born.

Norah has been saying cute things to us like "You are a great mom/dad" and "You are the best brother in the world!" Today when we dropped Stephan off at school, she yelled "Goodbye, brother! Goodbye, brother! Good luck!"

They have such a loving relationship....even though he knows how to make her squeal! When Norah was an infant, Stephan used to say that he couldn't wait for Norah to be two so they could really play. Well, he got his wish! Lately, they have played and played off on their own...hide & seek, made up games like "Help me move this heavy boulder" and "I'm stuck in the mud," and Norah's new favorite...Stephan's Jame Bond race car track! It warms my heart to hear the two of them talk and say sweet thing to each other.