Christmas pictures

No time to write much now, but we wanted to share some pictures from Christmas! Here's a slideshow! We'll post again soon!

Athens Weekend!

We had a great time in Athens this weekend. We went down for Brad's official graduation, which was very nice... here's a video of the actual hooding ceremony:

Brad's parents and Aunt Kathy were there too and it was nice to see them, as always. We also had a great time catching up with our friends in Athens and eating all the food we've been missing so much! (i.e., Mama's Boy for breakfast (yes, all 3 days, so what?!), Transmet for pizza, Agua Linda (yes, twice, but K-Bob's wasn't open early enough on Sunday!), and sushi at Utage!), as well as drinks at Trappeze!
Nora was a trooper through the whole ordeal, including flights, hotel room, and all of the craziness. The trade-off was the paci, so excuse that in many of the pictures. She seemed to enjoy seeing old friends too (and we even stopped by her old day care to see her old friends there too!)
Here are some photographic highlights...
Nora eating some bread before the graduation (in her first outfit - didn't make it through lunch!)

Not quite heavy enough for the folding chairs!

Yey, Daddy!


Dr. Binder and Dr. Blythe



Ok... there are too many pictures, I'm tired of posting them! ;) ... click here instead!

What's cookin', good lookin'?

Nora keeps pulling this pot out of the cupboard and getting in!

Early Christmas!

We had a great time in CT this weekend celebrating Christmas with the Sanford side of the family... 17 people in one house, yikes! Amy and Trevor were very gracious hosts and Amy prepared amazing food, as usual! Here are some of the 150+ pictures that were taken!

SANTA!!!

Nora hasn't visited with Santa yet this year, but we went to the tree-lighting at Reston Town Center on Friday and we got to see him drive right in front of us with Mrs. Claus in a horse-drawn carriage!

showing off...

Nora was really into "performing" this afternoon, so we finally got some signing on camera! Her signs are "approximate" - basically baby talk with her hands, but she gets her point across!

Playing with Abby

You can't actually see Nora is most of this video, but it's still very funny!

Aggressive reading!

some pictures from this week...

Tunnel monster!

Ahh! Vacuum cleaner!

Nora vs. Aengus!

Little Pirate oufit!

Signing "pig" watching "Toot and Puddle" (they're pigs)

Still enjoying sitting in the boxes!


Hanging in pjs on the weekend! Time for coloring in a big girl chair!

Getting ready for a VA winter!

Compared to GA it'll be cold here this winter, so we're getting ready!!




Baby in a box! We have done some "remodling" of the toy area and these new cubes are fun! Nora almost immediately wanted to climb in.

Ok, she's over it - she's signing "all done"!


Nora 1 - Noah 0

haha!


Some bathtime photos to embarrass her with when she's older. :)


And for those of you who have been here before... isn't this better?!

Happy Halloween!

Sorry we're a little late with Halloween pictures, but we're party-poopers and didn't even dress Nora in a Halloween costume! But here are a few pictures from her party at school and this week. :)





She already knows about the phone...


Nora in the box!!

Lots of pictures!!

Here's a collection of pictures and videos from the last couple of weeks...

Feeding herself, kind of...



Kiss for dad


Eli, Aunt Jess, Grandma S, and Grandma Rice came to visit!
Eli intrigued by the video monitor

PJ time!

Ready for the zoo!


Story time with Grandma Rice

Eli and Nana at the zoo


Trying on a Halloween costume from the neighbors - too bad she'd never leave the hat on!

We babysat Gracie and the girls this weekend - Nora thinks little dogs are fun too!


Bergamo got married today!! Brad's there (in TN) and sent a couple of pictures.
Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Bergamo!




Nora loves the rocking cow!!