Nola has been such a fabulous addition to our lives. In her not-so-biased mom's opinion (ok, extremely biased!), Nola is absolutely ADORABLE and smart and has a great personality! She is generally just very happy and easy-going and really fun to be around. And, she is funny....as funny as a one-year-old can be, I'd guess! She loves to run at Scott and me and "knock" us over, and any time one of us is wrestling with Emmerly, Nola loves to join in and just laughs and screams with glee - it's really cute! She still loves to drop her head back to get tickled on the neck, and will do it immediately if you say "I'm gonna get your neck!" Her latest trick is that she dances to "Single Ladies" - we'll have to post a video of it, for it is oh so very cute! Oh, and the other day, Emmerly fell out of the stroller and Nola started cracking up! Too funny! Emmerly was ok, by the way! Nola is also quite a talker. She is always babbling and we can never count on her to be quiet during a concert or movie (darn her!). And she really does say a lot, in my humble opinion! She can sign "milk," "more," "food," "where," and "all done," and she can say Mama, Daddy, Papa, Nana, dance (it's "da", but we know what she means!), baby, ball, bobo (that's her pacifier), kitty, icky, and sometimes Mormor and Emmy, or Memmy. Actually right now I can hear her in her crib just talking to herself - such a happy girl! So I'm going to finish this up....
A family of four is even better than I imagined it to be! Emmerly, especially has really embraced Nola into our family. They are truly so incredibly cute together! If you haven't seen it yet, it is something to behold the way Nola's eyes light up when Emmerly walks into a room. They make each other laugh, comfort each other, annoy each other, and have so much fun together - they are great fun to watch. I think seeing how much they love each other is my favorite part of having a second child - and another girl in particular.
We couldn't be happier, this little family of four! This last year has been so fun, I can't wait to see what's in store for us this year! I look forward to it! I am posting a few pictures of Nola's birthday party on Sunday, which was so much fun. We celebrated with friends and family and Nola did her part - she was a little uncertain at first, but after a little hesitation dug into her cake and wouldn't let go! She wouldn't even stop for a drink of water!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NOLA JANE!!! WE LOVE YOU!!
