Just a cute picture..

Tomorrow is Nora's ONE MONTH doctor appointment. Can you believe it?? I will post her new stats once I have them. For now, here is a great picture of what I am convinced is a real smile.

Married for 2 Wonderful Years

John and I celebrated our second anniversary at Bonefish grill earlier this week. We brought along little Nora.. since next year we will probably be begging for a sitter! :) What a great 2 years it has been and we have so many more exciting years ahead of us!

And don't you just love this face??

Kisses from Daddy

Nora loves getting kisses from Daddy.. the only man she's allowed to kiss for the next 40 years or so ;-)

Nora's first pediatrician visit

The doctor said she is doing fabulous - she now weighs 7 lbs, 14.5 oz and is 21 3/4 in. (gained 3.5 oz and 1 inch since birth). She was a great little patient - barely cried, even when she was almost naked on the table. Love my little girl!

Here is a picture of her in a cute dress..

Nora Madeline has arrived!

Since I got 4 hours of sleep last night (note: that's a GOOD thing), I thought I would make my blog announcement!

Nora came into the world on Sunday, August 30th. She is the perfect baby (I am biased of course, but even the pediatrician says so). She weighed 7 lbs 11 oz and was 20 3/4 in.

Here's my quick little birth story: .. I started feeling contractions at 7:30pm on Saturday night, went to the hospital around 4am on Sunday. Although my contractions were 2-3 minutes apart (with the lovely epidural) my cervix refused to dilate past 2cm. Also the baby did not react well to the pitocin so I finally had a c-section at 4pm.

I am recovering very well from the c-section. I only needed Percocet for a few days, and am now on Advil a few times a day. Although I still have more recovery ahead of me, I am starting to feel like a normal person again!

John is an incredible Daddy.. he plays with her, cuddles with her, changes diapers (and always gets the grossest ones.. but still does it with a smile on his face) and gives her lots of kisses. Nora is a daddy's girl for sure - if she hears his voice her eyes perk up and she starts looking around. It's the cutest thing.

And here's a little video of Nora being totally cute. :)

**oh I wanted to add - since lots of people have asked I figure more are wondering - her middle name is prounounced "Mad-uh-LYNN" (not LINE)