The Byrnes: June 2009

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

9 month photos

These are some of Norah's 9 month photos. These are some of my absolute favorites. She was so serious this day so I didn't expect much but they turned out to be some of the sweetest pictures of her. All I can say is that will someone please remind us to take some pictures of our next kiddos when they come along???? We've been so spoiled to have all these amazing pics of her and I just hope we remember this for future babies!

This is the "what????" look I get a lot these days!

Trying something a little different. Cute!

Curious--Curious--Curious.

Totally looks like she has an imaginary friend!

Uncle Jason not only is a great photographer but babysits too. This is what Norah was up to during her time with him. Looks like she's pretty into the book! Yes we have a very gifted child! :)

I love this one. Sweetness.

Ahhhh and this is a true description of my lil' peanuts personality.

Full of smiles, laughs, and joy.

What a gift she is and will be to the world!

Monday, June 8, 2009

What a Weekend!

What a weekend!

This past weekend Randy headed out with some guys for a biking trip up to Mackinaw--3 days of 80 mile biking! Now that is some serious road biking! It was a fun weekend for him to get away and have a break from all the crazy hours he's been working the last few months and to have some fun guy time. They biked during the day and camped at night. He had a riot!

Meanwhile I offered to take my 3 nieces for the weekend while my brother and sister-in-law went up north for a long weekend away. I know some would say I was absolutley crazy but we had a blast. (I realized today that I was a little more tired than I had originally thought...Norah and I hung out in PJ's and napped a bit today--good to catch up on some sleep!) But we had such a fun weekend. We went to the Festival, Children's Museum, shopping for their b-day presents (all three of their b-days are in June), picnic, rollerblading, park a couple times, grandma's house, did some crafts, made homemade pizzas, and they all got a little birthday cake of their own they got to decorate. Fun! Crazy busy but fun! It is fun being an aunt....I get to spoil them a little bit and for now they still think I'm cool!

And what great little helpers they were. They called it "Norah duty" and regularly rotated roles on who got to hold and play and read to Norah. Needless to say I think she was a little bored today when it was just her and I. She loved having having her cousins around all the time and just couldn't get enough of them!

A few photos from our picnic on Reeds Lake. Look at all these future babysitters!

Norah finding her own things to explore at the children's museum. She's getting so big!

The girls birthdays are all so close together so we made little individual cakes and they got to decorate their own b-day cake....I've never seen so much frosting and sprinkles on a cake! But they said it was yummy!

Playing in the park.

Silly!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

9 Months

Our baby girl is 9 MONTHS! It seems so weird to say. I am working on a photo book right now of her first year and as I go back through the newborn pictures I am just in awe of how much she has changed and grew in such a short time. Amazing! People are constantly telling me to enjoy each stage so much because they change so quickly and it's so true. I am having so much fun with her and every stage we think "oh let's just freeze her here but it's so great." (There are a few exceptions of course as I am sure any parent would agree....teething...colds.. separation anxiety...those are the not so fun moments!) I just am amazed at how fun she is. We are totally in love with our little Norah.

9 months is a very interactive fun age. Her personality is coming out full force and she is a funny little girl. Sometimes when she is eating she will do something and it just makes her laugh at herself and she'll just keep laughing which of course makes me laugh and then she keeps at the whole process. She thinks she's funny! She's like her daddy on this one...he'll tell jokes and crack himself up! Norah has this quality.

Some other things she's up to these days:

~16 pounds 7 ounces--27 inches long~ We have a little one that is holding up the bottom of the height and weight charts! But she is and has been very healthy so we are so thankful for that.

~Rolls to where she wants to go--steamrolls all over the place

~Crawls backwards--hasn't figured out forward yet and when she gets onto our hardwood floors she can get moving quickly BACKWARDS! Adorable.

~Pulls herself up to standing and walks sideways along things

~Constantly wants to be on the move...not as many snuggles this days...there is just to much to see and explore

~Instinctively has been grabbing our hands, pulling herself up, and then starts walking. She wants to walk so badly and is practicing so much. I would think her little legs would get tired but oh no she just wants to walk all the time! I think this will happen soon and my world will forever be changed!

~Babbles so much. She has so much to say. Instead of "dada" it usually sounds more like "dad". She makes the "k" sound like she is trying to say cat and will look at the cat while she is doing it. And we swear she's been saying something that sounds very much like "ok." I say this a lot I've realized so she hears it a lot---maybe we are losing our minds but it truly sounds like it.

~Loves being outside--this makes us very happy parents!

Those are the big things right now. As for the rest of life for us it is good. We are loving the warm weather and being able to be outside walking, running, hiking, biking, relaxing, gardening, and relaxing on the deck with friends. It feels like summer! Love it!

We were out on the deck on morning playing and I put her in the laundry basket and she grabbed on and pulled herself right up and looked at me like "now what do I do?"

Who would have thought the best toys really aren't toys? This cardboard box was a favorite until she started pulling little pieces off and trying to eat them!