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Happy (belated) birthday, Nora!

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Happy (belated) birthday, my little Nora-bear! 

At 2 years old, Nora is a little bit mischievous but oh so lovable. It takes a while for her to warm up to someone, but when she does, she is cuddly and give great hugs and kisses. 

She loves singing the ABCs now, and can mostly count to ten and sometimes higher. She likes to scribble draw, playing with planes and trains and her current favorite book is a Children's Song book.

She still does the adorable "mmmmmm" noises when she eats something she likes, but recently she also started declaring "yummy in my tummy tummy!" Most of the time, it just comes out as "tummy tummy!" though! She love sweets and is always asking for candy and snacks, but also loves eggs (hard boiled or fried), sausage, bacon and noodles. She's still not great at sitting in her seat at the dinner table, but it's really hard to say no to that cutie pie face when shes asks to sit on your lap. Even Evie will relent and let Nora sit with her when Nora asks.

Nora loves her big sister and is often urging her on with "Come on, Eves!" Scott caught the two of them in the walk-in closet at the Orcas house last weekend given each other back scratches!

Nora is actually 2 years and 12 days old because I'm late with this post, but let's just pretend I posted on August 13th. :)


 



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  1. WAugust 26, 2016 at 8:25 PM

    Happy birthday, little munchkin! You're growing up so fast! We miss you!

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