Nora's 1st Birthday - Feb. 19th

Nora's first birthday was on Friday, February 19th. It's tradition for us to spend our birthday's doing our favorite things. When Ava turned three, she chose things like going to the pet store, a Dew Drop hotdog and of course ice cream. It was hard to figure out what Nora's favorites are...so we turned to the expert. When we asked Ava what she thought Nora's favorite thing to do was, she said, "Eat bread." So, that is exactly what we did. Ava was beaming when we took her suggestion seriously. We started the day with a muffin top at Panera and then went to Malbis to the Build A Bear workshop. Nora was able to make her first animal while Ava gave hers, all of hers, a bath. We looked a tad silly carrying all of her bears + a few extra "friends" in but thankfully, we were the only ones there. Nora kept kissing the nose of her polar bear. Then we went to the pet store (sense Ava's influence??) and back to, where else, Panera (aka "The Orange House") for lunch. It went with the "she likes to eat bread" theme. We could live at Panera though. She celebrated the rest of the day with an extra long nap, lots of hugs, kisses and snuggle time.