Announcing Nora Annabelle

Welcome to the family

Nora Annabelle Bouma

December 30th, 2009

Weight: 7 lbs

Length: 18 inches

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Mommy in Nora's room the night before

Mommy waiting to go into the operating room

Daddy

Andrew in the waiting room

Mommy during the c-section

Nora a few minutes after being born

She looks like she's singing

Mommy, daddy, and Nora

She didn't appreciate being weighed

Footprints

Sucking her thumb :)

First family photo

Andrew had to put on a mask and got to see her for a few minutes before going home with Muh and Grumpa because of the swine flu scare

Her first exam

After her bath

Daddy and his girl

My friend and coworker Becca snuck in to visit

Mommy and Nora having snuggle time

Mommy and daddy look pretty tired

Muh and Nora

Mommy's hat and booties she made

"The little sister"

Getting ready to go home

Grandma Donna meets Nora

Andrew really missed us those three days. He ran right in
and jumped up on the couch and gave me a hug and asked to hold his baby sister :)

Grandpa Brad and Nora

Christmas with the Laurie's

He decided to wear his jammies to Muh and Grumpa's house too

Andrew with all the stockings

Finding out what Santa brought to their house


Books

Andrew LOVES books!

Emptying his giant stocking

Helping daddy of course

Daddy got a bib in his stocking......for Nora

I Love my Daddy

Helping mommy with Nora's stocking

Grumpa

We each got different size rubber spatulas in our stocking to cook or play in the sandbox. Well, he and Grumpa made bubbles in the sink to play with

Making a 'snowman'

Silly boy

Opening his new crane truck

Mommy opening Nora's toys

Andrew and his giant frog from Santa

(Santa decided that since Andrew was going to give his little froggy to his baby sister that he needed a new one)

Christmas Morning

The stockings hung by the chimney with care

Andrew and Nora's stockings

(I made Andrew's before, MAYBE, just maybe, I'll get one made for Nora by next year, this had to do for now)


Mommy and Andrew getting ready to go downstairs and see if Santa came

Santa came!

Andrew LOVES hot wheels cars.....or any car!

Making sure there isn't anything left in the toe

Andrew helped open Nora's stocking

Andrew picked out these jammies for mommy

Andrew helped mommy and daddy open theirs too :)

Getting ready to deliver the presents to everyone

Opening his presents

He was very cute this year, when we went to open presents at Grandma and Grandpa's house he said he had presents at home. And when I put more presents under the tree he said he already had one under the tree.

He really wanted a guitar like daddy's, which daddy doesn't actually play

(He likes to use it to keep baby sister awake when she's eating--this is actually February 1st when I'm posting this)

VERY excitedly opening his garbage truck

He REALLY wanted Hungry, Hungry Hippos, he was a happy boy!

A huge Hot Wheels trick track set

Mommy opening her present from Andrew

Andrew got me.......a Hot Wheels car!! :) To play with him, of course it's in his car box

A present he made us at preschool:

An ornament with his picture and some coffee mix and a candy cane ornament he made

Helping daddy open his present

(We got some new Wii video games and he said but we already have two--Mario Kart and bowling, the ones he plays)

My boys---Andrew bought daddy a Hot Wheels car too

We had a wonderful Christmas!!!