Miss Nora

Nora's Blessing

On January 1, 2012, Nora was blessed. She was able to wear the same dress that my mother and grandmother were blessed in. The dress was absolutely gorgeous with all of the antique lace, and Nora was beautiful in it.

We had a ton of family come to St. Louis to see Nora on her special day. It was so wonderful to see so much family.

Christmas Morning

Our Christmas was filled with Legos, Star Wars, Lego Star Wars, and maybe a few other things. But mostly Legos and Star Wars. And Lego Star Wars. The boys were pretty excited about all of it.

Christmas Fun

This year, we tried to pack in the fun with some of the unique holiday opportunities here in St. Louis. We went to the Tilles Park light display, saw Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Magic House, and enjoyed all of the neighborhood lights.

We also went to the Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows where we got to see lots of lights, ride a camel, see a puppet show, and play with Legos.

On Christmas Eve, we went to the Botanical Gardens to enjoy their annual train display and visit some other fun places in the gardens.

Halloween 2011

Skeleton

Optimus Prime

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Baby Nora

Nora Beth Cooper was born October 26, 2011 at 3:30 am. She was 8 lbs 1 oz and 20.5 inches at birth.

The Moustache

There's something about moustaches that are just plain devious. Ryan brought home some fake moustache stickers that he got on campus, and the boys had a great time with them.

And when I say boys, I mean all of my boys.

Nice little 'stache twirl going on there.