Future Bruin

Auntie Kathie sent a UCLA cheerleader outfit for Noelle's birthday. Too cute!

Noelle's 1st birthday party!

This weekend we celebrated Noelle's first birthday. We had it at a local park and it was a perfect day for a party. Noelle of course was wondering what all the fuss was about.

party decoration created by mom and dad

all suited up and ready to party!

custom cupcakes for everyone

why is everyone singing and why is that cake on fire?

is this for me?

hmm, this tastes pretty good

yum!

birthday girl enjoying her day

Happy 1st Birthday Noelle

Has it already been a year? We are in amazement every day with our beautiful little girl. She is such a silly, goofy girl.

Rise and shine. What's with all the singing this morning?
Getting ready for the day. Got to wear a special birthday dress.
How tall and I now?
How much do I weigh?
Birthday girl!

Playing with new music set

Summer Fun

Here's what's been going on this summer...

Noelle had her last swim lesson yesterday. I'm not sure she learned anything about swimming but we learned lots of new songs.

Who wants to sleep on a hot summer night? This is Noelle playing with the video monitor camera while she should be sleeping. A typical occurrence...

Playing in Dillon's ball tent that we borrowed.

Visiting with Great Grandma Lola
Bubble fun
In our backyard pool
Noelle has weekly get togethers with her friends Dillon and James. Hey, what's for dinner?
Look at my food!

11 months old already?

Noelle turned eleven months old last weekend. She is growing so fast. Every day she seems to come up with something new to show us. She pulls herself up to a standing position with ease now and is crawling all over the house getting into just about everything.

Just about to crawl away. Noelle won't stay in one spot for long.

Oooh, bubbles!
Noelle has been trying to feed herself with the spoon lately. Very messy!
Checking out the taste of the camera lens cover. Yum.

Bonnie J

We spent the night in Modesto with Eric, Susan & Morgan (Brittany was out of town). We got to visit Susan's new shoe boutique, Bonnie J. It is so cute with stylish shoes, and I found 2 new cute pairs to bring home!

Visit Susan's store website at http://www.shopbonniej.com/ and visit them in downtown Modesto if you get a chance!

Starting to be a shoe girl early

Buessing Family Reunion

We went to Merced for the Buessing family reunion (Kirk's Mom's family). Noelle got to meet a lot of her relatives for the first time.

Playing with cousin Adam who is 6 months old but just as big as Noelle
Getting hugs from cousin Kendall
The Buessing family

Fun Pictures

Ok, I know this picture is tiny, but if you click on it, you can see it bigger.

Here I am posing for my 1st birthday party invitation pictures. I hate wearing bibs!!
I can pull myself up now!
Aren't I cute??
At the park with Mom & Dad....showing my foot...

Balloons!

Noelle LOVES playing with balloons! She carries it around with her wherever she goes. She is definitely Grandma Ann's granddaughter!

4th of July

We had a fun 4th with the cousins. Kathie, Kayla and Becca came up from LA!! Becca, Brianna and Kayla all wanted to hold Noelle. Noelle didn't quite know how to react with all the attention!

Cousins!
the girls....
Daddy's girl