Norah's birthday dress

One of the fun things about having a girl is getting to make clothes for them, as I am slowly discovering.  It's been hectic around here and I hate to ignore this sweet mellow little gal while her exuberant brother has a big birthday bash filled with friends and fun.  

 I cut into some hoarded  Japanese Kokka fabric for this little reversible apron dress.  It is lined in pink Kona, with some ric rak and an appliqued matryoschka doll on the reverse. A couple vintage buttons from the button jar finish off the shoulders.

The series of photos was taken as Brian was taking a break working on the porch roof. She is all about walking everywhere, now!

Such a sweet dress for our sweet gal!  Now I gotta go windex the door again.  Happy birthday, Norah!

Bennett's Birthday

Cheesing it up for the camera

Not B-day related but Norah can now do this.

Custom made red velvet cupcakes with blue cream cheese frosting and a white chocolate lego mini fig.

 The dual piggy back ride is a skill that is passed down through the generations.

 Lil' B got a set of super hero masks for his birthday. The yard has never been safer.

 Thanks again Mom for making the trip down (and Aunt Amanda, too!). Your last minute party guidance was indispensable. You were right: spray paint was probably not good to leave out for a kids party. 

Big Girl

 

Does she smash her cake?
Oh, yes she does!

 

 The banana cake with a simple purple cream cheese frosting was a HIT!

 For the rest of us, I made a pink lemonade cake. Four layers of pink lemon cake in 2 shades of pink, frosted in a no-cook 7 minute frosting with coconut. Bennett's face says it all...

Happy birthday, baby girl!

Without further ado....

We present Norah Rae Krygowski
Born 5/25/11 6:12PM

Stats:

8lbs 7oz
21 inches long

She took a little extra time deciding if she wanted to come out but we are glad she finally did.

**BONUS**
So my family was calling for updates constantly prior to Norah's birth. I started to text them Babywatch news team updates (The best Baby Doppler in the tri-state area) to keep the calls down to a minimum. My mother would then ask if Frank was available for the weather. Let me explain, Frank Marzullo is one of the weather forecasters on Fox locally and he used to do the weather in my home town. So I started to wonder if I could get Frank to do a baby update. So I emailed him and explained my plan. Frank jumped right on board and filmed the following video clip for my parents. Thanks Frank!!!

Happy B-Day Bennett