Nog+Chog

Norah turned “4” on April 17th and Charlie turned “1” on May 11th. Here are some of my faves on their respective bdays!

Hello everyone. We apologize that we have been so neglective of the nogchog. We’ve been a bit busy with social engagements, Norah’s bday, Melinda’s bday, Our anniversary, Charlie’s bday and Mother and Father’s Day, and traveling, Norah’s 1st ballet recital, and the list goes on and on and on.
We will be posting many entries within the next few days, so please be patient. I mean…Thank you for your patience.

Sorry. No pictures. We, (Norah and Charlie) just wanted to say, that our parents, Ryan and Melinda, have been together for 14 years. And yesterday, April 8 was their official anniversary. AND ten years ago…Ryan asked Melinda to marry him! (Wedding anniv. is 04-24-99) Thank goodness she said yes, or otherwise, WE would not be here today!

We spent Easter Sunday with my aunt and uncle. They had a small Easter egg hunt for her, and I told her to enjoy it, as this will be the last year that it will be “all about HER!”, as she will have some major competition next year. A.K.A.: Little brother Charlie, whom will probably give her a run for her money!
The last pic is of our famous circus cats, Barnum and Bailey, whom will be 10 yrs old in September. They seem to be forgotten a lot around here….but NOT by Norah!

Last Thursday, we made 2 trips to Children’s Memorial Hospital.
1. A scheduled physical therapy appt for Charlie’s torticollis.
2. A trip to the ER after Norah was running inside Target, and ran full force directly into a pole with a fire estinguisher right at level with her forehead.

These next few photos are of the day of and a few days afterwards, as we are documenting it.
We took her to the ER to make sure that she didn’t have a concussion. And as we waited for nearly 2 1/2 hrs….Norah said to me, “No mama, I didn’t hear you yelling at me to stop running because you were too far away….”
Hmmmmmm…..she is back to her feisty self!

Ryan has used his artistic talent and made Norah some musical instruments. It’s a good thing that they are made out of foamcore, as I don’t know if we could handle the “REAL” sound. But needless to say, Norah loves them both, and she definitely is carrying on Ryan’s rock star abilities.

Thanks to Aunt Karen…she gave this stylish headband to Norah.
I explained to Norah all about St. Patty’s Day. She then asked me if she was Irish….
Uh…..definitely NOT. But your name is Irish!

How can you resist this adorable little happy face….you can’t!

I can’t resist showing them off!