Merry Christmas from my family to yours!

Happy Halloween from my little superheros to yours! My boys wanted to be Batman, Flash and Captain America, so I made a Wonder Woman costume for baby girl to coordinate.

Here is Nora’s costume. I bought the pettiskirt, embellished it with rhinestones, made a little top edged with gold.  The wrist bands and headband were from the same gold fabric.  And she happened to have gold shoes. Perfect!

Asher wanted to be Captain America, primarily because of the “A”  I think.

Levi somehow has latched onto Flash and loves anything to do with Flash. At the time when I was planning I couldn’t even find a costume for it, so I had to embellish a wolverine costume with lightening bolts.  Now the Flash TV show is out, maybe there will be more things available.

Elijah wanted to be Batman, and he is especially proud of the light up bat symbol on his chest.

I love these cute little superheroes!  They are so cute in their matching sibling costumes.

I definitely loved making this little girly costume most of all.  It’s fun to be able to embellish a little more than you can with boys.

But then Nora started loosing it. First she threw herself on the floor!

And lastly, my favorite outtake is all the kids losing it! This is how a majority of my pictures really look like. lol

Our baby girl, Nora, is one year old today!  I can’t believe my baby is growing up so fast.  She is a mellow, giggly, happy girl almost all of the time, and she is one of my earliest talkers. She has already said “mama”, “dada”, “more”, “owie” and “hello”. Nora has also just started walking about 4-5 steps at a time. We love this little girl! She melts all our hearts, especially her 3 big brothers.

In honor of her first birthday, my friend Brittany with Briar Photography helped me style a first birthday photography session and cake smash.  We went to Eaton Canyon in Pasadena, which would have been great except they closed the gates at 7pm, so Brittany being an awesome friend, took our cars one at a time and parked them outside the wilderness area and walked back.  That is a true friend! I was so grateful for her saving the day.

I love Nora’s wobbly standing!

Those eyes! We still cannot tell what color they really are.  They sometimes look blue, golden and green.  Maybe she will be a true Hazel.

Isn’t this the cutest little rocking chair?  We borrowed it from a friend, and I’m so glad because she is adorable in it.  Look at that little foot pose!

She is a perfect little lady with her roaring 20’s ruffle romper.

Nora could not stop playing with her pearls! I think she likes them.

This cake is adorable!  My friend, Crystal, made this pretty little pink rosette cake and it was almost too cute to smash.  Almost.

Nora was so dainty that she wouldn’t even touch the cake at first.

When she tried it, she wasn’t sure what to think.  She looks pretty quizzical.

But then she decided that she likes cake after all.

Look at that cute face!

Baby girl was eating it all up, until…

“It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to! You would cry too if it happened to you!”

The end! Nora was finished with cake smash photo session.

I love my sweet boys.  They are baby Nora’s protectors.  From day one, they have wanted to hold her, hug her and kiss her.  Sometimes too much!  I am glad she will have three big brothers to look after her as she gets older.

This lovely “Don’t Mess with Her” photo has been making it’s rounds on Facebook and Pinterest.  So when I had Nora, there were about 10 people that forwarded it to me saying I should recreate it.  Well, here is our spin on the “Don’t mess with her” picture.  Their “tough” faces crack me up! lol

Nora is the happiest baby.  Anyone who smiles at her gets a big smile and coo in return.

Here are brothers showing their “muscles”!  lol

We had some of the best outtakes!  I just had to share a few.  I may love this series more than the main “We’ll Protect Her!” photo alone.  I wouldn’t mess with them if I were you.  They mean business.  :)

Here is our sweet baby Nora.  Now that she is 3 months old we can see her personality emerge.  She loves people!  Even if she is tired or hungry, when someone smiles at her, she gets a big grin and kicks her legs with excitement.  She is so mellow and easy going.  She sits on her own for long periods of time, content to watch all the chaos of our family.

Nora holds her head up really well for 3 months old.  She likes to either be held in a standing position or on her belly so she can exercise her muscles.  And is it just me, or do I see a hint of red in that hair?  We keep wondering what color hair she will end up with.  Selfishly, I hope she gets my hair. :)

I made this outfit and blanket for her.  Can you tell I love yellow and grey?  They are do pretty on her.