This was the last picture of Noelle with all of her baby teeth!

 

Noelle is always dressing she and Anna Kate with matching outfits to play around the house.  Her ideas are always so cute and creative, and Anna Kate has a blast letting sissy dress her up!  I love this pic of Anna Kate just waiting on the rest of us to finish getting ready one day!

Noelle was having a hard time about something and Rose laid on top of her to cheer her up with a big hug…

Noelle LOVED it and I think Rose actually made whatever it was all better!

 

This little stinker pot has been standing up in things that she shouldn’t since she could stand.  Fortunately she has never fallen, partly because she has excellent balance.  We don’t take any chances, but every once and a while, she beats the system and finds a way to stand.

These two are always cuddling together.  Noelle really mothers Rose, and Rose often goes to Noelle when she needs help with something.  She knows that she has a listening ear and someone who will try to help her if she can.  It’s so sweet!

 

The girls looked so cute one day, I just had to take a quick pic before we headed off to library story time!

This little 17 month old is SO busy and getting into everything these days!  Destruction is her name and clean-up is my game!!!  In order to get anything done around here, Rose has to have Pack N Play time where she goes and spends some contained time playing with her toys while we work to pick up and clean the rest of the house.  She has a good time in there (and she’s safe), but we try to let her roam as much as possible… it’s just CRAZY right now in our house with an up and coming full-out toddler!!!  You know I always pre-buy my kids’ clothes for the next season, and right now I’m shopping for 2T things for next summer for Rose.  Where does the time go!?!

 

Here’s Noelle at Susana’s ceremony and me with some of my friends!