{Happy 1st Birthday Norah Kate!!!}

Wow...I can't believe a whole year has passed since Keren gave birth to Norah! :) Time sure flies...We were lucky enough to visit Keren, Steve and Norah in the hospital the day after her birth, she was such a precious newborn. Since last year we have gotten to be very close with Keren and Steve and have spent a lot of time at their house. We're now known as 'Uncle Andy (or 'Nandy' as Jacob says) and Aunt Suzie! :) I absolutely love it and I adore these kiddos!!

I was able to take the day off work yesterday so we could help celebrate Norah's 1st birthday. This was a huge event that I had been helping Keren plan for MONTHS!! The last week was the craziest with a few late nights baking/creating/decorating etc. But it was all worth it to see the finished product yesterday! Although Norah won't remember it, she will have plenty of pictures to show how loved she really is by everyone. Now, without further adieu here's some pictures from the big day...enjoy!!!

{Happy 26th Birthday to me}

It's a few days late....but Happy Birthday to me...My birthday wasn't too exciting this year, which is fine by me, the older I get, the less celebration I want!! And 26 just isn't very exciting, it just sounds OLD!! :) So Saturday was my birthday but I was stuck at work all day. When I finally got off work at 6, Andy and I got ready and headed up to Federal Way to "Tokyo Japanese Steakhouse" for dinner with our friends Keren and Steve and Brie and Mike and their son Jaden. It was DELICIOUS as usual!! That's definitely one of my favorite restaurants. After dinner we decided to check out a movie with Keren and Steve, so we went down to the Supermall theater and saw The Proposal. Which we would all HIGHLY recommend, it was soooo funny!! The guys even enjoyed it and didn't think it was a total chick flick!! So after a late birthday night we headed home and I fell asleep so I could function at work the next day!! :)

Sunday was another fun evening. I got off work a couple hours early so we could head up to Katie and Phil's housewarming party in South Everett. They just bought their first house and got all settled in. The house is very nice and it was so good to visit with them and Dan and Joy since we rarely see them anymore :( One of the down sides of growing up...

Last night was another Birthday celebration for me! My mom and Dean made a delicious dinner of salmon, flank steak and spinach salad. The food was great as was the company. Dean's mom Nancy and her sister Aunt Margaret also joined us. We had a good visit then I blew out my candles, made my wish and opened a couple presents. I'm soo excited to say that I got 2 JoAnn's gift cards and a couple other gift cards as well as cash to spend this year!!! So..I'm gonna have to take myself out on a mini shopping spree :)

The big 2-5!!

Wow...where does the time go?? I feel like I'm still a teenager...I can't believe I turned 25 on Friday!! I had an awesome birthday though! I took the day off work and so did Andy, we got up and went to Jamba Juice for smoothies, then Andy took me shopping where I picked out a couple cute shirts, a belt and some earrings. We then went to the park and walked around before heading home to relax before a busy night. I layed in the sun and attempted to nap while Andy took a nap inside.

After a while I got too hot and came in to get ready for dinner. We met my mom, Dean, Steve, Jon and Nancy and Kenny for dinner at Sakura in Tacoma. The food was great, but I will definitely stick with Tokyo! The food tastes the same there and the cooks do way more tricks!! After eating our delicious dinner we dropped my mom's car off and headed down to the Longhorn BBQ in Auburn for the dueling piano show. Needless to say I had WAYYY more than I should've too drink and did some dancing up by the pianos and with my friends :) hehe..oh well...I had a blast and didn't do anything TOO crazy!!! It was nice to actually have a weekend night off and be able to go out!!

We headed home around midnight and I went straight too bed and thankfully I woke up feeling pretty good on Saturday! It was off for another 2 nights at work..now here I am still awake cuz my mind has been racing after a crazy busy night at work but I should get going cuz I have to get up early to babysit in the morning!!