Ode to Noelle

I've wanted to do this for a while, and now I have the time. All parents are allowed to put their children on pedestals every now and then. For those of you who have been around our daughter, Noelle long enough for her to shout and sing "Where is Thumbkin," you will most understand this blog. For the rest of you: this is Noelle - she is almost two years old, has curly brown hair, a beautiflul smile and an angelic personality. She loves eating turkey sandwiches, and prefers raisins for dessert. Grocery trips are her favorite trips, because there she sees all of the yummy food she eats. Her favorite person in the world (besides her parents) is probably her cousin Lucia; they love getting into mischeif together, already. It seems that every day this little girl makes us laugh until it hurts! It might be the way she cocks her head to the side and lets us know exactly what's on her mind, or perhaps it's when we're in the grocery store, and she and her mom are on one side of the store, and I can hear her from the other side of the store saying "turkey, momma, turkey!" She is so energenic too. Instead of walking from one place to the next, she finds it necessary to run; it's so cute, because her run isn't yet smooth, so it's more of a fast walk combined with bouncing. The crowning event, though was when I was playing with her, acting silly, of course, and she turns to me and says "silly daddy!" I was laughing so hard! Noelle has definitely made parenting a fun experience. Aside from her silliness she carries about her a soft, and gentle spirit, which is my favorite. We both love her very much, and hope all of you get a chance to get to know Noelle as we know her.

Dan