Brining Buzz: **Can't Believe She's 4**

Where on Earth have the past 4 years gone? Our little Norah is just growing up so fast! We are so proud of the little girl she has become (as stubborn and sassy as she can be sometimes!) and are looking forward to all of the changes that will happen for her this year! She will be starting a new dance class with Step It Up Studios, she is starting her second year of Preschool and will be going three days a week instead of two, and she is starting soccer! It is going to be a busy year for all of us, but we are so excited about it! We love you Norah Kathryn Brining and can't imagine our lives without you sweet girl!

Her birthday morning. She broke my heart because she came downstairs from bed and I had her gifts in the basement because we were going to wait to open them. When she came around the corner, she got this look on her face and I knew right away what she was thinking! She said, "Don't you have anything special for me Mommy?" Ugh! Stab to the heart! Drew and I looked at each other and I ran right downstairs and grabbed her gifts. She got all of these opened before Hazey even woke up for the morning! Needless to say, we learned our lesson and will definitely have her surprises ready for her in the morning.

Some Frozen books and a Preschool practice book!

We actually ended up getting Norah her biggest birthday present toward the beginning of summer! She got her first big girl bike! We didn't want to let half the summer pass by and then give her the bike, so for her birthday she got some accessories, like this new bike helmet, to go with her bike!

Every time she saw a Stretch-Kins commercial she would beg for the Unicorn one. I thought, "Perfect, that's an easy birthday present!"

Crazy Sand (definitely not as cool or well made as the Kinetic Sand that Uncle Jimmy got! I think we might have to spend the little extra money and buy the good stuff next time)