YAY!!!

We have been looking for some land to buy to build a house on, and we recently found out that our favorite piece of property in Morgan County was being auctioned off this morning. It is a very desirable piece of land, so we were really worried that we wouldn't get it, but.....WE DID!!!!!!!!! We are so excited and looking forward to all of the wonderful memories that we will make there in the future! Thank you so much to all of our family members that helped make this possible for us! WE LOVE YOU!!!!

Another "first" for Dakoda

Dakoda is really growing up fast now! It seems like he does something new everyday. He really speed-crawls now and is getting into everything! He especially loves the dogs. He enjoys playing tug-of-war with them and chasing them around. He has started trying to let them out of their cages when they are locked up. Yesterday he got ahold of their water bowl, which thankfully didn't have any water in it at the time. And today he decided that he wanted to try some of their food. Yum yum! :)

Graduation!

This was a very fun and eventful weekend for the Norris family. Friday was Pap's birthday, so we had lunch with Great Aunt Rosie, Great Uncle Tom, Miss Jeannie, Miss Emmy, Aunt Trit and cousin John at Shoney's. Dakoda got to try a couple of bites of hot fudge cake and LOVED it!! Takes after his mommy. :)

On Saturday, I graduated from Tennessee Technological University with my Bachelor of Science in Multidisciplinary Studies! It took me a little longer than it should have, but I finally finished! After the ceremony, Darren, Dakoda and I ate lunch at our favorite Cookeville restaurant - El Tapatio. Dakoda was very fussy, as he had missed out on his nap because of the long graduation ceremony. He likes to hold "big people" food, so we gave him a chip, and he looked at us, giggled, and TOOK A BITE OUT OF IT!!! This is a big deal because he is 11 months old and has never fed himself! We were beginning to worry, and that little stinker could probably have done it all along, and just didn't want to. I don't know where he gets his stubbornness from....

Here are some pictures from the weekend.