Nolan's First College Basketball Game

Nolan went to his first college basketball game at The University of Chicago. Pops is a coach there, so Nolan went to see his team. They won! Nolan loved the game! He especially liked looking at the bright lights and listening to the music during warm-ups and time-outs. Nolan will be dribbling a ball in no time!

Pops and Nolan before the game!

Pops and Nolan after the big win!

Nolan's First Christmas!

Nolan had a very busy first Christmas! Our parties began on December 23rd with the annual Leonard Christmas Party. It is always held on the 23rd every year. Nolan met lots of his cousins and great aunts and uncles. On Christmas Eve, we visited with Pops Leonard and Uncle Colin before going to 4:00 Mass. Then, we went to the O'Shea Party at Uncle Dan and Aunt Ginny's house. On Christmas Day, we had brunch at Pops and Grandmo's house with Aunt Maura and Pat. Uncle Ron and Aunt Mar came to visit us there, too. After brunch, we went to Uncle Frank and Aunt Patty Doherty's house for Christmas with the Doherty family. Nolan met so many new people and received lots of nice presents. Nolan loved every party and enjoyed seeing so many of his relatives. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

Noni and her three grandsons...Nolan, Henry and Liam

Noni and the two babies of 2007...Nolan and Henry (what a difference in size!)
Nolan and Aunt Mar
Aunt Sarah, Liam and Daddy
Nolan smiling while sitting with Aunt Karen
Mommy, Nolan, Aunt Courtney, Liam, Aunt Sarah and Henry
Daddy, Mommy, Nolan, Aunt Courtney, Liam, Aunt Sarah, Henry, Uncle Xavier and Noni




Daddy, Nolan and Mommy on Christmas Eve
Pops, Nolan and Grandmo
Daddy and Nolan resting before opening presents on Christmas morning
Nolan at home on Christmas morning
Nolan and Mommy with a new book




Cousin Alexis holding Ellen and Nolan
Nolan saying "touchdown"
Nolan and his cousin Ellen (who is five weeks older and much lighter!)
Nolan taking a rest on Christmas Eve
Daddy, Mommy, Pops, Grandmo, Aunt Maura, Nolan and Pat
Uncle Colin, Pops and Nolan at New Evergreen after the Leonard Christmas Party

Nolan, Aunt Kath and Daddy
Mommy, Santa, Nolan and Daddy on Christmas Eve
Mommy, Nolan, Ellen and her mommy, Aunt Agnes
Daddy and Nolan saying "touchdown"
Pops with his two new grandsons...Nolan and Henry

Nolan, Daddy and Mommy at the Leonard Christmas Party
Uncle Colin and Nolan
Santa and Nolan at the Leonard Christmas Party
Santa with the four new Leonard cousins born in 2007...Bridget, Henry, Nolan and Greta (Bridget's mom, Lauren and Greta's mom, Erin, too!)

Meeting Cousin Henry

Aunt Sarah and Uncle Xavier had their new baby on December 12th. Henry Leonard Lecauchois entered the world at 5:00 p.m. Henry is welcomed home by his big brother, Liam!

Five weeks make a big difference! Nolan is about five weeks older than Henry...and so much bigger! It is hard to believe that Nolan was that tiny just five weeks ago! Congratulations Uncle Xav, Aunt Sarah and Liam!

Aunt Sarah holding Nolan and Mommy holding Henry

Big cousin Liam holding Nolan and baby brother Henry

Daddy's Birthday

Nolan is Daddy's best birthday present! Daddy celebrated his birthday on December 11th.

Noni made a birthday dinner for Aunt Sarah (who celebrated her birthday on November 29th) and Daddy.

Aunt Sarah, Liam, Daddy and Nolan before eating some cake!
Nolan is ready to go to Louie's Chophouse for a steak dinner!
Daddy and Mommy love Nolan so much! We are ready to go out for a nice birthday dinner!

One Month Old

Nolan is already one month old! We can't believe it! Time goes by so quickly, and Nolan has changed and grown so much! Nolan has rolled over a few times and is very alert. He loves looking around, and he is smiling a lot! We are having so much fun!

Nolan's Christmas Card Photo Shoot

Nolan took lots of pictures for his birth announcement/Christmas card!

Thanksgiving Week

Nolan had a very busy first Thanksgiving week! He met many of his relatives from Chicago and out of town.

Nolan went out to lunch on the Friday after Thanksgiving with Daddy's family. Pictured are Nolan's cousins Nora, Caitlin and Grace Leonard with Uncle Colin.

Nolan went on his first train ride to downtown Chicago for the annual tree lighting at Daley Plaza. He slept right through it!
Mommy's family went to the tree lighting, too. Pictured with us are Aunt Maura and her boyfriend Pat, Grandmo, Pops, Aunt Kelly, Jack, Uncle Kevin. We had so much fun!
Nolan had his first Thanksgiving dinner at Noni's house. Nolan enjoyed a picture with his cousins Grace, Liam, Caitlin and Nora...and Noni!
There are six new babies on the O'Shea side of the family. Pictured left to right are Ellen, Johnny, Nolan, Alexis, Kylie and Jack. They are all so happy and excited to have their picture taken together!
Nolan posed with his cousin Ellen who was born in September. What a difference a few weeks make!
It is the O'Shea family tradition that all new babies have their picture taken on the turkey platter the year they are born. Nolan slept through his turkey platter photo shoot!
Grandmo and Pops had about 55 people over on Thanksgiving. Almost everyone made it to Chicago for Thanksgiving. Here are lots of our relatives!
Nolan met his cousin Jack from St. Louis. Jack is going to be a big brother in April!

Mommy and Daddy are so thankful for Nolan this Thanksgiving!
Pops and Grandmo pose with their two grandsons, Jack and Nolan!
Jack loved giving Nolan kisses!
Here is our little turkey!