This Past Year (in Pictures)

 Eye Surgery - end of 2015

Fun in the Snow!

Swimming Lessons!

Don't we look alike?

Swinging at the Park

Easter 2016

Husker Baseball!  Spring 2016

Race for Grace in Grand Island

Race for Grace

New Bike Trailer!

Lily reading to Gavin & Claire

Craig & Traci Sitzman wedding, May 2016

Potty Training!

Fontanelle Forest

At Grandma's Pool

Bellevue Berry Farm

College World Series

Gavin turns 2!

Estes Park, Summer 2016

Shelly & Zach Wendland Wedding - First Steps on His Own!! (8/27/16)

Great-Grandpa & Grandpa Norton, Claire, Lily, and baby Evan

Pumpkin Patch, October 2016

30 Weeks Pregnant with Baby #2! (Due Date December 20, 2016)

Relationship

Tiffany,

I don't particularly like telling other people how we have such a good relationship because I feel many of the relationships around us aren't so great, and there's not much I could change about that. But at the same time we know what we have and it's amazing. You are the most important person in my life. I love everything about you! Thank you for being a light to so many people in the world, including me.

Love,
Nick

Mi Amor Por Ti

Almost three years ago we said our wedding vows and committed to each other for life!

I love you so much. To get to know you better is a wonderful feeling. I can't wait to see you after a long day of being away from each other. My passion for you is like a powerful waterfall.

Mi amor por ti,
For you, I would do anything. For you, I would do everything. I love you, sonrisa!

Mama

Mi amor,

I appreciate what a natural mother you are. You love Gavin so much, and he learns SO MUCH from you!  You teach him all his body parts, "what does a monkey say?" (and a cow, snake...) and he loves it. The itsy bitsy spider GOT GAVIN!

Now that we are expecting another little baby, I can see your excitement. You have a natural way with Gavin (and me) that is patient and kind. Love is patient, love is kind - and you live that. Gavin and I love you! (And so does your cute little baby in your belly)

Notes from Lover

Thank you for these notes you left me everyday so I would find them while at work. You are an incredibly thoughtful person, sonrisa! I love reading them everyday. You know how to encourage me, build me up, and make me a better person!

Sunshine

Gavin being done with treatments is such an amazing feeling. We feel so free - the opportunities are endless! Gavin is doing well and he is healthy. We love him so much! Gavin is joyful, smart, VERY cute, silly, and so strong for enduring this past year.  One year ago this week (the 16th) was the scariest night of our lives when we ran him to Children's Hospital.

In some ways, being home and getting back into daily life has been a bit challenging. We embrace the opportunity to move forward but with new values and priorities. We value each other so much and have a new outlook on life.

We now truly cherish every moment together - the phrase "live life to the fullest" or "live every day as if it's your last" have richer, deeper meaning. And yet, the opportunity and challenge is figuring how where to go from here. What IS our next step, our purpose?

Sometimes in life we have more questions than answers. Actually, most of the time life is like that.

But I am so abundantly grateful that I have YOU. We are together and we move and grow together. I love you, Tiffany Marie Norton. You are my sunshine, my sonrisa.

Support

Tiffany,

You are such a great support. I know we are always supporting each other. I appreciate that you love me despite all my faults, and you support me in everything we do.  With as much that has happened in the first three years since we had our first date, we are hesitant to predict what will happen in 2016. But I know that we will grow together, I will pursue you, find new ways to show you how much I love you, and we will be adventurous during "esta aventura que se llama la vida".

On a side note,
I enjoyed kissing you on New Years Eve on the third anniversary of our first kiss!

Love,
Nick