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Recent photos

Nora loves to read, often we have to read books several times or there will be tears at the end of the book. Nora especially loves board books, she likes to put them in her mouth and "taste" what we are reading. Generally if I am reading to Nora she is listening intently and studying the pictures, as well as, holding onto one edge of the book for me.

A few months ago we started giving Nora rice cereal, at first she wasn't too thrilled with the idea of eating off a spoon and didn't enjoy the taste. Now she gets excited whenever she sits in her highchair, she begins to shake and scream in anticipation of what new food she might be trying today....could it be mangos, squash, cherries..oh the possibilities!!

It used to be a struggle to get Nora to lay on her tummy to build up her back muscles. She would scream after about 1 minute. Now she has contests with her sock monkey on who can stay up the longest. Usually Nora loses and she is a whiz at rolling all over the room. Her dad and I don't think it's going to be too long before she starts crawling. I guess we better start babyproofing!

Nora loves TV, if she can't see the TV, computer, phone screen, or camera screen...she will do anything in her power to make it happen as shown above when dad was watching a recent football game.

10 weeks old

This is Nora at 10 weeks old. She is becoming more expressive with each passing day letting her thoughts be known. Aaron and I are pretty sure once she is able to actually say words we won't be able to get her to be quiet. Her favorite pasttimes include yelling if we aren't paying enough attention to her and having us move her legs wildly. She loves music and sometimes the only way she will be quiet is if we sing to her.

At Nora's baby shower she got her very own boppy chair. She enjoyed sitting up on the couch like a grown up and surverying the room. She isn't quite big/strong enough to sit up fully but it was still fun to watch her play in her chair.

Who do I look like???

Why is Nora sleeping in the middle of an unmade bed you ask? Well last night at 11 she threw up all over my (Kelly) side of the bed, so naturally I wiped up what I could laid a towel down and went to sleep.

The swing has been a lifesaver in moments of insanity, it is Nora's favorite place to take a nap during the day. She will swing for a few hours, if I am lucky, so that I am able to catch up on my house work or take a quick nap.

When I was cleaning the other day I found this little stand up mirror for Nora to play with. I have caught her smiling at herself and cooing loudly as she stares at her beautiful face.

Nora loves to be sung too, her new favorite song that always gets a smile out of her is The Wheels on the Bus. Easy to please!

This is Nora being still for once! Is this a vision of her future mug shot?

Just hangin out takin a nap/

2 months old!

Today marks Nora's 2 month birthday! Each day she is changing. Her favorite things to do lately are sleep til 1pm, coo, and yell (She finally found her voice). Her unofficial weight is 11.5 pounds, but we will find out on Wednesday at her 2 month check up what her actual weight is.

The next picture is Nora on her first walk, she was probably about 2.5 weeks old...

This is her on her last week a few days ago. She has changed quite a bit, but she is still pretty tall and skinny!

A little behind...

Well I have gotten behind in posting over the last few weeks, a lot has happened since then.

First we celebrated Nora's 1 month birthday by taking her picture. She looks very excited to have spent one month living in the outside world. This was the first week that she was able to really start fitting into her 0-3 month clothing as she was over 8 lbs.

As time went on Nora found her voice and began to "talk" (read: yell at me) Mainly asking for food and attention.

Nora has also started smiling at Aaron and me as we play with her and pick her up. Her favorite time to play is in the wee hours of the morning when we would love to be sleeping and she is feeling the need to be awake.

Now in present day Nora is almost 7 weeks old! She has lost much of her hair that she was born with but is starting to get lots of new little hairs, we are excited to see what color it comes in. Her little personality is developing more each day as she learns that we are wrapped around her little finger and will pick her up at the first cry. In other news she is over 10 lbs and has started wearing her cloth diapers. We love cloth diapering and feel good about putting her in diapers that are chemical free, as well as keeping a little cash in our wallets.