Weekend Fun

As the weather gets nicer, and the ice melts away, a whole new world has been waiting to greet our little Nora. It also helps that she has been getting so much bigger that she is able to begin experiencing new and exciting things, and also enjoy them! Nora's personality is starting to blossom, and we are getting to know her on a deeper level as she opens up. For example, Nora giggles and smiles when I bounce her on my lap and "launch her" into sky (i don't throw her up in the air yet, just raise her high above my head.) Certain tones of voice also send her into fits of laughter. She is growing up so quickly right in front of our eyes.

Nothing too exciting happened on Thursday, but on Friday we went to our second "Simply Connected" dinner. We had wonderful tacos with home made flour tortillas which was really good. Amber brought "Better Than Sex" cake which was named by Betty Crocker, not Amber. Nora loved watching the older kids run around and play. She spent her first dinner time in a high chair playing and talking to herself. Now that she can hold her head up so well, the next step is to be able to sit up on her own.

On Saturday, Amber went and got a haircut so it was good Daddy/Daughter bonding time. We read a few books which Nora really enjoyed. Her favorite book is the "Tails" book, which has different textures for the different types of animal tails (scaly Alligator tails, fuzzy cat tails, etc.) She also took a nice 45 minute nap (equivalent to a 2 hour nap for normal infants) so I could get a few chores done around the house.

Today (Sunday) - we brought Nora to church and she was a little angel. She does love talking now though, so when everything was very quiet and still while we were praying Nora decided to vocalize her thoughts to God. After church, we went to Culver's and then went for a walk. Nora took another good afternoon nap (45 minutes!) so Amber and I could do a few things around the house.

All in all, it was a great weekend with our little Nora-bear. This parenting thing isn't so tough after all! (Cue Nora crying in 3....2...1.....)