Another Month Gone By

Can you believe it? Seven months old today! Where does the time go?

It seems like such a short time ago when we went in for a regular growth ultrasound at 35 weeks 5 days gestation and were told we wouldn't be leaving the hospital without a baby.

Our little oinker has gone from 4lbs 11 oz when we left the hospital to a whopping 16 pounds at her last well-baby check up.

It amazes me how much of a sponge she's become. She watches every move with such intensity.

Yesterday she was eating plumacado (yea, I made that word up) and kept trying to stick her fingers in the bowl. So I put some Gerber puffs on her tray, a snack she has previously ignored, and she reached right down, picked one up and after a few unsuccessful attempts made one into her mouth.

She gave me the most quizzical look as she mushed the puff between her toothless gums, and you could see the wheels turning as she processed the cause and effect. After that, the rest of those puffs didn't stand a chance -- just like that she had learned something new.

I've been holding off on blogging about it in case I failed miserably as a teacher, but we've been learning baby sign language over the past month. We just stared with a few signs, but already she knows milk and hungry. She doesn't reciprocate yet, but you can tell by the bounding excitement when you open and close your fists that she gets it. Yet another way she doesn't cease to amaze me.

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Wordless Wednesday: All Dolled Up

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No Matter How Long the Winter,

Spring is sure to follow.


I know the first day of spring is technically in March, but Easter always seems to be the turning point between winter and spring for me. Suddenly after this holiday, it just feels more spring-y! We had a great weekend filled with family, games and food.

Saturday, we (Nora, Uncle Devon and I) cleaned the house to get ready for guests. Of course we had to make time to play with the puppies and take some photos because, well, no day is complete in the life of Nora without photos to document her day!

Nora is learning to pet gently and Wrigley is learning to like it...


Teau loves to give Nora kisses


Saturday evening, Mimi and Papaw came up, and we had dinner at the Machine Shed with Grandpa Barnes and his family.


Nora snacked on some sweet potato fries, and made a squishy mess -- they were the first finger food she's picked up!



We even had a surprise visit from the Easter bunny!


We stayed up late playing games and drinking margaritas.


Sunday morning daddy, Nora and the furbabies slept in, while Mimi and I got up to start the turkey.


Then Nora got to open her Easter basket!


And try her first mum-mum


Later, we got some pretty pictures of Nora in her Easter dress


It was a good day, and a good weekend. Easter is one of 3 holidays daddy gets to be home with us -- so it is especially special. Hope every one enjoyed the holiday weekend...off to start another Monday.
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Today I...

loved tummy time. I painted with pink paint. Ms. CeCe played peek-a-boo with me and I loved it!

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Weekend Ramblings

As I mentioned yesterday, we went to Coralville to watch Aunt TJ's dance competition on Sunday.

Let's start by saying they dominated the whole thing -- ton's of platiunums (I lost count) and her big group number got 149 out of a possible 150 points, making them the highest scoring group of the day. Allison won a coreography award, Holly got first overall for her solo...they were by far, the best group there.

Plus, everyone thought Nora was adorable! Get this -- TJ actually held Nora! Now to fully understand the level of shock this brought when she asked, she has only held her one other time e.v.e.r. and only becuase Mimi made her for a photo.

Saturday we went shopping and bought Nora her first swimsuit. My standards were high because I was persistant that it must be a bikini - come on, look how cute it is!

Later we got to go swimming at the hotel, and she loved it!

After swimming Saturday night, we drove up to Swisher and stayed the night with Aunt Tiffany and Uncle Chris.

Max is getting SO big. He was holding Nora by the ears giving her kisses. It was positively adorable!

Sunday was competition day. We were there from about 9:30 a.m. until aroud 5 when we decided to take off because bad weather was headed our way. I'm glad we got to go though!

I sure am blessed to have such a content baby that lets me drag her around and out and about without a complaint.