Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Emma: Five Months!


Size/Weight: Snug in 9 month clothes, moving on in to 12 month



Sleep: Pretty dang wonderful. She goes down at 8 on the dot (if she's up at 8:04, she will happily put herself to sleep on you wherever you're at) but beware... if she does fall asleep at 8 and she's not in the crib, she will wake up when you get ready for bed, and not snooze until 10. We were trying to get her to stick to a schedule-- now she's too much the schedule queen! Napping pretty great, moving towards one big 1-2 hour nap (sometimes) and 2-3 small 30-45 minute snoozes.
Social: It's fun to catch eyes with her from across the room, to get a face full of smiles and fists in the mouth. She is so laid back, she still loves just listening and going along for the ride.


Hanging out with Papa Vic on our weekly Tuesday visits

Nana snuggles

Diet: Breast milk! (Or cream top as my mom puts it. This gal doesn't have a problem with eating!)



Clothes: 12 month clothes fit best, with a bit of wiggle room for those growing piggies
Likes: Baths, and especially eating the wet washcloth afterwards, hugging my arm when I'm changing her, batting at things dangling over her, squiggling all over the play mats, her sister, singing, dancing and general silliness!

Dislikes: When she can't get her rocking horse's tail in to her mouth. Rage.
Milestones: Is becoming a little lady a milestone? I feel like she's got so much more behind the eyes now. She seems like all of a sudden she's starting to understand the world in a big way!

Norah update?: After turning three, Norah seems so much like a little lady. I can't believe how great of a big sister she is. She is always helpful, sweet to her sister (so far!), and is learning more every day it seems. Our parrot is now officially reciting nearly every book we read regularly word for word (she will correct you if you say 'theirs' instead of 'they had' type of thing) and remembers things we've done over a year ago. I'm convinced the three year old stage is just parenting practice of watching your tongue, because little minds never forget. 

Friday, August 5, 2016

And because life happens on your phone these days..








Life these days: A teeny tiny pictoral update

Just a couple snapshots from this month! 





See our tired old fence? It's not so tired anymore!! Bryan was fantastic and built us a new fence!

(Our little helper... nearly naked time.)



Norah: Three years!


Can we just talk about this?! Norah is three.


We celebrated on that Saturday, July 23rd, with a kitty princess theme (of course)


(Norah and Bella-- she loves Bella!!)


It was a fantastic day. A few friends and family came over, we had hamburgers and hot dogs. She got super spoiled; her dress up drawer now officially runneth over. I'm still having a hard time wrapping my head around the fact that our sweet Norah is THREE. And last year on her birthday we told everyone she was going to be a big sister. This is all going by way, way too fast. 

I love revisiting things down the road... so I decided to start a birthday questionnaire! So here goes: 

-             What is your name: Norah
-          How old are you? 3
        What is your favorite:
             Color: purple
        Food: macaroni
        TV show: Pokemon
        Toy: my balloons!
        Book: ABCs (Dr. Seusss ABC book)
-          What is your favorite thing to do? Play with my dollhouse and play outside!
-          What do you want to be when you grow up? A kitty
-          What is your favorite food? Tuna
-          Who do you like to spend time with? Uncle Zach
-          What do you do really well? Eat… and play with my dollhouse.   What was the best thing that happened to you this year? I went to Wiggleworks!
-          What makes you laugh? Uh… I don’t know.
-          What is the best time of day? Ever.
-          What are you afraid of? I don’t know.
-          Who is your best friend? Uncle Zach
-          What do you like to do with your family? Play outside with my balloons
-          What do you love to learn about? School
-          Where do you like to go? Nani’s House!
        What is your favorite thing about our family? Going on walks
        If you had $100, what would you buy? More balloons! 
        What do you like best about yourself? I like that I like to play!  
-          If you had one wish, what would it be? I wish for Emma! Right there playing with her toy!