Smiles

Along with crawling, standing, and talking another new thing Eleanor has learned is to smile at the camera. Whenever she sees us grab the camera she breaks out with a huge smile. Exhibits below.

Nine Months Old!

Our sweet Nora Kate is now officially nine months old! She checked out at the doctor yesterday at 22.5 pounds (gained 2.5 in 3 months) and 28 1/2 inches long (grew 3/4 inch from last time). Weight and head remain at 95% percentile while height dropped to 75th. This past weekend, she started crawling consistently and mastered the sippy cup. Tried mushrooms (the veggie) for the first time as well as olives, both of which were a hit. More table/regular food was the recommendation from Doc. Rohyens, which Nora will LOVE. Teeth are coming in too, causing some fussiness, but really our girl is still a happy little thing. It's pajama day at school on Thursday, so Mama went shopping for some new PJs last night while Daddy and Uncle Whit went see Man-Man.

Speaking of Uncle Whit, he has been here visiting and the whole family has adored him being here. He plays with Nora, takes Mookie on fabulously long walks, and hangs out with their parents. Here is a picture from the past few days:

Mensa may be interested to know our girl can almost say "Dog"---she says "Dah" every time Mookie is around her--between giggles. It is just so darn cute!

Friends & Talking

Our good friend Ari came to town last weekend to visit us while she was in Ohio for a conference. She had yet to meet Eleanor and they had a fun time getting to know each other. Ari's necklace was a big hit as our girl loves shinny objects.


Troy and Kathleen were nice enough to babysit for a couple hours so Ari, Wendy, and myself could go out and have an adult dinner. These are some pictures they took while watching her.



Nora has been talking more and more everyday. Abut a week ago she said "Dada" for the first time. This made my heart melt when she said it to me or when I enter the room but, then she will go on to say Dada when she sees Mookie, a bottle, her toys, while looking out the window in the car, etc. So it is good to hear her talking but she hasn't figured out Dada = me quite yet. Just a couple of days ago she said her first clear "Mama" and it seems she is making new sounds everyday.

Long Time Gone

Sorry that we have been gone for so long, it's just that EKG is busy busy everyday and Geoff has been sick since Sunday morning and that just leaves little time for blogging. Though we'd get some pictures up at least and tell you that Nora now has THREE teeth in various stages of coming in. We did the Ferber Method for getting her to sleep in her crib with some great success this weekend. She cried for 30 minutes the first night, then only 4 minutes the second. Last night, she cried only 10 minutes before succumbing to sleep. She slept all night Friday night, until 4 am Saturday and until 4 am last night. After 20 minutes of trying, we finally brought her into bed with us. We know...it's bad to set up those habits, but what can I say? I miss her in bed with me. That's it for now, another update coming soon.