Need a Little Christmas

We put up our Christmas tree this weekend. Aaron did the assembly and lights with 'help' from Zeke while I put Nora to bed. Then after she was asleep I put on a lot of the ornaments while Aaron built a train track around the tree and living room and Zeke controlled the train.

Now we are all festive and Thomas and Gordon are having a grand old time being holiday trains.

Halfway to Real Food

This week Nora is 3 months. It's gone fast, and she has grown and changed so much in a short time. She is generous with her smiles and sometimes giggles a little. She is very talkative and will carry on a conversation. She has learned to hold her head up quite well, and she likes tummy time a lot as long as she isn't too tired or hungry.

She has shown that she doesn't like slow-flowing milk, being in her carseat, having mommy be away, and being alone. She likes hot baths, eating often, being upright, and watching most anything Zeke and Daddy watch on the computer. She has ditched the binky in favor of her hands.

She seems to want to do a lot of things she can't yet, like sit, eat, crawl, and play. I keep telling her that she just needs to give it some time. If the next 3 months go this fast, she will be doing those things before we know what happened.

More Nora Pictures

as requested :)

Spend, Spend, Spend.

So I got my first paycheck last Friday and kissed the last of it goodbye today. Started by being frivolous buying three pair of pants that don't have holes in them. Then Yesterday the cars brakes started grinding. It's amazing how fast automobile repairs will suck you dry. $600 and most of the day today and the last of my check is gone but I have brakes on the escort again :D

Hangin' at Home

Swing Sleeper

Nora is just so cute - especially while she's asleep - that I could take the same pictures every day. But she's growing every day too, so they wouldn't be exactly the same....

She doesn't really like to swing and certainly doesn't go to sleep in her swing; she just sleeps really well when we put her down there already asleep.

For a while it was the only way she would nap. I think that may have changed but I'm not sure I'm ready to test that theory yet.

Besides, I like having her right next to me where I can fully enjoy her sleeping adorableness.