Oreo Face

We gave Nora her first taste of Oreo recently. Of course she loved it and of course it made quite the mess. I thought we did pretty well at limiting the mess to her face, and then after we got her face wiped and bib off she started drooling chocolate.

I'm so glad Aaron got the camera because it's definitely a moment to remember. As I was giving Nora her treat I was remembering Zeke's first Oreo experience. He was a bit older than Nora so we probably just gave him the cookie and let him go for it. He had a great time.

Food Frenzy

About a month ago Nora's pediatrician gave us the go ahead to give her 'sample solids' once or twice a day. We were excited and figured she would be too. It took a week or so to get some cereal, so in that time we had her in the high chair for meals if she was awake, and she loved it (as long as we kept her entertained, which Zeke is rather skilled at).

Her first rice cereal experience was an interesting one. She got the whole concept of opening her mouth for the spoon and even wanted to help us feed her, but she wasn't impressed with the fare. At first I thought she just didn't like the cereal (Zeke hated it), but it turns out it was the texture. She likes thicker cereal just fine.

So she has cereal in the morning and a fruit or veggie at dinner. So far, veggies are preferable to fruits and Italian wedding soup carrots are much better than plain carrots.

Saturday Nora had a great time mushing a pancake and making a mess.

And last night she fell asleep in the middle of her avocado.

Playtime

We've had lots of fun playing lately, particularly because Nora has learned how to play and loves it. One of her favorite toys is her butterfly.

Zeke has really enjoyed recreating scenes from Cars and Cars Toons with Lightning and Mater and scenes from Thomas and Friends shows with his trains.

Nora isn't such a fan of sitting or sleeping in her swing these days, but it makes a great toy.

We don't do the play in the snow thing, but Zeke loves to walk through it and kick it around.

I often play with Nora until she laughs - it's a sound I love to hear. Whenever I do, Zeke is usually there to join in on the fun.

We've all had a blast with Zeke's Marbleworks set.

And, of course, we play trains.

Blog by Nora

Nora reaches for the keyboard whenever we sit at the computer, which can get really irritating, but this morning I decided to just let her go at it and she was thrilled. Zeke, on the other hand, has heard us trying to keep her off of it so many times that he kept telling her to 'not play work'. You might not be able to tell, but the space bar is probably her best key. :)

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