Week 27 - Norah turns 6 months!!!!!!

This week Daddy wore Norah in the Ergo for the first time to take her on a family walk.  Doesn't she just look as snug as a Junebug in a rug?!?!

Man-handling her cow while working on sitting up in the Bumbo...

Although Norah is really loving her oatmeal, there's still nothing tastier to her than her tootsies (look at those cute little button toes - I could just eat them up myself)...

Yummy!

We finally got all of her toys attached to the activity center and when we put her in it, she just doesn't know what to chew on first...

Such a  doll baby...

She's still got her big, beautiful blue eyes...

Norah's Christmas Eve bear picture...

Week 26 - Norah starts on solids!

This week we busted out the super fun activity center that, as you can see, has been a big hit with Norah...

We've also been practicing sitting up.  Norah is getting the hang of it but is still a bit wobbly.  Here's a lean to the right...

Steadying herself...

Falling a bit forward...

Sliding to the left...

And down for the count...

Modeling her new winter hat - so serious...

Having fun...

Warm and snuggly in her "bundle me"...

On Thursday, December 15, 2011 we started Norah on solids!  We eased her into this epic culinary experience with some oatmeal cereal.  Here's a shot of her very first bite...

Which she wasn't so sure about...

Oh, wait, she was sure about it...sure that she wasn't a fan...

Please don't make me do it again...

Well, ok, if I must...

On second thought, get that outta here...

No more...P-L-E-A-S-E...

Ugh - when will this torture end?!?!?

Oh, wait a minute...now this is the way to do it!  It just tastes better when I'm in Daddy's arms...

Looking so sassy for our friend, Madi's, 2nd birthday party...

These are the little "Snuggs" bunny boots that Great Aunt Sandy had sent as a baby gift when big brother Nathan was born (but we didn't know if he was going to be a boy or a girl and she couldn't resist these so she bought them just in case.  We're so thankful that we got to use them with Norah)...

A shot of the birthday girl...

Mrs. Marilyn helping Norah pose for her full length shot...

The weekly bear picture...

Week 25 - Norah's acting debut!

Does our little sweetie girl look like a living doll or what!?!?!?

What a big, beautiful smile she has...

We really think she is teething but we haven't seen or felt anything yet; she sure likes chewing on anything she can wrap her mouth around...

Piglet thought he was safe just swinging with Norah...

But he was sadly mistaken...

On Saturday, December 10th, 2011 Norah had her acting debut which was very exciting!  She played Baby Jesus in one of the performances of our church's Christmas play, "Let All Heaven Rejoice."  She did a wonderful job - she was mesmerized by all the lights, the people and Mary's gorgeous voice singing over her. She had quite a stage presence and we're not sure where her career will go from here...

 We went with an all white, heavenly theme for this week's bear picture in honor of her acting debut...

Week 24 - Peek-A-Boo!

While MaMoo was here visiting for Thanksgiving she got to help Norah with one of her firsts!  She got her to play peek-a-boo!  Norah was laying in her crib with her head turned away from MaMoo and when MaMoo would say "peek-a-boo!" Norah would turn and look at her, smile and quickly turn away. She did this over and over again and it was so sweet...

This week Norah has been very busy grabbing things, pulling things and putting things in her mouth to chew on...

She also flails her arms like crazy and it looks like she's beating herself up - or anything else that's in her way.  I think all of that flailing is how she gets tangled up in things like here...

She's also getting very close to sitting up on her own.  When we put her in her bouncy seat she often just pops herself up...

Daddy's Little Cupcake screaming her head off...

Being entertained by big brother Nathan while Mommy's cooking dinner...

One of the highlights of this week was that Norah has been laughing A LOT and oftentimes it's spontaneous laughter which is so fun to hear...