In February we stayed just as busy! We managed an overnight trip to Seneca to visit Aaron's grandparents & his cousin Kellye (& Matt & Evan). Nora loved playing with Evan, but even more so enjoyed his baby toys. He's growing fast & is a very cute little boy! Almost immediately we headed to TN to see Cody (Aaron's cousin's fiance) get baptized. That was a wonderful experience for all that attended. Other than that, I have no idea where time is going, but it's flying by these days! Nora turned 22 months and is UN-stoppable! She makes us so incredibly happy!
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| Cody & Crazy Hair Nora |
We had our first slumber party with our nieces Hayley & Ellie since Nora was born. She loved every minute of it! They love Nora and she loves them! Since it was almost Valentine's Day we celebrated by making chocolate dipped strawberries, watching movies, and making heart window clings. Hayley & Ellie love coming over and always have a blast.
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| Hayley helping Nora paint her window clings |
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| Ellie & as many 'babies' as she could find in Nora's toys. |
Here are a few other random pictures from February:
Look closely & you'll see her pajamas are all twisted up, but still on!
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| That's talent. |
This is our new favorite channel. We call it the Nora Channel or the Nora Show. We recently canceled our cable and this is all we get on our bedroom tv. It's the best version of a baby monitor. I highly recommend it and wish we didn't wait so long to get it. It even has night vision and sound! Hopefully now I can catch her before she takes off her diaper or does something crazy. Aaron & I will both admit it's quite entertaining to watch her. Whether it's jumping in her bed, singing songs, or calling out to Niki & Buck randomly. We love to watch her.
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| Nora channel screen shot. |
Aaron finally got to finish her big Christmas present from us. She probably likes it even more now since there's not other present competition. It's a learning tower. She pushes it all around the kitchen to get up to the counter and reach or do something. She loves playing in the sink and 'washing the dishes' or getting a banana when she first gets up in the morning. The tower has a tip proof feature on the bottom and the platform she's standing on moves down several levels so it grows with her.
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| This girl is always getting into something! |
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| Quite an outfit! |
Aaron's favorite thing about Nora lately is her following directions. One of her newest tricks is that she can take his dishes to the sink or to me to get more. He has been waiting for this day for a long time! (Do you think his Dad had him do it when he was young?...perhaps.)
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| Little helper, Nora. |
This girl loves talking on the phone & facetiming family & friends. It's one of the best ways to turn that frowny face into a smile for her!
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| Multi-tasking while talking on the phone |
Nora likes lots of things but this next picture shows 2 of her favorites...boots (rain or cowboy) & dogs.
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| Talking to the dog next door |
This one is my favorite from February. Nora is a dancing machine. She dances to ANY music. I mean any. Music at the beginning/ending/or during a tv show. Music in the car. Music in the store. Anywhere. She also demands others dance as well. (By demand, I mean pointing her finger at your & yelling "Dance! Dance! Mommy, dance!" for example.) One evening, after Aaron got home, they had an impromptu Daddy/Daughter dance in the kitchen. It was their first like this. She loved it. Probably almost as much as Aaron & I did.
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| What's that like a 6:1 ratio? |
Love, love, love her!
