Baby on the move

Nora--good luck trying to keep this kid still for long!  She really only rests when she sleeps and would prefer to do everything while walking, including eating and bathing.  She has a great love of shoes and socks.  If she is not wearing them and sees some, she either tries to put them on herself or she brings them over to one of us to help her.  Her love of walking is probably equaled by her love of sleeping.  An hour after waking up from her 13 hour slumber she is usually ready for another 3 hours.

Nora has a couple of words that we can recognize:  Mama, dada, yeah, uh-oh, bye, meow, roar, nana (which can mean Nora or Alena.)

Alena is still her idol.  Nora tries to get kitty blanket every chance she gets.  Alena is a pretty good sport about it and keeps an eye out for Nora causing trouble.  The other day I was in the kitchen and heard, "Nora is drawing on the couch!"  Sure enough, Nora had a blue marker and was going to town.  When I asked Alena why she didn't stop her, she just laughed.

 

 

Alena models

 

 Alena came down the other morning and she had dressed herself for the day.  She decided to wear 3 skirts.  A modeling session followed.

 

We are so proud of Alena for giving up diapers at night.  She decided that she would rather get up to use the potty when she needed to and was successful as soon as she put her mind to it.  Wow, that was a lot easier than I thought!  If she has to go in the middle of the night she does it by herself without any help!

 Poor Alena has been sick the past few days.  The other night at 3 am we heard her door open.  Fearing the worst (that she had, or was going to throw up) Ben and I both sat up in bed.  She came in and said she wanted to finish her apple juice (that she started before bed) and was in a very chipper mood.  After drinking the juice and asking Daddy some very important questions such as, "Why do you stand up while you pee?" she was sent back to bed.  Where she had turned her pillowcase into a sleeping bag because it was "cozy and warm."  She was running a fever during the day which led her exclaiming, "I'm as cold as an iceberg!"  Hopefully she feels better soon.

May

Poor Jones.  Sometimes it can be hard to find a warm lap to relax on.

Such a sweet girl!

Forced into playing peek a boo.

Nora waited several days to exact her revenge.  Alena was taking a rare nap on the floor and Nora went over and repeatedly tried to step on her head.

 

Nora now thinks she is old enough to jump on the trampoline.  She has her muscle shirt and parachute pants on so she will be comfortable during the workout.

Hanging out in the crib

When Nora wakes up from her nap, Alena likes to climb into her crib with her.  This afternoon Nora woke up and was playing music on her mobile when Alena came in to jump around.  Nora is pretty much 100% walking now.  Really more like running.  When she plays it mostly consists of walking back and forth across the room.  She doesn't even like to sit down to play--everything should be done while walking!  And she really loves her shoes.  If she is not wearing them, she is carrying them over to Mommy or Daddy to have one of us put them on her.

Four teeth--the other top tooth has finally dropped far enough so she looks less lopsided.

Someone is in the doorway...

Daddy is home from work!

Muffins

Alena and I made some chocolate chip banana muffins this morning.  Nora wasn't as dainty eating them as she was her birthday cake.
 

Baby Aunt Kristina is peeking around the corner!