Monday, December 29, 2014

Christmas Tree Hunting


Another great year for hunting for Christmas trees! We were going to leave the kids with G.G. but decided not to since Owen was sick (pink eye). Then I was just going to go and leave Clark with the kids but at the last minute we decided to all pack up and go and I'm so glad that we did! We put Nora in her sling and she snuggled up and slept most of the time. Owen had a blast, but how could he not? Clark picked out such a cute tree, if only it hadn't started to die on us way before the season was over! 

Nora: 6 months



I can't believe we've hit the half year mark. I can't even talk about it, it's too crazy. 
At 6 months Nora...
::: Weighs 15 pound 15 ounces (43 percentile)
::: Is 25.75 inches long (38th percentile)
::: Has the teeniest, tiniest feet. I had to special order her some shoes and the lady could not believe they were for a 6 month old, she was so worried they wouldn't fit! but yep, they did. With room to grow!
::: Can sit up for a little bit in her own (until she decides she needs to reach for something. Which is always)
::: like I said above, she grabs EVARYTHANG that comes remotely close to her. If she gets a hold of it, it goes straight to her mouth. 
::: Her favorite toys are the ones that make noise. 
::: We borrowed a jumparoo from our neighbors and she loves it! She especially loves when her brother tries to show her how to jump. She laughs and laughs. 
::: It's impossible to keep her on her back. She instantly flips right over to her belly every time. 
::: We learned we can't leave her in her bouncer not strapped in when she somehow wriggled her way out and scraped her head on the filing cabinet. It's still a mystery to me. 
::: She is so happy all the time. We get comments all the time like "does she ever cry?!" Yes. Yes she does. 
::: She's (finally!) started sleeping pretty good at night. She still wakes up once a night, anywhere from 1-6 and then usually sleeps until 9:30 ish. 
::: Usually takes 3 naps a day. One an hour or so after she wakes up, one in the afternoon (I try to get it as close to Owen's nap as possible) and one around 6. 
::: Eats one meal of rice cereal or oatmeal and half a jar of baby food per day. She loves it. She's tried all the vegetables that are offered in stage 1 and peaches and bananas. 
::: LOVES food. She has to be at the table when we are eating and begs for tastes of everything. We have yet to find anything she doesn't like. (Actually she does not like the medicine we gave her yesterday for the first time) 

6 months calls for a letter

Nora Girl,
I can't even begin to tell you what a joy it is to have you in our family. You have fit in perfectly and I already can't imagine life without you. I can tell you are going to be a trouble maker. You get into everything and I know it's just going to get worse as you get more mobile. I love watching the relationship between you and your brother grow, nothing makes me happier than seeing you two laughing and playing.  I absolutely love how much you love food and how excited you get when I finally give in and give you a taste of whatever I'm eating, you'll play around with it with your tongue and then you'll smile and giggle. I love when you open your mouth for a bite your tongue sticks straight out. And I love how you growl when you are happy and roll your tongue when you are upset. I love how I can tell you are trying to get someone's attention sitting behind us at church and I can tell exactly when they look at you because you break into the biggest smile and then bury your face in my neck. Everyone who meets you loves you. It's only been six months and you've already changed our lives big! I love you something fierce, sweet pumpkin!
Love,
Momma

Friday, December 5, 2014

A Tractor and a Mouse

This year was a good one for Halloween! Everytime we asked Owen what he wanted to be he went from saying a truck, to a trailer, to a truck pulling a trailer, to a tractor, and finally settled on a back hoe. It's a good thing we have Pinterest these days so I searched "back hoe costumes" and came up with this. It turned out super cute and even though Owen didn't love wearing it, he suffered through it for the trunk or treat and stole the show. Everyone thought he was the cutest. He loved getting the candy. His favorite was the licorice. And Nora made the cutest little mouse I've ever seen. I always say I want to do some cute themed family costumes. But maybe next year.. 




^^ let me explain this picture.. We thought it would be really cute to have Nora curled up in Owen's bucket, but as you can see, it was a fail. Ha ha ha.

^^ my parents always have the coolest trunk or treat car. This year it was a prison. All the kids were lining up to get a piece of candy from the prisoner.