Smiles from Nora

I have finally captured some of Nora's beautiful smiles on camera. It takes a lot of energy to get a baby to smile at the exact second you're taking a picture!

As you can see, she can't sit up yet so this is how my attempts to prop her up ended.

We do all sort of silly things to coax smiles from Nora-she will usually smile at lip smacking, kissing her face, all kinds of crazy noises from Justin, sticking out your tongue, goofy singing, and some of her toys. Tomorrow, Nora will be 10 weeks old. She has slept through the night 3 times now (for about 8 hours each time). Justin and I are very glad about this.

Nora Two Months

In this picture, Nora was playing on the floor with Justin.

This was Nora today at 8 weeks old-look how high she can lift her head!!! She is really getting strong neck muscles. She can only hold her head up this high for a few seconds right now, but I can really see the time spent on her tummy paying off. She's such a cutie! She's really been cooing and gurgling more in the last few weeks, and is even smiling (sometimes) when we play peek-a -boo with her. It's moments like these that make the uncertainty of parenting and all the tears worthwhile. She is mainly only crying in the evening now, so that's an improvement.