Packer Game and Hula

Here is Nora in her Hula Girl Halloween costume.

She is also deep in thought during a Packer Game.

Bumbo and family visit

My Uncle Ed and Aunt Jackie swept into town for a quick visit to see family in the midwest. They currently live in Spokane, Washington. They are not the only west coast family to visit. On Friday, my dad, Grace and sister Sydney will be coming into town for a long weekend with us.

Here is Nora, trying out her Bumbo baby sitter-a present from Justin's cousin Jordan and his wife. She seemed to like it, but can't totally hold her head up yet. More pictures coming soon, including Nora's Halloween costume and her newest friend. My dear friend Megan who is due on election day is already in the hospital having contractions.

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.

Nora 1/12 Months

Weeks 5 and 6 with Nora have been fun. As you can see above, we have started giving her an occasional bottle so that we can go on dates. Isn't Justin the sweetest daddy! Grandpa Jeff and Grandma Sue came up for a quick visit Sunday and watched her while Justin and I went to the apple orchard. Our good friends Megan and Ben are watching her next Thursday, while we go out to dinner.

The other picture is of me and Nora with my friend Molly and her daugter, Ella. We are in a young and married couples bible study with Molly and her husband Kyle on Tuesdays. We hope the girls will be good friends soon, but for now they just lay there and make noises. Ella is 5 months old. It's hard to imagine that Nora will be that size around Christmas.

Nora-One Month Old

This weekend, Nora took her first trip. We went to Wautoma with Uncle Jake to visit family there.

Nora got to meet Great Grandma Wise and Great Grandpa Weckwerth.

Here's Nora in a 4 generation picture and sporting her Packer Pride during the Packers vs. Lions game which the Packers so beautifully won. We raise our fans young here-though she slept through most of her first Packer party. Since she sleeps so much, we call her Snora.

Exciting news-Nora only woke up once (not twice or more) last night!!!

Nora-Week 2 and 3

Nora has been doing well the last few weeks. As you can see from the pictures, she sleeps a lot. She usually sleeps 15-18 hours a day in 1-2 hours chunks. She is getting up twice in the night which I am getting used to.

She is so cute. We love to see her when she's awake. Here she is on her stomach for tummy time, with Nana Terri wearing a cowgirl bib (appropriate since my mom lives in Montana) and asleep on "Auntie Megan".

Nora is starting to smile more, but it is still involuntary-though we like to think we're funny enough to make her smile. She is starting to make a few cute baby sounds and hold her head up a little more.