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.

Nora Kay Wise is here!

Hello everyone. Sorry it has taken us so long to post pictures of Nora. We have been very sleepy parents with our little rooster in the house. Nora was born one week ago on August 15th at 12:30 p.m. She was 6 lbs. 14 oz. at birth. She is a very sweet baby. She naps and nurses well-mostly-but also does her fair share of crying. This weekend Justin's parents came to visit us in the hospital and then Sue (Justin's mom) stayed with us a few extra days to help us acclimate to this new life. She was so great, I hardly even walked in my kitchen for 3 days. We are excited for my mom to make a visit in one week.

Nora got to try out her new stroller, swing, and bath tub this week. Unfortunately, when we were trying to get pictures of her after her bath in her cute ducky towel she started peeing on me so maybe next time we'll get a bathtime picture on here.

Here is Nora asleep in Grandpa Jeff's arms, trying out her new swing and with us in the hospital.

T-6 days and counting

Well, we are finally getting close to my due date. I am getting very excited to give birth although I know it won't be pleasant at the time. I've been trying to fit some last things in before the baby comes. I've gone on some dates with Justin, had coffee with friends, am attempting to make Artisan bread tomorrow, and doing water aerobics. I've also been passing the time watching the Olympics. I am feeling well, maybe a little more tired, but still pretty good. Justin plays in a softball tournament this week. He has games tonight and Tuesday and more if his team wins one or both of those games. He's been playing on this team since May with several other friends from our church. We're hoping he'll make it to all of the games. Our ideal date to go into labor is the 15th, Friday, or my actual due date the 16th. We of course, know it could happen at any time. Hopefully, our next post will include pictures of Baby Wise.

Catching Up

We apologize for the long break in updating. We are officially due in less than a month! Ahhh! I am 36 weeks along and feeling very big. I still have lots of energy but my ribs are pretty achy from the baby taking up so much room. We are feeling the baby move a lot. He or she especially likes to move at trips to the pool and before bedtime. We have a few childbirth classes left to attend in July, our 2 year anniversary next week and the end my summer school August 1st coming up. I am looking forward to "retiring" from the career world for a long time to be home with this little one and any more that come our way. I am so excited to be an at home mom. We are both very excited to see and hold the baby. We can't wait to know what gender the baby will be. I now think it's a boy and Justin thinks it's a girl. We are getting the nursery ready. We moved our desk into our bedroom and Justin's painting some furniture this weekend.

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks. Here we are at a friend's wedding. The other pictures are from our recent trip to Oregon to visit my family. We spent 3 nights at a beach house on the Oregon coast. Our trip was very relaxing. We read, walked on the beach and did a puzzle. I will try to update at least once more before the baby comes so stay tuned...

First Baby Pictures

Here are 2 of our better pictures from the ultrasound. The top one is more of an up close profile of the baby's head, shoulders and body. The head is on the right. You can see the nose and mouth if you look closely. The bottom picture, the baby is on it's back with it's legs over it's head. The doctor said it looks like the baby is doing a pilates or yoga move. We had a lot of fun seeing the baby and now are excited that it is less than 4 months until we get to hold him or her!