8 months

little nora is growing up so fast! saturday was her 8 month birthday, and we've made significant progress this last month in regards to eating solid food and sleeping through the night! :) we're all happier campers these days.

nora girl's newest discovery is clapping, as of a few weeks ago. she is also experimenting with different syllables to babble in addition to the ol' "da-da" and "ma-ma". she's also getting pretty good at mimicking, as it's her favorite game. she especially likes to make clicking noises in attempt to get someone to click back at her. she's stolen her daddy's heart with that game. :)

we've been trying to get her to wave at us for the past couple months, but with inconsistent results. lately we've gotten to get her to wave back a couple times, but she still just prefers to clap whenever someone waves at her, 'cuz she's so excited. :) maybe we'll have some progress by next month.

nora's getting super good at pulling herself up onto stuff and balancing very well. she's definitely not a baby that's scared of falling down- she's learned how to do that without hurting herself, and is now as fearless as ever. the only time she ever really exercises any caution is when she hears the word "no" from mommy or daddy. once again, i am thoroughly surprised at how obedient my kid is- i figured any child coming from my gene pool would have difficulty with the concept. ;) no doubt i'll get what's coming later on.

last but not least: we STILL have a toothless baby! no teeth! not even a sign of them! i wonder if she'll get at least her two front teeth by christmas? (i'm not thinking so, but we'll still wait and see!)

posting a little late

i did not post a "month of september" review at the beginning of october because it would have essentially said:
"chris worked all the time, and i was sick as a dog."
that's pretty much how october went as well.
and i'll just say it here, because it's been said everywhere else already and will explain why i've been so sick:
we're expecting baby #2!
more details here.

so essentially, it's been all about survival, man. although chris was able to land a detail for the next whole year that will enable him to get weekends and holidays off- which means we're gonna pretend to be normal for the next 12 months! celebration, people. celebration.

also, nora turned 7 MONTHS OLD a couple weeks ago! the only thing i can really say that she does differently than last month is that she feeds herself now, and is starting to cruise. otherwise she's just gotten really adept at crawling and climbing. i think object permanence has set in, because she WILL follow me around a corner, crying if i need to put something away for a second... and i'm sure i already mentioned the separation anxiety. "no, mommy, don't leave me for one minute to go wash your hands! waaaah! worst thing ever!!!!" sometimes babies are silly. she has also learned the meaning of "no" and will obey 9 times out of 10. which is pretty impressive to me, because my teenage brothers have yet to do the same. ;)

nora girl still doesn't have teeth yet, and we've started feeding her formula because the mama cow is drying up. :) it's actually kind of convenient. chris and i were able to go out on a bona fide DATE the other day, thanks to my babysitter-siblings and wondrous formula. it was wonderful. :)

and that's all that's been happenin' around here for the past couple months!
perhaps next month's post will have pictures. stay tuned. ;)