4.5 months

Time is flying by.  Nora is 4.5 months today.   

Mom and Nora with Flat Stanley.  A project of Nicole's, our little cousin, in Kansas

Nora meets Jill

Jill came out to see us this past weekend.  We had a blast.  Nora loves her; she smiles and pays attention when she talks, doesn't cry too much, and saves all her throw up for me.  The 3 of us spent the weekend walking around Bend in the freezing fog, great weather for catching up and sipping hot drinks and wine.  

Monday was a tough day-Ralph flew out to Arkansas at 6am and Jill flew back to MN at 10am.  It felt a little lonely.  

G-diapers

Thought I'd show you guys what the G-diapers look like

4 months old

Narcolepsy affliction???  

Nora's had a busy week, exhausting, so it seems.  We're still (as always) working on the house. We had the windows trimmed in this week.  We had a cyclecross party, a baby shower, and a surprise birthday party to attend.  Grandma and Grandpa had their inspection on their new house.  I'm working, Ralph's still flying and staining doors, and then there's Nora's endless schedule of getting bounced around, eating, spitting up, and pooping.  Oh and changing clothes at least 2-3 times each day.  It's alot.  She'll be wiggling one minute and asleep the next.  In the above picture she had been working tirelessly with Ralph trying to find him last minute tickets to Seattle for the weekend for Fred Beckey's 85th birthday.  

She got a bumbo.  It's basically a lazy boy for infants.  It's really high backed, and has a center that allows them to sit up-right.  It holds her pretty snug, so theres no way (this week anyways) that she can wiggle out of it.  It's awesome.

It's official, Nora's doing her part to be a Green baby.  We finally made the switch to the G diaper system.  I've been meaning to use them from the beginning, but had regular disposables to use up first.  The first day, none of us were sold.  I starting thinking " ohh come on, 50 days vs 500 years to break down, it's not that big of difference....." 

Don't worry though, we love them now.  The consensus is they're cool and really a pretty slick system.  Her skin has stayed rash free as they keep her dry, and when we put them on right, they don't leak.  I wonder if these G-diaper people have ever thought to do a study on water consumption though?  Our washing has certainly increased.  

Back to work for mom

I started back to work on Christmas.  The transition was much harder than I anticipated.  I swear she grew an inch, gained a pound, and matured drastically that first day back.  I much prefer Nora to the Medela pump.  The conversations seem so one-sided, it doesn't coo or smile or giggle, it won't even look at me.  Nora, however, seems to be adjusting to the transition without a hitch.  She's been enjoying all sorts of new experiences on her "tours of Bend" with Ralph and Bean

I asked Ralph to make sure she's warm enough when they are out for extended periods of time. He documented to show that he knows what he's doing. She had the works;  hat, gloves,  socks, and shoes and my down vest.