It's official, she's mobile

Not only is she mobile, she's fast, and she's busy!!  In the time it took for me to call a local shop for their store hours she had her entire bottle drawer scattered across the kitchen and then had moved on to the cook books.  Even when I'm watching her she's managed to take a  bite out of a gift certificate, poke herself in the nose with a pine needle and eat an ant.  She's knocked over a coffee table and sent picture frames flying.  

She started pulling up on everything around the first of the month and now she's a complete pro.  She does multiple speed laps around things, while letting go with one hand and looking back over her shoulder to make sure someone is watching her skills.  She's brave and very tough, Ralph and I are always discovering new bruises and scratches and find ourselves saying "ohhhh" and "ewhhhh" alot like we're watching a sporting event in which you feel the athletes' pain.  While she is a tough cookie, she has developed a new and very real fear of the vacuum cleaner - not sure what this is about.  Perhaps Ralph has reminded her one too many times that this will be a future chore of hers.   

Nora participated in the 4th or July procession of the species with Bean, Ben, Lester and her girlfriend, Georgia.  

Ralph brought Nora a pine cone home from California bigger than her head.  She was only mildly impressed