Sitting up

I forgot to post her sitting up success in the last one.

5 months

Yep, she's growing up fast.  Inbetween trying to eat page 2, Nora is already reading novels about bunnies to her friend Georgia.

This past week has been big in terms of growth and development.  Nora has gone from sitting like a top heavy bobble doll to bracing herself upright with her short little pudgy arms.  She loves to stand too, and with help will go through the motions of taking alternating steps.

Although she eats all her meals horizontal in a comfortable chair, she's begun practicing for meals at the table.  She sits maturely in her new high-chair-like seat watching the bowl of fruits and vegetables longingly.

She went from rolling over on accident to doing it within 30 seconds of being on her stomach (yep, still hates tummy time), every time (only to the left though).  

She's reaching for, picking up, and transferring objects from one hand to the other.  

She's figuring out the spectrum of her voice, trying out everything from low growls to sound barrier breaking squeals.  

She's discovered her feet and will spend countless minutes, (a seeming eternity) staring at them in jaw-dropping wonderment, and then will resort to the old stand-by....trying to eat them.      

More immunizations

Things started off as usual this  morning.  Nora was happy to greet a new day.  

However, things changed once she got in her car-seat.  Her baby sense told her that today's Dr.'s appointment was going to be more than a height and weight.  Her carefree playfulness changed to concerned worry.  

She got two immunizations today, one in each leg.  I felt guilty holding her in my lap since I was in on the mean trick that was about to go down.  Nora was smiling and drooling at the nurse who was talking baby talk to her.  Why wouldn't she?   The nurse was carrying on about how cute she was, and how good she was being, and didn't mention a thing about jabbing her in the thigh with a needle.  

Her check-up confirmed what we already knew, she's growing like a weed.  She's in the 95th percentile for height at 25.5 inches and the 75th percentile for weight at 14 lbs even.  We began to be suspisious that she's bigger than the average baby when she started busting out of 3-6 month clothing and moving onto, into, and through the 9-12 month stuff.  

Things seem to be back to normal though.  All the whimpering and tears wore her out, so she took a nap when she got home and seems to have forgotten the whole thing.  

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.