John and I were looking back at some old photos tonight and we ran across this video. Nori was about 1/2 a day old here. Her Great Aunt Marcia is holding her... and the runner in the hall is her cousin Ashley. She was so small and cuddly. It's really hard to remember her being so tiny and still!
Nori has this piggy bank with all different colored coins. You take the coins and drop them in the slot on the pigs back, and it counts them out loud. When you are done you can open the side of the pig and get out the coins to start over. Only in our house, all the coins go in but the blue. No matter what we do, the blues are never banked.
Nori saw John across the room, installing her baby gate. She instantly picked up her hammer and crawled over to offer her assistance. She is too sweet!
Nori is so fun and full of curiosity and wonder. Her sweet personality is emerging more and more each day. Its so cool to see she already has preferences for things. I noticed the other week that when playing with an assortment of toys Nori always gravitated to the blue ones. So I started moving the blue ones out of the way and she would crawl past other toys to get the blue toy. Thanks to her Laugh and Learn Piano she has added the word blue to her growing vocabulary list. Its hard to tell the color of the pegs in this video (purple, green, red, orange, and blue) but Nori will only play with the blue ones. What could this all mean?
Nori now is on the move everywhere. This video was shot about 3 mins post the first, and the funny thing is that she does this all the time now if she needs a little breather!
Yes, that is right, you heard it here... Nori is crawling. Yeah!!! Now she is into Everything! Plus, John was so tickled she did it on his lunch break at home, so he was there too! She is pretty pleased with herself as well.
Happy Birthday to our dear friend, Lydia, on her 8th birthday!!!! Its been so great to watch you grow over the years, and we are excited to see the plans God has in store for you this year to come! We love you! Nori wore her special party dress just for you.
So Nori has been hard at work with this whole trying to move thing. Crawling not so much but walking and rolling, yes. The hard part is getting it on tape... every time I pull the camera out, the action stops. This is the best I could get. Enjoy. Plus, no matter what is going, on she always gravitates under the crib... its like she has a secret stash of milk hidden under there or something.
Nori is like John in so many ways... she looks like him, sleeps like him, even her nails grow like his! Now add to the list, loves cars (even pink ones)!
This is Nori playing with her long sought after toy... the laugh and learn Piano. By far the best toy she has ever had! Thanks Grandma!!!
Nori thinks she is hot stuff riding her new car... who need to crawl with wheels like this?
Nori is teaching us to look at the world in new and different ways... her favorite is to the side!
A friend of ours is starting a new venture into photography. Nori posed for her yesterday and here are some of the best shots. I am leaving the photographers name anonymous as she has not yet announced her big jump. The shoot was fun and a bit sticky(its been so hot out as of late)... and it was interesting to see Nori interacting with someone she doesn't know. We have always called her our little observer, and this day was no exception. She just wanted to sit and take everything in with her big blue eyes. By the end she felt free to smile and even flirt a bit... from the safety of my arms of course.
