Yet another precious month has come and gone. I’ve never taken so many pictures in my life, let’s not even talk about how much video we’ve got. Call us crazy, but we’re trying to capture memories so that next month Trish and I can look back on them some evening after Nora’s gone to bed and reflect on how much bigger she is.

If I was a betting man I’d wager a fair amount of money that our little nuglet has some teeth starting to come in. Lately she’s taken to stuffing as much as she can possibly fit into her tiny little mouth. Screw the thumb, she wants an entire hand with some extra fingers on the side. Hold the ketchup.

Nora has always taken an interest in the Sophie-cat, until now it’s consisted of stopping whatever she was doing and watching her walk across the top of the couch. Sophie was the one thing in the house that wasn’t overjoyed when she came home from the hospital, it was business as usual in kitty land. Although she’d never say it, I suspect Nora was be a bit resentful toward the kitty for that. Sophie’s always been accepting and curious, I’m happy to say that friendly relations are beginning to blossom between them. Sophie’s got it coming to her, though, the day that Nora wraps her death grip around Sophie’s tail is going to be a Very Bad Day for their relationship.

Yes, we’re feeding her! There are two interpretations of this picture – either we’re lying or that kid’s got some incoming teefus’. As I noted before, she’s taken to stuffing anything, everything, into her face. Or at least trying to :-) It’s difficult to watch her at times, she just hasn’t developed the coordination to get things in there on the first try. Difficult and totally hilarious. What she lacks in fine motor control she makes up for with a superb ability to keep trying, she’ll be gnawing on everything within reach in a matter of weeks.

As I type this the day is Easter Sunday! Finishing these posts often takes me a few days, that gives me plenty of time to think about what to say and get some sweet new photos :-D

For Nora’s first Easter (out of the womb!) her Mimi found the perfect little dress. She’s lucky her Mommy and I didn’t eat her for breakfast, she was overflowing with unparalleled cuteness. I think that you’ll all agree that Easter is better (really EVERYTHING is better) with her out here. We had a great day, a mostly nice drive out to The Larsens’ in Hampden and back. No Easter egg hunt just yet, maybe next year. I can’t wait to walk along with her as she finds all of the neon and pastel eggs stuffed with little goodies and treats! Like dried berries, graham crackers – you know, the good stuff ;-) Nora got passed around like a hot potato between all of the relatives she hadn’t had the pleasure of meeting yet. So much fun, it was an Easter to remember.

Lastly, we’ve finally snapped a decent picture of Nora and her Daddy. Speaking of Daddy, I swear I’ve heard a faint ‘da-da’ in her mumblings on the changing table and in the Jumperoo (expect a video of that any day now). Any one of these days I swear she’ll actually be communicating with us. We’ve picked up a book on American sign language (yeah, apparently sign language isn’t universal, go figure) and we’ve started doing some simple signs as we go about our day. We’ve got our hopes up that she’ll start picking up our communication attempt soon. We’ve even made one up to represent ‘Nora’!

Again, it’s been a wonderful month. This little girl’s personality is shining brightly, we’re discovering new things about her every day. If you haven’t been for a visit in a while, give us a call, Nora would love to have you over for an impromptu concert performance!