February

Here's a LOAD of pictures. Probably too many but we haven't posted in a while, so here you go...
Here's Norah in one of her many comfortable Halloween outfits, which she tends to wear on the weekend. Also her hair isn't long enough to get it in one ponytail so 2 antennas have to suffice.
She likes to mess up her hair. (oh tooth update, this evening I saw the beginnings of her canines coming in).
So one antenna will have to do for dinner. Norah has had a tendency to eat orange food. Here's her dinner showing oranges, goldfish crackers, cheese, sweet potato fries, chicken in some orange sauce, and shells and cheese.
Unfortunately all good things come to an end. Casey decided to pop Norah's inflatable swimming pool, so we had to put her fun balls back into their original bag. Norah still had fun.
Norah has also discovered my hairband. (notice another one of her Halloween outfits) She likes to take it off and put it back on again.
...and yes we still have our Christmas tree up.
I like to go through a lot of oatmeal and Norah likes to play with the containers.

Norah likes to give us the 'stink eye' on command...she's gearing up...
and here's a glimpse of it. Once we figure out how to download videos from our camcorder, we will upload a better stink eye video.
Norah sitting with Casey.
Aww isn't she cute.
yes, she knows she is cute.
alright, you can pose some more.
and Norah loves to back up and sit right by Casey, or even sometimes on her head.
Action shot!
I was telling Norah, 'no, no, no' and she loves to mock.
...and grit her teeth while smooshing Casey.
Last weekend, Norah and I decided to take a look around one of the area's large lakes.


Norah taking in the view.
and a pinecone...
hey, stop that...
and a stick.
we left that area to explore other parks and areas that didn't have such tasty treats. We landed at a place with a playground and sandbox. (we actually saw a bald eagle soaring above)



I hear Norah loves the sandbox at daycare. It looks like she knows what to do.

The next day we decided to go to yet another park. This one was a more historical park.
Norah has found her freedom.
Hey, what's that. Cotton?!
Yep sure is.
Yeah!

Actually Norah ended up not liking the cotton. I brought a few balls home and she'll look at it suspiciously and touch it, but if I mention that it's cotton, she goes bezerk and turns her head and tries to run away...so don't mention the "c" word around her.
Hey Norah, what did you find?
What is it?
I think you got something.
Ohh Norah found some Veronica persica (aka persian speedwell or bird's-eye). Nice!
What else did you find? oh a weed...

Oh, I'm sorry. Wow Norah! You found some Taraxacum officinale (aka Dandelions)! Way to go!
Now she's happy.
Let momma have your Dandelion before we tour the herb garden.
Ok time for a picnic lunch!

Done with lunch and we're ready for more!


At last, we made it until 1pm, when the goats get let out!

And that's most of our February.

Quick snowy day update

So while Norah is still asleep...

...we thought we'd update you on a few pics.

Here's Norah in bathtime and a few of her new hairdos. This is a pic I worked my magic on.

Norah's having fun.

She's having fun pouring the water between cups.

She could play ringtoss on this one.

Norah and Daddy wrestling.

Aww, she's so cute!

Norah thinks she's funny.

We had the biggest snowfall here last night since something like 2002. We had about 6 inches of snow. The gang decided to take a quick walk in the trails to show Norah all about the snow. She sang the entire time we were hiking. We think she liked it.

We think Casey liked it too.

Later!

Christmas Travels

A snow storm hit our travel path (specifically leaving a 10 mile back up in the mountains) to visit our families over our Christmas holiday, which made us leave a day later than expected, and Norah was going stir crazy. (Justin thinks she looks a little like Jack.

...however (@7:30am) the next morning was a different story.

Here's the (non-existent backup) snow covered tunnel.

and Norah complaining that we hadn't gotten to the tunnel yet.

Oops, she spoke too soon.

Wow that's cool. She LOVES lights.

Ah. Past the tunnel we decided to stop to find some yogurt for Norah with no luck, mainly because this specific exit was hit the hardest from the snowstorm the days before.

We were able to snack on some food that we had packed with us.

These are a handful of the cars that never made it out of this exit. Roads were drivable at this point, but this exit ran out of gas.

As you can see the roads were clean and we were able to enjoy the beautiful scenery.



We made it to our destination safe and sound and were able to visit with family for a while.

This outfit my grandma got for me from Hong Kong many years ago. It's one of the very few pieces of clothing I still have from my youth. Norah looks pretty cute in it.

We had to visit the Cincinnati Zoo's Festival of Lights since Norah's ultimate favorite things right now are lights.

The Christmas tree in the middle of the lake and surrounding bushes are covered in lights that change with the music. I was only able to get 2 snapshots of the light display. Norah BTW loved them.

The lights were intense and if we didn't use the flash and allowed the shutter to stay open a little longer, you can really see the intensity of the lights.


Norah visiting the giraffes.

One saw the cracker in Norah's hand and tried to eat it through the glass.

More family visiting.

Norah strolling around with her corn popper.

Hi Gramps and Brobee!

Ooh is that me?

Norah and her Grammie.

and Norah and her great-Granny.


We made it home safe and sound. The trip was way too short and we didn't get to visit long enough or even at all with the people we care so much about. *also there are many more important people who aren't shown here whom we did visit, but we haven't gotten good at taking pictures of anyone other than the children.

Norah's second favorite things are balls. Once home, we opened the balls her Aunt/Uncle/cousins gave her that she loves to play in. She seemed very happy playing in the box with them.

but here is the best place for these balls to be played in, Norah's indoor/outdoor pool that we purchased in the summer.

Alright, alright. Norah's indicating to me that I should wrap things up, so that's it!