Norah,
watching you grow up is a true highlight! We are so thankful for a
happy, healthy girl. Being your parents is a huge blessing. We love
you!
Schedule/Eating:
Norah's schedule is the same,
and I'm excited to report that as it's wonderful! She sleeps from
about 10-9 and naps from about 1:30-3:30. She has three meals and a
bedtime snack. We have to push her to eat breakfast, but she eats a
pretty good lunch and supper. Her favorite food is still cheese. She
also enjoys goldfish, fruit snacks, noodles, strawberries, and
watermelon as other favorites.
Developments:
A big accomplishment this month
is that Norah is regularly pooping on the potty (almost every day!).
We are so excited! It's still a mix of her telling us she has to go
and us noticing the signs and asking her to go, but most times she
goes on the potty. She even does pretty well going when not at home,
but she only likes to go for Kley or I and is scared of the automatic
flushers in public restrooms. For how young she is, we think it's an
awesome milestone! She gets an M+M after she goes and she loves that.
We are hoping to try more potty training in the fall after our many
summer trips are over.
One
of Norah's favorite developments this month was that she learned to
jump on two feet. She loves to do it, and it's adorable to watch. She
only gets about an inch off the ground, but she tries so hard! Norah
has grown a little in playing independently this month, and will even
sometimes go into another room and play by herself for a little bit,
usually with her toys in the living room or reading books in her
room. For awhile, I didn't know if that day would come! Norah loves
to be close to us, which isn't a problem (most of the time), but we
know independence is good for her too.
Norah
enjoys counting and knows her numbers, but counts in random order. We
have been doing some group times with Ainsley (a friend we babysit),
where we learn a letter, number, color, and shape each week, and she
has started remembering a few of the letters. She loves identifying
animals and their sounds. You can tell she is remembering more things
and will bring up things that happened days/hours ago or something we
told her would happen.
Words:
We've been calling Norah a
parrot because she is copying words so much. Her language skills are
impressive and always improving! A few people have told us they think
she is talking a lot for her age, which is a good thing! Her favorite
words are dada, mama, baby, funny, troll (dada taught her that- troll
as in a joke), amazing, car, truck, outside, airplane, and lawn. She
loves to say her friends names- Ainsley, Lottie, Nana (Savannah), and
Josie. She loves to watch the neighbor's dogs and say their names
(Marley and Lula for Talula) when she sees them or their cars pull
up, because she knows that means they will bark or come outside. She
also started combining thank you and you're welcome and now just
says, “Tank (thank) you, welcome!” all together and it's so cute.
She also likes to point next to her and say, “Sit down.” when she
really wants our attention/to be by us.
Favorites:
Norah loves to be outside-
definitely a favorite. She likes to go to the park, and I'm convinced
she knows the way there. If we are walking around town, she will tell
me which way to turn, and she's done that from several different
locations. She likes to swing, go down the big slide at the park,
play in the sandbox, help water flowers, and pick up sticks in the
yard. She loves to “help” with the laundry, whether that's when
I'm actually doing it or going in there and dumping it all
out/putting it back in. She usually cleans it back up though, so I'm
not complaining, she just mixes all the colors together. Norah has
met a few new babies recently and loves to hold them. She was very
sweet and protective of them at the same time. She loves to watch a
video on our phones or the iPad whenever she can sneak a chance!
She's obsessed with outdoor sounds, whether that's a motorcycle,
airplane, or lawn mower, though the mower is her favorite. She will
run around yelling, “Lawn!” and want to see out the window.
Norah,
you're the best baby in the world and we're so glad you are ours!
She wasn't smiling with her mouth open, so this was after I asked her to show me her teeth. I guess tongue and teeth both start with T. Good effort, Norah.
These are such adorable photos and make her look so big!!! So sweet!
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