Float Like a Butterfly...

Sting like a bee!

We thought it would be fun to dress Noelle up as Rocky Balboa.  We already had the grey track suit--how could we resist?  


Happy Halloween!

Six Months

I can't believe Noelle has already passed the half way mark on her first year of life.  She is growing up so fast!

She had her six month checkup today and she is doing great.  She's still in the 75th percentile for length and average for weight.  She got her first doctor's prize today, a little book (not the one in the picture).  She happily munched on it while we waited for the shots.  She still didn't like the shots, but was able to calm down pretty quick.

She is ready for fruits and veggies now, I think I'll try giving her some carrots tonight.


Also, a few hours after Karen and Larry left we had a surprise.

**Image pulled from Google Images, linked to source

Her first tooth!  It's really hard to see right now, otherwise I'd share a picture.  Maybe in a week or two she'll have a pearly white to show off.  No wonder she had some grumpy moments over the weekend, her tooth was probably hurting her.

Thank You, Come Again.

We had a great weekend with Karen and Larry in town.  Noelle had fun playing with Grandma and Grandpa.

Grandma gave her a new book.  She loved it.  About thirty seconds after this picture she tried to eat it.

We also got a spooky i-spy type book.  If you come visit you can try to find the horse and carriage.  It's tricky.  Karen and I made up a pattern for a little hedgehog toy while Corey was in class.  We didn't quite finish, but once I have him all put together I'll share some pictures.

We toured the Biosphere 2 on Saturday.  Why #2, what happened with #1?  From the intro video we found out that the first biosphere was planet Earth.  Ohhh.  It looks pretty space-age-y.

 I think they may have filmed a few sci-fy things here.

They don't have anyone living there anymore.  People lived there for a few years at a time for a while, not allowed to go out or have any outside things.  It sounded like a good idea for a reality show, only a few years too early.  The U of A now uses the facilities to conduct experiments and such.  

Corey's favorite part were the giant "lungs".  Since they are dropping and raising temperatures so much they risk blowing out the windows if there isn't an outlet (and originally this was supposed to be a closed system).  So they created these giant domes with rubber "lungs" inside that grow and shrink to accommodate the air.  Here's us going down a tunnel to look at the lungs.

Karen and Larry were kind enough to watch Noelle one evening while Corey and I went to dinner and a movie sans baby.  We were so out of touch with what's out we ended up seeing Despicable Me.  Why that movie is still in theaters and Inception was not, I have no idea.  I still haven't seen it, eventually...


The weekend flew by, and Karen and Larry are already on their way home.  We're looking forward to a fun Christmas!  It will be here before we know it.

Sat-tire

I was trying to think of something witty--but this is all I could come up with: What do you call someone who tires of sitting?  A sat-tire. (wah-wah)

Noelle is getting better at sitting every day.  We're spending time on the couch so Noelle can practice sitting up.  We play in her Bumbo too, of course.  We've been letting Noelle sit by us on the couch to practice being a big girl.  She does pretty well, but after a minute or two she wants to go somewhere else.

Look!  I'm sitting by myself!

 It's also a fun to snap some pictures while she's sitting.  

 Look, my hair is growing!

 Hey, whaddua looking at?

Don't you like her shoes?  She's worn them for maybe an hour total in her life.  She's used to bare feet and still doesn't care for shoes much, but I put them on sometimes just for fun.

Muted

Noelle's latest funny thing is silent talking.  She looks like she does when talking, only no sound comes out!  It's like someone accidentally left the mute button on.  Corey and I think she gets so excited about talking sometimes she forgets.

Here's a video we caught tonight.  Don't worry if you can't hear anything.  It's because she isn't making noise.

Plugging Along

Nothing too exciting has happened this past week.  We're just plugging along!  

My tricks to make Noelle smile are getting old some days.  But sometimes I catch a cute face-pucker up!

Noelle is liking food more.  By "more" I mean now she'll swallow it.  She's still only eating about half a tablespoon a sitting, but it's progress right?

The thrill of nap time seems to be wearing off, unfortunately.  Noelle still gets pretty excited when you come to get her out.  Save me!

We tried going on a little hike last Saturday morning.  Noelle isn't happy when she misses her morning nap, we were reminded.  We lasted about 15 minutes on the trail before heading back home.  Once she was in her car seat and we were headed home she was perfectly fine.  Babies are puzzling sometimes.  Good thing she's so cute.

In between a little work I'm even making progress on her quilt.  I'll get some pictures once I've got a few more rows sewn together.

First Bites

We gave Noelle her first taste of food on Monday night.  As she is delighted to put anything from toys to toes in her mouth I thought she would have fun.  


Wrong.  She was like the woman at the beginning of The Shakiest Gun in the West (all members of my immediate family are all too familiar with that film) that didn't want to get her teeth worked on.  She just kept her mouth as tight as could be.  


I love the expression on her face in this picture--could she look less interested?

We recorded our attempts at getting her to eat some, but it's not really worth putting it up as nothing happened.  After a few attempts we somehow got some of the rice cereal in her mouth, but then she just sat with it half open trying not to taste or swallow it.

 We attempted this again on Wednesday night with a little milk mixed in instead of water, but she still didn't seem interested.  We're not in a rush for her to eat it, but we'll have her try it every few days so she gets more used to it.

Chatter Box

Noelle has become more vocal over the past few weeks.  Her favorite times to chat are during reading time or nap time.

I was able to get a clip of her chatting this morning.  Her face is so expressive when she 'talks'.  She became camera shy soon after I pulled out the camera, of course.  Once the camera was away and I started reading again she was chatting at the top of her lungs once again.

I made another piece of clothing for Noelle over the weekend.  

I had a cardigan that I wanted to do something with.  I decided make something for Noelle out of it (a common thing these days).  At first while I was cutting I was thinking about a dress, but as I was sewing it looked better as a sweater.  

Funny thing is once I was done I realized it looked exactly like it did before, only smaller.  It looks much better on Noelle.  Pictures can't lie.  Corey and I almost melted with this picture.  We love her little smile.

Tootsie Pop

The title about sums it up.  Noelle's fascination with her feet has finally reached her mouth!

 Toes are yummy.

23

Uncle Andy!

Noelle and Uncle Andy are both 23 today (with differing units of time--of course).  I hope you have a great birthday Andy.  Today should be celebrated with cake!

**Image pulled from Google images

Is it just me or does that cake look just like Mattie (our dog)?