Big Girl

Nora is very interested in sitting on her potty. She has not *used* it, per se, but she likes hanging out there with a book. (She also likes to wear a hat.)

Also, Nora recently had her first trip to the dentist, and while she did not enjoy the brushing and fluoride treatment at all, afterwards she loved talking about having her teeth brushed, and how nice and clean they felt.

Sunset Park

 Last weekend we visited Sunset Park, which is full of giant geese and swans and ducks. Mike and I were both kind of scared of the birds, but Nora just wanted to get closer.

On this particular trip to the park, Nora would have kept swinging all day long. We were there pretty early, before it got too hot. But once it hit 90 degrees at about 8:30 a.m., Nora's mean parents loaded her in the car and took her home.

July 4th (and Nora is 18 months old)

Nora is 18 months old, has strong opinions on many things, a vast and rapidly expanding vocabulary, and amazing curly hair. 

Star spangled girl in St. George, Utah

First ride on a carousel

Family photo at Grandma & Grandpa Brough's house

With Great-Grandma Brough

Mommy's girl

Too little for sparklers, but not too little for glow-sticks! Thanks, Aunt Kim!

When we get soy cheese at Trader Joe's, Nora has to keep it "wif you" (with her) in the cart. This is what it looks like when she says "cheese."

The American Library Association (ALA) annual conference was in Las Vegas at the end of June and we got to see lots of friends from Wyoming and from Illinois. This is Nora's new friend, Oscar, whose mom is my good friend from library school.

While Uncle Nick was visiting we went to the Mob Museum.

We've had some really hot days -- this was one of them. A person kind of wants to melt when it's 110 degrees.

Nora loves Nick and his "tar" (guitar)

Nora got to spend a day with her grandma and grandpa while we went up to Cedar City to the Shakespeare Festival. We had lunch with friends and then saw "Into the Woods." It was fabulous!

Note: Speaking of musicals, we also saw "Book of Mormon" in Las Vegas in June and really enjoyed it. The singing and dancing were fantastic! Let me know if you want to talk more about that one. ;)