Ten months

I have to apologize in advance for the length of this post. I'm getting so bad at choosing favorite photos--there are too many that crack me up!

First, here's a selection of Nora's 10-month photos. Her hair is getting long enough for little clips, and there are curls behind her ears. Her face is more expressive every day.

 

Ha ha ha! We have a bunch of photos like this now--these days Nora is always trying to grab the camera. 

And here are some favorite photos from the past month.

Homecoming--note the Steamboat tattoo on her cheek

A toothy grin

Skeleton shirt for Halloween

Nora makes this face lately, with her nose wrinkled up, and she snuffles in and out. We're not sure what it means.

She also points at everything.

And is really enjoying food--anything Mom and Dad are eating is what she wants to eat, including this chili and cornbread.

Such a cheesy grin!

Pumpkin exploration on our front porch.

Ewww, stringy guts . . .

Finally, I'll probably have more Halloween photos later, but here's one picture of Nora in her Halloween costume as a lady bug and her friend Reyna as a monkey. We went to downtown Scaramie yesterday morning.

Family Photos

We had free family photos taken at Nora's childcare center on September 20. Here's a selection of my favorites.

Homecoming Activities

Nora had a homecoming parade at her school, which was adorable. The kids from the infant room all got Steamboat tattoos on their cheeks, wore brown and gold, and rode in the big stroller which was decorated to look like a covered wagon.

In Nora's opinion, the best part of the parade was the end, when we all danced to "Cotton-Eyed Joe."

On the day of the football game we went to Tailgate Park to check out the festivities and we ended up right next to the marching band, Western Thunder. I thought this might alarm the baby, but she wasn't scared.

Later that weekend, we put in storm windows and worked on cleaning up the yard before more snow hit Laramie!

Nine months

Nora is nine months old now! She has 7 teeth, rolls to where she wants to go, usually gags on solid food that is not pureed, and is as cute as can be.

Check out the teeth (and tongue)!

 Here are some of my favorite photos and videos from the past month:

UW Pride Friday

Tie-dye, mohawk

Pink Carhartts

Grabbing Reyna's ear at Thomas's birthday party

These girls are so darn cute! They will both turn one pretty soon . . . 

With birthday boy Thomas!

Nora grew four top teeth in September. Whew! It was hard work.

Getting close to scooting or crawling, maybe.


Nora thinks her Daddy is pretty cool

Here's Nora playing peek-a-boo with Mommy

DAM & Rocky Mountain National Park, Labor Day weekend

We took a little family vacation several weeks ago on Labor Day weekend. We checked out a Mark Rothko exhibit at the Denver Art Museum and then spent two days in Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park.

I didn't take any photos in Denver, but Nora did pretty well at the museum. She was babbling and noisy in the very quiet galleries and she spit up on the floor when we were looking at Rothko, but other than that, she was quite good. We happened upon the Taste of Denver event, so downtown was full of people and food. We got a snack on the street and then headed for Estes Park.

Nora is learning at an early age that vacation means time to read a book. 

This was our first outing with the hiking backpack, Mike's birthday present.

We hiked about five miles, it was gorgeous, and Nora fell asleep. It was hard work riding on Daddy's back!

I could post a dozen mountain pictures. It was so pretty!

Right before hike number two.