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.

Eight months

Lucky little Nora got to spend lots of time in August with her grandmas! They are crazy about her, and were kind enough to come and stay with us while daycare had a two-week summer closure.

Nora loves Grandma Sheri!

Uncle Nick was here for a couple of days, and won Nora's heart with his guitar playing

And Grandpa Garth got in a little snuggle-time, too!

Nora loves Grandma Pat! They went on lots of walks together, and Grandma taught Nora how to dance. Someday we'll capture it on video.

Grandpa Dirk made Nora a little bit nervous at first, but she warmed up to him quickly.

A few more pictures from the past month:

Vertical Dance at Vedauwoo: we went with Mom and Dad Bowles and it was amazing.

And school started this week at UW. Go Cowboys!

Awesome August

Mike's mom, dad, and brother came for a visit. Grandma Sheri is taking care of Nora for a couple of weeks. While the guys were here (just for a few days), we took a picnic up to the Snowies on a gorgeous afternoon.

Nora is having a great time with her grandma! And she continues to get bigger and bigger.

Dress and shoes are family heirlooms -- I wore them when I was a baby!

Loves the swing at the park!

Figuring out the chain -- with tongue out.

It's great living across the street from the park. Here's Nora in the sandbox.

Squinting up at Mom after eating a little dirt.

Seven months

Prepare for lots of pictures in this post. Nora is getting funnier and cuter every day, and tomorrow she will be seven months old.

Nora has two bottom teeth that you can see when she gives you this cheesy grin.

She's pretty much delighted with life most of the time.

Nora sits up on her own really well now! Singing songs is still one of her favorite things.

We just love her wrinkled up nose and chubby cheeks. (Not to mention those thighs.)

OK, on to some other photos from the past month.

Hiking at Vedauwoo

Admiring rock formations with Dad

Falling asleep on the trail

Exploring the piano with Mom

How soon should we start lessons?

Sitting up like a big girl!

Cheesy grin in the high chair! Nora really likes sitting up at the table with us. She just started sitting in this chair and it has made OUR meal times much easier.

Nora is growing lots of hair on top. Not so much around the sides and back.

We finally discovered a food she likes -- carrots!

Yum!

Nora loves to splash in the bathtub, so we went to the pool to see if she'd enjoy that. Not too much. She didn't cry, but almost the whole time we were in the water, she hummed in a nervous way.

All ready for school in skinny jeans and a shirt that says, "Auntie Says I'm Super Cute." Thanks, Aunt Sarah!