4th of July Fireworks

Quinn and I debated the whole day about whether to keep Nora up past her 8:00 bedtime for fireworks. In the end, we settled on waking her up around 9:30 to go to Grandma & Grandpa Foote's house. There we set off fireworks in front of their house with Uncle Jarum & Aunt Michelle, and cousins Amber, Megan, Jenna, and Andrew. We were a little nervous as to what Nora's reaction would be to the loud noises and bright lights.

See for yourself...

Hi. My name is Nora Foote. I'm a trouble-maker.

Cute? Yes.

Smart? Yes.

Good crawler? Yes.

Energetic? Oh my, yes.

Good-natured? Yes.

Trouble-maker? YES!!

Exhibit A:

This is where I go to hide. Hee hee! Mama can't find me!

Exhibit B:

Hey, can I climb up this blanket onto the chair?

Nope, turns out all I can do it pull stuff down and knock stuff over

and make messes in general.

Exhibit C:

Wow! Look at me! I can climb up on a basket of DVDs and

turn on this light all by myself.

Exhibit D:

Ha ha! I just splashed Daddy!

Phew! Turns out all this mischief-making really

tires a girl out.

zzzzzz.....

Father's Day

This year Father's Day and Katy's birthday fell on the same day. We got together at Grandpa Allan's house on June 21st to celebrate Father's Day, the birthdays of Katy, cousin Jaime, and Uncle Donnie, and the Summer Solstice. Yay, longest day of the year! Nora had so much fun and played so hard that she wouldn't even slow down to eat.

Nora with Great Grandpa Allan

(We love this little nose-wrinkling thing

she's been doing lately.)

Great Grandpa Allan, Grandpa Joey, Daddy Quinn & Nora

Grandpa Joey, Grandma Karen, Quinn, Katy, GGpa Allan & Nora

Uncle Ray's Piano

Eleanor just loves all the noise she can make playing the piano.

Gimme that camera!

Just when I think Nora can't get any more beautiful, interesting, funny, smart, and cute, she surpasses herself.

She loves electronic gadgets - anything that lights up, makes noise, has buttons, and/or is expensive. Thing is, now that she's crawling (I know - at only six months!) she goes after the gadgets with surprising speed and determination. Since her birth, we had suspicions that Nora would keep us on our toes. She's pulling it off nicely!

Shopping

We love being able to strap Eleanor into shopping carts, high chairs and other devices that make life easier.  Now that She's big enough to fit in them...

Les petits français bébé

So Nora has to take vitamin drops every night. The vitamins contain an iron supplement, and as you may know, iron stains. On this particular night, Nora decided she didn't want to take them. I can't really blame her because they taste like cherry cough syrup that has had pennies soaking in it for a week. Blechh!

Because of Nora's reluctance to taking the vitamins, she got them everywhere. I think it makes her look like she's got a little french mustache and goatee. Uh-huh-huh! (That was a throaty french laugh in case you were wondering.)