Daddy B's been standing quietly by, watching sweet Nora grow and letting Mommy B do all the posting. I've been awestruck by Nora's recent and growing propensity for big toothless smiles. Her poop still doesn't stink, so there's not even a tradeoff yet! We get big smiles and still relatively benign diaper duty (that one's for you pun lovers).
I was thrilled at the news that Nora and Naomi would be picking me up at work on Friday, en route to the
Food Co-op. The office was somewhat empty, but there was still a handful of good work folk in the big house to meet Nora for the first (or second) time. We showed her around, all bundled up in her oversized parka. I think everyone agreed that she's a keeper!
The Co-op was fun. I mostly just wandered around with Nora, trying to keep her asleep. Her furry hood was pulled over her head the whole time, so the chance of her remembering her first grocery trip is very unlikely. Naomi tried to get me to put her on the scale, but I was reluctant. Many of you know that I'm not the type of guy to go doing anything CRAZY like that. But after waiting for the coast to clear, I snuck her on, parka and all. As Naomi posted yesterday, she rounded out at about 11 pounds. We're knocking off a pound or so for the clothing and whatever leftover granola might have been on the scale. Bottom line, the girl's growing up! All that mommy milk does a body good!
Also this week, I made another trip down to
City Hall to try to finish up the paper work that certifies Nora's birth. Yes, it's true. We still have no birth certificate! So, I signed the document saying that I attended a live birth and the thing should be official early next week. I know you've all been anxiously waiting, so rest assured that you can go down and pick up a copy after Wednesday. Don't forget to bring $19 cash money. The ATM in the lobby will ring you up a $2 service fee, so save yourself a couple bucks and arrive prepared!
In other news, the weather was beautiful today, so we walked to brunch. It was Nora's longest walk to date, measuring in at precisely
1 mile! We didn't take any pictures of the walk or the party, which was downright silly, but we'll make up for it another time.
Here are a few of my faves from the past week that haven't made it up here yet:
Fun with mirrors:
I discovered that she enjoyed a nice breeze on her cheeks:
Pensive in her sleep:
More fun with mirrors... look at those baby blues!
Don't miss the other two posts from yesterday that follow!
We went to a couple holiday parties, including one at our midwife Kim's house. There were 2 couples there that have 9 children, 1 couple with 5 and another with 4. We stopped asking after a while because our 1 child was obviously not as impressive at this party as in some of our other friend circles!
She was getting dressed up because she had lots of visitors coming over!
Nora slept through most of their visit, but she was up and at 'em when Alyson and Joyce stopped by a little while later:
That night, we tried giving Nora a bottle for the first time. Naomi's been pumping a little bit here and there and we figure that if Chris & Nora are ever going to be independent (don't worry mama, not truly independent!), they'll need to master their bottle feeding skills. It started well (see below) and then it went south in a hurry. We're going to regroup and try again when we get back to Cleveland!
Off to YS!
