babies bongorno: To Market, Two Birthdays

Nora's 1st trip to the West Side Market was a hit!

There are two big birthdays coming up this week: Naomi's is tomorrow, on Martin Luther King Day and Nora's 3 month birthday is on Wednesday. What??? 3 months??? Yes, it's true! It's hard to believe, but today, on a blustery day in Cleveland, Naomi & I sat with Nora, Julie & Chantal and watched the videos from Nora's birthday through December for the first time. It's crazy enough to think that we hadn't watched these videos yet, but then, to see how much she's changed already... it's wild! I'm still trying to figure out the camera and how to convert the videos to files I can share, so I'm not going to post them here, but even just looking back through this blog, you can get an idea of how big she's getting, how much more aware and visibly happy!

I think that's the best part... seeing her face reacting to mine. I put her on her changing table and start making silly faces at her and she just lights up. In turn, I get giddy and the whole thing just keeps cycling from baby to daddy to baby and back for a good 2 minutes, until my cheeks start to hurt and I realize that Nora's laying bare-assed on the table and that I'd better get a diaper on her before she shoots a poo at the wall.

We're starting to realize that this year isn't going to be as quiet as we'd forecasted. Contrary to 2007, this year we'll be busy with big events in our friends' lives. Tish & Morgan are getting married in Santa Cruz, Erin & Henry in Chicago, Sarah & Aaron in Washington... Molly & Joel will be having their second baby any day now; Norma & Joe, their second in March; Emma & Rob, their second in April; Jake & Sarah and Julie & George will both have their first in July. We'll be traveling to share in many of these events, which is great for so many reasons, but I think we're going to be pretty burned out by the end of the summer!

Here are a few of my faves from the past week or so:

Nora in her Happy Coat (passed down from her mother!):