That's My Girl!

I've received a number of calls from followers of the Baby Bongorno Blog, asking about this wondrous new sign. Well, it hasn't been easy catching it on video, as one of the previous posts mentioned that she is often shy about showing off in front of the lens. She sometimes does it on her own and sometimes when prompted. In this case, she succumbed to parental pressure and gave us a little taste of it, so here you go:



If you're not a fan of basketball or have just never seen Lebron James do his pregame ritual, you might not know about his dramatic "chalk toss" before every tipoff. Well, it's something simple, yet somehow very special and memorable and the fans friggin love it. So, when it came time for Daddy to teach Nora one of the most important signs of her young life, I didn't choose a shooting motion or a dribble or anything mundane like that. I went straight for the flair! Nora now signs "Lebron" anytime she sees a basketball or a jersey or really just about anyone doing anything athletic. Sometimes, she even does the whole thing with the hand clap before throwing her hands up in the air. She apparently did it at the grocery store the other day when she and Mommy walked past a beer poster with a Lebron jersey on it. Just before the above video was taken, she noticed our neighbors shooting hoops in the backyard, went and grabbed the basketball and stood over by the window, watching and waiting for her number to get called. So cute!

In other news, Nora has also started blogging on her own. I overheard her muttering something about how we just don't get all the stories right and post too many pictures of her with boogers coming out of her nose...

Lastly, Nora wore a very "big girl" outfit the other day, complete with new Valentine's shoes imported from Yellow Springs (thanks Great Grandma!). She wasn't too big to sit down with Daddy for some storytime, though. Look for some adorable new video of Nora in her new outfit on Naomi's YouTube channel, coming soon!

Until next time!