6 Months!

Last Sunday Nora turned 6 months old. I took her to the doctor and she is now 14 lbs! Growing, growing, growing.

The doctor said she looked perfect and we have to agree. We even started her on solid food today and boy did she ever get excited. I pureed up some peas and she wiped the bowl clean! More food wound up on her then inside her but it was definitely fun to watch her try to gobble it all down. Hopefully some solids will help fill our growing girl up since she had been waking up 2 to 3 times a night the past couple of weeks - which is not enjoyable I tell ya.

The cute bunch. 

The Black Ninjas

Peter played in his first soccer game last week. He was so excited to put on his new gear and run around with his friends. And while he hasn't quite figured out all the details you can't fault the kid his enthusiasm. These games totally crack me up since most of the kids wander around the field having no clue what the heck is going on (Peter included). In our last game I think at least two goals for the opposite team were scored by our team. Oh well. This is how we learn, right?

Nora-Girl is 5 Months

A few weeks ago Nora turned 5 months old. I'm a bit behind, but better late than never, right?

Our little lady is just still so happy. We love her little rolls and happy smile and all the noises she constantly makes.

The only bump came last week when she cut her first two bottom teeth. She was NOT a happy girl - going from sleeping basically the entire night to waking up 4-5 times and only catnapping during the day (okay, so it was mommy who wasn't so happy). But she seems to be getting over it, although she still puts everything in her mouth. Which is also probably why she started taking a pacifier, thank the heavens. It helps out so much -- especially when she's hanging out with someone other than me :)

Nora's also learning to sit up these days - we've figured out that she doesn't really care for the bumbo, she'll just arch her back to get out, but likes to sit aided with the boppy while watching her silly brothers run circles around her. 

It's been neat to watch her coordination improve too. If you hold a toy out for her, she can now grasp it...and immediately stick in her mouth.

And just because there aren't many of the baby with mommy, I had to include this one after bath time one night. 

For almost a month now Nora has also been rolling over both ways and will scoot herself along so that she will get halfway across the living room before you know it.

I've even seen her push up into a sort of plank position lately. I wouldn't be surprised if she starts crawling before the month is out! 

 Nora is the definition of a third baby. She has no schedule besides nighttime bedtime because the poor thing always gets woken up from naps when I have to take the boys places or run errands but she generally is okay with it all. I don't even know how many times the boys come to tell me that "Nora fell asleep on the carpet (again)" while I was trying to fix dinner or do homework with Peter. Luckily, our sweet girl seems to have taken all in stride.

My little sleeping lamb. Love this baby and would not change a thing about her.

Preschool!!

The big day has finally come for Benji. For weeks now, he has been asking me when we were going to start his school. I decided to do a little preschool co-op with a few other moms like I did with Peter a few years ago and he couldn't have been more excited to get started.

Maybe it's because they are all the younger siblings but these three were sooo good and had so much fun together. We sang songs, read books and made a couple of crafts -- I kept asking if they wanted to go and play but they would say "NO! Let's do another craft!" Okey dokey then.

This first day was pretty low-key as an intro to school but I think we all had a good time. How could I not with these sweet little faces?

And you can be sure I am seriously looking forward to having a couple mornings a week with just Nora and myself :)