Nora Hansen's Journal

Nora ate some of her breakfast:  bran cereal and raisins.  For lunch she ate chicken from chicken salad, half of her pita bread, ate olives, bites of tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers, and ate LOTS of pears. So, as we talked about last week, all of a sudden Nora is "Little Miss Adventurous!!"  I love it, but I do have ONE warning: with adventure comes bruises, pain, and blood!!  No, she didn't get hurt today, BUT I'm holding my breath!  Haha!!  I turned around and she was on the blue balance beam.  Geez, I wasn't ready to see that!  This was her first time and she got down like a Pro!!  And back up there 2 or 3 times!  Then Atley went over and gave her a nice gentle pat of congratulations!  Later Atley was sitting by Nora when Nora was sucking her thumb.  Atley was studying that very closely and then pulled Nora's thumb out to have a look at it!  It was like; "What are you eating?!?"  Nora didn't care and again I attr...

Nora ate brown rice and had a nibble of dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch she ate everything: meat from beef "kabobs," whole wheat elbow noodles, zucchini, peppers, and LOTS of pineapple.  Hudson was SO excited when "Nora's Song" came on while he was waiting for lunch: "Nora's Song! Nora's Song!  Open the door Nora blue!!"  :) This first picture is left over from yesterday afternoon.  I don't think Atley or Nora were awake from their nap yet when Reid build this blockade with some help from his sidekick assistant Bubba!  I asked Reid what they were doing and he said it was to keep "Atley and Nora from escaping!"  Well, ok I think it might work!  Haha! I've mentioned before what an awesome job Nora does of telling me when she's poopy!  (Nothing subtle about Nora!  Yell - "Hey! I need some help here!!  Haha!!)  And she been averaging two poops in the morning for several days SO we need more diapers and wipes b...

Nora ate waffle and lots of fruit salad for breakfast.  For lunch she ate a bite or two of "Shepard's Pie" which has hamburger, green beans, carrots, sweet potatoes, and red potatoes.  She ate whole grain tortillas and cherries. Ok, today is totally loaded with pictures, but I'm not willing to delete any SO here they are!!  I love this first picture because she has observed so many developmental moments in this exact same spot!! Right in front of her favorite mirror!!!!  The 2nd picture she was pestering Bubba and patting his head while he was working on his legos!  He finally said, "HEY!!"  Ha! She was so adventurous outside this morning!!  WOW!!  I think there were several times I turned around and my mouth probably dropped open!!  Haha!!  Without a doubt I was holding my breath when she was climbing up the climber and I had to force myself NOT to rescue her to get down.  I use a general rule of thumb; if you can get up th...

Nora had bites of french toast and ate lots of strawberries for breakfast.  For lunch she had taste of salmon patty, ate dinner roll, bite of squash, and ate tropical fruit. Nora was doing her "Daddy Daddy Daddy" thing this morning.  Hudson said, "She call you Daddy." No, I think she says that word for lots of different words.  Sophie said, "She call me Daddy."  So I said, "Hi Daddy Sophie!"  As soon as Nora heard me say "Daddy" she whipped her head around to see the "real Daddy!"  Haha! Nora had a poop about 9:00 just before Breakfast.  About 10:00 she was following me around and that's what she does when she wants me to change her.  Well she can't be poopy again!!  But she was and she was totally aware of it!  And thus the very early stages of potty awareness!!  :)  In the 1st picture below Nora and Atley played together (more accurately would be "side-beside") for several minutes before anyone else ar...

Nora ate some toasted whole wheat english muffin and ate lots of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate pork chop, whole wheat bread, beets, bites of sweet potatoes, and ate applesauce that I fed her. When Lauralea was leaving this morning she was kind of in a hurry and Nora was NOT happy that she was getting "passed-up" with no loves.  Haha!  Believe me, she had no problem letting Lauralea know that was not acceptable.  She yelled/screamed a couple of times -"Hey I got some needs over here!!" - so I took her to the gate for a goodbye love and life was acceptable once again.  Love you Nora!   Atley was gone yesterday and she still did not have much energy this morning. (no symptoms)  When I took this picture Nora was kind of looking at her like "why are you not more active!?!"  Or maybe Nora and Atley were discussing Daycare Life when I took this picture.  These two get along quite splendidly.  Atley has a pretty mild temperament a...

Nora ate lots of peaches and no whole grain chex cereal for breakfast.  For lunch she ate most of hamburger with bun, bites of tomato and lettuce, ate avocado, and oranges. This first note is actually leftover from Friday, but I want to post it anyhow because it was pretty cute. Nora was kind of slapping Sophie and I told her to use "gentle touches."  Sophie said, "Well, she's hitting me and I like it."  Ha!  Hmmm....that is not helpful Sophie!!  :)  And of course I told Sophie that she could help teach Nora to use gentle touches too. We did a toy, book, and puzzle exchange and everyone was busy all morning checking out all the new stuff!!  I saw Nora playing with the little piano (in the picture) and I gave her a quick lesson.  LOL! The 1st picture shows how well she responded to my teaching and the 2nd picture is right after I walked away.  Hahaha!!  What a goof!  She was like; "Just leave me alone - I got this!!"  Ok. ...

Nora ate a few dried cranberries and ate oatmeal for breakfast.  For lunch she had a bite or two of tilapia, ate whole wheat elbow noodles, green beans, and applesauce. Nora was making me laugh in this first picture.  She was experimenting with everything she could make this chair do!  Turn it from side-to-side, but especially get that thing to rocking!!  Except then it would come back and frequently bonk her in the forehead!  Silly Nora! Hey, Look Mom!  Gary remembered to put some cream on my arm!!  Haha!!  She was touching the cream and then stuck her finger in her mouth to give it the taste test!!  Ha!  I did NOT see her do that a 2nd time!!  :) Reid was so ready to go outside and as soon as we were ready it started to rain.  So we watched it rain from the window inside!  And it poured hard for several minutes - enough that we listened to it hitting the metal roof.  We read books, sang some songs and look...