Nora Hansen's Journal

Nora ate two servings of breakfast: whole wheat english muffins and oranges.  For lunch she ate every thing as well: ground beef, whole wheat elbow noodles, peas, and applesauce. Ok, now hopefully we should have uninterrupted Blogs for a few weeks until Thanksgiving time!!  I took some pictures yesterday afternoon and I'm going to Post some today that I think are too cute.  The UPS delivery man was treated special by the greeting committee!  And he was enjoying it too!! In the 2nd picture it's Nora and Riley again!!  Nora was covering up Riley's head and then laughing like crazy!  :)  During outside time yesterday afternoon I put some mittens on Nora and she wasn't happy about that and Riley was advocating for her!!  "Nora doesn't want those mittens on!"  Yes Riley, I'm aware of that, but her hands are freezing!!!!!  :) Many have asked about my EMG test yesterday and it basically confirmed what we thought; there is a pinched nerv...

Nora ate waffle and two large servings of grapes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate everything: baked chicken, whole grain tortilla, cabbage, and baked cinnamon apples.  I've posted pictures of Nora and Atley exchanging "fives" as Atley walks by after she eats.  Well sometimes (and today was one of those times) Nora will just sit there and look at Atley and make Atley wait for the hand slap!  (She's totally just toying with her.)  However, Atley doesn't care.  She waits until Nora gives her five.  And Nora's facial expression says, "I'm just too cool for words!!"  Haha!! NO BLOGS TOMORROW!!  Just wanna make sure everyone sees that so I'll put it in bold capital letters!!  Ha!  Lauralea will be covering for me when I go in for an EMG test at 1:00.  (Right after lunch and during nap when I'm usually in the middle of working on Blogs.)  I may as well take time now to also mention some upcoming dates when Lauralea will be cov...

Nora ate kix cereal and mixed fruit for breakfast.  For lunch she ate turkey burger, no hamburger bun, ate tomato, lettuce, avocado, and two servings of cherries. This first picture is left over from Friday afternoon snack when we had english muffins and blueberries!  Riley and Kenzie thought Nora's blueberry face was hilarious and said this was "Nora's halloween costume and she was a zombie!"  Haha!  She's a happy zombie! This next picture was taken just after the kids had waved "bye" to Daddy Ryan.  This was Nora and Atley's morning greeting.  They didn't hug; just leaned in toward each other and touched heads.  So very precious!!  Speaking of waving at Daddy - Hudson was very proud of you Ryan!  Hudson said, "He remembered!!"  :) We had a fun and busy morning around here!  Cooper's Preschool is closed today for Columbus Day so he's hanging out with us and everyone loved it!  Nora was probably the least excited on...

Nora ate some of her oatmeal and ate baked apples with cinnamon for breakfast.  For lunch she ate hamburger stew with ground beef, green beans, potatoes, and carrots, ate most of dinner roll, and ate apricots. Nora yelled about something this morning and I looked around to see what that was about....Hudson saw me looking and said, "That's just Nora."  Haha!  That made me laugh!  Also, when we were at the window waving bye to Momma Emily and Nora was slapping at the window.  A few seconds after you drove off she started waving and kept waving for ate least 20 or more seconds!! This first picture is anther one with her buddy Riley from yesterday afternoon.  Nora was using Riley's tummy as a drum - with lots of encouragement from Kenzie and Riley!  And of course she was doing her "belly laughs!" We did some building with the blocks and Nora was watching Avi at work - wanting to cover some of the blocks with her blanket. Atley was racing across...

Nora ate french toast and a bite or two of dried plums for breakfast.  For lunch she ate bites of pulled pork, ate whole wheat bread, peas, and cantaloupe. Several of you have asked about the results of the MRI I did last week.  Thank you all for your love and concern.  Lauralea covered for me today while I talked over the results with the Doctor.  Thankfully there was nothing terrible that showed up that would require surgery or something drastic so we're going to continue to treat it with physical therapy for now.  He's scheduling me for an EMG to try to pinpoint whether it's nerve pain or muscle pain.  He has changed his mind and is now thinking it may be more nerve pain.  Anyhow, I'm grateful and will continue doing what I'm doing. A Diva in the making; Well she kind of does have "queen" like behavior and doesn't tolerate incompetence real well!!  Especially from someone who is supposed to me meeting her needs!!  Haha!  Just kidd...

Nora ate whole wheat toast and lots of mangoes for breakfast.  For lunch she ate whole wheat spaghetti noodles, with ground beef and marinara sauce, wouldn't try the squash, and ate fruit salad. I handed her a spoon with the squash on it, she shook her head no, and with her fingers she carefully cleaned all the squash off.  Haha!  What a goose! In case I forget to mention this to everyone tonight:  I have a Doctor appointment to discuss the results of the MRI tomorrow morning at 10:30 and Lauralea is covering for me.  The Blog may be somewhat later, but most likely it will Post around the same time. I'm posting these first 3 pictures from yesterday afternoon.  It was SO much fun to watch Nora and Riley enjoying each other.  Riley had a stuffed animal and was initially using it to "get" Nora and Nora was in the perfect mood for being silly.  She was roaring with laughter and those two eventually were on the floor as well.  They continued t...

Nora had bites of whole wheat bagel and lots of grapes for breakfast.  She ate all of her lunch as well: shrimp, a large serving of brown rice, ate stir fry vegetables, and raspberries. Do you believe in miracles!?  I do!  And I have a picture right here to prove they happen!!  Haha! Just kidding Daddy Ryan!!  (You have a great sense of humor and I'm taking advantage of it!  Thank you.)  Daddy Ryan was determined to stop and wave at the kids today and we were all ready!!  Isn't this cute?! I love it!  You notice Nora has her iPod in her right hand - not about to turn loose of that! Several weeks back I posted a very similar picture in this same setting!  Well, as you can see these two are still doing the identical same thing after EVERY meal!  So cute.  Atley is almost always done before Nora and she has to give her "five" every time she passes.  And Nora is always waiting for it!  Seriously, they NEVER miss a...