seattle

nora and i took a trip last week to seattle. we met pop-pop, mom-mom and aunt byssa. i also got to have lunch with a college roommate and her new baby! it was such a fun trip, and awesome to be back in fall again! plus, we had gorgeous weather and saw mt. rainier with snow on top! nora was quite the trooper in her stroller all over the city and on the plane! what a good girl!!

new things... today, she said park and walk. it sounded more like "ah", but it was in reference to those two things, respectively. she is an absolute joy to be around. i loved looking at some of these pics, and seeing her little personality... especially the one where she is standing with her foot cocked! she does that quite a bit. she is a feminine little girl. she still loves to read, and i find her doing that most of the time! she nods in agreement or disagreement if you ask her a question, and most of the time, i really think she is responding to what i asked! it's so fun to watch!

if i ask to put her bracelet on, she hands me her wrist. she only gets her pluggy in bed (or when mom really needs her to behave in public!!!). so, when she gets up in the morning, she will hand us her pluggy. and, if you go in to get her and she hasn't had enough awake play time in her crib, she just looks at you and shakes her head!! bless her heart!! at least she knows what she likes!!!

today, we took sadie for a walk around the lake, and all of david's fabulous dog training has paid off! sadie was such a joy to walk!! david has been working with sadie most nights to train her, and i could see such a difference today!!! go husband...

however, the NUMBER ONE reason i love my dog... i came home the other day, and there was a lizard in my kitchen!!! my sweet dog helped me chase the lizard back outside where it belonged!!! thank goodness for dogs and brooms!!! sadie got the lizard to where i could swat it outside! whew... it was not fun for me!!