what a day...

so, yesterday, we made our first visit to the emergency room.  nora dislocated her wrist.  it was not a fun time, but nora was an absolute angel!  i couldn't have asked for a better baby.  funny story, however.  we were leaving the hospital, walking to the car and there was a man behind us in camis.  david's new uniform is camis and nora saw the man and kept saying "dada".  i am not sure if she actually thought he was daddy (even though he really couldn't have looked less like david except that they were both white), or just pointing out that it was daddy's uni.  i really hope it was the latter, so that she didn't think daddy was just ignoring her!  

it's still amazing to see how much she "gets"!  we love to read the book "love you forever".  sometimes, i will just hold her and quote the line where the mom rocks her baby back and forth, back and forth, back and forth.  then, in the book, the mom sings a song (which i usually do), and then the baby grew and he grew and he grew... to the next stage of life... toddler, pre-teen, teenager, grown-up.  well, if i tell nora i am rocking her back and forth, back and forth, back and forth, she now says "grew, grew, grew".  and sometimes, she says "sho-sho" (as in shower), because in one of the stages, the kid doesn't want to take a shower!

another new favorite is this photo album i have.  nora just sits and flips through it saying "mama/dada".  (it's mostly pics of david and me...)  it's so cute!

she also plays pretend so well.  it's so cute to watch her pretend to eat, or feed someone over the phone or put her baby/ducks/hop-hop to night-nights.  she'll even say it like that!  while we were in the waiting room yesterday, she heard a baby cry and i said, "oh that's a sad baby".  so all morning, she said "sad baby, cupeez...".  a few times, she has even asked to go to bed.  when i remind her it's not time, she will ask for her cupeez.  amazing how much she puts together!  sweet baby...