cheese.....

at a party last night...  this is the two-star admiral, helping nora with her shoes!!!  at one point, he was telling me there was nothing down low enough that nora could get into, or hurt her.  just as he finished saying that, she fell into one of the weights and cut her lip...  i think he felt worst of us all!  nora was fine, but looked up at everyone with a very brown mouth.  i think everyone's heart stopped.  then, david told us she had a brownie in her mouth!!  (there was a tiny little bit of blood mixed in with that brownie!!)  she just has a little swollen lip now...  

cheese

james got new jeans yesterday (poor kid didn't have a pair!!!)

we went to play with our friends, kayden and jace.  kayden LOVED baby james.  he wanted to hold him, play with him, share his toys with him...  such a good little helper!!!

sleeping on my couch!!!  

nora is getting particular about when her picture is taken.  many times, i hear "no cheese, mommy".  then, other times, she will look at me and say "cheese???".  it's actually quite cute.  so her pictures on this post are of when she asked to have her picture taken. 

for quite awhile, nora has only had her cupeez when it was bedtime.  we don't let her just walk around with it.  and she has been fairly good about that.  she will even say "cupeez away".  but, for the last week or so, she has been asking for it quite regularly, and not wanting to give it up.  so, she stays in her bed until she is ready to put it away (which is usually not longer than 30 seconds...).  she also has become very aware of her blankets.  she has a few that she likes and can tell you who made them (and that's how she asks for them).  all of them are "new blankies".  she will ask for "new blankie" as she is getting in bed (regardless of the fact that she has had the blankets and slept with most of them since she was born...).  well, recently, it's been "grammie haile new blankie".  grammie haile made nora a quilt.  sometimes, she wants to be wrapped up, "snug as a bug", and sometimes she just wants to be covered.  again, she knows what she wants.  

the other day, nora was at a friend's house while james and i went to the clubfoot clinic.  then, we switched and my friend got her haircut.  (i got the WAY easier end of the deal...  all three kids slept most of the time i was watching them...)  anyway, i brought (THANKFULLY) "grammie haile new blankie", just to throw over her, just in case.  well, after she went down, she was screaming her head off.  it's not normal for her, so i went in there.  she was screaming for "ghnb", which we had forgotten to put in!  so, i gave it to her.