Jonah wanted us to build some roads last evening, so we put Nora in her bumbo so that she could watch the activities as the cars drove around her. It’s always fun to see what Jonah’s up to!
Then today at lunch, Jonah excitedly said, “Did you just eat an ‘F’ in your sandwich??!!” and he wanted me to take a picture of it so he could see it on the camera. 
Nora’s settling into more of a routine these days. After waking in the morning, she is at her absolute happiest for the next two hours - smiling all over the place and content to do just about anything. At almost exactly the two hour mark she starts fussing, and I have finally learned that what she wants is a nap, so she gets wrapped up and is asleep in minutes. When she wakes up about an hour later, she is very happy for another two hours, and then naps again. Happily, this is typically her longest nap of the day and often coincides with Jonah’s. After this next wakeup, the rest of the day is always different - sometimes sleepy, sometimes awake, sometimes, cranky, sometimes happy - but at least for the first half of the day, I know what to expect from her now. She still sleeps great overnight, usually waking only once towards the early morning.
She continues to get more social, and has started having ‘conversations’ where she takes turns gurgling and cooing with someone. Jonah also likes this and tries to tell me what she’s saying when something she babbles sounds like an actual word. Yesterday we went to the library storytime for Jonah, and for the first time, Nora sat on my lap and watched everything very intently. Usually she just wants to snuggle in the wrap and fall asleep, but now she’s starting to get very interested in the puppets and the other kids. Although she hasn’t laughed out loud at us yet, there have been two occasions where something in her dream was funny enough to get a laugh, so I look forward to hearing more of that soon.
Nora hasn’t done much more in the way of rolling, just the very occasional accidental roll, and that’s usually when she’s mad about being on her tummy. That’s ok, though. Pretty soon, Jonah’s going to have to be a lot more careful about where he puts his things once she’s on the move because she’s learned how to put stuff in her mouth. When something interesting is held in front of her, Nora will often reach out to grab it and try to get it in her mouth. Her favorite toys for doing this are her plastic linking rings, but she also really likes things that make crinkly noises and enjoys a rattle-y frog that has a mirror in it. She is doing a lot better at holding up her head and keeping her balance and will sometimes be happy in her bumbo seat for a half hour or so. And she did a great job sitting in the rocking chair all by herself for this month’s photo. Last month, we definitely needed someone nearby to spot her and catch her when she tipped.
Weight: 12 lb 7 oz
Here’s one more photo from this morning. She’s watching Jonah play music (as usual).
OK. So it’s not spring yet, but it sure felt like it this weekend. Sean took Jonah out to find a left-handed baseball glove, and since then, it’s been baseball all the time around here.
Nora is happy to watch her brother from her bumbo.
Jonah practiced some catching, throwing, and batting outside.
Nora continues to watch, this time with the appropriate hat.
Sean tried to teach Jonah how to do some fielding by scooping up the ball when it bounces back to him off the wall. That was a big challenge, but Jonah sure looked good trying.
Then he seemed to get baseball and football confused and started rolling all over the ground.
And Nora enjoyed the show in her very own baseball hat.
Nora has started to like sitting up while holding on to our fingers. It’s much easier to watch what Jonah is up to from that position. This reminded me that it’s probably time to dig out the Bumbo for her to sit in, just like Jonah did when he was a little guy. She was pretty happy in it from the start and is content to spend quite a bit of time sitting in there. She’s also getting much better at holding her head steady and not wobbling around so much.
When I asked Jonah the other morning what he wanted to do that day he said, “Do you want Nora to sit in her Bumbo and you can play songs to her?” So that’s what we did.
Then he thought it was fun to drive a motorcycle around the edges of Nora’s seat.
Of course, with Nora making this seat look like so much fun, Jonah had to give it a try. Amazingly, he still kind of fits.
Then I thought Nora might enjoy having the tray on, so she could practice her new toy-grabbing skills. I started with two things, but Jonah didn’t think that was enough. He brought her every single thing he could find that looked like a baby toy.
“Does Nora say, ‘Whoa! That’s a lot of toys!’”
And here she is, playing on her mat.
On the mornings where Jonah wakes up before Nora, he likes to go in with me to get her up because she’s always very happy and smiley. He talks to her with a sweet little baby voice and sometimes sings. In this video, you will see him have the great idea to get her a blue dump truck to look at. What a great big brother!
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