Uncle Drew

A week from today, my brother will be on his way to LA to give acting and modeling a shot. He's gotten some practice locally with this month's edition of VIP Magazine. Here are his photos from their fall fashion spread. We're so proud of you Uncle Drew! Good luck!

Happy Birthday, Grandpa!

Nora loves being swaddled!

little rooster

glo-worm

Belle

Dancing with the "prince"

That's So Sweet!

This is a picture taken by Anne Parks. She was so cute. Anne Parks, Nora, and I were on my bed, and I had put my hand under Nora's head. Anne Parks jumped up and said, "Don't move, Mama! I gotta go get my camera. That's so sweet!" I agree. Don't you?

Sweet Nora

A New Camera

Jason's parents gave Anne Parks a VTech Kidzoom camera for her birthday. It's a neat little camera that takes digital photos and video. Once in a while, I'll upload her pictures so you can see the world from her eyes. There are a lot of them here, but I think they're pretty interesting.
(You may notice that she has a princess dress on in all of these pictures. You have no idea! That's all she'll wear when we are at home!)

Going Home

These are pictures from the day we left the hospital. I thought I'd posted them, but I just realized that I'd just uploaded the pics and didn't post. It seems strange posting them now because Nora looks so different. These pictures don't really look like her anymore.

A Happy Baby

Baby Nora is just so sweet! She's definitely a lot more needy than Anne Parks was. If she's awake, she wants to be held, and if she's asleep, and I put her down, she doesn't stay asleep for long. After many sleepless nights, I read "The Happiest Baby on the Block" by Dr. Harvey Karp. It worked miracles. (Click here or here to watch Dr. Karp in action.)
Dr. Karp teaches the "5 S's". They are swaddling, side/stomach, swinging, shhhh, and sucking. The idea is to try to replicate the womb's environment. As you can see, Nora loves it!

This is what Nora looks like at night sleeping (finally) in her swing. At the bottom left, you can see the "shhhh" made by the sound machine.

Big Girl Brunch

To make sure Anne Parks didn't feel left out, she and I had a "Big Girl Brunch" the other day. We had pancakes at Cracker Barrel. We had fun and left with a new crown and wand from the gift shop.



Anne Parks had so much fun that she promptly fell asleep when we got in the car.