Hey good looking ...

One question we get asked ALL the time is, who does Norah look like? Anyone who knew me as a baby swears she's an "Elder baby" while those who are close to Jason's family say she's so Evans.

Take a look at the three of us, all around 8ish months, then let us know by voting on the poll on the side of the blog.

A vacation

A week ago we came home from a cruise. A most wonderful and glorious cruise with my side of the family. We ate. We laughed. We basked in the warmness of the Caribbean. And now we're home and I'm going through vacation withdraws. Luckily, I've had three days of cheer coaching and three photo shoots (including a wedding) to snap me right back into reality. But no worries, I'm already planning the next cruise. (Europe, Spring 2012.)

She may hate me for this when she's older ...

but how cute is that bum!!




Norah LOVES bath time. As soon as she hears the water running, she'll come speed crawling into the bathroom and pull herself to a stand on the edge of the tub, making joyful shouts the entire time. She get's really antsy when I don't put her in the water right away. Once in the tub, she loves to play around with her dunks.

But when she's ready to get out, we wrap her up in her duck towel to dry off.

New tooth for Norah

Our sweet little girl just keeps getting bigger. Not really, actually, she's having trouble gaining weight. But her skill set is growing! She waves, gives kisses (nice big wet kisses), gives "loves," pulls herself to a stand, drinks from a straw and chases the kitty around making her kitty noises. And after many tears and sleepless nights (for both mommy and Norah) she finally sprouted her first tooth. If you look closely, you can totally see it in the third picture down - and consider yourself lucky because she likes to keep this beauty hidden. She'll either clamp her mouth shut or put her tongue over her tooth whenever anyone tries to get a glimpse.

Giveaway

So my awesome cousin Bri wrote a book, and I'm giving away a signed copy on my photo blog!

Check it out.

Also, I started a new blog to document cute moments by Norah.

Check it out.

Moving pictures

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, a moving picture ought to be worth much much more right? Especially when the subject is this cute. So this is me, sharing the cuteness with you:

Video one: Norah loves to sing along and headbang to the song her pony sings. She's so hard core.

Video two: Jason and I spent 4 hours on Saturday making Norah baby food. She very much approves of mango.

Video three: just being cute

Liahona Basketball Tournament

Remember how in my last post I mentioned Norah was sick? Well, we ended up taking her to the emergency room that night ... let's just chalk that one up to "expensive mistakes first-time parents make" and move on, shall we?

With Norah all better, she and I joined my mom and sisters for a Richfield adventure! What's Richfield? Richfield is a teeny tiny town about two and a half hours from home. The Liahona basketball team made it to the state tournament, so I went to coach my cheerleaders. The games were so much fun, but the time in between was not so much. Liahona ended up taking second in state, pretty impressive if you ask me.