Pics - Noa 3-8 months

We finally got our act together and went though at least a thousand pictures to give you the best ones. (All the grandparents haven't even chipped in theirs yet, so there may be more (better ones) yet to come...)

We also showed pictures of everyone else too. This blog will inevitably wind up representing this new little family as a whole, not just little Miss Noa, although she has been the center of everything for Nathan and me ever since even the idea of her existed.

It is all happening too fast to keep track of. She is achieving major accomplishments daily! She zoomed past crawling and now occupies every second finding something to pull up on so that she can stand. She is eating many many foods, still mushed up, and now has four teeth on top and two bottom ones. She babbles up a storm, plays games and indicates she wants to continue playing. Just yesterday she waved good-bye and used the "bye-bye" intonation- not the actual words.

According to the unbiased child development experts, the grandparents, she is well beyond the capabilities of all other babies and is the cutest as well (Howie from Tae Kwon Do concurs).

We recently bought a "cage" for her as she is too fast for her old parents. So far, she is only ok in the cage if we are in there with her (she ain't dumb). The cage takes up all the free space in the living room, so we'll see how it goes...

She is CRAZY about Nathan and cries as soon as he comes home (while he changes out of his work clothes) until he picks her up. He MUST hold her and play with her for 5-10 minutes before putting her down. Every day Nathan and Noa have time in the morning. The eat breakfast, shower together, and walk down the street to the day care, where she is well taken care of.

Julie "springs" her from day care and gives her special time with them. Wednesdays she hangs with my parents and her cousin Naomi, who has already told her that they are best friends.



Wait, Noa wants to say something:

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Translation: "When is my other cousin going to get here already?????"- Nathan's sister Kelsey will be having a baby within the next month!!!



Noa is tongue-tied which may effect speech as she grows older and might be somewhat effecting her ability to eat solid foods. She will be having surgery (just a little clip) on the underside of her tongue on Friday the 12th (nice 8 month b-day, huh?). If you feel sorry for her please send $$$ to her college fund... lol. Actually I am mentally suffering at the thought of it all, especially the 6 hours before hand where she can't eat, so I pushed off the job to Nathan and I will be at work. Julie and Dan are going to join him at the hospital to keep her distracted until the surgery. She has NEVER gone hungry for more than 2 minutes, so I don't even want to know what happens.


Anyway, here are the pics...

Noa 3 months

Noa 4 months

Noa 5 months

Noa 6 months

Noa 7 months