Lisa: home

I find it's best to greet your relatives after a long separation by shoving as much of their jewelry as you can into your mouth.

Lisa: potluck

E sweetly let Nora help make her dessert...

...and then my mom came over and dressed Nora in all of her China souvenirs at once.

Love you guys! It's good to be home.

Lisa: Easter Dress

If only I had bought her a little white straw hat...

Thanks to Mallory and Marci for the darling dress!

Lisa: patio

THE PIGTAILS!

Lisa: morning ablutions

I'm hoping that your disgust at the revelation that I allow Nora to suck on the top of the sea salt is tempered by the extreme cuteness of baby curlers.

Lisa: toilet paper

Sometimes, when Nora pulls every square of toilet paper off the roll and stuffs it carefully into her potty, taking a picture of the result is the only way I can retain my composure and my sense of humor.

Lisa: lunch

The perfect spring day: we visited Sarah downtown at lunchtime, picked up sandwiches from a little bakery, and ate them outside the Joseph Smith building (where there are almost enough pools, fountains, and waterfalls for Miss Nora).

Lisa: noodles

I just love this little munchkin so much.

Lisa: little bunny foo-foo

It's hard for me to believe that Nora is old enough to notice what holiday it is and if she gets a present or not--but this Easter I had to face the facts. Since Blake is pretty adamant that Nora not eat candy (and I'm not actively encouraging candy either), I wanted to make her something special that would take her mind off the lack of chocolate eggs.

This little bunny and her blanket are made from this mmmcrafts pattern, and are sewn from some of Nora's outgrown baby clothes. I used felt, embroidery floss, thread, and batting that I already had, so the only thing I had to buy was the pattern itself. My dad made the cradle for me when I was a baby, and my mom brought it up from Spring City so that I could pass it on to Nora. Tender, right? I mean, I'm pretty much the best mom ever, wouldn't you say?

Unfortunately, my gift was completely overshadowed by the gigantic pink plush Care Bear Nora's great-aunt bought her at a secondhand store. Nora tackled that thing and rolled around with it, giggling and giggling. Ah, well. Maybe this sleepy little homemade bunny will grow on her.

(Oh, and if you think that I copied Angie's wedding colors, then all I can say is thank goodness I have people with really good taste to mooch off of.)

Lisa: the farmhouse

Nora loves visiting my parents in Spring City--even when she has to trek to the animal pens with her feet falling right out of their too-big Hello Kitty galoshes.

Lisa: someone taught that kid right

Alex learned about hugging. AWWWW!

Lisa: a haunting

That's my girl, freaking out all the customers at the Crown Burger.

Lisa: squeezable

Alex hugged Nora some more.

But, having seen these knees, can you really blame him?