July 20, 2008
Lisa: biker gals
My first ride on my cruiser was also Nora's first bike ride, ever. Thank goodness it was properly documented.
Blake didn't realize he was in movie mode when he took this, but I kept it because of how well it captures Nora's initial feelings about her helmet.
Watch for the look of terror on my face as I negotiate the bike past Blake and into the driveway.
Lisa: a tangled web we weave
A normal day for Nora might include eating a snack in her high chair...
or getting herself hopelessly tangled in the TV cords. You never know.
(No babies were left unattended and nearly strangled before or during the taking of these pictures. I was sitting just out of frame, giggling as she turned around and around, making the tangling worse. So...I guess I'm not negligent, just kind of mean.)
July 04, 2008
Lisa: my fellow Americans
Something about being in a small town and with family just makes you feel more patriotic. Happy fourth of July!
July 03, 2008
Lisa: piano man
We get to keep David's piano while he's in New York, and he came over and gave it an inaugural playing. Nora loved it, of course.
July 01, 2008
June 30, 2008
Lisa: cyberbaby
I got Nora a little toy laptop, in the hopes that she would prefer it to working her magic on my computer. She uses it for her very important business.
June 27, 2008
May 31, 2008
May 28, 2008
Lisa: snake charmer
My mom bought Nora this extremely realistic pink rubber snake at the zoo. Who knew it would become her favorite toy?
May 27, 2008
Lisa: boop!
Nora makes so many different expressions now--I can't get over what a big personality she has stuffed into that tiny little body. She was kind of sad when I started taking these pictures, so I cheered her up by making a bunch of crazy noises (as one does). In the photos where she's leaning to the side, she's trying to look around the camera to see how I'm making that "boop, boop" sound.
May 19, 2008
Lisa: but she looks fierce!
Our little camera hound has suddenly turned coy. Too many episodes of America's Next Top Model?
Nora is fascinated with grass. I sat her down in the center of the blanket, and she leaned waaaay over so that she could almost reach it, and then toppled over, wriggled onto her stomach, and picked a handful. Then she whined until I sat her back up again so that she could examine her bounty in comfort. Lather, rinse, repeat.
May 12, 2008
Lisa: Mother's Day
Blake gave me a new camera for Mother's Day, so I got things started right by taking a super close-up shot of him cooking his famous chili.
We went up to the cabin to hang out with my side of the family for a while, and Nora got thoroughly spoiled by my mom, Dave, and Angie (who aren't this blurry in real life).
We drove back down the canyon and over to Blake's parents' for dinner, and I took some pictures of his family for Nora's little photo book. Welcome to the internet, guys!
April 29, 2008
April 22, 2008
Lisa: teeth and hair (It's cuter than it sounds.)
I finally got Nora to show off her two bottom teeth for you:
Sarah distracted her with Lulu so I could get a picture of Nora's crazy swoopy hair--just like Uncle Dave's!
April 15, 2008
Lisa: the crown
I was trying to get a picture of the back of Nora's Crown Burger onesie to give to the people at Crown Burger. Because I have a sickness.
The front says "small fry."
April 12, 2008
Lisa: and then it snowed
The weather was gorgeous on Saturday, and we had an ambitious day planned. First, Sarah made Nora what she dubbed a "rally hat." Unfortunately, when our neighbor asked what cause Nora was rallying for, I didn't have an answer.
In the afternoon, when it was too hot for padded polyester hats and long sleeves, Sarah and I took Nora with us out to the Turnbulls' to pick up some strawberry plants. Obviously, it was very tiring.
After a nap (in her bed--we didn't just leave her in her seat!), Nora and Sarah camped out on the lawn, while Blake and I worked on the herb garden project that drank the Great Salt Lake. Because...it was so big. Anyway, Nora was cute.
April 11, 2008
Lisa: self portrait
Nora took this one of herself while she was playing with (read: eating) my phone.
March 31, 2008
March 29, 2008
Lisa: future hacker
While we were in Spring City, Sarah let Nora have some dangerous solo computer time.
Also, every time I use Sarah's camera, I'm more jealous of it. Thanks, Sar!
March 27, 2008
Lisa: practical jokes
Here are the outtakes for the LOLNora joke I played on Sarah:
I guess after messing around in Sarah's bed, we got really tired. Sarah took that opportunity to play her own joke on us, taking our picture while we were asleep. In the immortal words of Justin Timberlake, what goes around comes around.
March 24, 2008
Lisa: two little teeth (attempt 1)
Nora has two teeth on the bottom, and I tried to get her to show them to you. I really did.
March 23, 2008
March 18, 2008
March 13, 2008
March 06, 2008
March 05, 2008
Lisa: queen of the mushroom people
Blake and Sarah got a little crazy with the Winnie the Pooh hunny pot.
March 03, 2008
Lisa: Babies for Obama
Since Nora had so much fun voting for Obama on Super Tuesday, I thought she might like a campaign shirt of her very own. I designed a graphic to look like his other swag and had Zazzle (who I've (used previously) print it up for me. I got it a little big, so that she can wear it this summer when the election's closer.
Don't be jealous. You can buy one too! I think I get like a dollar for each onesie sold--and I'll donate any proceeds to the campaign.
Zazzle's changed their site around, so here's the fancy new link to my gallery:
March 02, 2008
February 19, 2008
Lisa: peek-a-boo
Grandpa came over especially to hang out with Nora, but Grandma snuck in and hogged Nora all to herself. Luckily, Sarah was there to document the whole thing.
February 18, 2008
February 16, 2008
Lisa: Nora Bean, Girl Genius
Thanks to Sarah for taking these. You might have seen a few of them here.
