Saturday Fun

I got up at 5:30 this morning.  I was awake before both kids and my husband.  I am pretty sure it has something to do with me staying in the bed for two days with a massive migraine.  I was put on another prescription that I have to take for 21 days.  Yay for Lupron giving me migraines.  (hear the outpouring of sarcasm)

This morning after Joe got up he had to run back to the office to fix something.  It was me and the Chunk and the Godzilla.  Check out those Nora rolls.

Once Joe got back, he fixed us some tasty pancakes.  Mac ate more than I did.  We decided to give Nora a pancake to see what she would do with it.  She tried to chew it to death.  She really didn't know what to do with it or how to eat it.  It turned into a mush pancake.

We later ran to the grocery store to get the needed supplies for Christmas treats for the neighbors.  After Mac and Nora went down for a nap, they woke up for some sibling snuggles.  So stinking cute.  They love each other a whole lot!

Christmas Card Display

Last year, I displayed our Christmas cards by taping them to our kitchen cabinets.  I didn't want to do that this year.  I scoured Pinterest.  We tend to get a good amount of Christmas cards so I needed something that would show all of them.  I saw on Pinterest that someone made a Christmas tree and displayed cards on them.  I thought it was genius.  Joe and I picked up some washi tape in green and gold.  Joe helped me ("let me do it, I'm an engineer").  Slapped the green up for the "tree" and created a "star" for the top.  We are still taping them to the door but it just looks better!

Family Pictures

My good friend Lisa did our family pictures a couple of weekends ago and they were finished last night!  We own the digitals to them and I am oh so happy with them!  We did them outside in like 10 degree weather on a frozen lake North of Anchorage.  I love that we live in such a beautiful landscaped area and can do so many pictures outside!  Let me know if you want any of them!

Cash Family Goes to the Doctor

Today, we had Nora's 6 month check up.  She is looking great!  She weighs in at 17 3/4ths pounds (which is the 75th percentile) and she is 26 inches long (50th percentile).  Our doctor is pretty pleased with Nora's progress.  Poor Nora had to get 3 shots!  One of which was the flu shot.  She cried for literally like 15 seconds.  Check out Nora's quilt!  Our doctor makes her patients quilts that they get to lay on for their appointments.  When Nora turns 1, she gets to keep her quilt!

While we were there Mac also wanted to be measured.  Surprise, surprise.  (hear that sarcasm)  Mac is 3 and a half feet tall!

 

Girls Weekend

Since Joe was in Georgia with Mac, I had the weekend with my girl.  She has discovered her voice and used it LOUDLY.  I am guessing it wore her out though because she pretty much went to bed each night around 6.

Nora and I had a shopping trip where we bought our family Christmas pajamas.

I got feeling a little crafty so this is the Santa cookie plate that I made....this was before I baked it.  These colors changed a little afterwards.  

Heyward seriously loves her

She loves to play with a big wooden spoon.  That thing ended up covered in sweet potatoes....

AHHHHH....she finally crashed at one point on Sunday.  Mommy needed that quiet break.

See?  She loves the wooden spoon.

Nora @ 6 months

I cannot believe that my big girl is 6 months old!  She goes for her 6 month appointment on Monday so we will have her official stats then.  According to our scale she is 17.6 pounds of chubby awesomeness!

-She likes to eat
-She eats: pears, bananas, apples, carrots, and sweet potatoes
-She is going to try sweet peas next
-She does not like there being any empty space in her tummy
-She still does 4 ounces at a time when she has a bottle
-She likes to watch us eat
-She likes to blow spit bubbles
-She blows a lot of spit bubbles when she is mad
-She is pretty low-key
-She is fascinated by her brother
-She is going to be a beast (gets hit or falls over and doesn't cry)
-She is happy in the morning right after she eats
-She rolls
-She is kind of sitting up
-She kicks like crazy
-She is still ticklish
-She loves taking baths in the bathtub and kicking water around
-She is chewing on everything
-She enjoys knocking over her floor gym
-She loves the dogs (particularly Heyward)
-She likes to pull on Heyward's fur
-She grabs anything within reach when she is sitting in her bumpoo
-She will scoot herself in the bumpoo to reach things she wants
-She has discovered her voice
-She is sitting more upright in her high chair
-She likes being around people
-She loves grabbing her feet
-She poops a lot
-She does not like having a dirty diaper
-She handles the cold pretty well
-She refuses to leave socks on her feet
-She likes being naked
-She does not really like her carseat
-She is teething

Here are the outtake pictures from today!

The camera flash surprises her

You have to love that super chubby grin

BOOM!  Yes, she drilled her head on the crib.  Did she cry?  Nope.  Beast mode. 

Tried sitting up.  Fell over.