Holy moly! Nora has become a toddler! Every time I see someone hold her I'm blown away by how tall she is! It didn't sink in how big she's gotten until I saw her next to her cousin Keaton. In the last month she has mastered walking and moved on to climbing. I'm really impressed with her balance! Trying to walk on new surfaces has become a fun new challenge but she seems to prefer bare feet for tackling new walking textures. She knows what she wants and lets you know if you're not getting it to her quickly enough or correctly, including helping to pick out her clothes each day. Her signing is getting better and better, adding some new ones to the mix - milk, water and working on popcorn. She likes to shake hands and loves to say hi to anyone who isn't paying attention to her and play shy with a lot of those who do. We're going through a phase of separation anxiety leading to some short workouts at the Y. Her credit card swiping skills at the grocery store are becoming quite impressive. Much of her day is spent chattering away, pretending to be on the "phone" and she surprises us by peppering a new "sounds like a word" into "conversation" every now and again. She clearly understands just about everything we say and I know one of these days words are going to spill out of her mouth as though she's been talking all along! Overall, Nora is still generally happy, very independent and easy going but definitely has opinions and likes to share them. She has such an expressive face - no question where she got that - but she never fails to make us stop in our tracks to take notice of a different look at least once a day. I can't get over how much she loves her books and I always find her tucked away in her room, or sitting on Cort's couch bed, or out on the porch flipping through them or of course carrying them around the house. She also loves being outside playing in the grass & dirt or going for bike rides & runs, could play in a bath for hours if we'd let her, likes her puzzle pieces and has started to enjoy coloring almost as much as she likes eating the crayons! She's growing up!!!
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