I wake up!
Nora slept in super late on Saturday morning: until nearly 10 past 7. She woke Jen and me up by calling out/singing:
I wake up!!!
*pause*
I wake up!
Mommy! Nora wake up!
*pause*
Then she just started naming all of the things she could see from her bed.
Nora's turtle lamp! pajamas... monkey monkey! baby!
baby's clothes! baby's hat!
I wake up!
*pause*
Happy Birthday, Nora! Happy Birthday, Nora! A B C H I J Happy Birthday!
Nora down!
and so on until we finally stopped giggling long enough to go get her. At dinner tonight Jen remarked how only a few weeks ago a meal was largely a fairly quiet affair. We’d talk about our days and ask Nora questions and mostly she made chewing and banging noises. Now she talks constantly and usually it’s pretty intelligible.
She’s like a living, breathing first page of “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man” 24 x 7.
December 15th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Once upon a time and a very good time it was.
December 15th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Oh wow, that’s phenomenally adorable. Just… wowsers. Nora has more words than I do, apparently, because they fail me.
December 15th, 2009 at 10:00 pm
“Now she talks constantly and usually it’s pretty intelligible.” From the mom of a girl who’s not too much older – apparently, it never ends ;)
She sounds like lots of fun!
RLR
December 15th, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Ryan Leigh! We’d missed you around here. :) Yeah, she’s a ton of fun. Whoever said the military is the toughest job you’ll ever love obviously didn’t have kids.
December 15th, 2009 at 11:41 pm
How cute! I found your blog via another blog I follow. I just cracked up when I read this. I have twin girls that celebrated their 2nd birthday this past November 21st.
With the girls, we tried to coax every little word out of them. Then, all of a sudden, they’re talking up a storm. What really makes us laugh is their body language that goes with it.
Ahh..such a fun age!
December 16th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I have seriously read this about 5 times and laugh EVERY time!!! Thank you!!