Nora Evelyn McGowan

We’ve had to get a larger laundry basket, but the baby washing machine still works great. It’s really a terrific time-saver. I wholeheartedly recommend it. :)

Nora now has not one (as of Thursday) but TWO (as of this morning) new teeth (N.B. teeth not pictured). We’re going to miss that big, gummy grin, but life rolls on, eh?

*sigh*

Nora’s got a new skill: removing her socks and shoes. Used to be we could keep her socks on by putting on shoes, but now she’s figured out how to get those off as well:

Sometimes putting cranky Nora in the stroller and going for a walk really does help her get to sleep. For this particular picture I only had to walk 1.8 miles before she zonked out.

Nora met her new cousin Kacie Elizabeth yesterday but, I’m afraid, found the dogs a great deal more interesting. Here’s a photograph to capture the moment. Welcome to Earth, Kacie! It’s Mostly Harmless.

Here we see Nora taking an interest in Charlie the dog. We also see my big, ugly knee, but that really couldn’t be helped — sorry. As expected, her first official act was to grab his ear firmly and pull. Charlie was a very good sport about this but kept his distance for the remainder of our visit. :)

Nora and I took advantage of the balmy Ann Arbor spring weather to toss on our snow suits and try out the new stroller her Granny McGowan bought her yesterday. This thing is really comfortable and easy to push and, as you can see, Nora likes it too.

We said no blankets. That’s three blankets*. Can’t you count!?

Also, today is Nora’s five month birthday. Happy birthday, little bean!

* yeah, we know the baby isn’t supposed to sleep with blankets yet.

Nora seems to like her new cup (no BPA, no pthalates, no cthulu) but she doesn’t *quite* get how it works yet.

It won’t be much longer and we’ll have to get Nora her own computer.