Nora Evelyn McGowan

There is nothing I can say to improve on the picture Jen took this afternoon.

Oh what a difference a couple of good, long naps and a good night’s sleep will make! Nora literally woke up singing this morning and has been her normal, happy, independent self all day. Of course, it was four o’clock in the bloody morning when she woke up singing, but we’ll take it. :)

Here we see that her brilliant mood can not be diminished even when the ugliest sofa on the planet gets in a color clash fight with her favorite blanket.

Nora took her first and second airplane rides yesterday and did a mostly fantastic job. Home airport to Dallas was an absolute dream: she ate during takeoff, slept through the entire trip, and woke up just in time to eat during landing. Dallas to Ontario, CA was a little harder since she didn’t sleep much at all, but she had a great deal of fun playing “slap the tray table” and “eat the book”. Which, I’ll admit, is exactly what I normally do at the end of a long flight.

Nora topped off her successful day of traveling by partying like a rock star all night long. If rock stars poop themselves, spit up, scream ceaselessly, refuse to sleep, and make their handlers worry that the neighbors are going to call the cops at any moment. I’m pretty sure this is how the Rolling Stones do it, but let’s hope tonight’s a little less rock ‘n roll …