Happy Easter!

Norah is busy celebrating her first Easter!

Here she is meeting the Easter Bunny.

Here are the eggs we dyed.

And here she is checking out what the Easter Bunny brought her.

5 months

At five months, Norah:

• loves to stand (To be fair, she liked this at 4 months, too.  We just forgot to tell you about it.)
• is drooling a LOT.
• is chewing on anything she can, especially fingers.  Hers or yours, whatever's closer.
• reaches out and grabs toys.  Or faces.  Mouths.  Glasses...
• can roll over front-to-back and back-to-front.
• sings to herself when she is falling asleep and sometimes when she eats.
• pats our faces.
• may or may not still have one blonde hair.  We haven't seen it in awhile.
• doesn't like to recline.  She is always straining to sit up, especially in the carseat.
• is laughing! (see video)

We are having a lot of fun with Norah at this age. Here are some of the things we have been up to:

Going for walks.

Helping Mommy take pictures.

Napping with friends.

Reading with Mommy.

Snuggling with Daddy.

Having crazy hair.

And here's her official 5 month picture:

The One With The Laughing

It's a long one...  We couldn't bring ourselves to cut out any of the cuteness, but you can stop watching whenever.

A few of my favorite things

I absolutely love everything about being a mom.  That being said, don't judge me because I love some parts  of motherhood a little more than others.  Things I just can't get enough of:

Bath time, especially drying her hair.  I usually play chicken with her diaper, leaving it off as long as possible while I comb her hair and put lotion on her.  Most of the time I win. 

Getting her up in the morning or after a nap.  She always has the biggest smiles.  This is a great picture of Norah because it is exactly her with her smile and her fluffy, crazy hair.  What this picture doesn't show is the kicking and arm flailing that she does right before we pick her up.

Watching her watch the world and figure out how to pick something up or reach out and grab a toy.

I don't have a picture of it but my all time favorite part of the day is rocking her to sleep for her morning nap.  Holding her for a little bit after she falls asleep is my guilty pleasure.  Even though I know she will sleep better when I put her down and that I could be getting about five things done around the house I just can't resist.

A few of my less favorite things?  Realizing she won't remember any of this.  Noticing we are just about out of diapers.  Again.  The last hour before I have to go to work.  And the spit up.

Oh the spit up.  Thank you to everyone who has made burp cloths for us.

The One with Norah Rolling

Here it is:

Also, Daddy might have gotten a little carried away in iMovie...

No Joke!

Norah just rolled over!  And when I texted Alex to tell him his response was, "April fools?" I don't blame him for not believing me, though.  The other night I was in the kitchen and Alex yelled out, "She did it!" and I came running over, heart pounding, only to find him laughing.  I've been wanting to get him back ever since, but I guess I missed my chance because she really did just do it.  She went from her tummy to her back, which is funny because we haven't even seen her attempt rolling over from her tummy.

Depending on what part of the maneuver is the actual "rolling over" I might have missed it too.  I put her down in her crib and turned to open the window.  When I turned back she was on her side and I watched her go all the way onto her back.   Of course I got her second roll on film but you all will just have to wait, Alex should at least be second to see it.  (And, I don't really know how to get it from the camera to the blog.)

All that rolling must have made her hungry.  Check back later for the video.  Seriously, so proud of her!