16 Months Old

Look who's 16 months old already!                          

Almost a year and a half old! Here she's sitting on a chair Henry put outside his room. I'm not certain exactly why he put it out there, but I know he had a good reason for doing so...in any case, Nora took full advantage of the opportunity to sit in her big brother's chair. As always, her most favorite activities are anything that Henry is interested in. She is getting interested in superheros and can identify and name Spiderman. It's not the most enunciated pronunciation of the word, but I understand it. Speaking of speaking, she is increasing her vocabulary daily. Thankfully her use of the word "no" has decreased. In it's place are "ow!" and "sorry!" A lot of things happen to her for which her response is "ow!" She doesn't quite understand the meaning of sorry yet because she'll often hurt herself then say sorry to herself or repeat it if someone says it to her, but it's super cute regardless. She also has started to say Wilbur; it sounds like Bur bur when she says it. We keep trying to get her say "Henry" but not yet. She calls him "buddy" (also calls Wilbur this) and "bo-bo" which is a nickname Brett uses for her.

This face reminds me so much of Henry. I think their eyes look the same here, as well as the serious expression. This picture was taken at Henry's basketball class. Nora wanted to play so badly with the big kids. For the most part she was able to be distracted with her own ball (one of her favorite toys) but at times she would just bee-line it for the middle of the class and we'd have to run out and grab her before she got run over.

Another serious look here as she poses with a paper plate paddle we made for playing balloon tennis during the snowy weather.  She wouldn't play with me and Henry at first, but after we were done with our game she quietly picked up her paddle, got the balloon and practiced by herself. She reminds me of Henry in that way as well - wanting to figure things out herself before jumping in to something new.

Look at how long her hair is getting! Although it's hard to tell in these pictures it's also getting a lot thicker. Her bangs are so long that they are constantly in her eyes. I've tried everything I can think of to keep them pulled back but she pulls everything out (and then says "ow!" of course!).  She's getting more teeth - ugh. I think these are the last ones for awhile though.

Finally, a smiley picture to close out this post. She is still loving the rocking horse, which makes me very happy because I wasn't sure if she would like it or not!