A visit from Uncle Michael

Michael visited a few weeks ago. He took family pictures for Christmas cards and Norah's first birthday. He also snapped a few around the house. I love having a photographer in the family!

Norah at 11 months!

Norah has had a big month, hitting a few milestones prior to her first birthday!

• I'm no longer breastfeeding! After going away over Labor Day weekend for a trip with college friends, she ran out of frozen breastmilk. Tony ended up mixing her last several bags with cow milk and then moving on to pure cow milk by the time I got home. Rather than complicate things and confuse Norah, we decided to just make the move to cow's milk official.

• The move to cow's milk came at the perfect time because she sprouted her first two teeth- the two middle teeth on the bottom. Then, last week she decided to work on FOUR teeth on top. All at the same time! Amazingly, this has not seemed to have had a negative effect on her mood. The biggest change I've noticed is that she's sleeping quite a bit more. She's also had some pretty nasty diapers. It remains to be seen if this is due to the milk or the teething. 

Yes, I feel really lucky that this transition has been fairly mild.

• Norah added the word "good" to her tiny vocabulary. Example: I'll give her a bite of food and ask, "is it good?" Norah then says "guuuu." (Whether she likes it or not).

• She gives kisses. Pick her up and ask for a kiss and she'll lean in often with her mouth open, sometimes with her tongue hanging out waiting for you to plant one on her. If her technique lasts, Tony and I joke that we won't need to worry about boys!