Adventures in babydom

I’m a nut

25Jun09

Nola has been practicing for the preschool graduation day they are having at school tomorrow. She doesn’t normally go to school on Fridays, but I might take her just so she can perform this song that her class has been practicing together for so long. I don’t know the song, but can get the gist of it from her remarkably advanced musical skills. If you want to know the words though, I found the lyrics on a Kid Songs blog.

At the end she says, “I wanna see,” which is the main reason I don’t take a ton of pictures anymore. Whenever I get out the camera she just wants to look at the screen and see pictures of herself.

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Farmer Nola

02Jun09

Well, we had a very busy month of May. Uncle Mark graduated, which brought Papa and Mama Lisa (now known as Sisa or Mama Sisa). Although my dad had to head back to his judging duties, my mom stayed for a little over three weeks, and we had a great visit. Uncle Paul came for a long weekend and was here for Nola’s 2nd birthday, which was a crazy but fun party. Unfortunately, I kept leaving my camera at home, or forgot to charge its batteries. But, my mom took tons of pictures. I’m not holding my breath, but maybe I’ll get a photo CD in the mail soon.

In the meantime, we’ve been enjoying spring and looking forward to Linda’s visit (she gets in town today. Allelujah!). We took a trip out to Chip-In Farm in Bedford, MA, which is a small farm with a general store. They are known for their eggs, but they have some amazing strawberries right now, and we made a special trip yesterday just to get some more. They have a couple of cows, some calves, goats, sheep, rabbits, hens, a rooster, and a big pig. The first time we went Nola was scared; especially by the goats. This time there were some kids who were feeding the animals green beans and they offered some to Nola. It helped her to see the big kids feeling comfortable, and by the end she was wanting to feed all the animals, even the pig. I had to tear her away! Matilda was with us (you can see her in the pictures), and she was totally fine with it all because she’d been around animals at her grandparent’s farm in Colombia. Here are a few pics from our outing:

Feeding a goat

Matilda checks out the chicks while Nola steals the rabbit's food

Future farmer?

We gotta get one of these tractors...

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First School Pictures

16May09

So sorry to those of you with Nola withdrawals. Most of you know, but I’m pregnant again and have just started feeling better in the last couple of weeks. Whew! That was a rough 6 or so weeks. I just didn’t have the gumption to do anything, much less spend extra time in front of the computer.

Last week Nola had her first school picture day. We have to place orders by Wednesday, and will definitely order some to send family and friends, but if you have special requests let me know! Didn’t they come out good? I forgot it was picture day, hence the t-shirt. I kinda like it though.

nola proofs053

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Sorry MS State and Alabama fans…

31Mar09

My parents started the Ole Miss propaganda early. Ole Miss 101 was one of the first books they gave her. There’s no narrative; it’s just pages of things that relate to Ole Miss, including Rowan Oak, Ventress Hall, the Lyceum, and Col. Rebel.

Sorry it’s so dark; I wish I knew how to lighten up the image, but I just don’t.

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Makin’ it up to you…

27Mar09

For those of you far away from us, I apologize for not updating the blog in a while! Dru and Nola both had bad colds, and honestly, I’ve had a difficult time regaining my footing from our Mexico trip. Unplugging for ten days proved to be much more appealing than I thought! Now, sifting through over 1,000 Mexico images just seems daunting, and I know you aren’t coming to this blog to see pictures of Dru and I. So, here are some pictures of our trip to the playground last week. I’ve also posted the whole set on flickr (there are many more over there, I only posted my favorites here).

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Catchin’ up

23Feb09

The pensive bumble bee

I know, I know…my mom gives me grief at least once every single time I talk to her that I haven’t been updating the blog. My apologies. I have no excuse. So, I’ll play catch up with this post. It’ll have to last you a little while since Dru and I are going to Mexico for ten whole days without Nobo (!). We’ll miss her terribly, but I think some time on a warm beach will do us both some good. She’ll enjoy her time with Gran, and hopefully won’t wear her grandmother out. Above, you can see that we’re in a fun “dress-up” stage. I hope this lasts a good long time because I love it. You may remember this bumble bee costume from last Halloween. It’s actually made for a two year-old, and last year we just cut arm holes in it so that she could wear it. Now it fits her perfectly and when she puts it on she runs around the house with her arms outstretched saying, “bzzzzzzz.” It’s pretty darn cute.

She’s also enjoyed her baby doll…finally! We bought her a (expensive) baby doll for Christmas and it took her forever to take a liking to it. Finally, when she took off the baby’s clothes and hat, she decided she liked it. Anyway, she loves taking her baby for walks in her stroller, with a purse on her arm. Sometimes she grabs her purse and her baby and says, “bye bye!” I say, “where are you going?” And she answers, “Library,” or “Shopping.” Shopping? I have no idea where she got that one! Another reason that you haven’t seen much on this blog lately is because she tries to grab the camera everytime I attempt to get a picture. So, the photos that follow aren’t the best, but at least it’s something.

Goin' shoppin'

Camera, Mama!

Our trip to the Aquarium - my camera didn't work well

Trying the flash - still didn't work...check out that fish though

And I will leave you with a video. It’s a bit on the long side; about 2 minutes. She’s been really into singing lately. Her favorites right now are “Bah Bah Black Sheep” and “Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star,” which actually have pretty much the same tune (so does the ABC song), which is something I’d never noticed before. We also noticed that she was singing, “Baby Beloooga” one day, and we had no idea what song that was. Travis and Diana came over and told us that it’s a Raffi song. She must’ve heard it at day care. The funny thing is, we looked it up on the Internet, and she really had the tune right! I mean, it’s not complex or anything, but I was impressed (let’s face it, it doesn’t take much).

I’ll be back with pictures from Mexico!

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Nola’s “new” china cabinet

04Feb09

Danny and Linda got here last week with a truck load of stuff, including this beautiful kid’s china cabinet that my great grandfather made in 1953 for my mother. Now three generations have played with it! Mama Lisa also sent some of the dishes that both she and I played with. In one of the drawers I also found one of my old smurf figurines. I think it might be brainy smurf, but I’m not sure. Do you think that means Nola will be brainy? She also sent a market basket full of plastic fruit, and a “Disney Princess” tea set. Nola has loved playing with all of this; she especially loves the plates and the broccoli for some reason.

And this one’s for you, Mama Lisa. The light is not good at all, so normally I wouldn’t post it, but since you’ve been so anxious to see pictures I’ll put up this video:

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Daddy Time

12Jan09

Snuggle time

Dru’s been off work now for a few weeks and Nola and I have both been grateful to have some time with him. Unfortunately his back acted up again, so he’s spent a fair amount of time laying on the couch (he doesn’t mind so much when he’s not in pain). As you can see, Nola’s made the best of this. She especially likes to lay down with Daddy and watch Sesame Street. She’s also taken to airplanes; everytime she hears one she says, “airplane!” and looks out the window (sometimes she hears them before we do). Dru found a show on the Discovery Channel all about the Blue Angels. Lately they’ve added that to their schedule; she loves it.

She’s also been enjoying her new chair that she got for Christmas from Mama Lisa and Papa Larry:

Learning to play the guitar with a ukelele

You know I'm going to take your money someday...

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Family Concert

31Dec08

Well, we’ve started a family band.

No, I’m just kidding; don’t get all excited. We have started getting Nola to sing though. She really likes it; she’s gotten pretty good at attempting the ABC song, but her fave is “Sing” from Sesame Street (of course). I haven’t captured the ABC song on video yet, but the other day she did decide to perform “Sing” for y’all. In order to jog your memory here’s a clip of the original…it also includes Luis singing in Spanish, which is really cool (Nola can’t sing it in Spanish yet):