Nolee

Well Nolee was sick yesterday

(cold, congestion & possible ear infection)

so I got to spend the day

snuggling & soothing

I even got to experience

her falling asleep in my arms

while I rocked

in a quiet house

Which is something

I haven't done in so long

it was so nice

and I tried to ingrain that moment

in my brain as I realize those moments

will be so few & far between with her getting bigger :(.

On another note

Nolee's vocabulary is expanding

in leaps & bounds lately

and it is so funny to see more of her personality

coming out in actual words

She has taken to singing

and breaks out in song all the time

her favorites are

"Tinkle Tinkle" (i.e. Twinkle Twinkle)

"Hoppy Birthday"

& "Bus" (i.e. Wheels on the Bus)

She will now tell us "Second"

when we ask her to come here

so she can finish up whatever she is working on

And my new favorite

"Shhhh mouse sleeping"

...we told her the other day

we were going to try to be as

quiet as a mouse...:)

She also uses "hi" at the most random times
like when she knows she is doing something wrong
and gets caught
she will look up you with her I know I'm so cute face
and say "Hi!"
like when you find her in your bathroom
in your drawer
with your chapstick....
all over her face

She is also becoming afraid of different things

she is afraid of the dark

"funder" (thunder)

& all the scary masks we saw on Halloween

If she sees any of these she will

immediately become a spider monkey

and attach to you and close her eyes

She also has taken to crawling in our bed at night

when she gets scared

so now I awaken to two sets of feet in my face

and smile