December fun!

I haven't updated in a while-sorry. I'll fill you in on what's been going on...
Nora's latest interest is FORTS. She LOVES making forts. We have all sorts of versions, some much more complicated then others, however they typically all get the same reaction of giggling and endless excited by Nora. The most simple fort is when we are in bed and we pull a blanket over her-yes everyone, to a 19 month old this is a ghastly good time. I became more inventive and recalled some childhood forts of my own the other day, and we made one killer fort with a big blanket over the couch and chairs-she really enjoyed that one!
Nora also loves, and plays "nigh, nigh" (night night) countless times a day. The game is quite simple if you are wondering... get a pillow, a blanket and even a stuffed animal, put your head down and say "nigh, nigh" then lift your head up...WOW! this excitement can last up to a half an hour believe it or not!
We had our first snow last weekend. Nora was quite amazed and all day said "no, no"~ for snow. We bundled her up and brought her outside. She didn't really know what to do, she just stood. Then, she helped daddy shovel.
She really enjoyed it. I suppose I have to pretend to enjoy it too.
Every year Santa and Mrs. Claus come through our neighborhood in this retro fire truck. Nora thought it was fun. When we say Santa she says..."ho ho ho"
"Head, shoulders, knees, and toes- and belly"
ah. Another hoot of a good time....Nora in her crib with lots of her animals and a blanket...30-40 min. of fun!
She was such a wonderful help decorating our tree. I love when the strand of beads are all bunched together in one area. :)

She's ready to hit the slopes...oh wait, we don't really have slopes in Chicago.
Piggy tale girl. Halloween shirt during Christmas-awesome.
Now when we take our the camera, Nora automatically says "cheese" and squints her eyes while smiling really big, for 3 secs. then turns away. Very difficult these days to get a good shot.

We had a special delivery. :)
Actually, I found Nora like this after turning away from her for 2 min. while I was cooking dinner. She loves boxes!