Smiles!

Norah is officially two months old now and she's such a joy! She's smiling and "talking" now, loving attention that anyone gives her. She's sleeping 7 hours at night (give or take), is on a pretty consistent schedule during the day and is definately taking after her big sister in terms of being a good sleeper/napper and dare I say...sucking her thumb. We've had both a thumb sucker and pacifier baby and there are positives and negatives to both. It is kind of nice that she can soothe herself back to sleep and I don't have to continue going in and giving her her pacifier. Lincoln was a paci kid and it got really annoying always having to carry it with us, go in at 2 a.m. to find his pacifier when he couldn't, plus I truly believe it hindered his speech. However, we WERE able to cut the habit easily by just stopping cold turkey one day during naptime and Avonlea still sucks her thumb at almost 4. She's working on stopping, but we still catch her from time to time. Rob and I were both thumb suckers so it was bound to happen. =)

Norah's hair is growing and there's more to tame. We just slick it down with water whenever we're about to go on an outing and hope that it "sits". It's so funny to hear all the comments about her hair. She does have a lot of it, so it was destined to happen (the comments, I mean).

Avonlea begins her Pre-K first day of school tomorrow and although I've already got her plans ready, I'm trying to be creative in finding ways to make the day special...decorating, etc. We've done some school over the summer, but it wasn't a lot due to the fact that we were focused on the baby and all. Now she'll be starting a math book, her readers (she has been reading since January), and lots of phonics, Spanish and Bible curriculum. I've decided to take in watching another baby (3 weeks older than Norah), so having four little ones is going to create a challenge, especially in trying to get Avonlea's school work done, but the Lord is going to give me the strength and patience. Wish me luck!