Nora reads with Mom

Here's a little video I am happy to share with you. Nora seems to understand the basic concept of reading. You simply open up and book and babble towards it. This is probably exactly what it looks like to her. :)

Note her balance skills increasing. She almost falls into the book but catches herself just in time...

Nora speaks?

Nora has been cooing and making all sorts of other interesting, fun noises lately. Of course, we know she is absolutely talking with us and is definitely a child prodigy. :)

We were lucky enough to capture this the day before she turned 3 months old. Enjoy...

3 months old!

Hmmm, I see a theme with our posts lately. Are we becoming those parents that post every detail about our child as if they are the only thing in our lives? Perhaps. :)



Let's see, Nora is 3 months old today. We had a fun play date with Owen Bass (5 months) and Aiden Rain (7 months). They seem to really enjoy watching each other. Something tells me this will become much more entertaining in the future.



We're having a great time as a family. Nora has changed us both for the better forever. While we get excited about upcoming milestones, we're trying to soak in the moment each day. Apparently our parents were right in that we wouldn't know what they meant about lots of things until we had our own child. It's a great education so far...

2 months old!

It's hard to believe our little girl just turned 2 months old on Sunday. Where has the time gone? Well, besides on lost sleep... :)

She's doing quite well, eating and sleeping as she should. It's actually pretty normal for Nora to only wake us one time during the night now. Jenn is an amazing Mom already and is really enjoying her time with her. I am able to come home every day to visit them at lunch and hold her a bit. It makes the work day much more tolerable. We have our 2-month appointment with the pediatrician tomorrow and poor Nora will be receiving some shots. (If you read this and talk with her, don't let her know)

More to come...

Nora smiles!

Nora has started to smile in the last couple of weeks. We managed to capture it on video tonight. As you parents already know, it's absolutely one of the best feelings in the world. :)

Nora Isabelle Swerens

Nora Isabelle joined our family on December 8th, 2008, at 2:22pm. She weighed 8 pounds at birth and was measured at 21 inches long. It was a long labor, just over 18 hours, but Jenn did a GREAT job and everyone is happy and healthy. I have uploaded a small video so you can see her in an active and alert state:



I have also added a couple of our favorite photos:




If you'd like to see more, go to: http://www.swerens.shutterfly.com/

It's now password protected so if I haven't already sent you the password, please contact us and we will send it to you.

Happy New Year!

Happy Holidays!

Since we didn't travel this year, we were able to decorate the day after Thanksgiving. Needless to say, we're expecting a wonderful Christmas! ;-)