Mommy's Big Girl

One week ago, our friends Dan and Kelli experienced the change of their life- they welcomed their first little girl and Norah's new buddy, Marielle. Kelli is an avid blogger and in addition to living on another continent, she is embarking on her trek into mommyhood thousands of miles from her family. As I read through her blog reflecting on the first week with baby, I feel like those days happened so long ago for us. The up-four-times-a-night, dirty-diaper-every-hour, ending-one-feeding-just-to-start-again days were so short. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy seeing every new stage of Norah's development, but sometimes I wish I could stop time. Just stop and enjoy the moment.

I guess this is why Darius Rucker's "It Won't Be Like This For Long" makes me cry every time I hear it- because it is true.

The girl is getting bigger everyday. She's enjoying new foods and getting better with her hands:


(Note: pay attention to 0:43 where she uses her shirt to save food for later and 1:30 when Brad has to clear the log jam of puffs from her sleeve.)

Norah is trying so hard to crawl...she still hasn't figured out how to get her legs under her, but she uses her hands to twirl around on her belly and has been pushing up.