Blast From The Past

Whew! What a busy weekend Norah has had. On Friday, D & J took a half day of work so that they could drive to Noblesville, IN to visit Conner Prairie and attend Symphony on the Prairie.

Conner Prairie is a living history museum where actors and volunteers get into character as early settlers of Prairietown in the year 1836. The houses in Prairietown are houses that have been brought to the site from areas all over the state of Indiana and were built around that time period. Visitors can tour the homes and interact with the actors to learn about life during that time period. JC grew up visiting the museum with her mother and brother, going to camp there and was even one of the actors in one of the houses for two summers during her youth. As you can imagine, this was a very special and meaningful trip for J in that she got to share a bit of her favorite youth-time memories with Daddy and Daughter. Check out the pics of J and Norah standing outside of the "McClure Home", the house that she worked in as "Patsy Cox", Dan playing Old School "Jenga" with one of the actors and standing outside of the "Campbell Home", the local Dr. in town.

Symphony on the Prairie is another great childhood memory of Mommy. Each weekend in the Summer, the Indianapolis Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra puts on a series of concerts out on the open prairie. Families load up their coolers with wine, cheese, sandwiches and whatnot and sit underneath the stars listening to wonderful music.

The Webers met up with wonderful family friends, The Friedmans, supped on sandwiches, drank a little wine, and had a wonderful broccoli salad courtesy of Cherryl (FANTASTIC) whilst listening to the music of Harry Potter (another favorite of J's). Norah did a WONDERFUL job. She smiled and played and even feel asleep for a while in her Poggy (the best traveling bed ever...I HIGHLY recommend it to all parents with children under the age of 6 mos).

All in all, it was such a WONDERFUL 48 hours. July is going to see A LOT of traveling for the Webers, and we look forward to sharing it with all of you. Next up: North Carolina for the 4th of July! Stay tuned.

Fabulous Fathers, Flipsy Flopsies & Food

Hello, All! June 21st not only marked the first day of Summer; it was also Daddy's first Father's Day. The day began with a great gift for both Mommy and Daddy: Norah slept until 8:00 a.m. ! D & J were very happy to get the extra sleep, and even had to wake Norah up to have breakfast.

After some coffee and some card-opening and gift-giving (Norah got Daddy the oh-so-traditional-gift of a tie :-), Dan went off to practice his new hobby, fly-fishing, whilst Mommy and Norah cleaned the house up and went grocery shopping.

The day was capped off by Chinese food and cuddles with Grandma and Grandpa. All said and done, Daddy had a wonderful first Father's Day.

This week has seen even more action out of our sweet little girl A few weeks back, J and Grandma went to Babies R Us to purchase a Jump and Go. At first, Norah wanted nothing to do with it. But, as time has moved on, Ms. Norah Belle is just B-Boppin' around and havin' fun in her new toy. Check out the video for all of the action.

We have also begun to try to feed Norah solids this week. Let's just say that the foreign feel of a spoon compared to the comforting, familiar feel of a bottle has proven to be a little too much for our little one. She has spent more time grabbing the spoon and spitting the rice cereal out than actually consuming the stuff. What can we say, we wouldn't really like the taste and consistency of 'gruel' either! :-) But, we're getting there.

That's all for now. We're coming up on some very big travels to Indy, North Carolina and New York, so stay-tuned for more updates. Enjoy the pictures.

Hope you're all well.
Love,
D&J

Rollin' Rollin' Rolin'

Hello, All. First, let's begin with the details: Norah had her 4 1/2 month check up today and here are the stats: Weight: 14.2 lbs (still so petite). Length: 25". Head Circumference: 41 cm. Our little one is just growing, growing, growing. She had her 2nd round of shots today and, even though there were a few crocodile tears, Norah took it like a brave little girl!

All of this growing is going to require more energy. So, the Dr. has given Mom and Dad the green light to start Ms. Norah on rice cereal and then work our way up through the food chain (pureed fruits, veggies etc...). We're going to take it slow and begin w/ some very small, VERY soupy helpings of yummy rice cereal next weekend.

The energy that Norah gets from her food is going to fuel her to continue to engage in all of the fun activities that she's been taking part in...LIKE ROLLING OVER! That's right. Our little Norah has discovered how to roll from tummy to back and is even starting to roll from back to tummy in her sleep. Imagine Mommy's surprise this morning when she went in to wake Norah up and found her on her belly instead of her back! It's gonna be a whole new world of movement now.

In addition to all of this new-found movement, Norah has been able to spend some really good QT with friends and family. Her favorite playmate, by far, is Grandpa. Oh! How Grandpa can make Norah laugh. She just loves to study him and play with him.

Enjoy the pictures. Hope you're all well.

Love,
J&D