The Weekend

Last weekend started with a relaxing Friday night. Before Nora, we might have been out for a nice dinner or having late night beverages with friends, but this past Friday was more indicative of our new lifestyle-babies, bottles and beer.


Jeff and Nora hanging out with our neighbor friends, Dirk and little Finn.

Saturday we set out for our first overnight adventure. We went to Colorado Springs to see Claire, and for Jeff to ride with her and the Bike and Build crew to Hartsel on Sunday. Visit Claire's blog (link to the right) to see pictures from their ride. Claire enjoyed her additional Nora time.

Talking at the hotel:

Eating pizza and milk:

Nora checked out the bed at the Marriott, seemed fine for napping!

And good for playing too.
And she woke up happy Sunday morning.

Nora was admired by some Bike and Build boys. They were in awe of her and her tiny features!

The girls. Hopefully the camera just caught me at a bad moment and I don't look that exhausted all of the time!

Let me say a few words about Nora and her behavior. Based on these photos, it may seem she is angelic. She is...occasionally. But more often, she is a handful. I guess it is no surprise given her two parents, but she is pretty high strung and fidgety as opposed to calm and content. She's 8lb of pure muscle and likes to throw her weight around! She's getting better though, and even spent 10 minutes in her swing yesterday (this is a major milestone) and was content while Jeff and I ate a hot dinner-together! Hopefully her temperament will lead her to be an active, energetic and ambitious child and adult. We love her just the same!