Thank you Nana!!!!!!

Nora received two packages in the mail yesterday (which were mailed two days apart from each other but inexplicably arrived on the same day. Weird). They were from her Nana, and contained a whole array of lovely things that she's been making for Nora!

An adorable long sleeved bib/smock. I wanted to get a picture before putting the tray on Nora's booster seat. (Don't worry, she's buckled into her chair under there!) Post peaches and bananas, Nora experiments with her sippy cup. Mostly she likes to chew on the spout - she gets a little mad when water comes out and gets her mouth all wet. As you can see, the bib protected her clothes wonderfully!

Not one, but two!, soft and cozy purple fleece sleep sacks. Nora wears these at night instead of blankets, since she tosses and turns and rolls in her crib and blankets wouldn't be very safe. We had a couple of storebought ones that she outgrew before it got chilly, and a couple more handmade ones that Nana found at a neighbor's yardsale, but Nora outgrew those last month. The new ones are extra long for Nora's long legs!

And the pièce de résistance, snowflake overalls! Mama was bemoaning the fact that Nora has very little seasonal apparel (and as Aunt Abby pointed out, unless you're a certain kind of kindergarten teacher, there's a pretty limited window in your life when you can get away with seasonal apparel, so Nora needs to take advantage of it now! No offense to any kindergarten teachers), so Nana came through once again. These are corduroy embroidered with snowflakes, so they're not just Christmas and will be seasonally appropriate right through the winter. And so so so cute and soft and cozy.

(I was trying out a barrette to keep her hair out of her eyes in these pictures - not the best solution since it falls right out because her hair is so fine. Oh well.)

As you can see, Nora's sitting really well on her own now! We can sit her up on her blanket and leave her that way to play with her toys - she rarely falls backwards anymore. Instead, she'll bend forward, flop onto her chest, and kick her legs out from underneath her. Once she's on her tummy, she can roll or pivot to get where ever she wants to go. And she gets there fast! She gets up on her hands and knees for a few seconds at a time, but it's getting longer every day, and I think crawling is in our not-too-distant future. How exciting!