Behind again... beware 10,000 pics ahead

So here we are almost a month later as I am behind again. There just is never enough hours in the day to do everything I want or need to do and spending quality time with Norah surmounts all. So in the last month Norah has cut another tooth, is standing on her own and THIS close to walking. I almost had her taking a few steps on her own today. It won't be long now. She is yaking up a storm and talking back to me constantly. She is screeching and shrieking, wonderful habits she picked up from the other kids at daycare. She is still only saying a few words; mama, dada, uh-oh, hi and bye (on occasion) and yes or yeah. She has not started with the NOs yet, thank god. She is eating mostly table food now and is obsessed with mac'n cheese. I tried explaining that they do not eat mac'n cheese in Viet Nam so she should try other things but she won't listen to me. Pretty much all pasta is a safe bet, including rice noodles but not rice, that she spits out. Along with meat 99% of the time unless it is freshly grilled steak, no leftovers! Her school swears she eats the lunches there but won't ever touch the same things at home so who knows. Since she has not been to the doctor since the end of July we are guessing she is around 19.5-20 lbs. We would really like to know because it would be nice to turn her car seats around so we can see her. =)

So I am going to start with the most recent pics we have and move backwards to the end of July. Yes, that is bad. I didn't post pics of her actual birthday spaghetti dinner and several people asked about them. So here goes..

Starting with Norah @ 13 months

Norah can comb and/or brush her hair! She also likes to chew on her comb and the Balmex. She does this excitedly while hopping up and down on her butt.
She still loves daddy the most although mommy gets a day every now and then. We had a good day this past Monday together, that reminds me, there are MORE pictures on the camera. Ugh.
When she is happy she always sticks her tongue out. Always.
Here she is practicing standing. In the past week she has gone from only doing it a few times a day unassisted to doing it a TON. She really likes the Baby Einstein Movin' and Shakin' video we got from the Powers family for her birthday!
We can stand and clap too. Or stand an shred anytime of paper produce as there are 2 finely shredded napkins all over my floor right now.
She is clapping a ton as always and now initiating peek-a-boo.

Oh, and this lovely picture was her after she took some smashed potatoes and clapped and then flung them about. It is amazing how something can be so delicious one night and like poison the next.
Last Saturday we took Norah for her first haircut. It was getting quite long and unruly. It was also growing faster on the sides than in the middle of the back of her head. So away with the mullet and back to the baby doo. I sure hope the little curl she had is not gone forever.
She had just fallen asleep in the car when we arrived at The Hairy Hippo and was not thrilled to be set down in the Jeep, until ELMO was put on. Then she completely zoned out for the entire haircut. She loves ELMO.
How much nicer is this than trying to hold down a screaming baby?

Whatever you do, do not block ELMO.
All done, driving the Jeep. Norah had never been in a small car with a wheel before and she wanted to drive! It was so cute. I had no idea she would do that or even be interested in doing that.
Elmo was still on. And that adorable lady bug clip they put in her hair lasted all of 5 seconds.
All done. Norah is checking herself out in the mirror. And... there goes the clip.
Then we went out for Thai food which she devoured. It was then that she used a straw for the first time. As strange as it is, I was more proud of that than the hair cut! Then we went to the grocery store for some shopping. Since she had such a good time in the Jeep we put her in the big kids cart. It looked kind of funny but she had a blast. She loved facing forward in the cart. She also loved shaking this box of mac'n cheese.
Then I took it away to snap a pic of her in the cart and this is the nasty look she gave me. HEY!!!
So she got her box back. Geez already.

She is so tiny in the cart.
And of course it was such a nice day that later on we all played outside.
There is that tongue!
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee..... Hi mama.

Look I opened the door....
And escaped after dada...
She looks so tiny and cute in her jeans.... geez.

I see you rabbit.
Peek-a-boo.

Now we are going back in time a month to 8/5/08, Norah's first Birthday. She was in a great mood that morning. Eating her comb.

And happy in the evening.
Cheeeeese!
OMG, what the heck is this? So, I know it looks like a ton of spaghetti but I figured it would go all over the place and I wanted her to have a decent amount to actually eat. Now I know.
Uuuuhhhhhh.....
Tentatively tasting..,

Umm.
See that right hand about to drop a fist full on the floor?
And she knew how to suck the pasta in which was too cute. Look at those tired eyes.
Norah does not know that it isn't polite to talk with food in her mouth!
So we tried to have so chocolate ice cream for dessert. That was a no go. She screamed bloody murder and spit it out all over. What kid doesn't like chocolate ice cream?

Happy again in her spaghetti bath. I love this picture.
Clapping and splashing.

After we put her to bed with lots of hugs and kisses we went downstairs and watched the storm come in. It was very cool that evening.
Now, back in time once more to 7-29-09, MY birthday! We went to Outback and it was the best birthday ever because I finally had my baby! It was a great night. She was in a good mood and ate a whole loaf of beer bread, some steak and mashed potatoes. The waitress even saw how much she loved the bread and sent 2 whole loaves home with us!

She was being super cute all through dinner.
This smile was for Papa Nene.
The weekend between our birthday's we went out for Vietnamese food at Monsoon Bistro. That was when the raspberries started.

Then she went to the mall for the first time. She was lovin' on mom that night.
Weeeeeeeeeee.....
Chees'n again the next morning.
Big time.

Playing in bed with daddy.
I love these pictures. Look at Barn's face as she bangs on his head. =)
LOL.
And that is it. My husband is mad at me now because I just spent 3 hours editing the 10,000 pictures and getting them ready and up on the blog. I should go rotate laundry, do dishes, prep dinner, vacuume, clean the shreaded napkin, get clothes ready for charity, dust.... yeah, you get the picture!