I'm back!

Old McNora had a farm E I E I O.

Finally back!  The fall semester started.  Things got crazy.  Things are crazy STILL, but the difference is now I don't workout in the evenings because I am the proud owner of a jogging stroller.  It is amazing -- I've never been much of a runner, but now I have every reason to be because I can get a good workout in the day!  I "inherited" an iPhone and bought a Nike GPS app that tracks the miles I run.  It keeps a nice history of my runs, which is nice because it lets me compete with myself.  I am a very competitive person, so this is a way for me to "compete".

Other news.

Nora started crawling during our visit to California this summer -- in July.  Recently, she has started signing back to us a few words: milk, more, all done, book.  It is very adorable to see her communicate with us even before her speech is developed.  All she can say is "mama" and "p".  She says the "p" sound a few times to refer to Alan.  She can identify some body parts.  Favorites include belly button, toes, teeth, nose.  She knows Gertrude's name (and that she is a dog).  Every day I can see that she understands more and more by the way she interacts with the world.  Lately she has taken to assisted walking.  She likes to walk holding onto our fingers.  I've taken her a few times to play on the grass on campus -- she absolutely loves it.  Today she found some little flowers while she was "walking" around and just needed to stop and investigate.

A Baylor Bear at the Burleson Quadrangle

Faux Hawk

It is about mid-term.  Hard to believe the semester is about half-way over?  I'm starting to think of Thanksgiving plans and what we'll do for Alan's and Nora's birthday (singular).  It's going to be challenging throwing a shindig the week of Thanksgiving, but that's what we got.