Kids

Just some random pictures for this week:

Next week, hopefully we’ll have some more chipper-looking pictures of Nora to share. Although honestly, the screaming and covering her face whenever she sees the camera is kind of comical…

Look who learned how to smile!

Of course, he has a great teacher:

Note: Nora wanted to wear her bear in a sling "like [we] wear Isaac" so that the bear could roller skate with her. I think that this is the cutest thing in the world.

And just for fun, here are some videos of Nora:

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Nora went sledding for the first time this weekend. She loved it!

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Nora singing her new favorite song, “Baby Bumblebee.”

We had a busy week! On Thursday, we had Isaac’s 27th day ceremony:

On Saturday, we finally had Nora’s birthday party (which we’d had to postpone due to snow):

Nora turned 3 this week! How is that even possible?! We kept her home from school and had a fun day with her.

The next few pictures are unrelated to Nora’s birthday, but they’re still cute. Enjoy.

Isaac Siddhesh was born January 22, 2010 at 9.09 PM. He weighed 9 pounds, 5 ounces and was 22 inches long. Nora is thrilled about her new little brother and we’re all doing well!

It was warm enough to go to the park on Saturday, so Daddy took Nora. They had fun.

We sure hope so, but we’ll have to wait and see! Here are some shots from our weekend:

Happy New Year! Nora went to the temple this weekend with Daddy, Grandma, and Grandpa to celebrate the arrival of 2010:

Now that the New Year is here, we are all very ready for Nora’s baby brother to arrive. His room is ready:

And Lisa is enormous and cranky:

Baby Pool: Have a guess for when the baby will be born? Put it in the comments. The person that guesses closest gets two movie tickets. We’ll edit this post periodically to list your guesses. Mare’s guess is already here because she claimed her date several months ago.

(Remember, the baby is due on the 12th. As a data point, Nora was born 6 days after her official due date and 9 days after the due date that we know was correct). Have fun!

EDIT: Rules, updated. We decided that if you picked a day that someone also picked, the winner will be decided by a coin toss, with the number of flips based on the day #2 is born. For instance, if #2 is born on the 10th, 10 coin flips will decide the winner. If you want to change your selection, note it in the comments.

January 8th – Diane (Sorry, Diane… but we appreciated the optimism!)

January 9th – Kathy M., Benjamin (No birthday-sharing with Kathy, alas).

January 10th – Michael, Bonnie (Sorry, guys).

January 11th – Ilana, Matt (No early baby for us, I guess).

January 12th – Ray (No on-time baby for us, either. Grr).

January 13th – Mare (Now I’m just getting cranky…)

January 14th – Jeff, Donna (Perhaps the title of our latest blog entry jinxed things…)

January 15th – Sarah H., Lauren (Sigh).

January 16th – Grandma (This is getting ridiculous…)

January 17th – Grandpa, Aunt Cathy and Uncle Bill (You know those people who say that second babies are always earlier than first babies? Liars. All of them. This baby would have had to be born today to be earlier than Nora. If he’s born tomorrow, he’ll be just as late as Nora was. If he’s born after tomorrow, he’ll be LATER than Nora was. Just so you know).

January 20th – Judi (It looks like you all lose. But don’t worry; the real loser here is me. I am so miserable).