Boogers, Rolling Over and Business Trips

I suppose it is not surprising that we haven't updated since I returned to work! In the past few weeks, Nora has survived her first cold, learned to roll over and grown to 24 1/2 inches and 14 pounds. Ryan has traveled to England and Germany for a tour of stadiums and a drive on the Autobahn in an Audi R8. My first business trip is proving less exciting - I'm in Chicago and on week two of a sinus infection.

We did manage to post a new video on YouTube this weekend. Nora likes to mimic our kisses by opening her mouth wide and sliming our cheeks. It is pretty darn funny and just a bit messy :)

Back to Work and Starting Child Care

Monday marked my first day back at work and Nora's first day at child care. Ryan is dropping Nora off at Kelly's in the mornings, and I pick her up in the afternoon. Kelly was recommended to us by our friends who have been taking their son to her home for the past year. Nora had a good first day and is on her way to making lots of new friends. You can check out the video of Nora's send off on YouTube.

Getting back to work hasn't been too hard. I had a lot of great support from team members while I was on maternity leave, and they really kept up with things. I was able to keep my email under control by checking in once a week for a few minutes, so the transition back hasn't been too bad. Of course I miss Nora a lot. I also miss wearing yoga pants everyday :)

Talking with Nora

Nora's been talking quite a bit lately. Between screaming gleefully at her purple elephant to chatting it up with her grandparents, she's got a lot to say. There are a couple of new videos posted if you'd like to listen in.

Attack of the Cat

This morning was supposed to be the third Mom and Baby Yoga class, but it turned into a bit of a fiasco when the tire on my car blew out on the highway. Nora and I made it off the highway and to a gas station safely, but I had a bit of trouble with the spare. I tried to get the spare tire out of the trunk, but no matter how hard I pulled, I couldn't get it out. And no, it wasn't bolted in! Frustrated, I called Roadside Assistance to come and change the tire. When they finally got the tire out, it turned out that the spare tire had a faulty patch in it, and while it held air, the repair man told me to get it repatched before driving back home. Ughh!

It was about 11 a.m. by this point, and the Wal-Mart he referred me to was right near the hospital where I go for yoga. I decided to head there real quick to get Nora weighed at the breastfeeding support group that follows. She now weighs 11 lbs. 8 oz! She's getting bigger everyday! After group, I went to grab a bite of lunch with some friends from the group where my friend's two-year old puked all over the place. Ick. Now covered in puke and road grease, I headed to Wal-Mart where they took an hour to do nothing at all to the tire according to the receipt. Nice.

It was 3:30 by the time I finally got home. Nora and I were playing on the floor, and Eli was enjoying a game of hide and attack with his yellow ball. He was having a mighty good time, so I decided to record a 20 seconds of Eli video. As you watch the video, remember - this is a 17lb cat. That might help explain the abrupt ending.

What you don't see is Eli veering to the left and running down the stairs like a cat possessed. He is psycho!

Now With Video!

Need a quick fix of adorableness? Click on the "Family Videos on YouTube" link and watch an episode of 60 Seconds of Nora. So many people told us to cherish every minute with her, and we thought it would be fun to capture a few of those minutes on video. A quick tip - once you open a video, you can improve the image quality by clicking on the "Watch in High Quality" link that is just below the video in the bottom right hand corner. Also, you can subscribe to my user page (Jenni4Marie) and you'll be notified when we've uploaded new videos. Enjoy!

The Kick Off

Hey Folks,

In an effort to keep up with all those Blogging Facebookers, Twitting Texters and any other increasingly connected and excessively visible people out there, Jen and I decided we'd give in and blog it up with a few periodic happenings within the Gedney clan.

As you might guess, Nora was the impetus for this little website and will thus be the subject of our inagural post. To the right you'll find a permanent link to a Flickr photo site where you'll be able to keep tabs on our steadily growing pool of favorite Nora pics.

more to come...