Norah Nichole Robertson

Norah Nichole Robertson was born on January 10, 2013 at 11:09am!  7lbs, 7 oz, 21 inches long with a lot of dark hair, just like her big sister.  My water broke the afternoon before around 3:30pm.  This labor and birth were not without some fear and complications, but in the end, we were blessed with a healthy, beautiful little girl.  (If you want more details, you know how to get a hold of me. I'd be happy to share, just not on here)

Our first meeting after getting checked out by the NICU

Our hearts are overflowing!

Beautiful Norah

Happy

When Zoe woke up from her nap today, she was laying in her crib, and when I walked in the room, she said "I'm happy!" and gave me a giant squeezie (hug) when I picked her up.  We were just sitting on the couch cuddling (she likes to do this after waking up), and she said "I'm happy.  You're happy.  You make Zoe Rae happy.  You make me happy, Momma".  Needless to say, this momma couldn't help but shed a tear (or 2... or 3...) We have been blessed with such an amazing little girl with such a loving heart.  She couldn't make us any happier either : )

Little Miss Chatty

So... my promises on updating this blog have been less than perfect.  My apologies to anyone who has been checking on me... but I doubt many have!  I've decided that whether or not I have readers, I need to keep this blog in order to remember things that our sweet little Zoe is doing.  I've been working on her 2nd year photo book (I plan on doing one at each birthday highlighting the previous year), and I'm having a VERY hard time remembering what she's done in the last year!  Having a blog post each month of her first year was so helpful!
We have one very, very, talkative girl on our hands, so I've got a few stories to share.  She said 3 complete sentences to me the other day, one right after the other.  "Here you go Momma.  I'm so proud of you.  You're welcome."  I couldn't help but laugh and kiss her little face.  One morning she said "Oh, it's still dark outside" so I went and opened the curtains to show her that the sun was up, and she exclaimed "They turned the lights on!" She also has been very sweet to her little brother or sister, often patting my belly and saying (all on her own) "Hi baby, I lub you baby".  So so precious!
Although she does speak quite well, there are a few funny things she says that I don't want to forget.

- for about 6 months she was calling herself NeNe, but has recently stopped and she knows her name is Zoe Rae.
- polka docks (polka dots)
- bamband (band aid)
- I lub you (love)
-baby soup (bathing suit)
-hams (hands) ie "I got sticky hams" "Wash my hams", etc.
-princenn (princess)

Each night before we put her to bed, we read books and pray with her, and we've started asking who she wants to pray for.  More often than not it's JonPaul, Carrie, Lucy and Judah, our sweet friends from Gulf Drive who now live in South Carolina.  She also wants us to pray for bunnies, birds, Jesus, and momma's baby.

She also knows that my name is Marci Rae, and that her dadda is Mark.  Every once in a while she'll call us by our given name to get a laugh out of us, even though we try to keep a straight face : )

I'm BACK!

Hi friends,

Anyone still there? Well, I've decided to start blogging again, after a hiatus (due to many things). For the time being I'm not going to make this blog private, because I think it's kind of a pain for those of you who want to read (and I WANT you to read!). I'll just be on the lookout for weird spam, and if it gets creepy, then I'll let you know I'm going private.

I'm going to be vague for now, but I hope to use this to expand a little more on what's been going on with us for the last several months. 2011 was not the best year for us, and 2012 was looking to be the same. In the last few weeks things have really started to sort of fall into place, and I finally feel a peace that I haven't felt in a LONG time. So, be on the lookout for family updates, pictures of the CUTEST KID EVER, and even some more personal stuff.

Hope you're still there, and if so, stick with me! Here's a picture of Zoe to tide you over for now. Love you all.

Going Private

So I've toyed with the thought of making this blog private before, but wasn't sure because I don't know if enough people read it or not... but after finding another unknown/spam comment on a post I wrote about Zoe, I'm either going to delete this blog or make it private. If you are one of the few readers, please let me know by email that you want added to the blog if I choose to keep it open. I'll either delete or make private by Tuesday.

13 Month Fun

There are a few things that this little cutie has started doing that I don't want to forget:

- when we hand her a book, if it's backwards/upside down, she knows to turn it the right way before she looks at it. We didn't teach her this, she just started doing it a month or so ago on her own.

- how she wants to share all of her food and toys with anybody else in the room. She reaches out her tiny but chubby arm and gives you this look like "please take my ___ , I'm adorable!" Mark and I are always more than happy to oblige, even for a soggy cheerio, but she doesn't yet understand that strangers don't want a drool covered pen.

- the paci game, where she gives us her paci, we put it in our mouth backwards and then she either takes it with her mouth or her hand. She thinks it's HILARIOUS.

- her little body as she learns to walk. The bent knees, the hard steps, the arms bent ever so carefully for balance, her little diaper bottom and the way she waddles, and the look of amazement/pride on her face as she does it. Simply adorable.

-the way she grabs all of the food we put on her tray, and then feeds herself from her what's in her hands. She LOVES food. Loves it.

- her sweet little voice. She can now say Mama, Dada, Papa, ba-ba (bye bye), hi, uh-oh (with a very cute influx on the 'oh'), ah-dah (all done) and gulga... she says gulga a lot, but we have yet to figure out what it means!

- how she plays peek-a-boo. She covers her eyes, or any other part of her face for that matter, and waits until we say "Where's Zoe?"... and she waits, and waits. Then after about 30-45 seconds, she pops her hands off of her face with a surprised look, waiting for us to say "There she is!!". She then laughs, smiles, and does it again and again.

-her rhythm! Zoe loves music, and she even dances when without music, just because she's happy. Her quickly shakes her head from side to side, she bounces & flaps her arms if she's standing up, and if she's crawling, she'll stop and slap her left foot against the floor. She's going to be a rug-cutter like her daddy!

- her eagerness to be like her Mama! She wants to eat what I'm eating, be where I am, and do what I'm doing! I could eat her up... and I do, with kisses! I love how when I pick her up she wraps her little arms tightly around my neck. Makes my heart melt. Every time.

- the other night I was combing her hair after her bath, and she grabbed her brush and started batting it at her head like she was trying to brush her hair! Little Miss Smarty Pants!

I've already added to this post 4 times... she does so many cute things! I feel like multiple times a day, one of us says "Could she be any cuter?"... to which we always answer no! What an adorable little monkey we have!

Catching up...

For anyone who still reads this blog (I may just be writing for my own memory, and not an audience... which is ok I guess!), I know I'm way behind. I started Zoe's 1 year post and never finished it... and I feel like i have so much more to blog about. But, things are busy, and now we'll be without internet for an undetermined amount of time- we're moving tomorrow! Staying at Gulf Drive, but moving into a 2 bedroom. It has been so difficult sleeping in the same room as Zoe for the past year, and our basement is not fit for a room- it's too wet. Yay for moving across the parking lot!

I'll update soon, I promise!