Mon, Aug 1, 2005

Nora had her visit with her new pediatrician last week. Dr. Medrano was very friendly and took to Nora right away. You can tell she really loves children. Nora’s weight and height have been updated in the status and growth chart.

Nora is doing new things everyday. She stated shaking her head “NO!? about a week ago and does it all the time. Even when you ask her if she wants a drink and she does she will shake her head no first then grab the cup. Typical female, we are suppose to be able to read her mind all the time and know what she is thinking – ha-ha.

She also throws tantrums already! And she isn’t close to being 2yrs old or 3 (which I have herd is worse that the terrible two’s.) We call them total meltdowns. She is so tenderhearted and if she is getting into something she isn’t suppose to be and you tell her no, she gets SO UPSET! She squats down then throws her whole body to the floor balling!

She recently started demanding for a lot of holding. Not sure if that is linked with the teething maybe she isn’t’ feeling good? Her top molars still haven’t’ broken thru the gums yet. She wants to be held all the time and balls if you set her down. Daddy got a good taste of it over the past weekend. She has learned that she can climb anything she can get her knee up on. She is getting fast climbing up the stairs when we go up to bed.

I can’t remember if I told everyone about her getting into her walker on her own. I was totally surprised one day when I came out of the bathroom and there she was in it! I got her out and watched her climb back into it. She sure is strong! Well I will post some photos later on when she is taking a nap.

Sun, Jul 10, 2005

Poor Nora has had a rough weekend. She is cutting 1st molars on the top. These will make 12 teeth so far. We've never noticed her having such pain as she has had cutting these two.

This weekend twice at the dinner table she just leaned over and laid her head down on the table and tears flowed down both cheeks. It was so pitiful!! She wasn't boo-hooing just tears. It broke both our hearts to see her like this.

We have been giving her teething tablets which have helped greatly! She gets excited when she sees the bottle. She has already figured out and knows what they will give her relief! Please say a little prayer for her until she cuts these teeth. Thanks :-)

Sun, Jul 3, 2005

We are feeling a little blue today, or at least I (Bonnie) am. The 4th of July is tomorrow and we don't have any plans. There was no mention of a parade in the local newspaper last week. I don’t think they do much here in Orange except a small fireworks show at dusk. I am really starting to feel homesick for KY.

There is no place I rather be on the 4th of July than at home in Campbellsville. From sun up to sun down there is something to do. Every year following the parade downtown, we walk Main Street and it usually becomes like a homecoming seeing people we haven’t seen in a long time. We haven’t missed many 4th of July’s over the years.

The first time we didn’t make it home was the year we built our home in Sumter, SC. David & I spent the whole day planning our landscaping. Last year Nora was only 11 days old and we were hosting a house full of company at our home in Augusta, GA. My family - Daddy, Barry and Brian came down from KY to meet Nora for the first time. I wasn’t feeling up to traveling yet.

I think we will start planning for next year. We will have to make a trip to Campbellsville for the 4th of July next year. Nora will have just turned 2 and I'm sure she will enjoy it more then.

Fri, Jul 1, 2005

Still haven't been to the doctor for Nora's 1 year old check up. We are waiting on our new insurance cards to come! We have heard lots of good stuff on two peditricians here in Orange. We will be sure to post information as soon as we go. I have added the charts for her weight and height to the photo album. I will update it soon.

Mon, Jun 27, 2005

We just got home from dropping off David’s family at the airport in Houston this afternoon. His mom, Kathy; both of his grandmothers, Corrine & Nora Lee and Diane (a friend of Kathy’s), came and spent the week with us to help celebrate Nora’s 1st Birthday last Thursday the 23rd. .

We had such a great time – doing something different each day. Shopping, touring, shopping, party planning, shopping, going to the library, shopping, hosting Nora’s 1st Birthday, and we even went to Galveston Island (more shopping) for a couple of days while they were here. It was such a great trip and we made some great memories together.

Tomorrow morning it sure will be an empty house with everyone all gone and David back to work. I plan to work on uploading new photos for everyone to see of Nora and her Birthday week. She now has a whole new wardrobe and is anxious to model each dress and outfit.

Nora's bedroom door is decorated so pretty with all the beautiful cards she received for her Birthday. She loves looking at them each time we pass by. Thanks to all of you for remembering her special 1st Birthday. We love you all!

Thu, Jun 23, 2005

Today is Nora's 1st Happy Birthday! I had the following announcement published in the local newspaper along with a photo of Nora. I am including it so all of you can read it.

Nora Anne Minor will turn one year old Thursday, June 23.

She will celebrate with a Strawberry Shortcake birthday party, Thursday afternoon. Nora Anne is the daughter of David and Bonnie Minor of Orange. There will be special guests visiting from Campbellsville, Kentucky who will be celebrating Nora Anne’s first birthday with her. They are Kathy Minor, Grandmother; Corrine Reliford, Great Grandmother; Nora Lee Minor, Great Grandmother; and Diane Mardis, friend of the family.

Nora also has a grandfather, Ollie Newton; Uncles, Barry Newton and Brian Newton; Aunt, Melanie Minor; and cousins Malorie and Lance Byrne all of Campbellsville, Kentucky. Cousin, Josh Newton, is from Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Nora Anne you have brought us more happiness than we ever wished for and each day you fill our hearts with more and more joy. You were born a Georgia Peach, but now you are as sweet as a Texas Orange!

We love you!! DaDa & MumMum

Mon, Jun 6, 2005

Nora is WALKING SOLO!!! She started a couple weeks ago taking a few quick steps to me, but out of excitement would try to go too fast and end up falling... but as of today she is going solo anywhere and everywhere she wants to!

I knew yesterday that it was only a matter of time, because the spent a whole hour doing laps (walk/running) around the loveseat holding on!

It is so funny to watch her because she looks like she is lost. She staggers so slowly looking around as if to say, "hum, where do I want to go now?"

Baby gates are installed thankfully!!! We already found out that she can climb the stairs! It won't be long until she is running from us!

Sat, May 14, 2005

I forgot to mention that I had the best 1st Mother's Day any mom could wish for! David and Nora surprised me with a beautiful Hydrangea plant shortly after waking up in the hotel. Later that morning we went to church at the cathedral in Beaumont and then enjoyed a great lunch outdoors at a restaurant downtown.

To end the day, we drove by our new home in Orange and the previous owners had left the keys for us so we unloaded our stuff out of the van - no more hotels for us! Then went to Wal-Mart to buy an air mattress.

What a great memorable day with my family! :) I am so blessed to be a mother!

Fri, May 13, 2005

We are finally HERE in our new home in Orange, TX! The movers packed all of our stuff up on Monday and then we spent two days driving to arrive for our closing on our new home Friday. The movers arrived last Tuesday the 10th to unload our stuff!

Boy we were all so happy to see our belongings… especially our own beds. Air mattresses should not be made for more than one person to sleep on trust me!

I have posted some photos of Nora during the moving in day. She spent a lot of time outside with us in under the shade tree. Keeping her from eating grass and bugs kept me David busy while I kept up with the box inventory checklist.

We will be emailing everyone soon to let you know our new mailing address and email address. Thanks for your prayers!

Tue, Apr 26, 2005

We are MOVING to TEXAS! Most of you have already heard but in case you haven't - well now you know. It is certainly going to be a very sad good bye to our dearest friends here in Augusta! :(

David is being promoted with Firestone to the plant in Orange, TX. We spent all of last week out there to house hunt. Nora was such a great traveler on the plane and a great house hunter too! We made and offer on a home Thursday before flying out Friday and the sellers accepted!!! Whew!! What a process!

I can’t begin to tell you how busy we have all been. I am coordinating this move and there is just not enough time in the day. David’s part in this hasn’t been easy either, because I am constantly adding to his honey-do-list. He checks off an item as done only to find I have added 3 more! Will he ever get done? :P

Our home here in GA is not on the market as of yet. We are trying to get our repair guy to come replace some rotting wood by the front door before we list it. Also we are having him do some outdoor painting and pressure washing. Our realtor says that we will have a better chance at getting prime market value if that all of these thing are taken care of first. He’s supposed to be here tomorrow and Thursday so join us in crossing your fingers for us that he will show up! He has cancelled on us twice already.

Hopefully we will have a for sale sign in the yard Thursday afternoon! The bad thing is that we will only be able to show it with furniture for only 2-3 days!!! Yep, like I said earlier time is flying by!!! Our new home in TX goes to closing on Friday May 6th, so next MONDAY packers come, Tuesday is loading day and then we are driving cross-country on Wednesday and Thursday!! We will keep you posted, please if you remember us, keep us in your prayers. God Bless!

Tue, Apr 5, 2005

Nora has a new nick name... I actually stopped everything to come to the computer and post this! Nora is now known as "Little Miss Water Works" - for the last few days she gets so mad and frustrated when she doesn't get her way, that she immediately turns on the water works! She looks so pitiful, but luckily the water shuts off about as quickly as it turns on - for now at least. :)

Tue, Apr 5, 2005

Looks like David's first day of work at the Orange plant is scheduled for Monday, May 2nd... that is only 4 weeks away! I hope the HR people call soon so we can get all the details about selling our home. For now I have to get everything cleaned and put away neatly. Thank goodness I am all caught up on the laundry! Woo hoo!

Fri, Apr 1, 2005

Well we have some sour news for everyone. We are moving - yes moving. I know it's April Fools Day, but we are not foolin. .....this makes our upteenth move in our 8 years of marriage.

David has accepted a job promotion with Firestone at the Orange, Texas plant. We don't have much of the moving details as of yet but it looks like once everything starts going it will be a fast move.

It was the hardest decision we have had to make since we have been married. We will really hate to say Good Bye to Augusta and our friends here. We really feel like Augusta is home for us.

Tue, Mar 1, 2005

Wow, I am just now getting Valentine's photos up. We got a new charger for the camera so we are now back in business with taking photos!!!

Nora is crawling everywhere and pulling up to most everything! She is even starting to cruise... moving along the sofa while holding on. Today she actually worked up enough nerve to go from the sofa to my knee to the coffee table! All the while breathing so heavy. I think it was the scarryest thing she has ever done in her whole life up until now. :)

Nora is quite a handful to say the least. When I am at the computer I spend more time pulling her out from under the desk than I do typing... she loves all the wires and has discovered how to pull over the trash can under the desk. The only time I can really spend updating the page is when she is sleeping. So tonight and tomorrow while David is in Texas with Bridgstone, I will get some new photo albums put up for all you to see.

Tue, Mar 1, 2005

Nora has more teeth now! She has 4 on the bottom that are all the way in and the 4 center ones on the top are cutting in together. Come her birthday she will have so many teeth she is likely to tell us, "Skip the cake give me the steak!" :)

Tue, Mar 1, 2005

Nora has more teeth now! She has 4 on the bottom that are all the way in and the 4 center ones on the top are cutting in together. Come her birthday she will have so many teeth she is likely to tell us, "Skip the cake give me the steak!" :)

Mon, Feb 14, 2005

Tonight for Valentines Day, Nora and I made David a special Valentine's Dinner and had it all set up in the den. We had many candles and nice music and of couse presents for Daddy too! Last year for Valentine's - David felt Nora kick for the first time. That was pretty special too. ;)

Wed, Feb 9, 2005

Nora is playing patty cake! She opens her Left hand up and pats it on what ever she can when I start singing PatA-Cake. Her right had remains in a fist for now. Today when I was changing her diaper she grabbed my arm and began Pat-a-caking it. It was so cute! Also Nora is crawling to her bouncy seat and pulling up to it. Today I actually saw her stand up in front of it - holding on for dear life of course. She was so proud of herself! :)

Tue, Feb 8, 2005

I recently went to a "Discovery Toy's" party and we have discovered the perfect purpose for Nora's new toy. We call it the "bite ball toy".

At meal time, it is so difficult and challenging sometimes to get Nora to open her mouth to take a bite. Sometimes I feel like I do everything but stand on my head... so David suggested we have it on the table when she is eating and when she takes a bite we push the button and spin the balls as her reward.

Well, I have been doing that the last 2 days and it is working pretty good and I don't have to put on a show before the bite which most of the time didn't get her to take a bite.... Now the entertainment begins when she actually does what we want her to do.

Talk about creative reinforcement! :)

Mon, Feb 7, 2005

Nora is cutting her 4th tooth! It broke thru the gumb Sunday night. She and I were up all night. Poor baby has had a terrible runny nose with this tooth. It is on the bottom with all the others. No upper teeth yet, just chin choppers.