Happy Thanksgiving

HOORAY!!!

Joe was offered a job at Liberty Mutual yesterday and will be "officially" accepting it on Tuesday. Hooray! We are so very grateful and excited. The four long months, a ton of hard work, a lot of patience and prayers have finally paid off. Love you babe! So if anyone is looking for some sweet insurance, Joe's your man.

Help!

What started out cute has turned lethal. Ok, not lethal, but it's a problem. Norah is addicted to sucking on biceps. She refuses (and when I say refuses I mean all out gags and sometimes throws up when we put it in her mouth) to take a binkie. We have tried four different kinds of binkies of various sizes, shapes and textures. When offered the bicep, however, she will immediately latch on and fall asleep within probably two minutes. It's our fault for letting her do it in the first place but we never thought it would get this far. When she's tired she pretty much will scream until she gets to suck on it! And really, it wouldn't be so bad if the hickies up and down our arms didn't make it look like Joe and I are shooting up drugs or beating each other. I had to convince people in the Doctor's office on Monday that it was infact my seven week old daughter who inflicted these hideous wounds. So, I'm looking for some advice from all you mommy's out there. Is there anything out there that she might enjoy sucking on? Anything remotely flesh like? Any binkie tips? Help!

Cute

Even when she's upset. OK I know I said one per week, but maybe this can be last weeks? Oh forget it, I just can't get enough of this little girl.

Halloween

Halloween was uneventful this year. No parties, no games, and no costumes. We were lame-o parents and didn't even dress Norah up. But we will probably be buying next year's costume on clearance sometime soon. This may be hard to believe but we didn't get ONE trick-or-treater! So basically, it didn't feel like Halloween at all. We're looking forward to a more festive one next year. Next year little Norah will be running around with her new best friend, Mia:
Our neighbors Jamie and Aviv have a very cute little girl. She is so precious! We are all hoping she and Norah will hit it off. Jamie and Aviv are a really fun couple and we've enjoyed spending time with them.

To avoid the risk of overwhelming you all with pictures of Norah, I think I'll post one favorite per week. Here's this week's favorite:
And lastly, Joe's brother Aaron and his son Zach were on TV this past week demonstrating how to make "gnarly witchy fingers." I'm posting it so you can save this cool recipe but more so because I think Zach's face is classic when he realizes the camera is on him. Check it out!

Drama Queen

Just kidding. But really, these three pictures were all taken within the same MINUTE:



Check out this serious face:OK, one more picture just because she's cute