These last few days I have really noticed that Nora is growing up. She isn’t a baby anymore and is quickly turning from toddler to little girl. I keep telling Scott we need to get out the video camera to record her cute little voice. She has the cutest voice and the cutest way of expressing herself. I know that if we don’t catch it soon she will speaking less like a toddler and more like a little girl. I have already noticed that so many of her cute little pronunciations are gone.

Nora has a special bond with my dad. From the time she could speak she called him “Bampa”. She just adores him, and he adores her. He loves to tease her. She in turn has picked up on the habit, and now she loves to tease him back. But her little pet name for him has disappeared. Now she has moved on and usually calls him Grandpa. Once in a while a cute little “Bampa” still slips out, but for the most part he is now Grandpa.

Another cute word she says is “Sanks” when she is trying to say thanks. From the time she could first talk she was always very polite. She always said please and thank you. It wasn’t something we tried to teach her. She just did it on her own. But she has the cutest way of saying “sanks”. She is just so animated. But already, I am noticing more and more that “sanks” is being replaced with thanks.

It all just reminds me how fast the time goes and how special this time with my children is. I can’t believe that Emma is already seven and that my baby is 2 1/2. I don’t know where the time has gone. But for now, I know that I am enjoying this time with my kids and I am savoring every little Nora-ism while I can!