fearless

around here, however, we don't look backwards for very long.
we keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're curious...:

to say that my little tiny is fearless is an

understatement.

for instance,

today we were at my parent's house.

nora runs like crazy around there.

she know all the in's & out's.

her latest ventures are in the backyard.

my parent's backyard has a couple of retaining walls.

nora likes to throw rocks & dirt from the top.

i was sitting on the couch feeding baby kayl.

my mom had her eye on my little tiny through the window

& i would occasionally see her run by.

nora went to the top of the retaining wall

threw some dirt & rocks.

yelled something at the dogs in her language

&

got a certain look on her face.

my mom & i looked at each other....

"do you think she is going to jump?"

just as quick as the words left my mouth,

my little tiny leapt from the wall...

{its about a 3 foot jump}

we were shocked.

she was completely fine

{once i knew she was okay, i laughed so hard i cried}

in fact,

i would go so far to say that she throughly enjoyed herself.

my fearless little tiny.

& curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.

{-walt disney}

wednesday?

all the turtles are free... :

i can't believe that wednesday has already arrived.

monday & tuesday seem like a blurr to me.

although, sunday was a fabulous way to start the week.

we were able to attend the blessing of a sweet baby girl,

eat a yummy lunch in her honor while in the midst great company,

& take a long sunday nap.

in the evening

we ventured up to granma & granpa's

because we heard that the dogs had found

a new friend in the backyard earlier that morning...

meet kevin.

yes, my sister named her new turtle kevin.

just like russell in the pixar film "UP".

except for kevin is a boy... we think.

my dad is also kevin... for reals though.

nora wasn't quite sure what to think of kevin.

she just stared at him.

sometimes she would stick out a finger to maybe touch him,

but always retracted before making contact.

{nora g & uncle sam}

soon after we left my parents home,

"farmpit" was blessed with a flash flood.

i can not remember a time in my life

{in farmington} when the heavens opened up

like they did on sunday night.

mr. mcphee filmed some of the action

before he & my dad had to jump the fence & save our home from flooding.

you can check out the video here.

{don't mind my conversations with my mom in the background... i was kind of freaking out.}

as turtles &, maybe, all creatures should be.

post script:

my little tiny turned 18 months yesterday...

thats right she is officially one & a half years old.

officially old enough to be in nursery...

which makes me officially in denial that my little tiny baby girl is growing up.

tear.

queen N

this little tiny girl rules the roost:

on any given day,

this is what we do at granma's house.

nora grayce thinks she is the queen.

& maybe she is....

she knows where the yummy treats are in the pantry.

in fact, its the first place she runs to when we arrive.

& she knows just where the treats go when she has suckered

granma, or granpa, or auntie mogen, or uncle sam {& on occasion myself}

into giving her what she wants.

her treats go right to her table.

yumMA!

she always ends up at the piano & in the backyard,

occasionally in the laundry room,

up & down the stairs,

in & out of the pantry,

& most often found digging through her toys

looking for mr. & mrs. 'taetoe' head.

{pounding on the piano}

{helping granma do laundry}

{running outside... pretty sure its her favorite thing to do}

my mom started a joke with mr. & mrs. potato head,

by putting them as her profile picture on facebook.

so we came up with the brilliant idea to take photos of them doing

the things that my parents can be found doing...

my dad tending his garden

{which he prides himself in, especially the corn & the lettuce}

& my mom admiring her gerber daises.

thumbs up for another monday!

here, there, & most everywhere.