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Rollover Beethoven!

So..... lots of news out here in the PNW! First off:

Meet Zeb. He's the newest addition to the Holt Family. Zeb is an adopted Border Collie. So far, he's a great dog. Comes to his name and stays away from Noella. No barking (except for the occasional quiet growl when a suspicious male comes into view --- something we're working on). Zeb is a keeper. 

In other news, Noella is growing like a weed. She's on to eating sweet potatoes once a day, in addition to her rice cereal. She's begun sleeping through the night (6:30-6:30) for the past 3 weeks or so (off and on - teething has become a middle of the night awakening culprit. Well that, and the intense desire to practice crawling and rolling over in her crib!)

All that practice must have paid off, because she's mastered rolling from her back to her front. I'll post a video after this blogpost. And the teething seems to be paying off as well, as I can now spot a white cap under her gums! FINALLY! This teething thing is crazy. 

I am also training for a trail half marathon on Adam's birthday weekend. I had to do a 10K for the training a few weekends ago and actually placed 2nd out of 77 women in my age group AND 15th out of 405 total women. Not bad for a mom, eh? Let's hope the trail run goes as well. I'm expecting it to be much harder, with much stiffer competition. It will be in Bend, OR which is an awesome place to go anyway, so its a great excuse for a mini-vacation with Noella! Daddy's Ex-Terra triathlon is the following weekend in La Grande, OR, so she's going to become an experienced traveler here in the next few months. 

Well, that's about it for now. I promise to keep you informed more often. Noella is just so hard to keep up with these days (and I know it's just the beginning!).  

Much love from: 

Adam, Liz, Noella and Zeb (the dog)

The Giggles!

Noella gets pretty loopy right before bed. We couldn't stop making her laugh tonight! It was too much fun! Hope this makes your day. It definitely made mine!

Rice Cereal.

Rice Cereal. Oh Yeah.

Guess who's trying semi-solid food now? Here's a hint:

Video to follow!

Home

Yes, I know, technically our home right now is in Oregon (and it does change quite frequently here I might add); but Adam and I definitely still call Missouri home. We hope it to one day be our true home again. While we love the great outdoors, wide open spaces, people, adventure and beauty this place has to offer, we have too many loved ones back in the Show-Me-State to keep us away forever. We were fortunate enough to have visited home for two weeks with Noella. I think she liked it too.

It gave me such joy to see her face light up when around grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. It also gave me joy to see their faces light up to see her. It's a bittersweet battle living so far away!

Needless to say, the trip was a great success. Noella was a rockstar on the plane, and throughout the whole trip mostly. We must make it back soon!

However, I guess it isn't half bad to have this view out our bedroom window right now either..... Maybe we should just count our blessings!

Noella Gets Her Roll On!