Since I last wrote, Nora and I went to the Central Park Zoo in Manhattan while Nathan visited his family in Arkansas. Nora showed her love of animals by making the appropriate sounds for the ones she recognized. On Thanksgiving Day, she gobbled up her share of turkey, seasoned with rosemary, lemons and a homemade citrus salt. Her palate also relished mami's pumpkin pie. Debunking asparagus as her new favorite vegetable are green peas. So long spears! One of her new favorites is trying on shoes, little shoes, big shoes, shiny shoes, open toe shoes. And even more exciting is scuffing her enclosed feet to the groovy sounds of salsa and merengue, a display of fancy and concerted footwork. Her vocabulary continues to multiply, but for the most part, her language still baffles us.This past Thanksgiving we made our second turkey ever, even better than the first. Later this month we will celebrate our second Christmas in Connecticut with Calvary Chapel, our church family. For the second time in his life, Nathan will preach at a Christmas Eve service. Nora has now lived through two Thanksgiving seasons and is about to experience her second Christmas season. Several months ago I began the process of storing Nora's baby clothes and toys, contemplating consigning them to a shop in Mystic called Twice is Nice. Not long after we learned that for the second time in my life I am with child - 15 weeks this Sunday. Before Nora turns 2, she will be a big sister, and we will be parents...again. And so concludes my tribute to the number 2!
