The Babbitts

Friday, February 15, 2008

Look-alike Meter

These look-alike things are cute, and apparently Nora is right in the middle of Greg and me, based on our 2007 Christmas Card picture. Of course, you have to wonder how Greg's beard comes into play. Maybe that is the 50% of Nora's look that comes from me (i.e., absence of beard...).

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Geneology - Family tree software

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Johnny Cash's House

According to Nora, the late, great Johnny Cash is alive and living in our neighborhood...

Driving home from work a few days ago, a Johnny Cash song came on the radio. Nora started to "sing" along, and I asked her if she liked Johnny Cash. Nora said: "Yes. Like Coddy Dash* sing"
(*phonetically spelled, see previous post)

A few minutes later, as we drove into our neighborhood, Nora excitedly exclaimed: "Coddy Dash House!!" while pointing at a house as we drove by.

Since then, she is convinced that this is Johnny Cash's house, and points it out every morning as we leave for work and for Ms. Trina's and every afternoon as we come home.

Who knew....

Here is the aforementioned house (a little smaller and more humble than one might expect)... my apologies to my unsuspecting neighbors as I snapped their house while driving by...

I should probably add that I think Johnny Cash's actual former house was destroyed by a fire.

Monday, February 11, 2008

Nora-isms



The more Nora is talking, the funnier it is... she has several "Nora-isms" - what we call the funny little comments or words she says or the way she pronounces certain words...

  • "Hippy shirt" = any tie-dyed shirt (see above, which are her favorite items of clothing) or other brightly colored clothes
  • "I toot!" = her loud, jubilant pronouncement of when she, well, toots. Usually followed by "I toot more!"
  • "Dolly poop, gross!" "Dolly diaper" = one of her many dolls or stuffed animals has "pooped" and has to have their diaper changed. The diaper change involved precise, anatomically correct wiping and re-diapering, which requires brand new diapers and wipes - her dollies DO NOT like cloth diapers. Her dollies poop about once every 5 minutes or less...
  • "Big bed - not lily bed!" = our bed, her preferred place for naps is the 'big bed,' while her crib mattress is the 'lily' (little) bed
  • "Tah-toe" = the imaginary thing (we haven't figured out what it is yet) that chases her around the house and causes her to leap screaming into our laps (possibly related to tah-too = helicopter...?)
  • "I pick nose!" = self explanatory, but it is very important to her to announce this loudly
  • "Mama Callie" and "Daddy Greg" = I'm not sure how she learned our names (especially when she thinks her name is Rana or Nona) but she loves to comine our titles and names and it is so cute. Almost as cute as when she called me "Doctor Mama"
  • "I DO SELF!!" = the most commonly heard phrase at our house (followed closely by MINE, ELMO, and DIAPER - see above)



ps to Bevo: the fan is a very popular toy (see first picture) and her favorite thing to do is to try sticking various body parts (mostly her's, sometimes the cat's) into it to see what it feels like...