First Tears

Ok, so it is the first real tear that actually fell from her eye on to her cheek. She recovered nicely and was laughing at the dog or something when I took a picture. (The tear is on her left check, or actually almost to her chin.) What can I say - she is a really happy baby and doesn't cry all that much.

Well she still isn't crawling, but no worries. She is trying to pull herself up into my lap/arms when I hold my hands out. And she will pull herself up to standing position when holding our fingers

She has started on 3 food meals a day now. All the food going in is coming out quite often too! Sorry had to mention since she is working on filling her diaper as I type this up. I can't wait.

She is also saying 'ba ba ba'. There is no meaning for it, but she just repeats it over and over again. We are working on da da and ma ma, but we still get ba ba. I'll take it!

The animals are getting either very brave or are very desperate for attention. They keep getting closer and closer to her. And she keeps getting big handfulls of hair. You'd think they would learn. Boy do they have a world of hurt coming when she does get mobile! For their sakes, I do hope she takes her time in crawling. But then again, they all need an exercise program to get them back into shape. :-)

Well after changing her diaper it reminded me that she is rolling around like crazy on the changing table. She also thinks it is funny to grab the blinds. Yes, we were not so bright and put the changing table in front of the window...we may need to reconsider that decision soon. It is a bonus for her when she gets her foot in between the slats...yep that's a daily event.

Another thing, she is 'giving five'. Its cute, but she doesn't really grasp the whole concept just yet. Still working on clapping, but no luck yet. I think she may be working on waving, but not sure. Every once in awhile she raises her hand up and waves it.

No signs of teeth yet...no complaints here either! Her eyes are still a gorgeous blue, guess that came from Grandpa Ric and Aunt Kristan...and probably why I think she looks a lot like Kristan's baby pictures. Her hair is changing colors everyday. One day it looks brown, another day red and another day strawberry blonde. So who knows what color it will end up being.

Funny note - she is playing peekaboo with Maddie (cat) around my feet right now. Of course Maddie doesn't have a clue. Cora just loves the animals. If they come near her she busts out giggling. It is priceless.

Okay, time for me to wrap this up...Cora was on the floor about two feet away from me and now all of a sudden is able to grab the edge of the laptop.

I kept thinking I needed to just give an update on all her doings instead of just posting pictures. She has become quite clingy to me in the evenings when it is just the two of us, so we usually just sit on the floor and play and read books.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!