Wildflowers

We took a Sunday drive to look for Bluebonnets. We didn't have a whole lot of luck. We found a really big Indian Paintbrush field and tried that. Then we figured out that Cora is her mamma's daughter and isn't real thrilled with grass. It touched her foot and she just about lost it. She recovered enough for a couple of pictures.

We drove around and found a tiny tiny bluebonnet patch in Brenham. We worked with it. Again, she wasn't thrilled with the grass, but again, she recovered enough to get a couple pics.

A few updates:

She has started to pucker her bottom lip out when she is starting to get upset...I have also noticed she does it before she sneezes. Either way it is very funny. I have been trying to get a picture of it for a couple of days now and just realized that she did it in the pictures we took on Sunday. You can't see it that great so I will try to get it close up later.

Okay, now for the exciting news - she says 'bye bye'. It is so adorable! I know, I am a sappy mom...can't help it! She mastered the wave a couple of weeks ago and started saying bye bye on Sunday. It just makes me melt every morning.

My sister and her family are coming to town on Friday and I can't wait to see them and for her to see Cora. I don't know if she is going to let go of her!

I hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the week!

Oops!

Okay, didn't I say I got my Happy Baby Back? Holy cow - she is all over the place! I love it though. She is doing wonderful. She is crawling everywhere...pulling up on what she can...waving bye bye...and the list goes on! We went camping last weekend at Bastrop and I suck - I didn't take one picture! I don't know what happened. Everyone else took pictures, so maybe someone will send me some and I can post them. Cora did pretty well. She took great naps, but didn't sleep as well at night. New place, not her bed... It got pretty cold, but we stayed warm and I am glad I threw in some long sleeve clothes and a jacket for her at the last minute. She had fun and it was great getting back into the camping groove again.

These are some pictures I snapped tonight while playing. This dress really brought out the blue in her eyes. You can really see it in the pictures.

Well we are letting her cry it out some at night. She is doing really well...and so are we. I have been able to stay in bed for most of the night and it is great. Daddy is still getting up with her some, but she is staying in the bed and that is a huge improvement for us! I am also trying to cut back on the use of the pacifier. I started it on a whim on Monday evening, so I haven't been with her for an entire day yet, so I am sure I will cave tomorrow - especially since we will be at a big family function all day. Her doctor told us at her 6 month check up that we needed to be rid of it by a year, so I figure I better start now. We are going to try to just have it at nap time and nighttime. She has done great every evening this week with only a couple meltdowns and we survived without giving in! The morning teacher at school gives it to her a lot, so they will have lots of adjusting...but the afternoon teacher couldn't find it, so maybe there won't be a problem after all! :-)

Sorry it has taken me so long to update...we are just trying to do our best to keep up with Cora. It is wearing us all out! My sister and her family (Laura & Daniel) are coming to town the end of next week. I am so excited to see the kids and for her to see Cora. Cora may learn some things from Daniel while he is here (he is about 7 months older).

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

My Happy Baby Is Back!

Cora is feeling so much better!!! She is eating better, sleeping better and just all around feeling better. You can tell a difference in her eyes. Ok, so we got her feeling better and now my allergies are about to do me in.

Here are some pictures of her from this last week. She claps all the time now.

Baby Lion

More of the perks of working at the Downtown Aquarium. Not sure if it makes up for all the crap I put up with on a daily basis, but it sure does help! This is Indy, a 5 week old lion cub that was visiting for a week. The lovely tiger ladies have a great relationship with the breeder that we got the white tigers from and from time to time she will ask them to babysit a tiger cub...well this time they got a lion. They are so much softer than the tigers and quieter. You can cuddle with them more and they are more mobile too. It was neat. I also got to feed her the other day, but those pictures are on my cell phone.