Catching Up Part 2

The morning of Go Texan Day I wanted Cora to wear her boots...she had another plan. I convinced her to wear them until we got to school so her teachers could see them and then she could take them off. She cried and cried. When I put her on the ground standing it was like she was in cement and couldn't move - quite funny. She made it to school, but as soon as everyone saw her she was kicking that foot up to get them off. Miss Jennifer gave Cora some little bears that had baby bears in the pockets...she likes to carry around all the little baby bears.

We bought Cora a potty seat. She likes to sit on it, but won't pee in it. She also won't sit on it if you ask her to...but if you don't ask and you are in the bathroom she will sit on it. Mind of her own.

Cora and all her loveys - there are 4 all together, but we have duplicates of two of them...of course not the favorite two! If I give her all her loveys, she knows it is time to wind down.

Well we lost the one pair of sunglasses - they were sitting on the console of my car and I took a turn too fast and they went flying. I never imagined I would never find them...so we have a replacement pair that she likes and thinks she is 'cool' when wearing them. She is actually saying 'cool' in the picture below.

Miss Hollywood. She even has the pouty look down!

Catching Up

I took a little photography class over the last few weeks and for my homework, Cora was my main subject of course. Here are some shots that I took while practicing!

One afternoon I threw a hand full of crackers on her tray...only to look back a few minutes later and see them all perfectly lined up. She has some serious OCD tendencies and I haven't ever seen this before.
Is this a guilty look or what? She doesn't get juice at all and she received a capri sun in one of her Valentine's goodie bags at school. I love them, so I threw it in the fridge. One afternoon I needed a sugar boost so I grabbed it and drank some of it. She came around the corner and saw it and freaked out. Only way to calm her was to give it to her. She immediately sucked the entire thing down! Um...hello...where did she learn this??? She wouldn't even give me the empty package - she had to throw it away herself.

Manicure

Another 'cheese' shot.
Watching Elmo and filing her nails.

Cora's nails grow about as fast as mine do - already! I have to pay attention or she ends up scratching herself. She has had a bad cough all week and Monday she was upset she couldn't sleep for her nap and ended up scratching her cheek while rubbing her eyes. I filed on them every morning for as long as she would let me...which is about 2 fingers worth. By Wednesday night I finally got her to sit still long enough for me to get them all back in shape. Well when I was done she wanted to do it by herself and I thought it was cute.

She had a rough week with the cough, but it seems to be getting better. She finally was able to take a nap on Wednesday, but I also have been giving her Zyrtec at night...that is helping a lot.

We have a tooth about to come through...I am just not sure where yet. She isn't eating as much and insisted on having a banana for dinner the other night...that is the first clue of an upcoming tooth. I guess the mushy feels good on her gums, but she always freaks over bananas right before a tooth breaks through.

She is repeating us a little more and trying to say words when I ask her to repeat them. She knows that an Owl says 'who-who' and she saw an alligator on tv tonight and started slapping her hands and arms together like she was imitating the mouth. She loves bubbles in the bathtub and will drop everything to go brush her teeth. She is really good with routines. She also told me she went 'poo-poo' the other night. Very impressive since we haven't ever talked about it. I will be buying a potty seat soon! She also has to have her sunglasses every afternoon when I pick her up. She sits back with them on and watches her movies all the way home. It is helping with the bright sun that blinds her every day, so whatever works!

She is trying really hard to be a Daddy's Girl. She is getting really upset when Dada tries to leave or she thinks he is leaving. Even when he sneaks out she figures it out half the time. She recovers ok most of the time, but it is strange for her to act like that. She has always been such a Mommy's girl...I am not used to this.

Rodeo is starting soon and I can't wait to get her out there - she loves farm animals! And I am ready to get her all dressed up with her boots and hat! It is going to be hard with her Daddy's girl thing going on since Dennis will be out there so much, but we'll survive!

She is getting harder and harder to wake up in the mornings...usually just grumbles when I tell her it is time to get up. I have found that if I ask her if she wants to go play with Conner and Brooklyn (classmates at her school) she will pop right up. It is quite funny and I am glad it works...for now. Conner is her buddy and has been w/Cora since she started daycare. He greets us just about every morning and tells 'Cowa' hello and calls me 'Cowa's Mama'. It is precious.

Well that's about it for now...hope everyone has a great weekend.

Pretty Girl

It is getting warmer so I can dress her up in her skirts and dresses. She also is allowing pony tails on some days. Still have to sneak the bows in when she isn't looking, but we are making some progress. I try to take her picture in the mornings before we go to school, but she isn't much for humoring me so she rarely smiles in them.

She actually has a bow in her hair in this one, but it only lasted a couple of minutes.

Peyton's 3rd Birthday

We spent Saturday afternoon at Peyton's Birthday party. Cora played and played.

Bella, Kathy (Honey), Cora, Nanno and Peyton.

Cora is a lap sitter and Kate had an open lap so she took it!
Another birthday party wipeout!

Another Bruise

Our child is a klutz! She has another mystery bruise on her forehead. It is lovely.

We went out to eat with Nana and Grandpa the other night and I told her to eat a bite of chicken...as I was putting it in her mouth she was saying 'bock bock'. Well Saturday morning we were giving Cora bacon for the first time and she really liked it. So I was joking around and telling her it was pig, so she was making the sound for what a pig says...which is more of a 'mm mm' instead of an 'oink, oink'.

Oops!

We don't drive Dennis's grey truck very often...usually just around Rodeo time....which is in a couple of weeks. Well my car really needs an oil change and Dennis keeps forgetting to do it over the weekend. He brought home the grey truck for me to drive so he could take my car. Well Monday nights I am taking a photography class, so since it was in the back of the driveway, he said to just take the grey truck. No problem. Until I got home...I turned into the driveway and was focusing on not falling into the ditch on the other side of the driveway and forgot that his other truck was at the very end of the driveway. I heard a loud crash and just kept saying..."that didn't just happen!" I couldn't believe I had just done that. I don't make stupid mistakes like that!!! Dennis comes walking out the front door...gets to the trucks and just has a smirk on his face. I was so mad at myself and he was trying to hold in busting out laughing. The white truck only had a little paint transfer on the grill guard. I had to make the fun phone call to my insurance agent the next day and explain how I hit one of my husband's trucks into the other truck.

The worst part is that I had been trying to figure out what to get Dennis for Valentine's Day...well we both got a new side of his truck! He took it to the dealership on Tuesday and it should be ready middle of next week.

Emilee's Birthday Party

We went to Emilee's birthday party after gymnastics. She was wired after gymnastics, so she sat at the table with all the rest of the girls. It was really cute.

Emilee blowing out her candles.
Miss Jill grabbed Cora to get her out of the way and she was okay with it so she held onto her for a little while...until Bella got too jealous.

After eating, we played some putt-putt. It was black light putt-putt so it was hard to see, but the pictures came out good. Her flower was glowing - it was neat.

Daddy teaching Cora putt putt.

She is so tall, yet in this picture she looks so tiny!

Miss Julie stole Cora for a minute...and then fed her cake to keep her!

Playing Skeeball. It was the longest game of skeeball. The balls kept coming back to her.

She's cool again...

She's passed out cool now!

Gymnastics

I wanted to get Cora involved in something outside of daycare. I looked at Reflex gymnastics by our house, but the Mommy and Me program is a little too Mommy lead. I didn't do gymnastics, so I don't know the safety on all the things, much less how to use them. We went to a free class at The Little Gym and I loved it. The teacher does a little program and you also have free play. Cora was hesitant the first class, but I knew she would warm up to it, so I signed her up! We go every Saturday morning, so no more sleeping in! We took Daddy with us on our third week and she was showing off for him.

This is the first time we tried a forward roll and she liked it. She is already about to do it by herself.

Ta da!

Say Cheese!

She has started saying 'cheese' to the camera. I don't think I have ever told her that, so I am guessing she learned it at school. I don't think I will be asking her to say cheese much more...

I don't know what happened here, but it is a funny picture.
Reading bedtime story with Dada.

She has starting walking on her knees in the mornings. It is her way of getting Dada to pick her up and carry her.

I started a very bad thing...I gave her an old pair of my sunglasses. Not only does she think she is cool when she wears them, Dada has taught her to say 'cool' while wearing them.

Ribs

I said she was ready for the Rodeo! We were eating Ribs one night for dinner and she wanted one, so Daddy gave her one of his. She chewed on it, but I don't think she ever got any meat off of it.