Playing in the Pool

Dennis's Mom brought her baby pool that Peyton plays in and Cora wasn't thrilled at first, but warmed up to it once we gave her some cups to play with.
Ok, this is pretty cool...
I had brought a 'squirt pool' that you hook the hose up to and it squirts water out along the edges and a few spots in the middle. It was a lot colder, but she had fun in it.

Last Week

Having fun in the bathtub. She is about to outgrow her duck, but we'll use it as long as we can!
Her hair is getting a little longer so I was playing with it.
Swinging. She loves it and holds on tight.
She is sticking her tongue out a lot...and we are discovering it is really long!
Cora trying a biter biscuit. She wasn't real impressed and it ended up on the floor.

Whole Milk! We started introducing whole milk last week. She smacks her mouth after drinking it sometimes, but she likes it. We went down to one bottle at daycare this week and she gets whole milk in a sippy cup at her meals. So far so good.
She was just standing in the window and laughing so I grabbed the camera. This was a cute outfit on her too.

Wow! I am behind...

Here's links to the last few months of pictures on Shutterfly if you are interested. Some are pretty funny and to watch her grow is amazing!

February Pictures

March Pictures

April Pictures (Part I)

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

She's All Over The Place!

She is pulling up on EVERYTHING! It is great! She was chasing after the cat that was in the recliner...the cat bailed before I grabbed the camera.

She was so hyper and having a blast. All of these pictures were taken in about 15 minutes, if that long.

She had a hard week at school this week. Her favorite teacher's last day was last Friday and she has had a hard time with her being gone. And Shelia worked in the old room and it still was hard on Cora. She keeps going to the door looking for her. They have been letting her go back to the old class in the afternoons. I joked that she is having transition problems 3 months late. I think she is getting better, but we all miss Shelia!

I don't think I posted it already, but her second bottom front tooth came in last week. I think it came through Thursday night - the night I had Bunko. Her teeth keep coming while I am away from her. And Daddy gets to deal with her fussing. Now her problem is she keeps biting herself. She isn't quite used to them yet and she sticks her fingers in her mouth and bites down, then screams. She has a few spots of broken skin too. So far so good I haven't been bitten yet. We are going to start introducing cow's milk soon...probably in the next week or two. I am so proud that I made it this long nursing! I did stock the freezer pretty well and that is why I have been able to make it so long without having to supplement with formula. So that means we are going to be giving up the bottle soon too. Yikes. I am going to try again on getting the pacifier to only bedtime, but it hard. She is very addicted!

Well she is crawling around my feet and just pulled the power on my laptop, so I guess I better get back to her. I think I am close to being caught up...

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Dennis and I are celebrating our 6th anniversary on Sunday. I can't believe it has been 6 years already...time flies doesn't it?

Mother's Day

My first Mother's Day was wonderful. It didn't start out the best since Cora had a really nasty poopy diaper that was coming out of every opening...and Dennis had conveniently already put his crisp white shirt on for Church. All I kept thinking was 'Happy Mother's Day to me'.

Well my day took a very nice turn and I got my gift from Cora and Daddy. They both did very well! I got my diamond earrings...that I have been telling Dennis I wanted since before Cora was even conceived I think.

We had lunch at our house with our parents, Dennis's brother and his family and my brother. It was very nice to have everyone over.

We were trying to take some pictures of us and I tried setting Cora in the grass...she hates it! We have tried a few times and she just cries and cries. If she could pick up both feet at the same time she would. When you get her close to the ground her feet and legs come up and she starts screaming. I hope she gets over that soon!

Okay, I have a lot more pictures of her to post...but I am tired and it is taking longer than normal to upload pics, so hopefully I get them added this weekend! Have a great weekend.

Baby Dedication

Our church does Baby Dedications twice a year and Mother's Day is one of the days. We invited the grandparents up to see Cora get dedicated. It is a mass dedication, so she had to share the limelight with all the other babies. She did really well and didn't need her pacifier at all. Pastor Tim even made a mention of her awesome hair color! I wasn't paying attention, but I am sure it looked even more striking under all those stage lights.


Here's a picture of her before we left and then a couple from church.

Daddy and Cora made the big screen!

Random

I have been taking a ton of pictures...just don't have the time to post them anymore! Sorry, I am trying to get caught up. These are just a couple that are just random pictures. I gave her some avocado for dinner and she loved it - I am sure the daycare was loving her diapers that next day too!

And she is fascinated with emptying baskets. We have a few around the house with toys and books in them. The picture is of her pulling all her books out of one. She also loves emptying the cat/dog toy basket of course!

Easter Dress

Here are the pictures of her in her Easter dress...a month and a half late. She almost doesn't fit in it! She wasn' really in the mood to take pictures and all she wanted to do was eat all the props. And she kept crawling off of the set.

Catch Up

When she started crawling and wanted to sit back up, she would do the splits. It looks very painful, but works for her!
Smiley girl as always. I was trying to get a picture of her making a funny face after feeding her an orange and she just kept smiling at me.
She is feeding herself very well.

Here are some pics from this weekend. She has been fussy some all weekend, but I am sure it has to do with her teeth. She got a lot of bonding time with Daddy this weekend so Mommy could get some things done in the office. I got some spring cleaning done with all the filing and paperwork that was way overdue! I watched Dr Phil last week about an obsessive hoarder and it made me want to clean and throw away. Dennis is thrilled, but of course would like me to throw away a lot more!

Cora is eating a lot of table food. She is wanting to feed herself more so it works out. I still send baby food to school for convenience and since she will let them feed her. She is doing really well with the sippy cup too. If she likes whole milk I may have no problem getting her to give up a bottle! I am just worried about the nursing and pacifier. We went about 5 steps backwards over the weekend and now with the tooth pain on the whole trying to wean the pacifier. She pretty much has it in her mouth all the time.

Well during her dinner tonight she fell right to sleep. She was eating fine and then I was cutting up some more veggies for her and Dennis laughed and said to look at her and she was out! I didn't even realize she was that tired. Poor thing. She slept for about 15 minutes, then woke up and started eating again. I joked that she was going to be up all night because of her little cat nap...unfortunately I may have been right. I finally gave up on her because she wasn't going to sleep any time soon and started posting on the blog. A few minutes ago I heard Dennis tell her she was going to go to sleep or she was going to have to play it out in her bed. Well she isn't in bed yet, but it is awfully quiet in the other room, so I am guessing she has finally fallen asleep...he may have too!

FINALLY!

Okay, so this happened sometime last week while I was sick and trying to stay away from Cora. I think it happened Tuesday night. She was really fussy and I didn't want her to wake Daniel their last night here, so I had Dennis bring her to our bed. She slept in between us for a few hours after sliding off of Dennis's chest. She was tossing back and forth and I didn't get much sleep because she kept kicking me and grabbing my arm and pinching it to make sure I was still there! She has got the pincher grasp down just fine, trust me on that one.

So, I think the tooth broke through overnight on Tuesday. I discovered it Wednesday evening when I picked her up from school and she was fussing at me. Poor baby. She has been a little fussy this weekend too. Not sure if the one next to it is going to pop through any day now.

Cousins

Here are the pictures I have of the cousins together. Cora and Daniel played very well together...until bath time. The second bath together he got too comfortable and started splashing her. We made one outing with all three kids and that was entertaining. Kristan installed her two car seats in my Tahoe and we were off. Cora loved the company in the backseat. After the second stop Kristan and I were done. The whining had set in and we were getting headaches. Ok, in their defense, this was the day after Laura and Daniel had spent two days in the car, so that was the last thing they wanted to do!

And Daniel loved the bubbles too. We found a good bubble machine that put off a lot of bubbles!

10 Months Old

Wow! Can you believe it already? We had a rough weekend with my sister and her family. It was fun to see them and the kids playing, but we were plagued with accidents and illnesses. Not long after arriving at Nana & Grandpa's house, little Daniel stepped on a roofing nail. It was about an inch long and went all the way up into his foot. His mom was always prone to finding the sharp items on the ground when she was younger too. He recovered pretty well, just limped along. Laura had a really bad yeast infection. She was ok if she was busy doing something, but when it was time for bed she was losing it and keeping them awake. Then I ended up coming down with strep throat on Monday night. I went to the dr on Tues and got some antibiotics. But I had to steer clear of all kids on Tuesday. That was hard...especially since one of them was mine! Mom can handle Cora really well, so I wasn't worried.

But with all the issues, I didn't get many pictures taken and none of all three kids together! Kristan took some, but I haven't seen them yet. I do have some other pictures that I will post later.