More Big Girl

She loves to sit on the couch and read her books. She can't get up there by herself, but she gets down pretty well.

Daddy's Little Pumpkin

Daddy's Little Pumpkin wasn't cooperating for pictures. But we did finally get to a pumpkin patch with actual pumpkins!

Picking out her pumpkin.

This is the only place she didn't cry...on the tractor!

Notice the hand on the lever... I think she has been on a few too many tractors.

Cora's 1st Wedding

Well it was her first reception at least. We went to Wade & Shelly's wedding reception that happened to be at The Downtown Aquarium. Cora had a blast and actually made it until about 9:15 or so...after playing at the birthday party that afternoon too!
Cora and all the spoons from the table!
My big girl sitting at the table.

Dancing with Mommy.

She was having fun dancing.

All that dancing will make a girl tired though.

This is Wade and Shelly's little girl, Raegan. She is exactly one month younger than Cora. I think Cora was excited to see her because she had a buddy in her mouth!

Cora found her lovey and buddy and would walk around and then lay down on the floor. After she did that a few times, we knew it was time to go home. She was great, only fussed when another little girl stole her buddy. Once we got it back, she was fine though. She had fun walking around everywhere...wore Mommy out though!

Bella's Birthday Party

We went to Bella Halata's birthday party at the Little Gym. I had thought about taking her to some classes there, but just haven't gotten around to it. She loved it! I need to get her in some classes I guess!

Spinning Bella in the parachute.

Cora watching all the big kids running around.

Cora was quite happy playing with her ball.

All the kids at the party. Happy Birthday Bella!

Daddy put Cora on the bar and let go - I don't know which one of us was more surprised she held on! It was pretty funny.

Big Girl Shoes

I don't know why, but for some reason when we put these shoes on her she just seemed like a big girl. It made me so sad to see my baby girl growing up.

Miscellaneous October

My cutie patootie.

Cora scraped her chin while playing outside at school. They told me that it didn't look bad, but when I picked her up it looked horrible. It lasted for a few days too. Poor thing - I have created a klutz!

I found a bunch of dresses in her closet that she hasn't worn and this was one of them. She did not want to wear it at all.

As you can see, she did recover.
I bought a remote control for my camera and was playing with it. I love it - I can actually be in some of the pictures now!

First Haircut

Cora's bangs have been driving me crazy. I was worried about taking her somewhere to get them trimmed - I know she would probably freak out. So I finally got brave and thought I would try to do it myself. She had just eaten dinner and I did it. She did remarkable well. We gave her a comb to play with and it went smoothly. I was impressed with myself! It also helped that Daddy was taking her pictures and distracting her.

Temper tantrums

Wow - does Cora have red hair or what!! She has been throwing some serious temper tantrums lately. We are trying to just let her work them out. So far she hasn't injured herself, but she knows the tile is pretty hard and she lays down softly then starts kicking. I hate to see her do this, but I just walk away and she gets over it faster. This one was because she didn't want to wear these shoes. She got over it and wore them for the day.

One our way somewhere...she crapped out.

Cora now will point to her nose when you ask her, but she sticks her finger up her nose afterwards! And holds it there for awhile. It is lovely, we are so proud.

Pumpkinless Pumkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch in Lake Jackson but the pumpkin truck was very late and hadn't arrived yet! Well we decided to just take a few pictures and go. We weren't going to make it down any other weekend before it closed, so we made the best of it.

Nana & Grandpa's House

We went to visit Nana and Grandpa since Grandpa missed out on seeing Cora after the hurricane and he was needing some Cora time. The Wolfords came by too and brought Peyton. Cora and Peyton played a little bit together. That is a first since Peyton is normally too busy keeping Dennis's mom from getting anywhere near Cora. Peyton is very possessive of her. :-)

Playhouse

Avrey passed down her playhouse to Cora. I wasn't sure if she was quite ready for it yet...but she was! She loves it. She loves to go in the house and shut the door. Then she comes busting out of it laughing. It was pretty funny. She really is becoming the outdoorsy one these days...which Daddy loves, but until it gets a little cooler, Mommy isn't so thrilled with it. Plus the mosquitoes are so bad and both of us are so allergic to the dang things!

Mr Hunt (my high school photography teacher) would be so proud of my framing in that picture! I love it.

Daddy got in her playhouse and she thought that was funny.

She loves her playhouse - thanks Avrey! (And thanks Tommy for delivering it so fast!)

October

Ha! I learned how to back date a post...hee hee. I am working on postings today in between laundry and other stuff. Hopefully will get all caught up and back on track! Here's just a random picture of her in an outfit she has already outgrown!