Busy Girl

Cora is no longer content to hang out by herself in the exersaucer, and if she is in the floor, then she is on the move. If she isn't on the floor, then she is squirming to get to the floor so that she can be on the move.

Here, she is in another outfit that is "Vintage Mommy". She came home from school with a mild fever and an upset tummy this day - I love these fussy faces, even thought I hated that she was feeling bad. The second one and the fourth one are my favorites. When her face starts to screw up, like in the second picture, we can't help but laugh. Does that make us bad parents? Landon was holding her while I got my final items together to take her to school. She fell fast asleep. He was so proud.

Snakes and snails and puppy dog tails, that's what little girls are made of? This puppy that Uncle Shew brought her in September is one of her favorites.

 She was so close to crawling in these pictures. Here, she was starting to get quick with her rolling, barreling over barriers.

 Sitting in a high chair has revolutionized the restaurant experience for Cora. She can sit and flirt at her leisure, then try to swipe everything off of the table. Here, she was bouncing as hard as she could in Mia's lap.

Cora got fussy, and Grand Poobah was walking around the restaurant with her. A tour bus full of "Golden Girls" were in the restaurant, and as they were leaving, they walked by my dad holding Cora. One of them said, "Hello Precious" to which Dad responded, "Well thanks. But aren't you even going to speak to the baby?"

Dad's latest title? Precious. It will be interesting to see what Cora names him once she starts speaking...

Again, "Vintage Mommy". This was my jacket -

 Dad was so excited about this. He would have stayed on this bench for hours.

When we saw these handsome fellas outside of the Cathedral, we couldn't resist the Kodak moment.

 Little C loves Big E!

 With some of last year's Schottland Scholars - Matt Pierce, Jamie Shafer, & Lucy Lesniak. I am so proud of these kids. Cora's shirt was a gift from them: "Future Schottland Scholar"

 Cora went to her first Riverdog's game in April. We were there with the Cantrell's (Sara, Lance, & Toby), the Bilbro's (Susie & Mitch), the Cangelosi's (T&T), the Barber's (Troy, Beth, & Amy, with Melissa)... but this is the only picture I snapped. I can't believe I missed a pic from her first game. Especially since I let Amy feed her, and there were sweet potatoes EVERYWHERE. It was cute. Very messy. But cute.

I've never seen her make the face she was making in the second picture. This month her personality development has really accelerated. She is much more expressive when she wants something (reaching and straining in the floor), and is constantly on the move. We have a picture of me making that same face sitting on a curb with Andrea Williams when we were about 3 years old (maybe at Apple Day or King's Island). I am going to have to dig that photo out to compare to this one.

She was fighting every bite, so I finally gave up, started filling up the spoon and letting her have it. She loved getting the food on her face, and I think that she managed to get a few bites in her mouth.

Our 7 month old baby

We are totally and completely head-over-heels in love with Cora!
She continues to be a happy and wonderful baby.

A few pics from this month.

I love this second pic of Cora reaching.

 Mark tried to tell me he couldn't feed Cora because he didn't know how. I convinced him it wasn't rocket science.

 Getting ready to go see Dr. Davis on March 24. She weighed 16 lbs, 11 ounces. Such a big girl!

 Wait for it, wait for it...

 Where's Cora???? There she is!!!

 Again? Anybody? Anybody?

 I looked away for just a second, and she had managed to roll her way off of the blanket. It is hard to see in this picture, but that block has a butterfly that hangs off of it by a string. She had the butterfly in her mouth, and had managed to take the block with her across the room. It looked like a little backpack slung over her shoulder.

 She has started sleeping on her side or belly. Here, she fell into a nap before I could get her dressed.

Well hello, Uncle Shew!

Matt and his girlfriend Erin came for a visit this weekend.
Given that UK was still part of the March Madness and UT was not, Matt took advantage of the opportunity. Erin had Cora in the living room and Matt was unloading their luggage. Mom sent Landon & I a text saying, "Is Cora in blue?" That is when I realized that Matt & Erin had disappeared upstairs with Cora, and I said to Landon, "I bet she is now."
I was right.
Our little wildcat in her first cheerleading uniform.

I hear that if I just keep letting her eat sand, she'll eventually stop finding it appealing.
So far, she still thinks it is pretty appealing.

We ALL took a long nap with Cora. Fortunately, Cora was napping under a nice shady canopy. Unfortunately, the rest of us were not. We all had on sunscreen, but since it was early in the season, we all made the mistake of not coating ourselves very well. Oops.

Cora was very cuddly when she woke up. She kept pulling her hat strap over into her face and trying to pull it into her mouth.

Cora's first trip into a high chair. Here, at Poe's Tavern. She was so so cool - flirted with everybody!

Uncle Shew brought Cora a kitchen. The song we cannot get out of our head? "MMMmmmm, something sounds yummy. Time to put something in my tummy". On the last night they were here, we loaded Cora into the stroller and walked to Mustard Seed for dinner. We expected her to sleep through dinner, but this late evening nap with Uncle Shew was just enough rest to keep her hopping all through our meal.