Life With Cora :: 10 Months

Not much is new this month so we'll just go straight to Cora's 10 month pictures.

Swimming Lessons

We thought it would be fun to sign up for toddler/parent swim lessons to get some time in the pool learning the basics and meet some other babies and parents.  Cora is one of the youngest kids in the class and it might be a little advanced for her age, but she still seemed to enjoy it...  and she's basically a pro at floating on her back.

I think my favorite part so far about being a parent is watching Cora learn and master new things.  I'm looking forward to the swim lessons to come and watching Cora love swimming like I do.

P.S. I've kind of put blogging on the back burner for the last couple of months since we've been pretty busy keeping up with the the day-to-day changes that come along with having a baby... no two days are the same.  I've got some great projects and ideas coming up and will hopefully share some kind of project list or previews tomorrow or early next week.  I'm also excited to share some non-baby related things on the blog since it's been a while.  Spring always brings me renewed energy, so I can't wait to take advantage of the nice weather and get on some of these big projects that I've been procrastinating on.  Stay tuned!

Life With Cora :: 9 Months

It's like tradition...  I gotta say this: WOW!  So old!  This month, Cora has been out of the womb as long as she was growing in the womb.  It is weird thinking that she is so old, but I also feel like she has been around forever.  The last nine months have been so awesome getting to know this little human being and see her experience the world.

Cora has become a master crawler!  I'm pretty sure she would win a gold medal in the sprint part of baby olympics (if that existed).  She can really get moving and I've been going crazy cleaning, getting rid of stuff, and making sure she can't get into anything.  Hoarders should not have babies.

Cora has been pulling up and cruising around basically right after she turned 8 months old.  She really loves to play by herself so I mostly watch her move around the living room pulling up on different furniture.  She loves exploring (always holding a small toy), playing with the dog, getting all of her toys out, and finding anything in the room that could be potentially harmful (ooooh, look!  A dime!).

We've really stepped up our solids game.  I think her favorite thing right now is cheese and cheerios.  Now that the doctor told us we should pretty much be giving her anything we eat, there are so many things that I'm excited for her to try.  A couple of weeks ago, I gave her some sushi (broken up, duh) and she loved it!  Hopefully next month I can report some other fun foods she's tried during the upcoming month.

Hopefully I'll get the nice camera out soon and take some better 9 month pictures like I did when Cora was 6 months.