terradactyl baby

The snow coming down at Emerald Lake, while we stop for a snack. Look at my cute hubby! He's always taking such good care of us!
Josh and Claire at Dream Lake.
All bundled up and enjoying the views.
Happy Family!
All rigged up to keep Coranelle warm and dry!


Coranelle has a new way to express herself... a lovely high-pitched scream. She sounds like a dinosaur. The funny thing is that she isn't upset, she's just screaming. It's like she has found her voice and LOVES using it. Anyone else experienced this with their child? It is almost funny, but it starts to hurt my ears after I have listened to it all day. Mom says I should sing to her so she'll learn to sing instead of shriek. I'm trying, but it's not working yet. The workers in the church nursery on Saturday were perplexed. They couldn't figure out if she was upset or just trying to talk. I told them, they would know when my child was upset!

We went up to Estes Friday night to stay in a cabin of a family friend of the Mork's. It is a beautiful "cabin", that we call a lodge. On our way up, we got stopped in Lions for construction and Coranelle woke up. Not only did she wake up, she decided to wail for half the way up the canyon. This was really intense, high pitched crying. The kind that you cannot talk over- let alone think straight. The kind of crying that makes you loose your patience and make you want to scream "what the %^&# is wrong?" I tried leaning over the seat and giving her the pacifier and dangle a toy to play with. Nothing worked. We finally had to pull over and I got in the back with her. After that, she was just fine. I gave her the pacifier and she was fine. Poor little thing. She was so upset, her face was bright red and blotchy and covered with tears. I have no idea what set her off! But, she started again when we got to the cabin and I handed her to Grams. That child has lungs!

On Saturday, we got to enjoy a good breakfast and a relaxing morning. It was only 45 degrees up in Estes on Saturday, with lots of low lying clouds and fog. It was fun to cuddle up under a blanket and enjoy the England weather. About mid morning, Josh, Claire, Ryan, Coranelle and I went to RMNP to go on a little hike. The leaves are starting to turn yellow and looked brillant against the dark clouds. When we got to the trailhead, it started snowing! It was beautiful! Josh and Claire thought we were crazy that we wanted to still hike, but they ended up enjoying it. I put Coranelle in the baby bjorn, facing towards me. She was bundled up with jackets and hat, and hood. Ryan stuffed the umbrella in my baby bjorn so that I could walk and keep Coranelle dry without having to hold the umbrella. It worked well and I got toasty, so I think I kept Coranelle nice and warm. It was truly a gorgeous hike.

Does it strike anyone as funny that when someone has a baby, it makes the rest of the world think that they can say whatever they want about the child? As we were hiking up the trail, Coranelle was alert and happy. People were cooing at her and asking about her and saying things like, "What an adorable baby". "Ooooh, she's so cute". "She's so good!". "How precious". Etc. On the way down, Coranelle started to get fussy. I don't think she was cold or hungry, but tired. It was noon and she always takes her nap between 11-1. So, as she cried on the way back down, I got all sorts of crazy looks and comments. Someone said, "Hey, you know... even junior rangers get hungry!". Cute... not really. I just get annoyed. People always assume that if a baby is fussing, they're hungry. Not my baby! Then, I got these looks and comments like, "It's too cold to have a baby out here". "What are you doing". etc. etc. I find it funny that so many people think that they know what is good for my baby, or what is wrong, when they have seen her for a whole 2 seconds. She was just tired, because I quickly got her to go to sleep in the baby bjorn, amidst the snow and fog. Overall, it was a beautiful and fun adventure.

In other news, Coranelle has now rolled 3 times. She is doing a little better with her tummy time. She is grasping things, putting them in her mouth, and "talking" quite a bit. She still enjoys reading books with us- which tickles me pink. She enjoys her jumpy seat, is sitting up pretty well and loves to stand with support. She is- as always- an adorable gift. She will be 16 weeks old tomorrow!