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Coranelle has taken to going for walks in the pack. She likes being able to see everything. I am happy that she'll hang out so we can get outside and get some exercise!
Adelaide, Coranelle and Charlie, playing together. Really, they just kept hitting each other and taking toys from one another.
Coranelle and Adelaide reading together on Friday night. I love that they are matching and Adelaide has her hand on Coranelle's back.
Playing with Grammadele's sweatshirt string. GPS (grandpa Steve) and Grammadele babysat saturday night so we could go on a date!
Playing with GPS in the tub!
So close to really crawling!

Yesterday, Coranelle started saying "da da". We don't think she has any idea what she is saying, but it is so fun to hear her "talking". She is rarely quiet and seems to always have something to offer to the conversation. I think she'll be talking for real, very soon!

Yesterday, Coranelle also started waving to Grams. It is so fun to see her growing up and we had so much fun listening to her talk last night and watching her scoot around. We feel so very lucky to have her. I know my last post was a bit depressing, and I just have to say, we wouldn't trade Coranelle for anything. I love our little family and we are so happy with our home, Broomfield, having family living close by, and our own little family. I think no matter when you have kids, there is a transition phase. Even if all of our friends and siblings had kids already, we would face challenges with raising Coranelle and learning how to be good parents.

That being said, we had a great time this weekend getting to have dinner with some friends who also have babies that were born in May. It is great to get together with people on a similar page in life. On Saturday, Mom and Steve came to our house so that we could go out on a date. Coranelle did well after she got used to Steve and then had lots of fun while we got some time alone as couple to enjoy church and the delicious salad, breadsticks, and sangria at the Olive Garden. Coranelle seems to be doing better with letting other people hold her and play with her, which is a great relief to me!

I am working on switching Coranelle over from 5 feedings to 4, and from 3 naps a day, to just 2. So we are changing the whole schedule. She is doing well now, but the first few days, it was too much change at once for a touchy kiddo. She just wouldn't fall asleep for naps, so we decided we needed to eliminate one of the changes for a while. We started swaddling Coranelle again for her naps and she slept wonderfully and was cheerful and happy when she was awake. Eventually, we'll get this napping unswaddled down. But, 2 days of her sleeping less than an hour all day long made for a pretty fussy baby, and tired and frustrated parents. I am enjoying the freedom of nursing every 4 hours instead of every 3 and hope that this continues to go well!

That's all for now. I hope you all had a great weekend!