so many changes!

Just for fun- this is where I was a year ago this week! 30 weeks along!


Christina, my step-mom, sent me this picture. This is my dad and my little brother, Kyle. Kyle and Christina have been in Florida the last week visiting my dad. Dad is almost done with his radiation treatments and will get to head home to NM soon. I thought this picture was precious- as I know my dad has missed Kyle SO SO much! Grams guiding Coranelle up the stairs- again!
Showing us her tooth. Her second one came through on Sunday.
Here we go again!
Playing with daddy.
Rockin' out! This piano is a good height for her to pull up on.
Pulling up- again and again. She is a hard worker!
Sharing some of Ryan's birthday cheesecake. Notice the "thank you" sticker on her bum? The grocery clerk at Safeway gave her that and she was thrilled. It was a wonderfully fun toy, until it stuck to her fleece pants and she couldn't get it off.

Enjoying the sunshine at the zoo!Loving her daddy on his birthday!
The silly smile- gosh, I love my family!
So happy it is getting warmer and we can play outside!
Hi momma!

Eating leaves!


I feel like in a week, my baby turned into pre-toddler. She is on the move and ever changing! She can pull her self up on anything and likes to tenatively walk around holding on to the furniture. The stairs are a magnet for her, and after a scary close call (in which she almost rolled down our bottom flight of stairs), Ryan put two more baby gates up. She loves to crawl up the stairs and can now do it pretty quickly. We stand behind her to spot her, because she'll often stand all the way up, and turn around to wave. If she was on her own, she tumble all the way back down. It is nice that she can now explore the whole middle floor, with our gates up, and we don't have to worry (as much) about her.

It is fun to watch her grow and change, but it is affecting her napping! Instead of lying down in her crib, she can now get up to sitting, and then she pulls up and starts jumping on her crib. She throws out her pacifiers and toys and does very little sleeping. Yesterday, it took her an hour to fall asleep. By then, it was 5pm, and I couldn't let her sleep long because then she wouldn't go to bed. It must just be so exciting for her!

She has also moved on to more grown-up foods. This weekend she had vegetarian pizza, ham and cheese sandwiches, Annie's mac and cheese, lots of toast with butter and jam, and anything else we were eating. The pediatrician said it was time to let her move on to more finger foods.

Speaking of the pediatrician, we went on Monday. It was a hard visit because Coranelle has no concept of sitting still. They gave me a 6 page packet to fill out with information on her development. Holding a child and filling out pages is no easy task. Then, when I was taking to the Dr., Coranelle was squirming, pulling my hair, shouting and trying with all her might to jump out of my arms. I think it is a job for two! But, even though Coranelle is now the 4th percentile for weight, the pediatrician said she is doing fine- physically and developmentally. She is not quite as tall anymore (44th percentile), so her height to weight ratio is finally on the charts! I am very thankful she is healthy and doing well!

We had a fun and busy weekend- seeing friends and family and enjoying the nice weather. Yesterday was Ryan's birthday and he took the day off. We really enjoyed spending time with him, and he took us to the zoo and out for a dinner date to get sandwiches. It was fun to have our whole family together for an extra day. I am really looking forward to the spring weather! My tulip bulbs are coming up and I bought seeds for my garden this weekend. We also ordered patio furniture and are looking forward to enjoying the patio that took so much work last summer!

I hope you are all doing well! Thanks for reading!