Hooray!

Well, it's official....Cora is walking! She has been taking 4 or 5 steps to get to kids/toys/lily on a daily basis, but today was the first day of real walking. Of course, I took the video cam out of my diaper bag and we weren't at home when she started, but I will post a video as soon as possible (she wouldn't cooperate once we were home).

However, here is a video of our brave little climber - please excuse the quality as I was trying to prevent an injury....oh, and she did actually make it in the stroller the second time around...I think she might be trying to copy her friend Madeline in TX.

The boy next door

Charlie, our neighbor, turned 2 on St. Patty's day. He was so sweet to bring some birthday shamrock cookies and green/white balloons to Cora. They really play well together, but this took the cake! I am starting to think we may have to worry when these playmates get into high school! Cora pushed Charlie around the living room trying to get his balloons, climbing all over him and putting her fingers in his mouth. Charlie was so well natured - he just stood there and was so gentle with our little taz. Cora actually started crying when he left, and we had to go give kisses at the door to appease sassy pants. Oh my, are we in for it when she gets older!

Sweet Charlie

Fingers in the mouth
Funny Girl

My Fave - she is "talking" to him

Trying to get the balloons away

New Chair

Cora's grandma and grandpa got her a new chair for our patio...and, she absolutely loves it! This way she can sit outside with us like a big girl and enjoy the summer nights. Right now she loves to pile all her babies and animals in the chair...then she tries to climb up with them - too cute! Here is a video of her showing off her big girl kicking skills in the new chair. (as a side note - please excuse my voice...it is so high pitched in this video - lol)

Fun Day Outside!

The weather finally started to warm up enough to have some play time outside. Cora loves...loves playing outside! She stands at the screen banging and yelling at the kids riding up and down the street on their scooters, hoping that I will let her crawl through the grass to participate in all the fun activities. So, last week we spent half of our days either on the back porch, in the front yard or cruising in the jog stroller. Here are some photos of Cora enjoying the beautiful weather.

The spring air makes for great naps in the stroller

really trying to convince me to let her take her giraffe outside
Oh, how I love this face

trying to give me a piece of dirt, or a stick

Dancing

I am attempting to upload a video to our blog for the first time!
This is a glimpse of what Cora looks like when she is dancing :) - although, I am sure there will be more to come once sassy pants warms up to the video cam and throws her hands and head into motion - what a riot! Oh, and notice how she faked us out cruising to the edge of the drawer...such a sass! Now that she took 2 steps, she is going to keep us on the edge of our seats for more walking :)