I miss doing the monthly updates on Cora. Even though I know I missed a few and I need to go back and see what I wrote about her, I like doing the little updates. So here is our little lovey at 15 months!
1) Cora is still afraid of the ocean. Stinker. She doesn't even like being held when WE are standing in the water. She is getting better and sometimes crawls down to the water, but she always gets knocked down and then this happens:
1) Cora is still afraid of the ocean. Stinker. She doesn't even like being held when WE are standing in the water. She is getting better and sometimes crawls down to the water, but she always gets knocked down and then this happens:
2) We are definitely getting more into the toddler phase of life. There are random tantrums everywhere. The hardest part is that it happens at church every week now. Which is rough when Brandon is at work (just for the last few rotations) and I am there by myself with her. But we survive!
3) Cora is walking EVERYWHERE. When we go to the park she usually doesn't even want to play, she just wants to walk and walk and walk and walk... she is a pioneer child. She is our only child to learn to walk on the beach. How sad! She is also beginning to run, which is even better. Those tiny chubby toes just can't move fast enough!
4) I will have to find a video, but Cora is obsessed with animals. Every time she sees a dog or bird or horse or fish or whatever she makes the same noise... it sounds like a pigeon. She is so cute like that.
5) She is really babbling a lot. Her favorite word is "wowowowowow", but she has found her tongue and throws random L sounds in there too. It is so cute. She only has 2 words that she repeats that we can understand- "Baba" (always whispered) and "Nuhnuhnuh" for banana. Her 2 favorite foods. She has said "Boo" for blueberry a few times, and has signed "more" and "all done" randomly. But never consistently... I don't know where she gets her strong opinions from.
6) She is definitely just 1 nap a day now. It is usually between 1 1/2-2 hours long in the afternoon, which is long enough for me to do some school work, or read, or clean, or do none of those and nap. Her bedtime is between 7:30-8 most nights, and she is working on getting off the dang "baba" and drinking out of a sippy cup before bed. But she can put herself to sleep just fine 95% of the time which is HUGE!
7) She laughs at herself! One of her favorite things to do is to lay her head back on the couch (she is so short she can do that while standing) and talk to herself with her hands and randomly giggle. "Heh heh". I NEED to get it on tape.
8) She is STILL obsessed with bath time. She runs over as fast as she can and screams with joy until we put her in the tub. And then she stands up in the tub and begins to walk around. Which is much more stressful than crawling in the tub.
She is so big now! My red-haired (still) child, who was so tiny and is now so big and tries to be independent but still loves to snuggle.
5) She is really babbling a lot. Her favorite word is "wowowowowow", but she has found her tongue and throws random L sounds in there too. It is so cute. She only has 2 words that she repeats that we can understand- "Baba" (always whispered) and "Nuhnuhnuh" for banana. Her 2 favorite foods. She has said "Boo" for blueberry a few times, and has signed "more" and "all done" randomly. But never consistently... I don't know where she gets her strong opinions from.
6) She is definitely just 1 nap a day now. It is usually between 1 1/2-2 hours long in the afternoon, which is long enough for me to do some school work, or read, or clean, or do none of those and nap. Her bedtime is between 7:30-8 most nights, and she is working on getting off the dang "baba" and drinking out of a sippy cup before bed. But she can put herself to sleep just fine 95% of the time which is HUGE!
7) She laughs at herself! One of her favorite things to do is to lay her head back on the couch (she is so short she can do that while standing) and talk to herself with her hands and randomly giggle. "Heh heh". I NEED to get it on tape.
8) She is STILL obsessed with bath time. She runs over as fast as she can and screams with joy until we put her in the tub. And then she stands up in the tub and begins to walk around. Which is much more stressful than crawling in the tub.
She is so big now! My red-haired (still) child, who was so tiny and is now so big and tries to be independent but still loves to snuggle.
