Eight Months!

I can't believe my baby girl is eight months old! I have done such a bad job at keeping up with my blog. I'm working on posting all of the stuff that I missed between August and now. We've done a lot! Miss Cora has done a lot of growing! Being a full time Mom and full time night shift nurse has caught up with me. Pretty much what little down time that I do have is spent either napping, cleaning or catching up on my DVR'd shows! :) My sleep deprivation is catching up with me and blogging hasn't been at the top of my priority list. BUT, I am going to have a lot more free time on my hands in the New Year. I will start working weekends on January 9th. I will work Saturday and Sunday nights and I will be off the rest of the week with my Cora! It's going to be so nice to just work two nights a week. I can't wait!

So...my Cora! The sweetest one is eight months old today! I don't have an official list of "stats" right now, but we are getting the flu shot on Tuesday so we may have a new weight then. I can tell you that she is growing like a weed. Cora loves to eat and she is eating all kinds of things now! She pretty much loves everything. Cora continues to crack us up on a daily basis and she is into everything. We are crawling, pulling up, still clicking (her tongue), blowing raspberries and now clapping. She is so proud of herself when she claps and we clap and cheer in return. I also have given her the nickname "Octoarms". This girl is into everything and grabs anything in sight. She is quick and stealth. I have posted a few pics and a video of Cora. I am still working on older posts and hopefully will be caught up soon!

Cora in her Christmas jammies on our way to Daddy's work Christmas party

Goals

Goal for the day. Update this blog! We have been doing SO much! I turned 31, Cora turned 6 months, then 7 months. Halloween. Cora turned 8 months. Family photos. Thanksgiving. Cora's first snow. Plus lots of other things! My plan is to get all those posts up today. We are also going to visit Santa today!

It's been awhile

5 new posts!!!!

Playing outside!

As we were playing outside, watching Daddy wash the cars, I noticed something...we have a new birdnest! We think it might be a Dove's nest. I am hoping this one works out better than the last!

It's built right on top of the old nest.

First bites of food!

Here is video of Cora's first bites of food! Yummy rice cereal! The video is a little long and my hand is in the way for some of it but we think it's pretty cute!

ExcerSaucer

Cora in her ExcerSaucer flirting with the camera! We took this awhile back but I think it's still pretty cute. Plus I just figured out how to post video. I could never get video to download to Blogger.

Update

I worked on my Four Month blog (below) last week but just published it. We are happy to report that this week was a very good week at home with Dad while I was at work! She was a little fussy but nothing like last week. I am so relieved. My mom and sister helped out but both found that Cora now seems to prefer her Daddy. She took her bottle better with him and he was the one to get her to go to sleep. Please pray for her continued progress. It makes it so much easier for me to go to work knowing that she is not miserable.