2016 in a nutshell

A year of growth, renewal & rejoicing.

Cora has been so fun. She just keeps getting better & better.

19 months
- 23 lbs
- Says all sorts of words, "Mama, Dada, Gaga, Papa, baba, no, chu-chu, li-lights, wow, snow, more, chan-chu (thank you), pease, baby, shoes, juice, nose, eyes, kitty, dodgies, hums "all-done" with sign language, "stinchy", bike, nemo, Wa-wa (water), guy, hi, buh-bye, hewo, hot, diesel (sandras dog)
- Has hummed the tune of twinkle twinkle little star since 12 months
- Knows animal sounds: Dog, cow, donkey, monkey, kitty, duck, elephant, bee (beeee not buzzz)
- Knows body parts: Eyes, nose, chin, cheek, eyebrow, ear, hair, arms, fingers, tummy, bottom
- Loves: You tube nursery rhymes, shoes, dogs, being outside, the park, snow, being with mama/dada, cousins & friends
- Hates: watching certain baby joy joy videos. Doesn't hate much!
- Wears: 18mo - 2T clothes. She really needs a 12 month waist and 2T leg pants. But those don't exist. Her 2T pants fall down when she runs.
- Sleeps 11 hrs a night and has just transitioned into 1 nap a day. Plays in her crib before going down and after waking up. Will play in her crib until we go grab her. Cuddles with us when we get her out of her crib. Puts her head on my left shoulder.
- No stranger danger, likes going to Sandra's for daycare & nursery.
- Starting to tell us she's "stinchy" when she poops, while waiving her hand in front of her nose
- Really good traveler, but doesn't sleep well the first 2 nights of new environment.
- Still likes having a bottle when she wakes up & a small one when she goes to bed. Refuses sippy cups for those times but has them during the day just fine.
- Eats anything if she's really hungry. If she isn't she is picky. But you better share with her whenever you are eating!

Climbed out of her crib for the first time 11/26/16.
She went to bed really late due to thanksgiving activities, so when she woke up at her normal 7am, we gave her a bottle in hopes she would fall back asleep. I looked at the monitor and it looked like she was trying to go down. 5 minutes later I looked again and it looked like she was asleep in the corner closest to the monitor where we can't see very well. I assumed she was sleeping there and 20 minutes later I hear "boing boing boing." The notorious sound of door stoppers being flung back and forth. I knew that was the sound of trouble. I went into her room and sure enough, she had been out of her crib playing in her room for 20 minutes silently. I'm glad that she didn't fall and get hurt & also that we could put the mattress down one last rung. She hasn't tried since lowering the crib further.