Has it really been a whole week??

Wow! A whole week since i posted?! Cori and I went to the Fall Fair at Newton High School. It is an annual event sponsored in part by the FFA. Since my Dad is the FFA advisor, we usually try to go and show our support. And they have a really really good pulled pork dinner! Cori got to see some baby animals, a calf, a goat, some sheep... and two HUGE Belgian Draft Horses. I think if Cori could have taken them home with her she would have. And she probably could have convinced Grandpa to keep them at his house. LOL We also looked at the exhibits people brought in from their gardens and fields. Molly and Abigail and Erin participated in the Kiddie Tractor Pull and all three of them did very well.

Abigail sat by Cori while we ate our dinner and she was so helpful at entertaining Cori and helping her eat her dinner. It is always nice to see Brian and Jen and Abigail and Jacqueline. We caint wait to meet the new cousin when he/she comes in February.

Kerry and Erin and Molly were also in attendance and Erin and Molly helped Cori navigate through the throngs of people and make her way to the baby animals. Erin is getting to be such a young lady. I can't believe how quickly she has grown up.

After visiting with some people i haven't seen since graduation, Cori and i had to go so Cori could get to bed. When she gets tired and cranky it is just best to make a hasty exit. Otherwise, Cori isn't shy about letting the whole world know she is tired and cranky!

Sunday, we went to Fulton Farms to pick out pumpkins. I have some great pictures of Cori wading through the maze of pumpkins in her quest for the right one. I think she actually had a better time petting some random puppy that was there rather than looking for a pumpkin. We picked out a Daddy pumpkin, a Mommy pumpkin and a Baby pumpkin. I can't wait to see what it is like to carve a pumpkin with Cori! I will get busy posting some pictures.

Ho Hum

It's been a ho hum week around here. But sometimes those are the best kind of weeks! Adam is still working tons of overtime and i can tell that Cori misses him but i think she would like to have heat this winter as well. (hence all the overtime) Every day after her nap we have been taking a walk. She loves to be outside and she loves her walk. It is good for Mommy to get out and about too.

I just ordered her the cutest little snowsuit from Ebay. Although i think i am going to have to stay away from Ebay... it is just too tempting to buy her all sorts of little outfits. And my competitive spirit doesn't like to be out bid on the items i like and that could make for a dangerous passtime!

A visit from Granny!

Adam's Mom came to stay with us on Tues. through Thurs. It was so nice to have her here to visit with Cori. I have been working with Cori and her pronunciation of "Granny" (as Adam's Mom likes to be called) and by the time Granny left, Cori was spitting out something that certainly resembled the word "granny."

Cori thoroughly enjoyed her time with Granny. They played on the floor with blocks and Granny read books and Granny brought presents too! Cori's favorite present was the box that Granny brought all her other presents in! Go figure. Cori and Granny had a blast playing with that box. They filled it with balls and kicked the balls out of the box and then filled it back up again. Cori used it as a stage to sit on, and a self imposed play area. And silly me, i buy her toys! From now on it will be different sized boxes!

Cori and Granny and i went to the park and Granny took some good film of Cori playing. I have some cute pictures too and i will post them soon. We went to Sam's and had lunch at Golden Corral and then came home and took a nap. Well, Granny and Mommy tried to take naps, Cori wasn't that keen on the idea. We can't wait to go visit Granny at her house soon! Cori really had a wonderful time. Thanks Granny!!

If you'll indulge me...

Lately, i have been noticing the little things that say the most to me. Many of you know the struggle Adam and i went through to have Cori. The infertility, the miscarriage, the genetic scare. Every day i feel so blessed to have her with us.

But it is the little things that make me smile. This morning i was taking my shower and looking at me from the back of the shower stall was a goofy frog hanging in a turtle net bath toy keeper. That would never have been in there 17 months ago. The corner of my living room where i used to imagine a corner china hutch is now filled to the brim with all of Cori's toys. Adam's sports movie DVDs are nestled right in the entertainment center along with the Backyardigans and Dora's Pirate Adventure. We had to rearrange the kitchen to make the best space available for Cori's highchair. But the most interesting and loving change is the following:

Adam has preset our cable boxes so that when you turn the tv on, it goes right to the channel that we most watch. When i get ready in the morning in the bedroom, i watch the news, so the bedroom tv comes on to channel 7. In the living room is where Adam gets ready for work so the living room tv comes on to ESPN. But some time ago, Adam reprogrammed the living room tv so that it comes on to Channel 116, which in our house is Noggin. This is the channel that Cori watches so she can see Franklin and Little Bear and the Backyardigans. Those of you who know Adam well, know that this is a big step for him. Giving up the automatic sports channel so that his daughter can watch her shows. I know it sounds mushy. And i don't care. It is these little things that make me love my husband and make me feel blessed for having my family.

If i wanted to i could concentrate an all the things that are wrong with the house, wrong with the world and wrong with whatever. And believe me, there was a time when i did just that. But Cori has brought me a different perspective. A feeling of family togetherness and a feeling of happiness that wasn't there before. Well, it probably was there, but she makes me see it. And to me, that is the miracle of Cori.

She's A Natural

Adam brought home the Rock Band PS2 game. He borrowed it from a friend. It has the guitar and mic, and drums. So tonight, Adam was playing guitar and i was singing. Cori took the microphone in hand and began singing into it. Like a Pro! She loved it! She couldn't get enough of hearing her voice over the tv speakers.

She wasn't just saying words, she was actually singing. It was so FUNNY! Although, i wonder if she is too young for American Idol? Just a thought....

We have to get this on video! And maybe someone could mention to a Grandma or a Granny that a microphone would make a wonderful Christmas gift for a short little someone i know!

Have I Mentioned the Verbal Explosion?

Cori said her first sentence. That's right, an actual sentence. And both Adam and i were there to witness it. Adam came home for some lunch on Monday, and he and i were talking in the kitchen. Cori strolled up to us with her sippy cup in hand and said, "I nee summm milk." Neither Adam or i could believe it at first. So i said to Cori, "What do you need?" and she said, "I nee summm milk." So we gave her some milk and off she went.

She has never brough us her sippy cup before and requested anything, much less milk! Adam and i were both pretty stunned. But it was really really cool!! Our baby is growing up so fast!

It was a Blustery Day

Well, we nearly blew away yesterday. Hurricane Ike came for a visit and with 70 mile an hour gusts we lost some tree limbs but the house is still standing and we never lost power. Unlike Kerry and her family and Mom and Dad who did lose power, along with about 168,000 other homes in the area. Cori looked out the window and said. "Ooooooo". I don't know if she was mimicking the sound of the wind or was just impressed at the sight of all the stuff blowing by!