Adam and i took Cori to have her Christmas pictures taken this morning. I wasn't sure we were going to bother with it this year, but then Grandma started asking about Christmas pictures and so we did it. And i am so glad we did!
I would say that Cori is a ham but that wouldn't be quite right. When i think of a ham i think of someone who plays it up when they know people are watching or when pictures are being taken. Cori doesn't care if she is the only person in the room. She just acts the way she acts whether a camera is present or not! She has such personality! Of course her parents are pretty much quackers themselves, so at least she gets it honestly.
The photos turned out great and when they come in i will post them. We ordered one traditional pose and one not so traditional pose. And the latter of the two is almost pitiful but we HAD to order it. Can't wait for you all to see it!
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Sunday, December 7, 2008
It was agony, but it's done!
This past week, Adam and i made the decision that it was better to try and get Cori to fall asleep in her crib than to be rocking an 8 year old to sleep someday in the future. We have had false starts in the past and this time we meant business.
The first night was hell. Adam and i performed the bed time routine with Cori as usual, but this time after bath and brushing teeth and pj's, we put her in her crib for her night night books and prayers. Cori thought this was a novel idea, until Mommy turned off the light and told Cori "Night night." Then literally, all hell broke loose! Cori cried and protested and threw her pacifier across the room. I decided to lay on the floor and show Cori how to go night night. After nearly an hour of crying and sobbing (most but not all of it from Cori) there was silence. Cori had finally fallen asleep. I left her room and told Adam that i did not think i could go through this again and i was positive that some therapist would be hearing about this night someday in the distant future from Cori herself!
Night two... Same bed time routine. Cori in the crib and Mommy on the floor once again. This time about 10 minutes of crying (all from Cori this time) and with a final pitiful "night night, night night, night night!" Cori went to sleep. I left the room and did a little more crying of my own. This time because i was soooooo thankful that Cori's crying did not last for an hour.
Night three... Same bed time routine. Cori in the crib and Mommy on the floor in the doorway( Mommy is slowly making her way out of the room each night) Cori grabbed her blanket and said, "Night night Mama" and went to sleep without a peep! YAY CORI!! What a wonderful accomplishment! She is such a big girl! ... ... ... wait a minute... Cori went to sleep without any help from Mommy. Hmmmm.... i guess she doesn't need Mommy to fall asleep anymore on her own. Doesn't need Mommy... hmmmm... So now Mommy is sobbing to Daddy about how her little girl is growing up and she doesn't need Mommy to fall asleep anymore and soon she will be so independent she won't need Mommy for anything! Sob sob, Boo hoo! I was a mess!
Good news is, Cori is short and can't reach the milk in the refrigerator yet. And as soon as she can, well, Mommy is moving it up to the next highest shelf! At least she will still need me for something! :) Night night Baby Cori, night night.
The first night was hell. Adam and i performed the bed time routine with Cori as usual, but this time after bath and brushing teeth and pj's, we put her in her crib for her night night books and prayers. Cori thought this was a novel idea, until Mommy turned off the light and told Cori "Night night." Then literally, all hell broke loose! Cori cried and protested and threw her pacifier across the room. I decided to lay on the floor and show Cori how to go night night. After nearly an hour of crying and sobbing (most but not all of it from Cori) there was silence. Cori had finally fallen asleep. I left her room and told Adam that i did not think i could go through this again and i was positive that some therapist would be hearing about this night someday in the distant future from Cori herself!
Night two... Same bed time routine. Cori in the crib and Mommy on the floor once again. This time about 10 minutes of crying (all from Cori this time) and with a final pitiful "night night, night night, night night!" Cori went to sleep. I left the room and did a little more crying of my own. This time because i was soooooo thankful that Cori's crying did not last for an hour.
Night three... Same bed time routine. Cori in the crib and Mommy on the floor in the doorway( Mommy is slowly making her way out of the room each night) Cori grabbed her blanket and said, "Night night Mama" and went to sleep without a peep! YAY CORI!! What a wonderful accomplishment! She is such a big girl! ... ... ... wait a minute... Cori went to sleep without any help from Mommy. Hmmmm.... i guess she doesn't need Mommy to fall asleep anymore on her own. Doesn't need Mommy... hmmmm... So now Mommy is sobbing to Daddy about how her little girl is growing up and she doesn't need Mommy to fall asleep anymore and soon she will be so independent she won't need Mommy for anything! Sob sob, Boo hoo! I was a mess!
Good news is, Cori is short and can't reach the milk in the refrigerator yet. And as soon as she can, well, Mommy is moving it up to the next highest shelf! At least she will still need me for something! :) Night night Baby Cori, night night.
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thanksgiving!!
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving in Toledo with Adam's family. Granny, Aunt Patti, Uncle John, Karen, Jerad, John, Emma and Andrew made it such a great day for us and for Cori! Oh and Max too. Granny's cat.
We ate too much, watched video's from Granny's visit to Alaska to see Jenni, Greg, Gwen and Amelia and then watched football. How about those Lions!! Yeah!
Cori did have one little accident. She lost her balance trying to put a block on the garage floor at a friend's house. She basically did a hands free header into the asphault and scraped up her nose and her forehead pretty good. Poor kid. She cried and cried and cried. I think she will live. But of course we will have to postpone the Christmas photo until her nose clears us. But then again, hey, she looks just like Rudolph!
We ate too much, watched video's from Granny's visit to Alaska to see Jenni, Greg, Gwen and Amelia and then watched football. How about those Lions!! Yeah!
Cori did have one little accident. She lost her balance trying to put a block on the garage floor at a friend's house. She basically did a hands free header into the asphault and scraped up her nose and her forehead pretty good. Poor kid. She cried and cried and cried. I think she will live. But of course we will have to postpone the Christmas photo until her nose clears us. But then again, hey, she looks just like Rudolph!
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Cori ate an Egg!
And that dear friends is BIG news. Cori ate a scrambled egg and liked it! I think we may be on the verge of a breakthrough in the picky eating department. At least we hope so. Now if i can just get her to eat some carrots and sweet potatoes.
Two days ago Cori pointed at a blanket of Adams that has the Cleveland Brown's Helmet on it and said "thats a circle". When i saw that she was pointing at the earhole on the helmet, i had to agree with her that yes, it was indeed a circle. She now knows circles, stars and squares. Not by any prodding from me, mind you. We just look at books and we point out what the pictures are and tell her the names of things and she repeats. I guess her little brain puts together the information and spits it out. Kids are like sponges.
Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving and don't eat too much turkey!
Two days ago Cori pointed at a blanket of Adams that has the Cleveland Brown's Helmet on it and said "thats a circle". When i saw that she was pointing at the earhole on the helmet, i had to agree with her that yes, it was indeed a circle. She now knows circles, stars and squares. Not by any prodding from me, mind you. We just look at books and we point out what the pictures are and tell her the names of things and she repeats. I guess her little brain puts together the information and spits it out. Kids are like sponges.
Hope you all have a great Thanksgiving and don't eat too much turkey!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
It's been so long...
It''s been so long since i have been on here that the page actually asked for my password to make sure it was really me!!
All in the Haines House are well. It is getting colder and colder and so far our experiment to not use the furnace and only use electic heat is working out great! Cori is getting bigger and more ornery every day. I am not lying when i say she is getting bigger. I think she had another growth spurt. All the clothes i got for her on ebay had better still fit this winter! She is getting taller by the minute i tell ya.
She is talking up a storm and her new favorite phrases are, "Help, I'm Stuck!" and "Freeze Bobos". She watches a lot of Go Diego Go, so if you are familiar with that show you will know who the Bobos are. Today at the grocery she said "Hi" to everyone we passed and they all think she is so cute and stop to talk to her. Which is great, but it makes the trip to the grocery last quite a bit longer than i would like. :)
I am beginning to see the process of her independence. She doesn't ask me to read as many books as she reads to herself. She is content to pretend play with her toys and baby dolls and doesn't need my constant interaction. This is sad and good at the same time. I am getting more laundry done but i am sad that she doesn't "need" me as much.
We have made a breakthrough in the vegetable department. If she has ketchup to dip them in, she will eat them. So ketchup with every meal! Still no pregress in the meat department but we keep trying.
We are all in a tizzy getting ready for Thanksgiving and trying to find money for Christmas. When you are broke you tend to focus on the reason for the season a little more and the presents a little less. Not a bad lesson for us to learn.
All in the Haines House are well. It is getting colder and colder and so far our experiment to not use the furnace and only use electic heat is working out great! Cori is getting bigger and more ornery every day. I am not lying when i say she is getting bigger. I think she had another growth spurt. All the clothes i got for her on ebay had better still fit this winter! She is getting taller by the minute i tell ya.
She is talking up a storm and her new favorite phrases are, "Help, I'm Stuck!" and "Freeze Bobos". She watches a lot of Go Diego Go, so if you are familiar with that show you will know who the Bobos are. Today at the grocery she said "Hi" to everyone we passed and they all think she is so cute and stop to talk to her. Which is great, but it makes the trip to the grocery last quite a bit longer than i would like. :)
I am beginning to see the process of her independence. She doesn't ask me to read as many books as she reads to herself. She is content to pretend play with her toys and baby dolls and doesn't need my constant interaction. This is sad and good at the same time. I am getting more laundry done but i am sad that she doesn't "need" me as much.
We have made a breakthrough in the vegetable department. If she has ketchup to dip them in, she will eat them. So ketchup with every meal! Still no pregress in the meat department but we keep trying.
We are all in a tizzy getting ready for Thanksgiving and trying to find money for Christmas. When you are broke you tend to focus on the reason for the season a little more and the presents a little less. Not a bad lesson for us to learn.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
To Nap or Not to Nap.... That is the question.
And the question we have no answers to. The last couple of days, the sleep cycle of this house has been somewhat erratic. And that is for EVERYONE, not just Cori. Some days she takes a 3 hour nap, others it is only about 45 minutes and then there is the whole waking up at odd hours of the night and being wide awake and not going back to sleep. Adam and i are pretty ragged.
I think this must be our punishment for having a baby who slept pretty well when she was teeny tiny. Now, as a toddler, she can't decide if she is sleepy or not. And after a solid week of this, both Adam and i are at the end of our ropes. Surely, this can't last forever!
The toddler is an odd bird. She won't eat regularly. She won't sleep regularly. And for two parents who like things pretty regular, it has been a testy time. And it can't be all that fun for Cori either. I just hope it isn't a phase that lasts too long. And thank God i don't have to go to work every day!
I think this must be our punishment for having a baby who slept pretty well when she was teeny tiny. Now, as a toddler, she can't decide if she is sleepy or not. And after a solid week of this, both Adam and i are at the end of our ropes. Surely, this can't last forever!
The toddler is an odd bird. She won't eat regularly. She won't sleep regularly. And for two parents who like things pretty regular, it has been a testy time. And it can't be all that fun for Cori either. I just hope it isn't a phase that lasts too long. And thank God i don't have to go to work every day!
Friday, November 7, 2008
Dora Saves the Snow Princess
Over the last few weeks, Cori has become totally "Dora-fied". It's Dora this and Dora that. Nick Jr. has been running comercials for Dora Saves the Snow Princess, a one hour Dora movie. Whenever Cori sees the ad, she just freaks out. So Adam and i planned to let her watch it when it came on Monday night. We set her up with her drink, a blanket and a pillow (since it started at 8pm, which is near bedtime for Cori) and when we came in from letting the dogs out, this is what we saw. (pics above) At first i thought it was totally hillarious, and now i am mortified that i have turned my child into a Dora couch potato!
The other picture above is Cori feeding her baby. She has become very interested in pretend play lately. She makes her dolls "talk" to each other, pretends to eat food out of play dishes, and takes care of her baby. It is pretty cool to see her imagination develop.
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