My Favorite Cora Photos: Months 9-10, Part 3

Hey-ooooooooo! What it be? What is be? Do you like how hip I just got all of the sudden? It is time to take a look at some Cora photos that are only about a year old. Oops! I am trying my best to catch up!

Dear Cora of the future,

I swear to you that, at some point of time in the future, you wear more than just a diaper 99% of the time.

Cora was always a big help in the laundry department. When she heard the dryer or the dishwasher open those crawling leggies would swing into fast gear.

Watching her eat is the best!

It never gets old to me. You can go ahead and assume that there will be at least one Cora eating photo every post.

This photo was snapped by Cora's grandma, Boo!

Grandmama brought Cora her first set of wheels.

Cora was trying to play it off like she didn't think she was the coolest girl in the world.

Dad pulled up in his ride while Cora was in hers. She thought it was pretty neat.

Grandmama broke those wheels in pretty good!

Stair climbing machine!

I think she would have stayed in that walker 24 hours a day if I had let her. Usually, I only put her in it for about 15 minutes a day. I would finally give in when she started push-crawling it around the house.

Shakers and her walker. Cora's dreams = realized.

One more walker photo.

Cora had a good time hanging out on Emery's shoulders!

Weekly photoshoot with a hairbrush prop.

My sweetie baby!

If these photos didn't quite fill your need for Cora photos you can get more below:
month 0-1, month 1-2, month 2-3, month 3-4a, month 3-4b, month 4-5a, month 4-5b, month 5-6a, month 5-6b, month 6-7a, month 6-7b, month 7-8a, month 7-8b, month 8-9a, month 8-9b, month 8-9c, month 9-10a, month 9-10b

My Favorite Cora Photos: Months 9-10, Part 2

The weekend is here and that means that my family members are happy because it is Cora post time!

Sweet swing baby! 

FYI I didn't worry about shoes on that baby pretty much until she could walk.

I can't get enough of those cutie little eyes!

Aunt Kelly and the sweetie baby swing time.

Cannot get enough of the park time shots.

No shoes andddd no pants. That's normal, right?

Stair climbing master!

The surprise face.

A couple more weekly shot photos.

She has to have a prop otherwise she is out of the photoshoot asap.

My brain refuses to make up captions to photos anymore. So, I will just say sorry once more to teenage future Cora for the shirtlessness.

Another apology owed.

Smiley girl with a birthday sign.

Goofy girl.

I hope you enjoyed that look into 1/4 of a month in Cora's life. The picture taking has gotten worse and worse. By the time we get to Cora's 18 month be prepared for about 20 parts per month.

If these photos didn't quite fill your need for Cora photos you can get more below:
month 0-1, month 1-2, month 2-3, month 3-4a, month 3-4b, month 4-5a, month 4-5b, month 5-6a, month 5-6b, month 6-7a, month 6-7b, month 7-8a, month 7-8b, month 8-9a, month 8-9b, month 8-9c, month 9-10a

My Favorite Cora Photos: Months 9-10, Part 1

Welcome to another post on The Etc. Lists! I will now be posting my Best Of Cora photos on this blog, instead of Never Listless. If you need to catch up on previous Cora-cutie photos, you can find them here:

month 0-1, month 1-2, month 2-3, month 3-4a, month 3-4b, month 4-5a, month 4-5b, month 5-6a, month 5-6b, month 6-7a, month 6-7b, month 7-8a, month 7-8b, month 8-9a, month 8-9b, month 8-9c

I am about to break a record on Never Listless. That's right, people. It is an exciting day. I had over 90 favorite photos from Cora's 9th to 10th month. So, I am breaking this thing down into 4 parts (which beats my previous record of 3 parts).

Let's get this record-breaking party started with Part 1!

That little baby LOVES to get into the dishwasher. She definitely knows not to touch the "dangerous" knives.

Beet party! Cora now gets to eat with her shirt on, but it was a major necessity to take it off for the beet party. Once again, sorry 13 year old Cora of the future!

Big eyes and beets! 

Such a rarity to see her sleeping in the car. The seat belt is off because I was in the process of slowly sneaking her out of the car. Spoiler alert: she woke almost immediately after I got the straps off. 

The next bunch of photos are from a hiking trip that Cora, Scott and I took with Granddad and Kelly to the Appalachian Mountains. 

Trying on mom's hat. 

Aunt Kelly and Cora eating dinner! 

Family hiking shot! 

You see that man in the background? That is Mr. Granddad himself. You can always spot him about a 1/4 of a mile ahead. He doesn't make it into a lot of photos because he is always on a roll, but we caught him in this one! 

Happy baby with dad holding her. 

Cora liked to steer her dad around by pulling his hair in different directions. 

We went to Hillbilly Mini-Golf in Gatlinburg, TN. Lots of tractors and barrels. 

Cora was pretty interested in sitting in the funky grass.

Cora was also the assistant golf ball picker upper out of the hole.

Some cool cool hikers. 

Scott put on his helmet hair for this photo op. 

And mama put on her creepy eyes. 

Hiking's over. Time for a weekly photoshoot. 

And some open/close games. 

Stair climber girl with the chubbiest legs in town!

Smiley girl! 

Thanks for reading! Be sure to check Never Listless tomorrow for the exciting finale of the deck update!

Entertaining Herself... 16 Month Old BabyToddler, Part 3

A couple of months ago, over on Never Listless, we checked out some of the ways Cora has been keeping herself busy. (Here is Part 1. Here is Part 2). Cora is now 18 months and this 3rd post is long overdue. In fact, she isn't doing everything on this list anymore and she has added lots of new things.


Here are some of the activities that have been keeping Cora occupied recently:

• Screaming, "man, man, man" after she has spotted one. She is usually right and, luckily, hasn't offended any women yet. She looks out the window in the kitchen a lot hoping to see our next door neighbor (a man) letting his dogs out. Here she is showing him to me and saying, "MAN MAN MAN."

• Looking at photos. My mom recently left an old photo album at our house. Looking through it provides Cora endless entertainment. She insists that most of the men are dad; even the ones with awesome mustaches or 80s booty shorts. Whenever she sees an iPhone shaped device she starts chanting, "Be-be be-be be-be" which means "I know there are photos of baby Cora on there. Let's take a look."

• Repeats things. She says our names a lot! If you like to hear your name said twice in a row very quickly then you should come to our house!

• Taking it all in. If we are out of the house, there is a good chance that Cora goes will go into stare mode at some point. She loves watching everything that is going on around her. Cora is very interested in strangers who say hi or talk to her. And she will often wave back. But those strangers very rarely get a smile, just an intent stare or they get...



• Saying no and being a bit sassy. I am sad to say that I think the terrible twos are starting to kick in. My little sweetie baby is learning a little bit of a sassy streak. She loves the word "no" right now. Answering yes and no questions is her favorite. Ex.: Q: Do you eat dirt? A: [VERY EMPHATIC] NOOOOOOOO! Q: Do you eat avocado? A: [head nod]. Conversations get pretty interesting around these parts.

• Finding little nooks to hide in. The spot under our kitchen bar is exactly Cora's height and she LOVES to stand there!

• Walking backwards. That baby is a moon-walking machine. I constantly catch her Michael-Jackson-ing around the house and smiling to herself about it.

• Playing in her little kitchen is one of her favorite activities. When I eventually get to Part 2 of Christmas 2012 (here's Part 1) I will show you how happy Cora was to get her new kitchen. She loves playing with her plastic toy knife. She calls it "danj," which is how she says dangerous. She is always trying to put it in her mouth and I say, "no, Cora. Knives are dangerous. Don't put them in your mouth." This has made the play knife one of her favorite toys. She is always walking around the kitchen looking for it and saying, "danj, danj" (she loves to repeat things, as you learned earlier). The introduction of this kitchen into her life gave her another opportunity to share her food with her stuffed animals or animals in pictures on the wall (see below).

• Sharing food with her pals is quite possibly one of Cora's favorite things to do. She loves offering them everything she has to eat and drink. This results in a very regular schedule of stuffed animal washing. Pretty much since Cora has been eating solid foods she has been trying to share it to someone. When she was really little she liked to share it with me. If she is Skyping with a family member, she likes to offer it up. Sometimes she has to offer it to every single animal or person in the room before she eats it herself.  

• Getting ahold of things that she shouldn't. She loves holding vitamin containers and spice containers. Empty ones don't seem to do the trick. I only let her hold them when I am right on top of her and I keep things like this out of her reach, but not out of her sight. Sometimes, I give in and let her hold things like this for a minute. I should have learned my lesson by now because taking things that she wants away from her is WAY harder than not giving her something in the first place.

And, there you have it, folks- that is what Cora was up to 2 months ago! 

Tomorrow, stay tuned for some photos of her from almost a year ago. I am the absolute best about keeping up with things, aren't I?