Our evenings

Kora likes to spend her evenings perfecting her new skills. On this night, it was walking. With a practice throw at the end.

Busy night September 21, 2010 from Minh-An Pence on Vimeo.

Did a month already fly by? Again?

Turns out time goes by faster when you have a kid. Unless you're trying to put the kid to sleep, at 3AM, in which case it drags on and on.

Which brings me to Kora's sleep. Or sometimes lack of it. That girl definitely keeps us on our toes. For the past month she has been working on walking on her own, and thank goodness she got that down, so her sleep has resumed to crappy. Note: crappy is a step up from what it's been...insanely awful.

There were a couple of nights where she woke up between 2 and 3 and just wanted to play and talk, and it would take about an hour or more to put her back to sleep. She would just be sitting there in complete darkness chatting away about her day (I can only assume) and trying to crawl off the bed.

But...this girl can walk! Pretty well! I'll upload some videos of her soon. She has even started trying to run, which is not so good since she usually ends up falling, but it is crazy to watch!

She now has 7 teeth and the 8th one will pop out any day now.

Some of the things she loves right now:

• Playing with water, wherever she is (fountain, bathtub, pool, Kody's water bowl).
• Playing outside where she does things like collect acorns and rocks (At least now she doesn't immediately just put them in her mouth.)
• Reading books and magazines
• Patting Kody
• Eating
• Throwing a ball
• Watching birds and insects
• Nursing (yes, she is a definitely a booby girl)
• Hanging upside down
• Playing in the pantry
• Riding in her carseat (ha ha! just kidding!)

Just one more month and she'll be ONE YEAR OLD. How did this happen so quickly?? Next thing you know she'll be heading off to Georgia Tech (or her safety school, UVA).