Anyway, Cora is starting to take a few steps on her own! She' been standing very steadily for "long" periods of time for a number of weeks, and walking holding on to furniture or fingers. But we've never really encouraged her to actually take a few steps by herself. Last night Brad and I helped her walk between us and she took about 3 steps a couple of times. Of course we didn't get that on video. Tonight while Brad was gone I thought I'd try again, with the camera ready and I caught her taking a few steps - so now you all can enjoy!
Brad's had a number of adventures this last week. Last Saturday the three of us went cross-country skiing on the Mesa, then popped into Montrose to see Mom and Dad Bierma. It's so great being close enough to see them frequently. It's a little far to "just drop in" whenever, but we came down the Mesa the back way, which takes us through Delta. That's only 25 - 30 minutes to their place and we had no plans for the rest of the day. I'm glad they let us drop in!
Then on Monday, Brad and Mark, our pastor, went kayaking down the Colorado River. They stayed on the section that goes right through town and it took them only an hour and a half! They were both pretty bundled up and ready for the worst, but thankfully everything went well. I'm not sure which one of them came up with the idea - they both love kayaking and a little adventure.
Then Friday night to Saturday Brad went snow camping on the Mesa with our friends Jeremy and Brian. They made a snow cave to sleep in. Now they can say they've done it, but - NO - that's not good enough. Now Brad knows what needs to happen to do it better so I won't be surprised if he heads back up there this winter to make some improvements! He said there were lots of frustrating things that you just don't think about until you're out there freezing. Like how a tea-light candle burning on top of ice melts a hole down into the ice and doesn't last long. And that it's too cold for batteries to work, or his butane lighter, or the heater that comes with the MRE he brought for dinner. So, to him it's a new challenge to try and do it better!
No cabin fever in this family! Click here to see an album of pictures - including Brad's winter kayaking and snow camping adventures.
1/ The brussel sprouts were on sale because you are the only one willing to buy them. They are yucky. But I'm glad you enjoyed them! :)
ReplyDelete2/ I'm glad you are keeping busy during these cold winter days. And I mean that from the bottom of my freezing California heart. Those pictures made me so cold I need to go make another pot of coffee! I was just telling Michael how tired I am of winter...it's probably about 50 degrees here...
3/ You all look so happy! I miss you...I'd love to come see you in the spring when it's warmer...:)
love, love, love,
Lara
Lara is funny :)
ReplyDeleteThis is Laura, however, and I must be weird too, because I like brussel sprouts. With butter & salt & pepper, they're quite yummy! Oh wait, I know why that is.. b/c we're Schippers at heart. Yup, there's no denying the connection when we're united by love for vegetables. sigh.
P.S.: bummer, I can't see the video of Cora walking, can you repost? Yay that she is though, what fun! Bennett is so happy now that he's walking all over, he thinks he owns this place!
ReplyDeleteI fixed the video so hopefully it works now. For some reason when I use blogger's video upload feature, it appears to work just fine when I preview the post, but then when I publish it it doesn't work. So I guess I'll have to stick with YouTube.
ReplyDeleteCLAP, CLAP, CLAP, CLAP!!!! Yay Cora!!!! That is precious. I love her waving of hands before walking, like she's announcing her big debut :)
ReplyDeleteHey, I love brussel sprouts too and I liked 'em way before I became a Schippers:). We tried growing them in our garden one year and it was a Fiasco (notice the capital F?). Way to go on created a new recipe!!!
ReplyDeleteYAY, CORA!!! That was fantastic! Great balance, too, the way she saved the fall after the first couple steps...
ReplyDeleteOkay, here's my Brussels sprouts story: I've only had them once, and truly, they weren't all that bad. I don't know how to prepare them, but that's another story, and I blame it on my mom...anyway, the first (and only) time I ever made them I bought them frozen because I happened to see them in the freezer case--I didn't even know what they looked like--and my First Husband loved them. I thought I'd make them for him like his mom used to...Big Mistake. Now, he always complimented and thanked me for everything I ever cooked for him except these. These got, "They're just not the same as my mom made them." Well, you'd have to know the whole story there, too, but it's sufficient for you to know that she is not a nice person, and by mutual agreement our son has never met her. So criticizing my Brussels sprouts was a particularly bad idea. He never got them from me again.
Fortunately Michael hates them. No pun intended, but the whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth...
Kris, if you ever made Brussels sprouts for me, I would eat every last one of them--I'm sure they would be delicious!!!
Hi! I should have left my comment a lot sooner. Jusat been watching the video everyday I think. It's so precious. She's trying so hard. I esp like the way she'll come to her mommy. It seems at Christmas she wasn't so interested in coming when called.
ReplyDeleteLOve ya
Mom