Cabin Time

Brad got back from his SERVE trip with the high school students and was able to take a few days to recoup so we went to the cabin to get away. When we got there Cora almost immediately walked over to the woodburning stove, stopped about 2 feet in front of it and said "hot". When she is saying something is hot she puts her hand out in front of her, but not touching what she's referring to. Then she walked into the kitchen, approached the oven/stove and did the same thing! We were so surprised that she remembered this from being there a month ago.

One day we went to the Great Sandunes and played in the Medano Creek. It's hardly what most people think of when you hear "creek". It was fun to get a little wet and play with mud.

We also hiked to the top of the basin one day. I can't believe that it is only a 3.5 mile hike, round trip. It's so steep that it feels so much longer. We climbed from 9,500 feet to 11,500 feet in 1.75 miles. Actually, the hiking up wasn't the hard part. It was coming down that made my hips, knees and ankles ache horribly. Cora wasn't so happy about being in the backpack that long but overall she did OK. Last week was a little tough anyway...we think she's teething and she was cranky all last week. She seems to be doing better this week, so far.

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A side note, Cora is "talking" so much! Her newest words are "baby", "poop", "cat", "orse" (horse), "wee" (either a slide or a swing), "hot" (for hot and hat), "na-nee" (goodnight), "tra-ter" (tractor), "choo-choo" (or more accurately "ch-ch" - for train), and "guk" (i have no idea why, but it seems to mean water or drink...).

She's also become fascinated with aircraft and always hears when one is flying overhead. She stops what she's doing, points in the air and says in a very high voice "ta-ta". I think the fascination started a month ago when I spent the night with Mom B. in Montrose while Brad and Dad B. went to get the Jetta from the cabin...Long story. Anyway, while we were there two airplanes and one helicopter flew really low right over their house and we could hear and see them very plainly (ha! no pun intended). Since then, Cora points out any aircraft she can hear even if she can't see it!

Cora is so animated and interactive; it's so much fun! She loves to give high-fives, blow kisses, wave and say "hi" or "bye", play peek-a-boo (but she cheats and looks through her fingers!). She is very active while reading books now, pointing at pictures of things she recognizes which are usually birds, cats, dogs, horses, babies, juice, tractors, ball. It's so amazing watching her grow!