More firsts

Yesterday Cora said what I would call her first sentence. She's combined words before when imitating us, but they usually aren't very clear. Yesterday Cora and I were playing with a toy and she put it in my hand and said "Mommy, do it" clear as a bell!

Then today at lunch she had two sippy cups for some reason and she pointed at each one and said "one, two" perfectly clear. Brad and I were so shocked and excited! We clapped away and cheered for her. She was so proud of herself - or maybe she just liked the reaction. She kept saying "one, two" and after a while when we stopped clapping she looked at Brad and said "Daddy, clap"! I can't believe how fast her speech is developing lately!

Another thing I forgot to post a while ago is that Cora has started saying her own name! I don't know what I love that she can say her name, but it makes me so excited. She has been saying friends' names (Alex, David, Cadence, Liam) for a few months but when I would ask her "Cora, what's your name?" she would say "Name!" It was really cute how she said it, too. Well, while we were in Michigan she started saying Cora, but it comes out sounding like "Doo-wa". How adorable!

Lately Cora has also been saying "no" on her own accord. It hasn't been in defiance yet - I know that day will come soon. But she'll answer a question sometimes with "no". This morning I asked if she was all done with breakfast. If she is, she usually says "all done". This morning she said "No" and kept eating! I'll try to get a video of her saying no because it's so fuuny. She sticks both her lips out really far and it comes out very nasal sounding!