First Haircut

These are not great pictures, but it's all I've got. Cora's hair was getting pretty long in front and hanging in Cora's eyes and tickling her nose. I tried for a long time to keep it pinned back with a barrette or pulled up in a pony tail but it was getting so yucky on the ends it just needed a trim. Here it is all wet and ready to be cut.

I gave her just a little trim in front and a little bit around the back and sides where the ends were ratty. It's growing slowly, but at least what's there now lays a little more nicely and is less snarly!


She has been singing "e-i-e-i-o" (as in "old mac donald") all the time lately. It's so cute. It usually comes out "e-i-e-i-e-e-o". She often actually gets the tune right!
She also aften says "thank-you" (or "beenk-oo") on her own accord without being prompted. We love it, obviously! And she'll respond to herself with "welcome".
She loves to say "big-girl" and loves to drink from a big girl cup, use her spoon or fork like a big girl (although she still likes to use her fingers), and attempt put her own shoes on. After eating or drinking something she'll put it down and say "good" sounding very fulfilled (or "dood").

Her growing vocabulary is so much fun!

Her little imagination is taking hold, too: This morning she found a diaper and tried to put it on one of her dolls; this afternoon in the car she started pretending that a crab was biting her (a book that we read has crabs in it and when we get to the crab part we pretend our hands are crabs gently pinching each other...we haven't read the book for at least a week!) She loves to color and will often tell me that her scribbles are a cat or flowers or a horse. She is such a joyful little girl!