Happy Birthday Coraline!

This week I am teaching my second grades about poems.
So I created a poem to model for my students.
I think its kind of cute :)

Last Saturday was fun.
Fill with lots of sun.
My baby Coraline just turned one.

There was cake, and laughter,
While we watch her slaughter
Her sweet layered ladybug cake.

I love my baby Coraline
This much I know is true,
She grew 2 inches in about a month or two.

It's Birthday time

I can't believe my baby is a year old. Her actual birthday is Monday, but we celebrated today. She is so precious. I can't believe how one little baby could completely change the way I feel, think, and act. I kind of have an idea what love really is.

The party was amazing! Good food, amazing cake, and awesome fellowship. A big thank you to everyone who came out. Thanks for making memories with my family :)

Man, these times are hard...

I need to seriously blog more! The truth of the matter is, I need more time. But if I had more time then I would only fill it with more things. So here I am blogging.

I secretly like it when my baby wakes up in the middle of the night crying. She only wants me to hold her for a moment and then she goes back to sleep. I wonder if that is how God feels when we cry out to him? He holds us for a moment so we can mentally get back into the game, and then we're off dreaming again. I like it.

So this whole we might not pay government employees is lame. I'm not worried because I know my needs will be taken care of, its just lame. I'm praying for all the families whose livelihood depend on that income. And since education is a function of the state, I fear that it could trickle down to my salary, which would make it very difficult to find the motivation to go to work. I love my baby more than my paycheck, which would be non existent. Now, I'm just rambling.
I need to think of a closing catch phrase like, "Stay classy San Diego," or something...

Play day

Coraline had her first play day today. It was with Alexia. She is 8 months old and super cute. At first Coraline wasn't sure about the whole situation, but then she warmed up to her and started interacting. After rolling around for a while we moved to the swings (always a hit with the babies). Overall Coraline really enjoyed it, but she fell asleep on the walk home. I love my Baby C!

Weekend

Well, I think the weekly hiking trips have begun. This Saturday was the second time hiking telegraph pass. I really enjoy hiking with my firends and my dogs. Never a dull moment. There was only one crazy person who attempted to "steal" Tink. Good times...

Coraline is making such great gains lately!
The other night I was drinking a smoothie and she totally tried to drink it like a big kid.



Also she wants to crawl so badly. She gets on all fours and moves her knees or hands. What's really cute are her facial expressions. It looks like she knows mentally how to crawl, but her body just won't do it...It won't be long...However, I don't have any pictures. Matt won't let me take any because the camera distracts her...

Here's a picture of Coraline and her first mixed bottle...needless to say she does not like yams...

5 months

Today Coraline is 5 months old. She can officially sit up by herself when she is not trying to put objects in her mouth; she can also hold her own bottle. She has really gone through so many changes. She loves watching t.v. Matt thinks she likes football, but really its just t.v. in general. I know infants watching t.v. is controversial, but she's so drawn to it. If the t.v. is on she will literally try to do an 180 to watch it. I can tell we are going to have problems when she gets older. Coraline also loves the dogs. Whenever they walk by she reaches out and tries to touch them. It is so cute. I love my Baby C and I love being a mom!