Dear Blog

Dear blog,
I am sorry. I did not mean to neglect you. Life just came between us. Please accept my sincere apology. Here are a few pictures of my time away:

Crying babies and the Nicholls Family on Jessica's First Birthday

Cousins Playing on a Super Fun Slide at Grandma's

So Sweet

Playdate with Colin

Now that we have that out of the way. Everyone is doing pretty well over here. Corinne had another cold that she passed on to Kevin last week. They are both feeling good now, but still congested.

Corinne has mastered running around the house. One of her favorite games is chase. She finds Kevin or I hiding in the kitchen laundry room waiting for her, then she dashes off back to the family room and we chase her. Another very fun game is with the exercise ball, she will push it anywhere once she goes to get it.

As some of you may know, I am theoretically anti-TV for the little one. I don't think she should NEVER watch it, but I don't think it should be on most of the day. When Kevin comes home and the TV is off she greets him with a big smile, finds the remote, carries it to him, opens his hand, puts it in his hand, and snuggles up to him for them to enjoy Lazytown together. I love and hate this. It is adorable to see her so happy and for them both to totally enjoy their cuddle time, but the TV corrupts it all for me.

Happy Birthday Daddy

We Love Bubbles

My Computer Is Home

About a week ago my computer was sent off to the doctor. The backlight stopped working and the hard drive went kaplooey. Sadly, I had not backed up my pictures since 10/4/09. So, the last month and half has been lost. I had a really cute picture of the three of us I wanted to share, and wish I had. Then I could download it and have it again. I am sad, but not a huge deal.

Corinne is taking 5-6 steps regularly. It is pretty awesome watching her put the pieces together. She started climbing the sofa the other day. We taught her to get back down feet first. She crawls to the very edge face first and then turns around to get down. It is adorable. She is babbling more and more. Still saying "yeah", "mama", and "dada / daddy". She studies her books often, she really loves them.

We are excited the holiday season has begun. We are hosting Thanksgiving next week. Then Amy, Tiffany, Tommy, and Sam are coming 2 weeks later. I am thrilled for the craziness to begin. Kevin might not be as excited. Corinne is great at opening things now. So, presents should be super fun. I just wanted to post a quick update because I can, because my computer is home.

Beautiful November Day

Steps

Halloween was a blast. Corinne dressed up in her turtle and bundled up to give out candy to all the kids that came to see her. Our wonderful neighbors were disappointed we didn't take her trick or treating because they had made her goody bags of treats she could eat. I love them, they couldn't be sweeter.

Simba got a new costume this year. I think he looks cute. Corinne thinks it is hilarious.

We also went to the zoo for part of our Halloween celebration. She adored the train and the tigers, it was very cool.

Corinne is now taking 5+ steps at a time on her own, but she still doesn't care that much about walking. She is such a fast crawler, it just seems she could care less. She is cutting her upper front teeth and in a growth spurt. So, she is still a pleasure most of the the day, but she is extra cranky when she is sleepy.

Corinne does more than laugh, but...

Here is a sneak peek at Corinne's Halloween costumes:




This video shows Corinne's mood when we have pancakes for dinner:

Why do we have toys?

All she needs is her Simba Dog and a sock.

OT 26-20 Victory for MSU

What a fantastic game! 26 to 20 in overtime, and GREEN and WHITE one. Corinne was sporting her MSU sweatsuit and she and I were thrilled with the outcome.


Kevin was less thrilled...

15 months already?

Corinne has always loved Simba Doggie. Her new hobby is hiding her face in his fur 30-40 times a days. He tolerates it just fine. However, when she tries to hold on and use him for a walker he does try to get away.

I just wanted to sneak this cute snuggly picture in. This is how I found Kevin and Corinne when I came home from photographing a wedding on Saturday. I love them!

We had a spectacular day in the park yesterday. It was gorgreous out and Corinne had a blast walking around, playing on the swings, the tunnel, the slide, and flying.



Corinne had her 15 month appointment today. She is doing great, developing, growing, learning, all that fun stuff. She weighed in at 20 pounds, 10 ounces, 15th percentile. She is 32.5 inches long, 95 percentile. She is staying right on her growth curve. We figure there are worse things to be than tall and thin.

After the appointment Kevin had to head out of town for work. I decided to really treat my self while he was out of town and picked up some tuna helper for us for dinner. Kevin hates hot tuna, and the smell of tuna cooking, but I adore tuna helper. Corinne LOVED it. She usually feed the dogs her food when she is done eating, today she stacked it on her sippy cup. As you can see, it was finger licking good. We still miss daddy though.

Labor Day Weekend 2009

It took me a week to recover and to write this post. We had a very exciting Labor Day weekend planned. All of the Sniderman family was going to Saugatuck to celebrate the union of Arren and Erin. It all started out great.

Thursday Kevin and I celebrated our third anniversary with some video games at Lucky's and nice dinner. Corinne spent the evening with Granny, Grandpa, and Great Aunt Sherry. Friday morning we got up and went to breakfast and the cider mill with Great Aunt Sherry.


That night Aunt Tiffany, Uncle Tommy, and Sam arrived. It had been up in the air as to if they were coming because Tiffany and Sam both had colds. We are very happy they decided to come. It is always nice to have the kids together.

We had a great brunch with the Foulkrod family.

We headed home and everyone else headed out to Saugatuck. We were planning on heading out Sunday morning. Corinne came down with a cold that night and woke up screaming many times. Then we were the ones on the fence about the big family trip. We decided to just make a day of it. Corinne was trooper and looked adorable in the dress.

The wedding was breathtaking. The venus was romantic, serene, and classic (Felt Mansion). It was wonderful to get to visit all the family we don't see that often. We had a great time, until Corinne expired. She really wasn't feeling well. So, we hit the hills to come home around 9:30, when the party was really just getting started.

She slept soundly all the way home and all night, 13 hours total. She also napped for 5 hours the next day. Apparently, she was tired. She is now feeling much better and we have had a fabulous week.

Unfortunately, Kevin now has a humdinger of a cold. We hope to all be healthy soon.