10 months for Cora

She made it another month and did it with all the energy and gusto that she could summon.  This week has us again busy and driving and driving and busy.  Being weighed today was a disappointment, for Cora has lost a few ounces and according to the Pickford scale is down to 12 pounds and 12 ounces this week.  This is a loss of 6 ounces from last weeks weigh in.  I continue to feed this child as much as she will eat and she continues to eat with much joy and yumminess.

Therapies were hard for Cora this week.  We have been working on the exercises since last week and the new signs.  While she recognizes the sign for "toy" now, she does not sign it yet.  During the physical and occupational therapy a new seat was introduced for Cora and she spent much of the time working on mid line grabs, mid line leg lifts and sitting in the seat unassisted.  Toward the end of the session Cora was definitely ready to stop and her old telling signs of too much showed up, the hands started to turn purple and swelling.  In all, it was a great session for Cora and her improvement in grabbing skills and holding things is growing in leaps and bounds.

Her newest trick is throwing herself forward while she is sitting on you and making a grab for whatever has caught her attention.  This is a wonderful development for us to see in Cora, but not so fun when you are the one trying to hand on to the propelling Cora.  She thinks its all fun and games and smiles with contentment at having reached what she was aiming for.

Cora is a whopping ten months old today and I am so thankful for yet another month and another milestone.  Raising Cora has been like living in the middle of a firestorm....thank God he has made me fireproof.  Because God might NOT take you out of the fire, but he will sure enough provide you with the protection you need to weather and survive the storm. 

 Cora five minutes after therapy. She fell asleep while I was telling the therapists goodbye.

 ten month old Cora