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Cory updates

elf — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:35:14 +0000

I’ve been kind of remiss lately.

Cory started talking a few weeks ago, that is, using a few words in context on his own. Reading Mercedes Lackey novels aloud is at least a couple of years off. (Although he would if he could, for the annoyance value.)

We consider his first word to be “cup.” He said it while looking around for his sippy cup, and went straight to it and took a drink when he spotted it. But he mostly says “Cory” (“Cowwy”) now. It’s not vanity so much as it is the only way he can express a variety of different meanings, such as “that object should be given to Cory,” “time to play with Cory,” and “Cory is on his way over to climb on you and drool on your shirt.”

His main hobbies include turning the ottoman on its side so that he can play in the space between the cushion and the base, taking the cushions off the couch, and throwing the occasional tantrum to see if it will get him anywhere this time.

Cory the kid

elf — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:00:54 +0000

I know we say this every few weeks, but once again it feels like Cory woke up one morning in the last week and was suddenly more like a little kid than a baby. He still doesn’t walk, but is now very good at climbing up on the furniture. He doesn’t talk, but understands a lot of what is said to him, and has become keenly interested in being read to. In addition to climbing, his pastimes include taking toys out of his toy box and putting them in again, reading books to himself (he’ll get one and babble very intently at it), and seeing how far he can drop something on the other side of the baby gate before he can’t reach it anymore.

He is also, and I cannot emphasize this enough, extremely silly. I can’t describe it, only emphasize it. Silly is silly. You’ll just have to trust me.

But what made me really feel like a mom was yesterday, while I was playing the Wii. He climbed up on the couch and sat down next to me. Considering that he usually only climbs the couch with the intent of crawling around, and had never sat on it properly before without being placed there by one of us, it was really something. Suddenly he was a little person who was sitting on the couch to watch the TV.

Cory short take #16

elf — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:09:36 +0000

Mommy’s ears are not detachable.

Cory short take #14

elf — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:25:23 +0000

Cory likes baths. There was a while when he didn’t, and in fact he’s still not crazy about the part where I put him back on the floor to get dressed after drying him off. But the bath is fun. He has started playing with toys in there and splashing with his feet.

Cory short take #11

elf — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:57:15 +0000

The upside is now that he can flip and scooch himself all over the room, he is much better at keeping himself entertained. The downside is that he has to be watched like an ‘awk.

Cory short take #8

elf — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:46:05 +0000

Cory now wants to play with whatever you are playing with. Like most Cory developments, it was pretty sudden. Two days ago he wasn’t much interested in things that weren’t already in reach. Yesterday he threw a small fit while I was making out a grocery list, not because I wasn’t playing with him, but because I had a pen and notebook and he didn’t.