When pigs sing

One of Coco's favorite books is Moo, Baa, La La La by Sandra Boynton. She picks this book for us to read almost every day, sometimes several times a day.

It's really cute and the first few pages go like this:

"A cow says MOO.

A sheep says BAA.

Three singing pigs say LA LA LA!"

It then goes on to correct us and point out that pigs do not actually sing, but instead say "OINK all day and night."

I think, however, that my poor little Coco is confused. You can ask her what so many animals say and she answers correctly - cow, horse, sheep, dog, cat, you get the idea. But ask her what a pig says and she will not reply with OINK. 

Oh no. She starts singing.

Lalalalala!

Crawl, walk, run...dance?

As promised, here is my newest video production chronicling Coco's progress from crawling to, well, dancing! Enjoy!

Christmas with the Nichols

We spent this Christmas in Denver with my (Geoff) family this year. Flying with a 17 month old is interesting. She's still free to fly, but that means she still has to sit on our laps. Anticipating a long afternoon, we ran her around the New Orleans airport as much as we could, hoping she'd fall asleep in the plane. Rounding a corner in the terminal we came across someone I expect she will be very familiar with in future Christmases, but with whom she has no love for as of yet. You guessed it, Santa Claus! Southwest Airlines was doing free photo shoots for kids in the airport, and I decided to take advantage. Cora wasn't sure about Santa, but he did give her a candy cane, so he can't be that bad, right? Wrong. I'm not complaining; I think this picture is perfect!

Maybe she'll like him a little more next year.

Second Halloween

Halloween was a blast this year. Cora decided she wanted to go as a cowgirl—by decided, I mean she got to wear the one costume we owned that was passed down from Weston, Ella and Libby—and boy was she cute!

Catching up

It's been a while!  This has been a whirlwind of a summer for the three of us, I'll try to fill you in on the high points.

First and foremost, our beautiful baby girl is now a one-year-old!  July 26 marked her first birthday...coincidentally, it also marked the day Gena and I realized time is moving a little bit faster than we ever thought possible.  This first year has been much more than an eye opening experience.  We've gone from a tiny, helpless (and let's be honest, mostly useless) baby, to a walking, "talking", hugging, kissing, playful, loving child.

Alright, the summer began with a weekend trip to Denver, which is now home to about half of my immediate family.  It was great having (almost) everybody in the same place, and even better seeing everyone dote on Coco.  We were there for my first Father's Day, so I was given a t-shirt for Coco to celebrate the occasion.  We also played a little tennis, which as soon as she can hold racket, Coco will be playing too!  She might need to work on her balance though...