Cora's Room

Having a Chat with Daddy.

Here's a video of Daddy and I having a conversation about....nothing in particular.  Daddy was interested in having a discussion about Global Warming, but I was more interested about discussing bottle warming.

See if you can figure out what we're talking about. I'll tell you what we are really talking about when I'm old enough to talk. Bye.
Cora 'talking' 4 months from john caldwell on Vimeo.

I Love My Bunny

A few days ago, I told you about my new 'Sugar Honey Bunny' shirt, while giving a shoutout to my friend saucy Matt Bivins.  Now, I got my own bunny!!

I love my bunny, and its the first thing I've held in my arms without it being put there and just laying there.  Here's a pic of me and my bunny chillaxing on the couch.

Now, as much as I love my bunny, eventually bunny went where pretty much everything I get my hands on goes at some point.

Yep.  Right into my mouth.  Although I love my bunny, I didn't particularly like the way he tasted, and in fact I choked a little when Mommy pulled him out of my mouth.  He was a little too fuzzy for my taste.

bunny and I are bound to have many a good time together.  Come over and play!  Bye.

Chillin' on my PlayMat

Everyone needs their own space, and I'm no different.  My current favorite place to play is my playmat.  It's got all kinds of secrets, like secret squeakies, and hidden honkers.  I love it.

My favorite thing to do at the moment is to play on the mat, talk to my friends Mr Giraffe, and Mr Lion and chirp with glee.  I don't think I'll ever get sick of this.  Mommy told me the other day that when I'm five years old, I'll want nothing to do with this mat.

How is this possible??  There's no way I'll ever get sick of my playmat.  Look at how much fun I'm having.

Bye.

Squeaky Clean!

Hi Everyone -

I'm just out of the bath, and I wanted to say a quick hello.  Daddy is out in the desert watching something called 'Spring Training', and Mommy and I are here in Carlsbad.  I took a bath earlier tonight, and here I am....freshly cleaned.  oops.  I think I just peed.  Bye.

The Music Challenge - Radiohead vs. Slowrunner

At least a couple days a week, Daddy and I sit in front of his computer for a while, and just listen to whatever pops up on his iTunes 'Shuffle'.  Daddy has noticed that I react to some songs more than others.  So, here is the very first Cora Caldwell music challenge.

The first song that came on was Slowrunner's 'Streamlined'.  I liked this a lot, and seemed to be mezmerized a little.  It was a good song.  The next song on was Radiohead's 'Paranoid Android'.  This is one of Daddy's favorite songs of all time, but I got a bit fussy, and I think it was too noisy for me.  I didn't like it as much.

Here we are during the music challenge.   Daddy didn't frame this picture very well, but no one cares what Daddy looks like.  You're all here to see me.  Adore me, please.  Thank You.  Bye.

Staring Off Into the Distance

Hi everyone.  It’s been a very active week here, and I want to let you all know I’m starting to do a lot of thinking.  Here I am at one of Mommy’s favorite coffeehouses, pondering my own existence while probably listening to some uber hip band.  Mommy was reading the paper, and having some coffee.  She loves to do this, and I’m starting to really like it too.  Look at how deep in thought I am.  I’m probably weighing the pros and cons of Obama’s stimulus plan….or I’m wondering if I have to poop.  Well, off to another adventure.  Bye.

My Left Foot

I have a problem with my left foot.  It seems that I can’t for the life of me keep socks on my left foot.  This results in my coming home/going to bed with one sock on.  This drives Mommy and Daddy nuts, as they can’t figure out where all the left socks go.  The tragedy of the left socks has been immortalized in a shrine we have built.  All the right socks are gathered at this one place we like to call the ‘wall of orphan socks’.  All of these are right socks whose left sock counterpart have mysteriously disappeared.

 

 

 

Each of these socks has a story.  Where were they when their twin left them?  How did it make them feel?  We’ve gathered them all together at the wall of orphan socks so they may share in their pain, and yearn for the days when they were part of a tandem on my feet, and not sitting….lonely against a wall.

 

If you have seen any of my left socks, let Daddy know immediately.  We must stop this from continuing.  This happens constantly.

 

In fact, we’ve just discovered another orphan sock while this post was being written.  The sock was found wandering lonely on Mommy’s dresser just a few minutes ago.

 

 

Please do what you can to help me find my lost socks.  I’m starting to doze off.  My left foot is cold.  Bye.

My First Chinese Poker Game

One of Mommy and Daddy's favorite things to do before I was born was to go out and have a beer (or wine), and play Chinese Poker together while they discussed topics of the day, etc.

So, they decided last night they would try to 'live the dream' they were living before I was born and play some Chinese Poker.  They invited me, so I went along.

I can't play Chinese Poker yet, so Daddy set my hands according to the house rules of China....or something.  Here's the scoreboard.

We got four hands in, when suddenly, out of nowhere - we were ambushed by the world's worst band of all time!  A band had snuck in, and were "playing" in the corner while we were trying to focus.  The band was so bad the singer kept singing the verses for about 30 seconds after the band had finished the song.  Some in the place were laughing...Daddy was about to explode.  Its the first band I have ever heard, and I couldn't believe how bad they were.  Here's the look on my face when they started playing.

I was scared.  It sounded like 5 people making different noises at the same time, with no idea what the other was doing.  They were trying a song by some band called 'Santana'.  Daddy called it 'Craptana'.  We left.

I wish we could have got more hands in, Cause I was beating my daddy - badly.  Alas, it wasn't meant to be.  I'll read a couple books on the game, and be better the next time.  Bye.

Nap Time in my New Crib!

Since I am now officially a big girl at three months old, I now sleep in my crib, the place where I will sleep for the next couple years. Thanks to Auntie Heather for it, and to Uncle Jason for putting it together.  It seems I'm always thanking other people....do my Mommy & Daddy do anything??  I'll get back to you on that.

So far so good in the crib, and although it might look a little like a jail sentence from this picture, I have been enjoying it thus far.  Here's a pic of my having my afternoon nap in my crib yesterday.  Enjoy!  Bye.

Just In Case You Think its All Wine & Roses

Here I am yesterday during our trip to Coronado.  I liked Coronado, but when Daddy told me the story of AIG selling 2a-7 puts to funds, thus causing their collapse to hasten, there was only one reaction I could have, and here it is.  I'll try to get back to the happy times in the next post, but listen, people....sometimes you gotta have some clouds with your sunshine.  Bye.