Happy Thanksgiving to all! Cordelia is 8 months exactly on Thanksgiving day. She continues to be very active and is overall a very happy baby. She crawls on her hands and knees all over the place now and also likes to stand up on everything. She is in the beginning stages of cruising. She can…

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Cordelia had a big spurt of development during this month. Her crawling is much improved and she can get around pretty quickly. She also learned how to pull herself up into a stand and has been grabbing everything to pull herself up. She also can slide into a sitting position. Her bottom two teeth broke…

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Things have settled down a lot at the Russin house this month. Bathroom construction is complete and with summer ending the excitement of travel and visitors has also ended. Cordelia had Grandpa and Grandma Powers watch her over Labor Day weekend while Tim and Alicia went to a Jack Russell Dog show. Corrie did great…

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Another exciting month for the Russins. There were several trips and visitors for us this month. We started off the month by driving down to San Diego to get away while the popcorn ceiling was removed in our house. We drove down during the night and Cordelia slept the whole 7 hrs. Upon our return…

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This month has continued to be full of excitement and activity. Cordelia celebrated her first 4th of July! She participated in the Powers family traditional game of Pin the Tail on the Donkey, but didn’t do any of the other games. Grandma and Grandpa watched her while Tim and Alicia went out to the fireworks.…

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We have had lots of excitement this past month. Tim’s work is starting to get more busy as his team enters the assembly and testing phase of the project. Alicia went back to work for two weeks before quitting Cymer to focus on motherhood full time. Cordelia got her 2 month shots and started going…

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This month has seen a lot of changes and development for Cordelia – and us as well. At the beginning of the month Corrie was still fairly inactive and not very engaging and now as she enters 2 Months she has become much more alert and interactive. Her “tummy time” is great – check out…

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On March 27th at 7:06AM we welcomed Cordelia into the world and our family. This first month has been filled with joy, excitement, exhaustion, and lots of learning. During this period of transition into parenthood, we were blessed to be surrounded by supportive family. Grandpa and Grandma Powers spent a whole month visiting with us.…

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