Category: Blog

Blog post describing what’s going on this month.

  • March 2015

    Happy Birthday to Cordelia this month! We have had a lot of fun over the past few weeks celebrating with various family and friends. Alicia and Cordelia flew down to San Diego for a pre-birthday party. While on the flight down Corrie decided to do some exploring and crawled under the seat to the row in…

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  • February 2015

    Not much to report this month. Things are continuing to go on and Cordelia continues her development. She can now walk several feet before falling over or sitting down. She also has learned to push into a stand without the use of another object. Corrie can clap, which is also her sign for “more” when…

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  • January 2015

    Another month had flown by and February is almost upon us. We are settling back down after all the traveling and other events. At the beginning of January we received a visit from Alicia’s cousin Andrew and his family. His daughter thought Cordelia was the greatest thing and really enjoyed playing with her. After their…

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  • December 2014

    As 2014 draws to an end we wish you all a Happy New Year and a blessed 2015. We spent two weeks with the Russin clan in Louisiana for Nathanael’s wedding and then stayed for Christmas. On our way back to San Jose we made a quick stop in Southern California to visit Grandparents and…

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  • November 2014

    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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  • October 2014

    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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  • September 2014

    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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  • August 2014

    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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  • July 2014

    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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  • June 2014

    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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