... And the living is easy

We took our first official trip to the pool on Friday afternoon, and Stace took Cora in for her inaugural dip. She seemed interested and happy enough, and even did a little bit of kicking after Dad showed her how, by moving her legs around. Cora didn't stay in long - she preferred relaxing on the sun lounge, where she kept kicking off her towel after tasting its hem.
It's been hot the last couple of days, good pool weather. These photos were taken around 5:30, and it was plenty warm in the shade. In fact, the evening was beautiful and we later went to the Town Center area. Lots of people were out walking around enjoying live music at the Hyatt, where they block off the street on summer Friday nights.

Stace survived riding his bike home in the heat Thursday. Cora and I met him on his way home and we relaxed on the grass at the park, and Cora and I spent some time on the swing while Stace napped. She loved the swing!
Cora now enjoys practicing sitting up. When we reach for her hands to pull her to the sitting position, she anticipates sitting and will arch her back a bit. Also in the week, she rolled onto her back from her front during a tummy time session. She turned over a few times a while ago, but hadn't repeated the feat in a number of weeks.
For those of you following the "will Cora take a bottle" plotline, we can report a bit of progress. This week, when we've offered her the expensive bottle with the funky delivery system (www.breastflow.com), she has taken between 1 and 2 ounces each time. Granted, when she used to take bottles, she would drink 4-5 ounces in 15 minutes or so, and it now takes her that long or longer to take in much less. She seems to play with the nipple instead of taking it in and actively eating. But, it's certainly progress considering we went several weeks where she would scream whenever the bottle nipple went in her mouth.