10 Months!

Cora is 10 months old! She is chattering all the time still, making noises that sound like "mama" and "dada"; I'm sure some parents might even say she is speaking. It's hard to say that she means what she's saying, though. She has begun making a forward motion when on the ground - a creeping more than a crawling, as she kind of drags her legs forward by pulling on the ground with her arms. She also is now enjoying pulling up to a standing position. She does this at our suggestion or guidance, and isn't yet at the phase of doing it all the time, on her own. Cora also has become very vocal. As in, besides chatting, she likes to scream. She screams out of boredom, to hear her own voice, or to express anger or frustration. I can lift her onto the changing table and she'll start screaming right away, for no real reason. This is fun! I do hope it's a phase that goes away... Any tips, for the parents reading this????
Stace rewarded himself for surviving a painful mouth surgery this week by getting this new Raleigh racing bike. He's been riding his mountain bike to work consistently since late October, and has been looking into getting a new racer for a while. Monday will be his first day riding it to work. As for the surgery, he had it Tuesday in the area where he broke that tooth in late November. The operation is in preparation for crown. The recovery wasn't great, and that was mostly because he found out that he and Vicodin do NOT get along.
And since we can hardly have a blog entry without a pic of Cora, here is a photo of she and I with our new baby carrier, a Hiphugger. It's a pretty simple pouch that makes it easier to carry baby on your hip. As Cora is soon to outgrow the two front carriers we have (a Snuggli and a Baby Bjorn), we bought this one and a Baby Trekker, which works for front or back carries, of kids up to 40 pounds. Photos of that one coming soon!
In other news, we went to the HR Textron Christmas dinner dance on Saturday night. It was nice to get dressed up and to go out as adults, without Cora. Aunt Melanie babysat and had fun with her niece.