Coco Gets Kicked Out Of Daycare!!!

The notorious Coco Fortes (A.K.A Crybaby, Shoni, Peanut, Tiny, Shorty)
On only her second day of daycare Coco gets the boot from the Scots. Apparently the little miss was not to keen on the whole thing and was hysterical (and not with laughter) for 2.5 hours straight. I got the call at 11:00am, right after a lovely yoga class. Eileen and Gerry didn't seem to be willing to try to go more slowly and ease her into it, perhaps they need to fill the slot. In any case we are on the hunt for the perfect daycare again for our wee lass. We liked those folks a lot but kind of realised they are a bit old fashioned for us as well and full of advice that didn't really jive with us, so it's probably all for the best.

Coco is currently resting comfortably at home and getting lots of hugs.

Grandpa's Birthday

Coco's Tongue

This video is hilarious. Coco likes to stick her tongue out when anything comes even close to her mouth. Very funny! ~heather

Our Wee Lass's First of Many Firsts

Today is Coco's first day of day care! Here she is with Eileen O'Rielly. I tore myself away before she started crying...

Happy Birthday Grandpa!

Finally fits her cute hat from April!

Grabbing and bringing toy to mouth

Coco is doing all the things babies at her age do and it's fun to watch as each day she progresses to something a little more complex. She can now grab stuff easily (including my hair - expect the cliche new-mom-short-haircut soon!) and bring it to her mouth. Watch the video ....we think she looks like a Monahan this week...big cheeks, big forehead...and especially that chin and profile. She is dangerously close to 9 lbs - John's gonna need a weight belt soon...hope you enjoy...
~love heather, john and coco

Big News!!!! We found day care for Coco!

Hey everyone,

I didn't think it would be this easy but we have found really wonderful day care for Coco. They were the first people I called and the only people we met...after calling at least 15 other family day cares. There is quite a bit of 'variety' in the kind of family day care you can get!! Coco will start one day a week with the O'Reilly's soon....maybe as early as next week, if I don't chicken out.

Eileen and Gerry O'Reilly are from Scotland and we can't really understand them at all with there thick accents. They have grown children and many grandchildren, whom they used to care for full time until they recently moved to Rochester. Eileen has experience working with special ed. kids and Gerry used to work with developmentally disabled adults. They used to do foster care in Scotland, but Eileen said it just got too hard to let the kids go after getting so attached to them.

The O'Rielly's are licensed for 6 kids (with two infants maximum.) They recently had openings with some of there kids moving on to bigger kid after school care. They have had all there kids for a very long time. Diego is three and they have had him since he was about 6 weeks. Gabriel is two and they have had him since then as well, and they had Gabriel's big sister as well. Hayden is 10 months (the other infant) and they have had him since he was 4.5 months old. The needed some girl power...Coco is the only girl so far, just like me with my three big brothers....

It is evident that the kids really love Eileen and Gerry and love being there. The parents fo the kids spoke super highly of the O'Reilly's and said they felt VERY lucky to have them caring for their children. Coco will go one day a week until the end of February and then start full time in March - Yikes! (that means I am back to work....)

Coco rolls over!

Jazmine and I were able to catch on video Coco rolling over for only the third time ever. Pretty cute. ....really she just kind of throws her big head over and her tiny body follows...still a milestone. (there is something wrong with the sound, I will try to fix this...?)

Coco sucking mom's finger

We went into SF one night after Christmas to see the lights at Union Square. Here is a video of Coco at dinner....we think she is starting to teethe.

Coco and the Grinch

Okay - I've decided this is pretty fun, and Coco is still napping in her sling (not swing) which means I can only do so much with her strapped to my chest...like posting to her/my blog....so here are some photos we have taken recently...Christopher, the Grinch pictures are for you! In the top one don't you think she looks like the Grinch....big body, skinny legs (the big body part is her giant cloth diaper!)?

First Post to Coco's Blog

Today is Monday, January 7, 2008 and this is my first post to Coco's blog. I actually don't know much about blogs...and am not even sure if I have ever looked at one, so we will see how this works?

Coco is cooing quite a bit these days and smiling a lot. Yes, yes, she is still tiny, but growing steadily. Daddy complains already about how heavy she is after carrying her around for 20 minutes....yikes! Check out the babbling video...interesting perhaps to only those that have children or grandchildren....we think it is fabulous! (we ran out of her regular drool bibs so had to use this one - it is gigantic, so it makes her look even smaller!) Thanks, as always, for indulging me...love~heather