Some of Cora's Firsts

Cora has been super busy growing, learning new things, going to new places, and meeting new people. We have so much to share - especially pictures - so here's a quick look at our lives recently.

Cora was only 3 days old when she visited her first National Wildlife Refuge! It was our first day home from the hospital and Cora had a follow-up doctor's appointment. On our way home we stopped by Rappahannock River Valley NWR (Dustin's office) to introduce Cora to Joe before he headed off to Massachusettes. Joe's wife Julia was also there helping Joe pack his office so we got to see both of them!

Cora also got to meet several other RRVNWR staff and we took advantage of the photo op. She's a blue goose fan already!

Well, she may not remember the visit at all, partially because she slept through it, but this will not be her only Refuge visit!

During her first weekend at home Cora also got to meet her Daddy's wakeboarding pal and her only uncle (so far). Uncle Foco could practically fit Cora in one hand - and she's not a tiny baby!


Grandmama is recovering well from her knee surgery and she and Atdaddy have visited a couple of times.


While the weather was much cooler last week, we took Cora to the beach in the evenings a couple of different times. We even put her in her bathing suit for the occasion, but I managed to convince Dustin it's still too early to toss her off the dock just yet.



We're just having a blast with our precious little one. She's sleeping well at night, eating like a Packett, and all in all is just the sweetest little thing!