The Rankin Zoo

I occasionally get accused of bragging about Coral here at the RankinZoo. First of all, one of the main reasons for this blog is to keep track of how Coral is growing up. Things like when she took her first step, said her first words, etc. So, sometimes I post things in [...]

Every time someone asked Coral what she wanted for Christmas she answered with the same three things:

A new baby
A new tiger
Elmo

So it’s not a surprise that Freddie, a friend of hers from nanny share, gave her a new stuffed tiger for Christmas. It’s a really cute, and soft tiger – I like it a [...]

Every year my company sends out a homemade gift to our clients, friends, and family. This year’s gift was gift tags. Part of the tradition is that no matter how hard we try, we always run into some last minute problems – and this year was no different.
Brian posted about the process this [...]

Coral has started showing some interest in using the potty. The other day she was wearing some underwear and I noticed that they were wet. The is the conversation that followed:
Me: “Coral, did you go pee-pee in your underwear?”
Coral: “No”
Me: “Is your underwear wet?”
Coral: “Yes, it’s water.”
Me: “Where did it come from?”
Coral: “From [...]

One reason I keep this blog is so I’ll be able to go back some day and figure out the first time Coral did something-or-other. I’m sure most people won’t find it to be all that exciting but on Monday Coral used the potty for the first time (number 2). It was quite [...]