We Are in TROUBLE

It's official, we are in so much trouble. Cora has been taking a few steps here and there, but now she is full blown walking. To make matters worse she inherited all of the stubbornness that Mike and I both have making her one INDEPENDENT little girl. I guess I can't be too upset about that since I am the worst when it comes to letting people help me with anything. She is having a great time walking around the house, and especially loves to cruise around the backyard picking up sticks, rocks, and blade of grass. The dogs are a little more uneasy now, thank goodness Beck just gets out of the way and Cassius really doesn't care what she does to him.

We went camping a couple of weekends ago for the first time this season. We met up with a couple of other families from the fire department and had a great time. I enjoyed going for a nice run with my boy Cassius. Mike further wore him out by taking him on a mountain bike ride. Beck was happy to swim in the reservoir with our friends' dog Ruegger (SP?).

This photo is of Jemma, Rocco, & Cora. Jemma & Rocco are the daughter & son of our good friends Cody & Kelli. The three of them are so cute together. Cora really loved hugging on Jemma and stealing her sippy cup. You can see that Cora is mowing on an apple, she was pushing out her two top teeth and that apple kept her happy for almost an entire hour. Her shirt was destroyed even after two washings; one with spray & wash the other with bleach. Oh well, a onzie is a small price to pay for an hour of peace :)

Don't even think of taking my apple away!

Oh yeah, and this is priceless. I heard Cora singing in the back of the truck to herself and when I turned around she was doing this.......

Awesome!! My one year old daughter learned to pick her nose. Is this baby book worthy? They don't have a slot for 1st time nose picked in there, maybe I will add my own slot.

Ok, that is it for now. Hopefully we will have some more fun videos, photos, and stories to come.

Cora's 1st Birthday Party

I can't believe 12 months ago I was here......

And today this happened.Cora turned 1 on the 6th and we celebrated by having a very informal get together for her at Gueber Park. We are so blessed to have such great people in our lives. I want to thank all of those who came out to celebrate with us. Here are a bunch of photos from the party. An especially HUGE THANK YOU to my dear friend Jodane who took most of these amazing photos, which allowed me to be in the moment throughout the whole party instead of worrying about capturing the moment. Jodane, I truly appreciate you not only for your talent in photography but because you an amazing friend that I know I can always count on to be there. Enjoy!

This photo is of Cora with the wonderful woman we named her after, Sneh. I will be forever grateful to Pradip & Sneh for how they looked after me and encouraged me to pursue my passion to become an RN.

Of course there was the 1st Birthday Cake. Cora really didn't know what to do with it. She sort of picked at the cake.

I gave her a spoon to see if she would dig into it a little bit more. She is really into using utensils right now, so the spoon did the trick.

Hey Mom, did you know there is SUGAR in this cake??????

Nom, Nom, Nom.....I love CAKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She was pretty pleased with herself when she was all done. She put a small dent in the cake and I didn't even have to take the hose to her to clean her up. It was a win win.

I love this photo of Breckin who is exactly 7 months older than Cora. He was the first person to visit Cora in the hospital. They are so funny together. Isn't Breckin's expression great?

Cora is happy & she knows it so she is clapping her hands

A very proud daddy and his little girl

Deb & I enjoying the sun & watching the kids play

Christian

These three guys= TROUBLE

Todd & Peter

Deb & Steph

Marissa

Mike & Kendall enjoying the playground

Miss Oliva & her mom Susie

Cora's Auntie Anna wasn't able to make it to the party, and poor Cora was sad. She was sad until the Fed Ex man showed up at the house and delivered this.........

Cora enjoying her new kitchen, thank you Auntie

I always wanted one of these cars when I was a kid. I remember going into different stores and pushing this type of car around and BEGGING my parents for one. I never got one and I always swore that if I ever had children I would buy them one of these whether they liked it or not. So guess what Cora got for her 1st birthday?

She loves it too. She climbs in and out of it for minutes on end. She loves being pushed around inside or outside and honking the horn. Poor Cassius doesn't know what to think of it though.