These were a bunch of pictures I took that needed a little bit of sharing. Cora has been loving eating real foods, which is made a bit easier with the emergence of her two bottom teeth (which are just so cute!) As long as she is not tired or hungry, she is one happy baby (most especially while being held or being played with). 

Collin graduated from Pre-school, and it was such a fun little party/celebration.

They dressed up as princesses and princes, and pirates, and Collin chose to be a king pirate, so he made a crown with pirate decorations. Go figure. 

This gal above is the student that was assigned to be over Collin and work with him (each student is assigned a preschooler) which is awesome because she is also our favorite hostess at our favorite family restaurant.

My Mom and my sister Amelia came with us, and we had a pretty good time.

Collin has such a fun friend that lives across the street from us, and that also was in his class. They loved going each day.

And all the excitement tired this little princess right out. 

And to pay homage to those darling chubby thighs that I LOVE to squish on. She may be a tiny but the girl has some yummy little thighs!

That about wraps up this post, look forward to some more as I catch up on our life.

Cora's Baby Blessing

I have looked forward to the day we would bless our babies. It is something I dreamed of, as soon as we found out we were pregnant with Lilly. We have the sad misfortune of having had to bless both Lilly and Ryker in the hospital, something that is tender but not something I would like to repeat. Because Cora was so early, we decided to hopefully save her (and some other darling cousins) a nasty winter case of RSV or the flu, and so we blessed her in May. We blessed her in a dress I bought right after Lilly passed, and it was so pretty on her, but was taken off as soon as we got home, as dupioni silk is less then forgiving, plus, Cora was much more comfortable in a short cotton dress. 

It was as close to perfect of a day as possible (despite a headband malfunction and Mike getting hurt falling down the stairs). We were surrounded by our darling family, and it was just so special to see Mike hold our darling baby girl and give her a beautiful name and blessing. 

I am never the best at making sure pictures are taken, but we did a couple at the end, and I am so glad we did. Cora is so very loved I thank Heavenly Father every day for our beautiful little miracles.

My in-laws are not pictured here (they had already left), but these are my parents. They made me the person I am today, and I am so very grateful to them. I am grateful too that my in-laws raised such a wonderful son that can bless our family and be a worthy priesthood holder.  

^^^This is the gorgeous dress. I will have to take a picture of it in detail because it is just so pretty.

Cora, we love you and are so grateful you are a darling part of our family.

A Break

After having a family picture of ours stolen from the blog, I pretty much fell off the planet. In my defense, it put me into a weird blogging funk, just really yucky and unsure about this process. With one month of going private, I had a chat with another blogger friend (with a blog that carries a massive readership) and she allowed me to consider this process, and the good that comes from sharing our story and sharing our lives. She allowed me to realize too that with the good comes the ugly, but that those voices and those people who just flat out SUCK need to be tuned out, and I need to focus on the good. So here I am.

We have had a busy month, with Pre-school graduation, a cousin's party, trips to the splash pad, and Cora's eye surgery. So I will be back tracking, so look forward to some more blog posts coming this week (for the whole 2 readers out there!)

Our week.

(This was the week right before Easter, which equalled Cora being sick.) Our poor baby has been sick this week. We have had fevers, tummy troubles, and sad tears.

It was so hard to see our normally happy baby just not her normal happy self. She just wanted held all week, and would just pass out on our shoulders. But thankfully, it only lasted about 5 days, and we still are not exactly sure what it even was. Little babies should never have to get sick!

Pre-Easter Party (Warning: Photobomb)

   

So as I uploaded these photos forever ago, I figured the picture explosion was meant to happen. This was my husband's side really fun Easter party, where everyone had a blast. So enjoy the pictures. 

Catch up.

Get ready, get set, and catch up. (Apologies for my lame blogging abilities.)