Children's Mercy

At the beginning of September, we had to unfortunately take Cora back to the hospital for a urinary tract infection. We were there for 3 days, almost 4 trying to get her fever under control. It was scary, but amongst it all, Cora was still fairly happy throughout the entire visit. I had to get a picture of her splint for her IV, it was sad to see them put it in, but she survived and then after that it was kind of cute to see it on her. Luckily she just had the urinary tract infection, but they still had to do all the tests on her because of her age. They all thought she would have meningitis...luckily that came out negative and it was just a matter of controlling her fever. It was scary as I had to stay by myself, I know I'm a chicken! The first night Nick and Kayley actually stayed. Kayley was so good and just curled up on the extra chair in the corner of the room. The nurses actually didn't even know she was there until in the morning. But the next night they both had to go home. Cora was quite the trooper. She nursed great amongst all the IV chords and I got to enjoy some yummy food since I was nursing. My favorite thing was their oreo milk shake...it was to die for! We finally got to go home and have our sweet, healthy Cora back though!

Caught in the Act

"Caught in the Act"...I had to get a picture of her cute sleeping position. She's already looking and acting like a girl. Also, until we lost this one, Kayley always insisted on Cora sleeping with her (Kayley's) baby. "Baby" is a prized item in our house as Kayley can't sleep without her or without a binky. It was very grown up of her to share one of her babies with Cora. We now only have one baby left as the other have gotten lost, so she no longer shares her as much. I guess Cora isn't that special yet! :)

Purple Girls

I decided to dress all of us in purple this day. Kayley kept going around talking about her "back pants like Mommy" almost all day. It was fun, so Nick had to take a picture of his girls in purple.

Maggie Moos

Here is proof of how much our family LOVES Maggie Moos...even at such a young age! We went tonight and Nick let Kayley pick out her own flavor. She of course picked out the blue kind, which ironically ended up being one of Nick's flavors...wonder how that happened!!??!? But it was Blue Cotton Candy and boy was it BLUE!! Kayley got it all over herself and then had to of course love on Cora so Cora got some through osmosis I guess. I didn't have my camera with me, so we looked like horrible parents taking them out of there without washing off their faces so I could have them pose at home with the camera. Needless to say, I don't go anywhere now without my camera!

Cora 6 weeks

Here's our big girl Cora. In this picture, she is one month and 1 week old. She sure is cute and is learning to smile. One of my favorite things to do is wake up to her smiling. As soon as she starts waking up, I lean over her crib and she just smiles really big. The other morning, she was eating and her Daddy gave her a kiss good-bye before work and she stopped eating and just looked at me and smiled as if to say, "That's my Daddy!" It sure was cute! We are enjoying having a new baby in the home.

When You Turn Your Head...

Kayley is really growing up and with that she is learning the art of being a girl. One of her new favorite things to do is to get ready in the morning with Mommy. This includes her putting on her own make-up (as demonstrated here.) Oftentimes when I'm not looking a new mess occurs with some new make-up on the floor. I'm just glad it hasn't ventured on the walls or the carpet.

Table Rock Lake

We went to Table Rock Lake over Labor Day Weekend with the Walkers and Grandma Bell. It was fun as we got the condos and took our jetski. Kayley and Ashlyn didn't get on the jetski, so this tube was their "boat". But we got to go swimming with them and relax in the condos. Thanks to Grandma watching the kiddos, the Mommy's and Daddy's got to have fun on the jetski! We also learned that this "boat" tube is best to be used as a kids boat than as a boat for the adults to have pulled behind the jetski...it was quite hilarious watching everyone attempt to get on it and stay on it! Also, it was Cora's very first time at the lake and even though she doesn't remember it and wasn't old enough to get out in the sun, she was still a great trooper! It was a fun relaxing weekend!

Silver Dollar City

This year we all got Silver Dollar City Season Passes thanks to Arlaine's generous Christmas gift. We've had a blast using them, but I've missed out on some of the rides being pregnant with Cora. Well, now she's here and I've been able to go and ride the rides!! I was way excited, but VERY nervous. Anytime I ride rides I always think I'm going to be in that one seat that malfunctions...so I make sure that Arlaine or whoever is watching our kids knows who gets the kids when something happens to us...crazy I know!! You'd think if I was that worried I'd make sure that Nick and I rode at separate times, but I'm also too chicken to ride them without Nick. Oh well! So, we had lots of fun and Ashlyn and Kayley had fun riding the kiddie rides. We also got to go look at Gma and Gpa Bell's land that has been recently sold. This was the new sign put at the entrance to their house.

Kayley's 2nd Birthday

Here is our big two year old!! She had her very own birthday cake and was very good at blowing out her candles. She didn't get as messy as she did for her first birthday. Now she likes to be a bit cleaner when she eats. In fact, she normally asks for a napkin now during dinner. Some of her favorite toys were her new bike and her Elmo Doctor kit. We had fun with the Walkers for her birthday. It was nice having a small celebration especially with just having Cora.

Portraits

Here are the girls portraits. Kayley's 3 year portrait and Cora at 2 weeks. I wanted to get a professional picture of Cora before she got too big. Kayley loved taking a picture with her. They both did great for all the pictures!!