Preston's Blessing Weekend

The weekend of Preston's weekend was lots of fun had with all the Bell family! On Saturday night we all hunkered in Shannon and John's hotel room to use their pool. It was an indoor pool as it was just slightly too cold to swim outside. Kayley was of course right by her buddy Shannon while Nick and I swapped with Cora. They both loved the swimming!! It was lots of fun for those that swam!

Here are the pictures of the blessing day. Everything went well. Kayley loved being able to be a big girl and hold Preston, of course with a little help from me! It was a fun weekend with everyone there!

Some April Festivities

Here are some things we did for April. Both Jessica and Judson celebrated their birthdays. Cora continued to show us that she can sleep ANYWHERE! Cora and Kayley had fun matching their cousin, Ashlyn in Valentine's Day outfits. Kayley got a jump start on spring with planting flowers we got from my visiting teacher Kate.

Here are some bath time fun pictures of the girls. They love to take baths together and will play in there for hours on end...no matter what the temperature is. Oftentimes they play for so long that they are shivering but still having lots of fun together!

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Kayley's flowers

Here's my little green thumbed Kayley. My visiting teacher brought over some flowers and Kayley loved planting them and watching them outside. I did have to do most of the dirty work as she still is not a big fan of getting dirty. Hopefully that will change this summer as we are almost ready to plant our garden and she loves to help me!! She loves to go outside and play, so hopefully she'll put that enthusiasm into the garden with me this summer!

Cora loves her Preston

Cora loves her Preston...anytime she is near him, she can't get enough of him! We have now come to learn that she is this way with any baby, real or pretend. That grunting noise she likes to make for animals, she makes for babies too. We gave her a baby at Andrew and Sarah's this weekend and she couldn't get enough of her either...but don't worry Preston, I think you still have her heart!! :)

Cora almost 9 months

Here's one of Cora's 9 month pictures. I had a 9 month picture of Kayley by the bathtub and had to have one of Cora as well.

Our sweet little Cora is only 1 week shy of turning 9 months. I can hardly believe that my little girl is growing up so fast! She is so easy going about anything as you can tell by these pictures. Both of these times she was just playing at my feet while I did some computer stuff and before I knew it she was asleep at my feet. As you can see, it looks like she can sleep anywhere! She does love her sleep as she still gives me a full night's sleep almost every night and has ever since she's been about 2 months old. Thanks to whoever came up with the way to swaddle babies...she's a swaddler, which I think is the trick! We sure do love her!

Fun at the park in Liberty

We went to the park in Liberty with the Walkers and had lots of fun. They took their dog Henna to get some exercise and Cora thought it was something else, look at the bottom right picture. Henna is a very sweet and calm chocolate lab, she wouldn't hurt a fly. However, Cora would think otherwise...she couldn't keep her eyes off of Henna. She had to follow her wherever she went, even if that meant almost breaking her neck to see her. Now, with any animals, she can't get enough of them. She does this cute little grunting noise until she gets close to them, then she loves to pet them and give them kisses. Her favorite thing to watch on tv is anything to do with animals. She just goes crazy for them. In fact, the other day, we watched the movie Alvin and the Chipmunks and she just loved watching the little chipmunks. She kept grunting and trying to wiggle her way over to the tv to touch them. She sure is cute!!

Easter 2008

Here are our Easter Family pics and pics from the Easter Sunday. The girls loved getting presents from the Easter Bunny. Cora especially loved getting her chocolate! We got to spend it with Uncle Quentin, but unfortunately didn't get any pictures of him as he was our camera-man! Thanks Uncle Quentin!

This year Easter was actually on the same day as my birthday! That was pretty cool as it probably only happens like once in a blue moon...someone told me the statistics and I don't remember them, but it was really once in a blue moon. So Nick did actually bake me a cake! It was a good birthday!

Looking for the Easter Bunny

Is the Easter Bunny here yet? After church on Easter Sunday, we told Kayley the Easter Bunny had made a visit to her house while she was in the bathroom going potty. We told her he had just left, so she jumped up on the couch and immediately looked for him out the window. It was pretty cute!