Cora's New Toy

Cora was introduced to the stationary entertainer today! Her feet just barely touch the bottom, but it won't be long. She's learning to reach out and play with the toys. Every time she has a successful interaction with one of the toys, she gets cheered on by her big sister. Adeline says, "Yay, Cora!!!"


And while Cora is figuring out the entertainer, Adeline is discovering a new way to play the piano!

"I love you guys!"

said Adeline to her tortellini, parmesan cheese, salt, and juice while hugging them during lunch!

Cora's Wall

We named this wall "Cora's Wall" because she loves it! It's so funny to watch her stare at this wall. She'll look at it and smile from ear to ear! We prop her up on our lap so she can smile at her wall. Who knew a simple wall could be so exciting?!

Melt My Heart

We thank the Lord everyday for these precious girls. There is nothing sweeter to me than seeing them grow closer together.

Adeline's First Haircut

We put it off as long as possible, but the time had come for Adeline to get her hair cut! Her hair was out of control most of the time and her bangs were constantly in her eyes. I called Stephanie, who has cut my hair for years, thinking the appointment would be made for the next week which would give us time to mentally prepare for our baby girl's first hair cut but they had an opening that same day. Fortunately, Jared was able to join us! Adeline did so well though she wasn't a fan of the cape!

Before

"Security" blanket is the perfect name for these blankets!

After...such a cutie!

Pretty Toes

Adeline was sitting on the counter "putting on make-ups" with me when I noticed that her toe nails needed to be clipped. Anyone that's ever been around when Adeline's nails are being clipped knows it is not a pretty site! I thought I would use painting her nails as an incentive. She LOVED it! Painting her nails was a mommy/daughter experience that I've been looking forward to for a long time!

Love These Pictures

Cora's First Swim

I would guess that Cora enjoyed her first swim since she calmly fell asleep while in the water! Adeline took her first dip at 5 weeks and Cora at 7.5 weeks. What can we say?! We like to start them swimming young!

Suited up and ready to go!

Cora's already practicing her back float! :)

Nice and toasty!

Adeline's Injury

Just kidding! Valori (our sister-in-law), Cora, and I were sitting out on the front porch one evening while Jared wrapped Adeline's perfectly fine leg in an Ace bandage and sent her outside. She looked hilarious trying to walk with that thing!

Independence Day Festivities

The 4th of July is one of our favorite holidays! We had a blast again this year! We kicked off the festivities on Saturday by going to downtown Newnan's Market Day on the Square. We walked around for a bit, saw an owl which Adeline thought was very neat, and let Adeline try out a carnival ride. To say she had fun on the ride would be an understatement! We followed that up with lunch at Moe's with MoMo and PoPo and returned home to make homemade ice cream for Sunday and let the girls take naps.

She was having more fun than the big kids!

Daddy has his hands full! :)

On Sunday, we spent a lovely morning relaxing and playing at the pool. That afternoon we had a cookout with most of both sides of our family. I think I can speak for everyone when I say we were stuffed after eating Jared's delicious steaks, hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, corn on the cob, grilled veggies, homemade Reese's ice cream, and cupcakes! As soon as we finished eating, we all went over to Newnan High School's football stadium to watch the fireworks. Adeline, Natalie and Emma got to run around. Some of the adults played poker using the girls' goldfish as chips (you do what you gotta do!). It was a nice, relaxed evening. Adeline enjoyed every bit of the fireworks show as we figured she would. I'm looking forward to seeing how Cora reacts to fireworks when she gets a little older!

Strolling to the stadium...

Adeline took a break to check on her baby sister!

Watching the show!

Bustin' a Move

Cora started out on the blanket under her Baby Einstein caterpillar while I was in the shower. She had a great time for the first ten minutes and then decided she was done! She started crying and within a couple of minutes had pushed herself across the bathroom floor!