Cora Nicole Anderson. . . Almost a Month Later. . . Ooops : )

Well, once again I have been a TERRIBLE blogger!!!  I am sure that anyone that does read this blog already knows that we had our sweet little girl about a month ago.  She was born on April 23rd at 4:45 pm.  She is absolutely so much fun and we LOVE her to death!!!!!!

We were planning on being induced on the 25th of April, but luckily little Cora decided to come on her own.  I was so glad.  My water broke on Sunday night (22nd) at about 9pm.  It was almost exactly how it happens in the movie . . . one minute I just feel like I'm wetting my pants, and the next there is a puddle on the floor of our living room hahahaha!!!  We got all of our stuff together and got on our way to the hospital and arrived at about 10:30.  I was in active labor by about 1 am.  I was told that I couldn't get my epidural until I was dilated to a 4, but it didn't take too long, I was only having to deal with labor pains without pain meds for about 4 hours.  After the epidural, everything went by way fast for me.  I got to sleep and just relax and watch TV.  THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER FOR WHO EVER INVENTED THE WONDERFUL EPIDURAL : ) At about 3:00 the following afternoon, the nurse told me I was ready to start pushing, and boy was I ready!!!  At about 3:30 I started pushing.  I had to push for about an hour and half before our little girl decided to grace us with her presence : )  It was the most amazing feeling to finally see her and hold her.  There was such an over whelming feeling of love between her and I and her daddy, I have never felt that feeling before and am pretty sure I'll never feel it again, it was AMAZING!!!

The past few weeks have been great.  I love being Cora's Mommy.  She is such a good baby.  She is happy as can be and I couldn't have asked for a sweeter little babe!!!

I LOVE THIS PIC : )

Mommy and Cora

Daddy burping Cora

Finally got her home, and we were playin dress up : )

Thanks Grandma for the new outfits

She likes to chill in her boppy

Cora's first time at the park

She loves her Daddy

I could do a whole post of all of her cute faces!!!  But I'll just do these last three : )

I call this one Blue Steel, LOL

She's getting ready to give someone a big smoocher!

We LOVE our little girl and are so blessed to have her in our family!!!

Is Vegas ready for us???? : )

We are here!!!  We have been here for. . . almost a week, and it has been great so far!  We've got most of our stuff moved in and put away.  John isn't as busy as he would like, but is still busy getting things ready for Police Academy.  I am very busy, baking a baby.  I can stand to be up and moving around for about 30 minutes before I feel like I need a 2 hour nap. . . so I'm not getting tons done, but things are getting done none the less.

We were very lucky to have my parents and brothers come down to help us move in.  We got everything moved in fast enough that we could spend a whole day just exploring our new little town and having fun.  We went and ate our hearts out at a buffet then went and walked off all the calories at Hoover Dam : ) It was a lot of fun.

John and I did get a chance to go hang out at the Lake (Mead) earlier in the week.  We were excited to get some sun.  The weather is sooooo nice down here right now, and we are taking advantage before it gets way too hot to be outside.

We had an appointment with my new doctor the Friday we got here and he is very nice!  He says from what he saw on the ultrasound, baby is bigger than average.  Baby's head is already measuring more than 9 cm's : /  I will be having a measurement ultrasound on Monday and the doc will be able to give us a better estimate of how much the baby weighs and stuff.  He also said he is kind of concerned about how far away we live from the hospital so he said if I am dilated at all at week 38, he is going to induce me at week 39, and if Baby is on track to be a 9 or 10 pound baby, he is going to induce me 10 days early.  We originally didn't want to be induced at all, but with the timing of everything, it would be really good if Baby could/does come early.  We are soooooo excited and can't believe that Baby is going to be here so soon!!!!  YAY!!!!!!!!!

36 Weeks. . . aaaahhhhhhhh Baby is almost here : )

The Past Few Weeks

A lot has happened in the past few weeks.  John had arthroscopic surgery on his knee to have his meniscus "cleaned up".  He tore it playing basketball and wanted to get it taken care of before he starts his intense training at Police Academy.  He has been doing physical therapy and is healing really well.  Since he had to have that done, he has been out work for a few weeks.  His work didn't want him to come back until the doc said he could do 100% of everything he was doing before the surgery; so we have had a lot of extra time to spend together, which is great because once we get to Nevada we probably won't see each other very much.

John after surgery... he was a little out of it, but I was very entertained ; )

I have had two baby showers.  Both were great and I am so grateful for everyone who came and helped us out. We have had so much support with our move and with baby coming, I feel so blessed for all of the great people that Heavenly Father has put in our lives.

My first shower was thrown by my Aunt Kambria and my Mum.  They did such a cute job!  Not knowing the sex of our baby made it a little harder for people to get gifts and stuff, but everyone was pretty excited that we haven't found out at the same time.  Mom and Kambria came up with a way cute theme for the shower too!  I loved it!!!  And getting a chance to see all of my family and friends was so much fun!

"What Will Our Baby Bee???"

 My Aunt Kambria made these cute bee cakes : )

This one is a bunch of cupcakes put together, my Mom had this made, so cute!!!!

 Bouquet of onsies, wash clothes, and bibs that my mum made for baby : )

 AMAZING diaper cake made by my Aunt Krystle!!!! She is sooooo good at these!

Opening presents!  Cute duckie outfit from Kristin and Kelly.

John and I checking out how tiny the newborn diapers are. . . crazy : )

 Mom and all the cute lil nieces and nephews

Me and my cute Mummy : )

My other shower was thrown by my two best buddies from High School, Dayna and Shannon!  It was soooo cute and so fun to see all of my friends!!!  Again, I can't believe how blessed we are.  I thank Heavenly Father every day for how much he blesses us!

Dayna and Shan are very crafty!!!!!

LOVED THIS!!!

Wishes for Baby and Advice for Mommy : )

Dayna put together a photo booth. . .

Everyone got to guess what our lil baby is going to be. . . EVERYONE guessed boy!!!  I didn't put them up to it either.  It'll be really funny when I have to show this post to my little girl. . . LOL!

So. . . along with all of that we have been packing, packing and packing and we are about done!!!!  Off to Nevada we go. . . only 3 days left!!!  We are so excited and can't wait to start our new adventure!!!!

This is a looooong post, I apologize. . .but I just wanted to post an updated bump pic : )