4 Months. . . Growing up so fast :)

Cora turned 4 months this past week.  I can't believe how much she has changed since the day she was born, her features and everything.  She is such a cute little girl, I can't get enough of her (good things she's mine) We went to the doctor and she got her 4 month shots, she only cried for a little bit at the doctor's office, but when we got home after a little bit of shopping, she was not a happy camper.  She cried harder and longer than I have ever seen.  It made me sad, but at the same time, she looks so cute when she is crying (am I a terrible mother to say that?) As soon as she got some food in her she was out like a light!!! And she slept for 5 hours!  So of course as soon as I was ready to go to bed, guess who decided to wake up and play?!  I couldn't be mad at her so we played a little bit then she fell back asleep.

She can now roll from her tummy to her back.  It is so fun to see her do it, she rolls over and looks all surprised that she did it and a little confused.  I would up load a video but it won't let me for some reason : (

Today we started feeding her rice cereal, and she really seemed to like it!  We can't wait to feed her fruit and veggies. . . . oh and her dad really wants to feed her some steak : )

We love our little girl, she makes us so happy!  We feel so blessed to have her and are having so much fun watching her grow up : )

Catching up. . . .

Oh man, has it really been a whole month since I've updated this thing?! Sheesh!!!  We've been too busy having fun : )

We've had a lot of visitors in the past few weeks (which makes us very happy)  We got to see our best pals, Kristin and Teddy for a day.  They were down in Vegas celebrating their one year anniversary (can't believe it's already been a year) and they came and spent the day with us at the lake.  You know you've got some dang good friends when they are willing to take some time out of their anniversary trip to come see you.  We love them and miss being their neighbors.  Congrats on one year of marriage guys!!!  We can't wait till we get to see you again.  Oh and a Happy Happy Birthday to Teddy too (it was last weekend)

Soakin up some sun!

She loves her Auntie Kristin!

I love this gal!!!!  She is the reason I have my Hubby and Beautiful little girl!  Love you Kristin and Teddy (sorry I didn't get a pic of Teddy)

Here ya go!!!!  hee hee hee, we are so awesome!

Well. . . Then we had a really fun time with my Aunt Krystle and Uncle Sam and their cute little kiddos.  I was an idiot and didn't get any pics of them.  DOOOOFUS!!!  We went and played at the splash pad and then went and did some shopping and got a nice din din at Tony Roma's.  It was so good to see them and I was so glad that they got to spend some more time with Cora!

The next week we had a full house with my whole family down for Cora's baby blessing.  It was SO MUCH FUN!  We spent the day at the lake and then just chilled and at lots of yummy food.  Cora's blessing was so good.  John did a great job and it was all around just a fun day with family and friends.  Jake, Kim and Joey got to stay an extra day so we went to the splash pad late Sunday night and had a good ol time : )

Delicious Smore cookies we made for everyone!!!

Joe and Mama playin with Cora.

This girl isn't spoiled or anything.

Our cute little gal : )

SPLASH PAAAADDDDDD TIME!!!!!!!!

Forgot to take my glasses off. . . . . . . .

And of course there is more. . . How could I not shower you with pictures of our little gal?!  She is growing so much and learning so much and . . . . oh man, I am so excited about it but at the same time kinda sad that she is growing so fast.  It is definitely more fun than sad though, and I feel so blessed that I am able to stay at home with her so that I don't miss a thing !!!!

She loves watching her TV

She's got the best seat in the house.

Learning to hold her bottle

Learning how to chill : )

She LOVES the taste of her hands. . . and she drools all over EVERYTHING!!!!!

Again. . .with the hands.

This is Cora's new best pal, G. Raff : )

Poor guy is getting a slobber bath!!!

And last but not least, She loves her bath time.  But when we take her out she gets really mad at us.  We would let her sit in the bath for a really long time, but she's had sensitive skin and it gets really dried out really fast.

So that is the past month in a nut shell.  We've got lots going on the next month.  John will finish up at the Academy,  Joey is going to come visit us for a week ( and we are gonna partay!!!) then we are off to Colorado to visit my parents in their new home AND THEN we go to Utah for Joey's farewell :(  It is going to be a crazy month, but it will be a lot of fun!!!  Now we are just hoping that the heat will let up down here. We've had a couple of weeks of over 110 degrees and it is getting really hard to stay sane in the house.  We wanna go outside and play!!!

Until next time. . . .

4th of July!!!

We had a GREAT 4th in Boulder City!!! We look forward to many more fun holidays in "The City That Built Hoover Dam"

2 Month Stats

Cora had her 2 month check up yesterday!  She had to get a few shots :( she did not like em at all!!!  But she was doing good before we left the doctor's office.  She is now 11 pounds 3 ounces and 22.5 inches long!  She's getting so big and growing so fast!!!!

The other day John had just gotten done feeding her and decided to put her on his shoulders. . . her food must not have settled in her tummy quite yet, cause this is what happened. . .

She got daddy pretty good!!!!!  He's just lucky it didn't end up in his mouth hee hee hee!!!!!

Trip To Utah

A couple of weeks ago we went to Utah for my brother's wedding.  It was so good to see all of our family again.  The weather in Utah was PERFECT and it was so green and pretty in Cache Valley!  Not gonna lie, it kind of made us "home sick". . . but it was good to get home and get back to our little family and routine too.  I got to be a bridesmaid in the wedding that took place at a very pretty park in Salt Lake.  So. . . I didn't get to take any pictures of my own, so I stole a couple from my bro's Facebook page (Thanks Jake) It was a great trip, but John didn't get to be with us the whole time because he had to stay here in Nevada for Police Academy.  But he did come out over the weekend so that we would all be together to celebrate his first Father's Day : )

THE WHOLE FAM!, minus my hubby :(

The Beautiful Grandma's :)

                                                                          LOVE my Broseph!!!!

Having a quick snack

Dad gave such a cute speech!  It brought us all to tears!

Cora and the beautiful bride :)

We are SO HAPPY and EXCITED for Jake and Kimby!  They are such a great couple.  I am so glad that my little bro found such a fun and cute girl that he can be himself around.  They are so in love and it makes me so happy for them!!!

Cora got to meet a lot of new people!  She was so spoiled all week, there wasn't one time that she wasn't being held!!!!  And I think her wardrobe doubled!!!!  Sheeeesh!!!!  I think it is about time for us to get a dresser for all of her clothes : /

I LOVE this picture.  Kaleb was the first new born baby that I got to babysit. . . it is so crazy to think that he is 8 years old already and that I've got a newborn of my own!!!  

Cora got to meet her other cousins Kai and Cache!!!

Great Grandma and Grandpa Russell

Auntie Kareece

Auntie Krystle

Auntie Kristin

Grandpa gave Cora a bath the night before the wedding.  My mom did the flowers and they were in the sink next to her, such a cute picture!

I loved seeing all of my little nieces and nephews!  This is Aurora, such a cutie!!!

Cora's pretty dress that my mom got her for the wedding!

We also got to visit a friend of ours that John used to work with.  Mai is an amazing photographer and took some very cute pictures of Cora, this is one of my favorites.  

We loved visiting everyone and can't wait to see everybody again!