This isn't a regular baby...

Cora Jo is growing like crazy! We went to the doctor on Monday for her two month check up and the doctor said she was perfect. As of Monday she weighs 13 lbs (93 percentile) and is 24 inches long (95 percentile), He said that developmentally she is about a month ahead of other babies her age. She I was pregnant for a month longer than I needed to be. :)
She also had to get her first set of shots. I was scared for her but it wasn't so bad. They were really fast so it was over quick. She has had a cold for a few days so I was nervous that she would just feel terrible but if she did she didn't show it. She just sleep for about the next 24 hours :) Just barely waking up enough to eat then go back to sleep.

Playing with her rattle and making bubbles

Just got out of the bath which she loves to just relax and enjoy the warm water. Cora also loves to get lotion on after and she smells so good after :)
This is Cora this morning after Chad left for work. She was awake so Chad was holding her then just set her on the couch while I finished getting ready. After about 10 minutes I walked out and this is what I found, a sleeping baby.

We also had the Bischoff Family reunion this past weekend. It was a blast except for Thursday night and Friday morning. Cora, Chad, and I all got sick and didn't sleep much at all that night and then just felt awful that morning. But we started to feel better that afternoon and could participate in all the fun. Thanks again to Mary Ellen and Kenny for all their hard work we loved it!

On Thursday we went to the Redneck Water slide in Wellsville. It was really fun, the videos below will explain what it was.

The first one is Chad and all of his brothers Oldest to Youngest. After the train they all had a competition to see would could go the furthest... Chad won both times! :) Way to go babe :)

The Second one is Mary Ellen going down the slide. She was braver than I, she went down more than once and loved it Me on the other hand was a sissy and went down once and hurt my elbow and that was enough. I would post a picture about my bruised elbow but it doesn't look nearly as bad as it feels. So just image a really bad bruise and think that I am tough :)

More Pictures

I know I just posted a bunch of pictures but my sister Cathrine took these today and they are just to cute to not post :)
So here you go another overload of pictures.
For a little bit of information.... We went to the doctor at 3 weeks (2 weeks ago) and she was 10 lbs and 4 ounces (91 percentile) and 22 inches long (91 percentile)
And has grown more since then, I'm guessing she is close to if not 12 lbs already!









The blanket in these ones was made by Chad's Grandma Bischoff for him when he was a baby. One side is pink and the other side blue because they didn't know what Chad was going to be.

PIctures ..... Pictures

This post is mostly just pictures with a small update.
Cora is doing great we couldn't ask for a better baby, she eats great and sleeps even better. She turned one month this week and is already sleeping 6 hours at night.
We are so blessed to have her in our home and love her more each day.
Here are some pictures I have snapped during the past month.

A Happy Life is made up of Little Things

To pick up where we left off....

A little before 11:00 I was dilated to a 10 and my doctor wanted me to start pushing because she had a meeting at 12:30. My nurse told me that for first time mom's they usually push for 1-3 hours and that sounded long. So I started pushing at about 11:10 and at 11:40 am our little Cora Jo made her first appearance.

Both the doctor and the nurse were so surprised by how big she looked when she came out then even more surprised when they saw her weight.... 9 lbs and 7 ounces! That was a big surprise to everyone my doctor had guessed that she would be high 6's or low 7's.... not quite. But we will take a big healthy baby any day :)




Since then everything has mostly been a blur. We stayed at the hospital until Wednesday morning where everything went perfectly. Cora was healthy and doing great.
We went to the doctor on Friday and Cora weighed 9 lbs exactly, she had gained an ounce since we left the hospital so she is already growing. She is already in the 89 percentile for weight :) That a girl.





She has been doing great at night she usually sleeps for 3 1/2 - 4 hours and is great at going right back to sleep after she eats. She actually has a really hard time staying awake. She sleeps for most of the day and has a hard time staying awake for more than a few minutes.

All in all we couldn't have asked for a better baby and couldn't love her more.

Here is her crib... I made this blanket the week before she was born. I am quite proud of it :)

This is one of her favorite ways to be held/burped. I love it when Chad does it cause it makes her cheeks super chubby and cute

This is Cora on June 2. Nine days old. What a cutie!

Cora Jo Bischoff

And here are her feet she defiantly got her fathers feet. She will most likely be able to wear my shoes when she is in 5th grade.

Hopefully you made it through this long post and even more pictures. And expect many more pictures of Cora Jo Bischoff.

An update on our baby girl!

So last night at dinner JoAnna started to have some regular contractions. They started to get worse and we waited until about 10:30 pm to come to the hospital.

Here is a play by play of what has happened so far.

10:30 pm: Contractions are 2.5 minutes apart, Dilated to a 1.5

12:00 am: Admitted to the hospital, Contractions every 1 to 2.5 minutes

5:00 am: Dr. Mculloch broke her water, Dilated to a 3

7:15 am: Receives epidural, Dilated to a 4

9:00 am: Dilated to a 7

JoAnna has been doing really well. The nurses say that her contractions are unusually close to each other (every 1.5 to 2 minutes).

It is 9:15 am right now and we are excited to have her.

Here is a picture of JoAnna: