Lots of Cora

We have been going to all the Aggie basketball games, Cora likes them for the most part. Sometimes a.k.a. anytime after about 8:30 she doesn't enjoy them so much. But has been fun to go to the games. Cora loves playing with all her toys you can see most of her favorites in this picture.
Her doll with the bottle- the only word that has an action associated with it is 'kisses', and the doll gets a kiss every time she is played with.
Noah the Arc- Cora cousin Truman gave her this for Christmas, it is so cute, It comes with pairs of wood animals that go in and out of the boat. They are dragged all over the house.
Train- You can't see this one but it is a train that has 3 balls that go around and around, Cora likes to grab the balls as they go around and then suck on them. It presents a problem because there are 3 balls and she only has 2 hands... when she has one in each hand and the last one is going around you can see the struggle of what to do...
The Rings- You can see the stand for these but these are for sure Cora's favorites, She carries them around everywhere! When she wakes up the first thing she does when I set her down in the living room is grab one and crawl around with it in her hands.
The could pretty much be considered a toy... the Cupboard. Cora gets in and pulls out all the bags. and plays with the crock pot and bread maker that are under there. I should probably put more appropriate toys under there. :)
Eating food by her self. Cora loves to feed herself pretty much anything whether it puffs, bananas, grapefruit, paper, string, or tissue.
Again with the cupboard. The look on her face says enough
Playing with Daddy. This was Chad trying to make her happy when she was breaking down one night. She has been having separation anxiety when ever I leave especially when she is hungry, tired, and I walk out of the room or get up from the table to grab something. Its kinda cute.
The other night Chad was doing homework for the Masters of Human Resources that he started this past month so Cora and I went to the DI. And we hit the jack pot, this little table Cora loved it from the second she saw it. And there was a YM/YW group there that gave us a DI dollar! So it was even better :)
Last of all here is video of Cora's newest trick.
I have no idea what it is but it is cute.




And now my blog is officially all about Cora. She is just to cute nothing else really matters. :)

Quote

I read my Friend McCall's blog the other day and she posted this Poem/quote that I really loved.
So here I am putting it on mine.

LEST WE FORGET
She came tonight as I sat alone

The girl that I use to be...

And she gazed at me with her earnest eye

And questioned reproachfully:

Have you forgotten the many plans

And hopes that I had for you?

The great career, the splendid fame

All wonderful things to do?

Where is the mansion of stately height

With all of it's gardens rare?

The silken robes that I dreamed for you

And the jewels for your hair?

And as she spoke I was very sad,

For I wanted her pleased with me...

This slender girl from the shadowy past

The girl that I use to be.

So, gently arising, I took her hand,

And guided her up the stair

Where peacefully sleeping, my babies lay

Innocent, sweet and fair.

And I told her that these are my only gems,

And precious they are to me;

That silken robe is my motherhood

Of costly simplicity.

And my mansion of stately height is love,

And the only career I know;

Is serving each day in these sheltered walls

For the dear ones who come and go.

And as I spoke to my shadowy guest,

She smiled through her tears at me,

And I saw that the woman that I am now

Pleased the girl that I use to be.

Author Unknown

Also a picture I took today in honor of my bestest sister named Cathrine's birthday! Happy BirthDay Caddy. We love you!

Spare Time

I am pretty sure that Cora knows when I need/want to get something done. I know this from today's experience. I wanted to go up to Campus to see Chad at a Health Expo thing going on that he was helping with. And since we don't really have many things to do/see I thought Cora and I would make a date out of it.
The morning started good and was going as planned until Cora woke up from her nap early, I thought she would sleep until 12 then I would feed her and we could go up to Campus. Unfortunately she woke up at 10:30 then wanted to eat at 11:30 then we ran a dessert over to the church for a funeral, I thought it was still to carry on with our plans, Cora was a bit fussy but I could handle it and she would be happier when we were out and about. But then she fell asleep on our way over to the church.
From there I decided to go home and let her get a quick nap in, since she hasn't been taking naps longer than 2 hours, then we could still make it to the expo....
Well here I am bored out of my mind still waiting for her to wake up :)
I have watched a movie, cleaned the house, fixed a dress for her, and wasted as much time on the internet as i care to.
She is going on 4 hours of sound sleep. I would normally love this any other time (and it is still pretty good today) but I thought today was going to be an out and about day....
Oh well. She should be happy when she does wake up.
Here are few videos I took last night.


Sorry this post ended up being longer than I expected. Now you know my whole day :)
Also it is a beautiful day outside, I have my windows open right now and I love it (I also have my heat on so maybe I should close them )

December Happenings

December has been a fun month we have kept busy with Christmas and just watching our sweet baby girl grow.

At the first of this month Chad received a promotion in the Human Resource Department at USU. He is now in charge of the Benefits for all the benefited employs. I am so proud of him.
He has been doing both jobs this whole month but soon will be doing only the benefits, which will be good to not have to do so much. He is really enjoying it.

Cora is now 7 months old, at her 6 month checkup she weighed 18 lbs 2 oz. and was 26 1/2 inches long. She surprises me everyday! About 3 weeks ago she stared rocking on her knees she practiced that for a while and finally started crawling about a week later.
Last Wednesday Ken and Mary Ellen were over at our house and Cora just crawled over to the couch that we were sitting on and put her hands up and pulled her self up and took a few steps towards us. It was crazy, she had only been crawling for like a week.

And as for me I am busy with Cora and Chad :) In my down time I have taken up the hobby of sewing. I have been meaning to post pictures of some of the thing I make, maybe I will get around to it sometime soon.

We had a great Christmas, Christmas Eve was spent at my Mom's house with Part the Phillips Crew (we missed Brian and Toph and their families). Then Christmas morning we drove over to Brigham City to spend Christmas Day with most of the Bischoff Crew (we missed Bruce and his family). It was lots of fun until about 7 o'clock when I started to get really sick, come to find out I had Mastitis but couldn't get prescription because no pharmacy was open until Sunday morning. We ended up staying in Brigham that night due to me laying helpless on the couch. Then to really top off the night Cora's first tooth popped through. Although we didn't know that was the reason she cried from 2:30-4:30, until the next morning. So we had a very eventfully Christmas night.
We are so gratefully for such great families and friends and the opprotunity we have to live so close to most of them so that we can visit often. Thank you all your love and help.

Now for the pictures.

Here is Cora in her Christmas Dress... She was the cutest baby at Church (all bias left out :) )

Cora defiantly loved having presents under the tree. Mostly because they were so fun to suck on.

These PJ's are so cute, they make Cora Jo into a little present. So after her bath one night we put her under the tree.

Here is her first present from Grandma Phillips, she was excited about it even though she may not look it in this picture.

This is Cora enjoying Grandpa Bischoff's antique train that goes around their tree every year.

Cora loves to play with her Uncle Patrick, they are good buds.

Here are a few videos of Cora pulling her self up and Crawling.

Eating, Crawling, and growing

Cora is getting older and bigger every day. I can't believe it, she is now eating green beans and carrots and loving it.

She was sick for about a month and a half and is finally over it and feeling all the way better. First she had an eye infection then a week later we went back in to the doctor to find out she then had a whole pool of infection that was affecting her eyes, nose, ears, and throat. So we got an antibiotic, once we finished that on she was ok for a few day then started feeling sick again so we took her back in for the third time. Then to find out she still had a sinus infection so we got another stronger antibiotic. Now we are finally done with pinning Cora down and shoving medicine down her throat.

She is also getting up on her hands and knees and rocking and every once in a while face plant it trying to move forward.

I shot this video last week after she was eating. She makes this face when she is both mad and excited. We love her more everyday.

On another note my greatest sister named Emily Huff took our family pictures a while ago and here are a few of our favorites.

California Trip

(This post is lacking in descriptions but lots of pictures)

In August we decided to take advantage of this new thing called paid holiday, and took our first family vacation.
It was quite the trip we left on Friday afternoon and drove to Battle Mountain, NV then got up the next morning bright and early and drove to San Francisco and stayed with our friends Jordan and Andra. They showed us all around the town, it was amazing lots of good food in San Fran. It was a pretty intensive tour trip carrying a baby around but it was great.
We stayed with them in their studio apartment it was a tight squeeze but we were just happy to have somewhere to stay.

Then headed out on Monday to Monterey where we stayed the night in a hotel and relaxed a bit then went to Santa Barbara to stay one night with Vivian, a lady for Chad's mission, and her family. They were SO nice letting us stay and taking us around.

We then ended our trip by staying with our friends Ryan, Tiffani, and Lexi in Riverside area. It was a blast we went to Hollywood, the beach, and a Dodgers game.

So here are all the pictures I will briefly explain each under it. :)

This is us at the beginning of the trip. We weren't that happy at the end after spending 30ish hours in the car.

This is how Cora spent most of the trip, happy and content or sleeping. She really never cried almost the whole trip it was amazing!

Driving across the Bay Bridge.

Being tourists in San Fran, Cora still sleeping.

Us in China town. Surprising similar to China.... We don't really miss the smells of China.

One of the many places we got amazing food.

My sailor baby :)

This was an amazing view of San Fran and extremely windy but so beautiful.

The Golden Gate Bridge and us in the shadows :) On our way to see this view we parked on the side of the road and there was a car next to us that just had its back windows smashed in and their computer stolen. It was scary so Jordan and Andra stayed in the car while we ran and saw the bridge.

Relaxing at Jordan and Andra's.

Lots of relaxing at our hotel in Monterey.

I wasn't kidding when I said that Cora slept for pretty much the whole trip.

Vivian, she was so great.

Cora and Lexi enjoying the beach.

Cora's first time in the ocean.

Sleeping babies at the beach

Chad and Ryan watching T.V. oh and the babies... Also Chad being upset that Ryan kept putting his feet on Chad.

The Hollywood sign. Yeah we are cool :)

The Dodgers Game. So much fun.

Ryan, Tiff, and Lexi (Thanks again for letting us Vacation with you!)

The Dodger Dog

Chad caught a fly... Cora!

And here we are on the way home! Just out side of Las Vegas part of a blown out tire came up and hit our windshield and cracked it pretty good, it was really scary I didn't like it at all but luckily we were safe and it was ok.
This is Cora getting a little sick of the car with all her toys to entertain her. But the only time she cried was on the drive from Brigham City to home for just a few minutes. She was great. But we aren't planning on doing another 35ish drive again for a while.

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 :)