Been Out Of Town...

 We sure do! :) For the past week, we have been in California celebrating my oldest niece's (1st of 20 1/2 grandchildren) wedding. Upon returning last night, our pet sitter left us a few notes. Apparently "We LOVe JonEs" is all he could spell out with Evan's magnetic letters but we got the point. :) Thank you Jones for watching our pets and for the commentary on our grocerie list below... :)

 A couple days ago, we were in this weather, 82 degrees, tank topped toddler on a trampoline.

This morning we were playing on snowy side yards and sipping cocoa. :)

blogging of california trip to come but it may not be till next week. i had horrible internet coverage while there so you only got snipets from my phone. so sorry. :)

A new bouncer in town!

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Until next time Juliet...

This is Juliet on the left who is Cora Grace's older cousin in California by 4 hours. We took it earlier this week for their 6 months and 7 days old pictures. Last time you saw them in these tutu's was 7 day old. :) We miss you already California families! :) xoxo

Only in California...

'Reunited and it feels so gooood'. I missed you Chocolate Malted Crunch! Mmmmm.

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Happy Baby :)

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SNOW!

We woke up this morning much to our surprise to SNOW!! ;) Evan had been up for 'awhile' so as soon as I saw the snow, I ran towards Evans room, calling to Michael to throw me some going outside clothes as I busted into Evan's room yelling, IT'S SNOWING! :) I threw the first clothes I could on him and slipped my camera over my shoulder as I dressed myself going towards the back yard. Evan didn't know what was happening but he liked it cause it involved going 'outside'. ha ha ha. So here you go. After awhile I repeated the process for Cora only I pretty much woke her up, slapped a huge jacket on her and Evan's old hat and let her experience her first snow. She was too sleepy to really appreciate it but Evan loved it. Mommy loves snow too. I'm a Californian, so sue me. xo

It's SNOWING!!!! :)

pictures to hopefully follow later...

Cutest hand me downs

These are Evans old p.j.'s that I LOVED on him and what do you know, they are adorable on Cora too! :)

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6 Month C.G.

Today is Cora's 6 month birthday. Here are some shots from this morning that only got posted now! Life will NOT slow down! I have a full night ahead of me too (yet I blogged 3 times today? ha ha ha). I hope you enjoyed Cora's pictures. Here are some of her happenings:

Last week I weighed her for my sister in law who is making her blessing dress. She weighed 15 pounds from my calculations (which means it could be wrong. lol). I'm looking forward to see if she's moved up from 5% on height cause she seems to have burst in height.

loves her exersaucer

sucks on anything near her mouth

has been chewing on her hands and drooling like mad since 2 mo but there is no sign of teeth... yet.

ALWAYS happy!

content

loves to watch and laugh and giggle at Evan no matter what he does

now buries her head into her hands or burp cloth when she's tired, rubbing her eyes. cute!

barely cries

still so gushy everywhere, we love it

reaches for anything and everything.

has a smile for everyone

wants to see all that is going on

doesn't like to be cradled (she might miss something. wink)

loves tummy time but rolls over quickly

loves rattles and crinkly papers

That's MY son...

Enjoying a delicious bowl of air popped popcorn with real butter melted all over and vegit sprinkled on it. Mmmm. Oh don't think that's anything but my beloved ovaltine in his sippy cup. :) we're staying up 'late' watching 'The Snowman' DVD, one of my very favorite as well. :)

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Evan's Tat

He he he he he he .... I'm still giggling!

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LOVE STINKS!

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

So, Mike and I went to the Predators game last night (of which they WON!!) and Evan's friend Serif wanted he and Cora to come to play while we were out. Little did I know the reeeeeeeaaaal reason Serif's parents wanted to babysit. They Tattooed him! :D LOL. I literally JUST saw this even though we picked him up last night but he was already in p.j.s so... This morning I was holding him but had to put him down to make some breakfast when I saw the top of the sword. Only, I thought, "does he have a leaf on him?" or "Is that some sort of leach!?" ( i don't know why i went there but i did, ha ha ha!) As soon as I looked (carefully) down his shirt I instantly started busting out laughing!!!! I had Evan run in to show daddy while he was getting ready for work and he also loved it. :). Michelle and Jeff, that was the best surprise this morning, I'm still giggling and laughing as a type. I haven't checked Cora yet but did a photo shoot for her 6 month and didn't see anything. THAT would have been even more hilarious! :) Thank you for making my day. ha ha  ha ha ha ha... he he he he he he.....
(the tattoo says "love stinks". 'someone' didn't want me to take their picture right then. If i have time i'll take a better one later :))

Yes, I am 'that' mom...

That let her kid go play in the freezing cold rain. He was begging and he's so cute... I couldn't say no. If it makes you feel better, I made sure he took a really good warm bath after coming in. He LOVED it! Only when I told him he could have a sucker, did he come in the house. It's my first use of bribary to get him to do something. So far, he's only had about 5 in his life and I hope not too many more in excess.

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Moon Moon Moon

Evan's and my current favorite Laurie Berkner Band song; "Moon Moon Moon", it's totally addictive for you and your kids/grandkids! :) Learn it, love it, share it. :) xo Good niiiiiight.

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This is my second time using Picnik to make my TOTB collage and I am 83% satisfied with it. I just wish I knew how to change the 'background' color so it isn't gray :/. If anyone else uses it and wants to enlighten me, I would really appreciate it. I'm horribly UN computer savvy so it's probably completely simple :).

These pictures were taken yesterday after decorating the tree.