A tragic mistake...

Probably the best picture that we have of Cora, I have lost. Not lost completely. I technically still have it. In fact it is included here. But as I was re-sizing it so that the file size would be small enough to fit on the blog, I accidentally hit "save" instead of "save as" and so...it's use is forevermore relegated solely to the blogosphere. And here I thought I'd finally have one good enough to frame.

You see, Cora hates the camera. More specifically, I think, she hates the flash on the camera. While Evaline sees that light and thinks it is time to show-off, Cora clams up if she even catches a glimpse from the corner of her eye. We got this picture of Cora without the flash...and it looks just like her. As I said before, its probably the best one we have of her because it captures exactly what she looks like. What a cutie. (I know I'm biased, but, seriously, can you get any cuter?)



In other news, the girls turned SIX months last Tuesday! And Ian and I are horrible parents because we have yet take their 6-month-comparison-pic. Maybe we'll get to it this week and I'll post it then. :)

In the meantime...

Evaline and her daddy cuddling...the girls usually take a 20-minute lap-snooze in the evening. Since we're both working and see them, it seems, so little we feel compelled to indulge them a bit and don't put them in their cribs for this nap. I'm not sure if there is another 20-minute span during the day that I enjoy more...


Yesterday it was sunny, but kind of chilly out, and we still wanted to go for a walk. Ian laughed at me, but I felt it was necessary for them to wear both a hat for warmth and a hat for sun. Dorky as it may be, the final result was also adorable.

My first "Mother's Day"

Happy Mother's Day to all the mama's out there! So far it has been a happy day for me. We went to breakfast with my parents and grandparents this morning and off to the Petersen side for dinner later this afternoon. The girls are as good as ever (we have very good little girls), and we got most of our chores done yesterday which leaves today to just hang out and update the blog while the girls nap. Yes, I did say nap. They've been asleep for a little over an hour!! Which, for us, is quite the achievement! Last week we began a military-esque regimen of napping/eating/playing/begin again...and so far it appears to be helping. Hoo-ray!

School is winding down...just four more weeks! And that includes one four-day week (because of Memorial Day), and three days of finals! This year I am really getting spring fever, and every weekend that we have reminds me of how anxious I am to spend the summer home with my girls (and Ian, too).

As usual, I have a whole host of photos to post here...but I will confess I've been as lazy at taking pictures as I have at updating the blog - most of these pics were taken this weekend :-)

Mother's Day morning...me and my girls


Here is what the girls got me...I think they are angling for some homemade applesauce or something...

Ready for a walk in our super-awesome new stroller! It's like pushing a Cadillac!

Cora has been rolling over more and more lately. She is starting to learn to creep, but can really only go backwards (although she's really, really working on going forward). Yesterday she was fussing at the end of her nap and when I went to go get her, this is what I saw. It made me laugh, so I had to record it for posterity. :-)

From another view. I believe her thoughts here are: "Why the heck are you taking a picture instead of helping me?!"

Evaline wasn't doing so hot with the solid foods. Since it was more trouble than it was worth, we've taken her off them for a couple of weeks. Although, per doctor's orders, we sit her where she can watch Cora while Cora is eating. (I think its pretty funny...most of the time she does watch - intently.)

And just for the sake of cuteness....Evaline and her bunny, she LOVES to gum these ears. We've actually bought her two more bunnies so she doesn't completely destroy it before she stops loving it!

And finally, despite what everyone thinks, Cora is not a serious baby. She is just a little deliberate and perhaps a little stingy with her smiles. And, she doesn't like the camera, at all. But I did happen to sneak a picture without her noticing the camera...this is the Cora her dad and I see at home: