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: