It's not just gas anymore :)

Today is the first time I noticed that Cora is smiling alot more and can really follow you with her eyes. She is becoming more alert and is so far doing really well :)

Cora is 1 month old!

My little baby is 1 month old already. It makes me sad that she is growing out of some of her newborn clothes already. Cora has been such a good baby. She had her nights & days quite mixed up at first, but we're slowly working on them. Now she gets up about 12/1 ish and again at 4/5ish to be fed but at least sleeps in between it all. In the beginning she would be awake until 2 before she would sleep for us. She is making really good eye contact with us, and has even caught on to sticking out her tongue with Daddy. Olivia is getting alot more used to her, and we don't have to worry as much as in the beginning, but still don't dare to leave her alone with her for any amount of time. She tends to want to get a little too cuddly, which I don't blame her :) Cora has also developed a bad case of cradle crap and baby acne just like Olivia had. Hopefully she'll be over it soon.
We are just really enjoying our new addition to the family and look forward to all the fun changes in the upcoming months!

Justin & Jessica's Wedding

It was a big weekend for us in Sioux Falls for Justin and Jessica's wedding! Olivia was the flower girl, myself a bridesmaid, and Pat was an usher. Olivia, Cora, and I went to Sioux Falls on Wednesday the 17th. It was a long couple days & nights w/o Pat! Thankfully my parents were there also and helped out. Friday was the rehearsal. Olivia did a great job with Caden, the ring bearer for rehearsal. But when it came time for the wedding, she didn't make it down the aisle. It had been a long day for her with pictures and getting ready, and she had been fighting a fever/cold on & off for a couple days. Towards the end of the ceremony she came up to stand by me and did walk down the aisle at the end, full of laughs! She was the cutest little flower girl ever! Congrats to Justin & Jessica on their marriage-it was a wonderful ceremony & perfect day for the event. Also a special thanks to Pat's parents, Lee and Kathee for being there Frid & Sat to help out with the girls-we truly appreciate it!

Olivia hamming it up for the camera and putting her foot in her mouth. Her sandals were MIA at the time.

My brother Heath & his family

My brother Dan & his daughter Bella

My good looking parents

Walking out after the ceremony-in a much better mood than when it started!

Grandpa Driscoll's here to meet Cora!

Grandpa Driscoll was unable to be here when Cora was born, so he and Grandma made the trip this weekend. They got here late Thursday night, and left Sat morning for Sioux Falls in time for my dad to start in on Justin's bach party. It was great to have them & glad it worked out for them to detour over here!

Olivia & Grandma having a picnic in Olivia's 'fort'

Me joining them

Olivia is the BIG 3!

My little girl is now 3! Hard to believe. She has really become quite the little sweetheart, but don't let this cute little face fool you. She can be quite naughty too-I think half of it's her age, and half b/c of her new little sister. Some of the things she's been up to & favorites are:
*She loves her baby dolls. Olivia has quite a few & they all get the same attention. We've noticed that she'll comfort them & tell them "It's ok. Mommy's here". But she keeps busy feeding them, wrapping them in their blankets, and reading to them. She'll be quite the little helper for me.
*Olivia first and foremost loves the outdoors. I know all kids do-but I think she particularly does. The first thing she asks when she's up at 6:30/7 is to go outside. She's even been caught "peeing like a boy" out by her swingset. She loves to swing, ride her trike, play with chalk, bubbles, you name it.
*A few of her favorite foods are bananas, cinnamon brown sugar pop tarts (she could eat these every snack & meal), cucumbers, pizza, "macn n' cheese", and mr freezes.
*For the past few months, she has been able to recognize the upper case alphabet randomly. She knows most of the lower case, but still working on a few of them.
*Olivia loves to talk as well-she goes and goes and goes. She has a very good memory of things & also quite the imagination. She'll definitely keep her teachers busy when the time comes!

Olivia's birthday with friends

On Olivia's birthday, we had some friends come over for cake & ice cream- the Freier's & Gilles's. Olivia LOVES playing with them & was another fun birthday celebration!

Amanda & I with Taryn & Olivia-they coincidentally had the same outfits on.

Olivia's 3 year & Cora's newborn pics

We had Olivia's 3 yr & Cora's newborn pics (11days) done at Sears. Both girls did very well-Olivia was exceptional & didn't goof off for any of her pictures. She waited until we were busy with Cora's & ran out of the room to find a pair of scissors behind the desk & decide to play with them-luckily cutting nothing :) She also had the carousel ride in the mall hanging over her head, but we were so proud (& shocked) of how well she behaved. I do have to brag that I crocheted the outfit Cora is wearing in the pic below. Of course it wouldn't be so cute without her in it. She is just adorable!

Happy Birthday to me :)

It's going to be quite the couple weeks with all of our birthdays so close together! Tonight we celebrated mine and went out to eat at Plaza Girabaldi.