Lil' Motorcycle Mama

It's been tradition with Uncle Justin to put the new little ones in his saddle bags for a picture. Well, we didn't quite get Cora in as a baby, but she made it in!

 

 Korban would rather drive than ride--I'm sure that'll hold true forever :)

 

 

Just a recap in 2008 of Olivia

 



Korban's Baptism

Korban was baptized into the church, and Pat and I are blessed to have been chosen to be his Godparents.  Justin and Jessica have been given a special gift from God, and we are so happy to be a part of his big day today.

 

The kids after the baptism.

-Just a cute story to add...Father Morgan had come to the house for some lunch afterwards. The next day Olivia went to daycare and said to Ann- "Guess what Ann- Jesus was at Justin and Jessica's yesterday".  How cute is that?



Nicole's Wedding Wknd

 The kids on a Jeep ride with Grandpa-Cora's first!

 Olivia, Gwen, Lily, Kate, Elizabeth, and Jack building their bird feeders. They were so creative & did such a great job!

 all the Froehlich's-good looking bunch!

 

 The Outlaws

 Olivia loved dancing with Kaden!

 Nicole and Olivia

 Michaela with all the girls

Cora was loving Chloe playing with her



Olivia's big day turning 4!

Olivia is 4 today! After all the celebrating, she finally has her big day to herself! Where do I even start with Olivia at the age of 4? She is our spunky, crazy, witty, smart, beautiful, and very wild child, Olivia. She knows how to light up a room like no other and is a one of a kind! She is a fun loving big sister and slows down just long enough to cuddle a little with momma and daddy.  

 This pic captures Olivia just as she is-smiles and full of life!

 Olivia on the morning of her birthday with her cupcake.

 I could only imagine what her wish is...

We got Olivia an easel for her birthday along with some accessories, and I think her favorite gift was the scissors..yikes! She's only used them a couple times before w/ supervision-the first was w/o supervision last Eater, and you can see in the pictures some short bangs-and that isn't new growth.



My birthday

The girls and I on my Birthday :)

 

The girls' Princess Party

It's nice to have the girls' birthdays so close and that so far we can do the parties together :) Olivia picked a Princess Party, which came to no surprise.  Our plans were to go swimming and then back to our house for cake, ice cream, and the pinata. But wouldn't you know it-the one time it's rained in this drought was this morning, and a little into the early afternoon. So we changed it to the Outdoor Campus, which the rain limited us to basically the indoors portion of it. But, the sun did make its appearance later and we got to enjoy the park some too.

 

 Grandma and the Birthday Girl

 Korban

 Caden and Olivia at the Outdoor Campus

 The men hanging around the bonfire-probably discussing the fact that they're missing a cold one in their hand :)

 Daddy and his dear

 Grandpa Lee, Daddy, and the girls

 Princess time!

 I don't think the Castle made one whole round of whacks before it broke open. Luckily we were stocked with candy so taped it up full again & let them have at it for Round 2

Grandma, Cora, and her new baby doll from them



The Big One!

Look who is 1 years old!

Our little Cora-and little she is..has been quite the blessing to our family. She makes us smile and laugh every day. She still is our snuggle bunny & loves to give kisses. She isn't walking, but think she will be in no time. She can stand on her own for quite some time.  Cora still loves to get us up once a night yet to eat-hopefully by her 2 year post I can say that she sleeps through the night! It's been so fun to see all the bonding with Cora and Olivia over the past year. They adore each other, but also get into their own little fights over sharing.

Cora has expanded her vocabulary from momma and dadda to dah (dog).  She only has her bottom teeth completely in & her top 2 partially coming down.

At Cora's 1 yr appt (which was 8-13-12- a little past 1 yr) she weighed 19 lbs, 12 oz (46% percentile) and is 29.25 " (43% perc) tall.  She's pretty much off of baby food & eating regular foods now, with her favorite being the good ole healthy hot dog.