Setting up Christmas decorations and making memories

We've been busy putting up, taking down, playing with, wearing, and re-doing the decorations for Christmas in the last week. Olivia was really involved with it all, and just loved all the "new" things to play with and "help" out with. What a great time of year and fun thing to do with kids! Won't be long and Cora will have her little fingers into it too :)

Decorating Olivia's little tree with all her pink ornaments that she got when she was a baby.

Olivia hopping around with our Christmas stockings on Digging into the ornaments while baby sissy watches
Decorating the tree with Daddy
This picture is just priceless to me-Olivia is so beautiful
Cora loved to see all the lights. Her eyes just lit up and you could see such a twinkle in them.
And to finish it all off-Olivia got to put the star on

November 2011 This & That

Olivia and Bella making Grandma her birthday card with all my scrapbook stuff
Olivia decorating herself & Cora with pretty pink flowers

Cora in her cute little diaper

Olivia hamming it up with Cora-she LOVES hugging on her

Cora's 1st Thanksgiving-Driscoll side

For Thanksgiving this year, we went to G & G Froehlich's first on Wednesday and stayed through Friday after the Hawks game. We then drove the 7 hours back to G & G Driscoll's to spend Friday-Sunday with them. It was a busy weekend-the girls did great with all the traveling. Cora sleeps so well on trips, and Olivia watches her movies and actually sleeps on drives now, so that's a bonus. We are very thankful for our families and all they do. It's always great to get together and see the kids having fun.
The kids had pulled out Grandma's old costume wig for Cora to wear.

Cora's 4 months old!

Cora is 4 months old! She has been such an easy baby and just happy all the time. She's definitely our cuddly baby too. Olivia was very active at this age, and hasn't stopped! I'm thinking Cora will be my little snuggle bunny for quite some time. Olivia is just loving her and really looks after her. When Olivia goes up to Cora, Cora's face just lights up and she giggles and squeals at her-it's so cute :) Her laugh just lights us all up. There's not a better sound in the world. Cora has also found her hands-she sucks on her fingers all the time! I think we may be getting a thumb sucker. But it's so funny to watch her try to put her hands together as she watches them move all over. She's also starting to recognize her name and is very alert. She still takes her naps and sleeps in her carseat. Ever since she was a month old, she was sleeping better in her car seat, so that's the way it's been. She loves being snuggled in. I've tried laying her in her crib, but she's not comfortable that way. It makes it real easy for traveling though w/o having to take the pack-n-play but I'm sure real soon we're going to have to get her trained to like her crib.
I took Cora in for her 4 month well-being check and shots. She weighs 12.8 pounds and is 24.5 inches long. She's the same weight as Olivia at that age, but 3 pounds lighter. This puts her in the 25th percentile for wt & 55th for length.

Cora's 1st Thanksgiving-Froehlich Side

The kids building a tree fort with Grandpa Lee's tools

Grandma Kathee and I took Olivia, Kaden, and Chloe down to the theater to see Santa. Olivia asked for a barbie house and lots of barbies.
Cora, Jack, and Olivia watching the Hawks embarass themselves by Nebraska

Grandpa Lee with one of the nice walleye that they caught.

Olivia fingerpainting

Olivia fingerpainting in the smock my mom made me years ago. Olivia loved it!

Cora's Baptism

Cora was baptized into the Holy Spirit Church November 13th. We chose Justin & Jessica to be her Godparents and are thankful for them taking the role. Making the occasion even more special is that Cora is wearing my baptismal dress. It looked beautiful on her. We also used the afghan that Great Grandma Froehlich crocheted for Olivia when she was a baby.