Happy Halloween!!

More Misc October

Sitting next to Nana on the bench on the back porch...again like a big girl!
Playing on her golf cart.

Daddy was on Cora duty and took some pictures of dinner. She loves spaghetti o's!

Sitting in a big girl chair listening to her fridge DJ.

Halloween Party #2

We went to the Stark's Halloween party and had a blast. Cora did really well and didn't get scared at much. The only thing that bothered her was someone dressed up as King Kong. She didn't cry she just ran to me...but actually ran to another lady and then got nervous when it wasn't me, but she never cried.


Cora wasn't real sure about the wolf rug. She was ok with the other animals in the room though.

Halloween Party #1

We ran down to Dennis's brother's house for their Halloween party for the kids. Cora had fun playing with Miss Erica.
Cora was liking all the different toys to play with at cousin Peyton's house.

Cora walked right over to the bouncy thing and crawled right in!

And crawled right out when she was done.

Climbing the steps to go down the slide again.

The little boy is Peyton's 'boyfriend' at her school. Cora was moving in on him! She was following him around and went and sat beside him. It was funny.

Cora and Papa Groth

More Big Girl

She loves to sit on the couch and read her books. She can't get up there by herself, but she gets down pretty well.

Daddy's Little Pumpkin

Daddy's Little Pumpkin wasn't cooperating for pictures. But we did finally get to a pumpkin patch with actual pumpkins!

Picking out her pumpkin.

This is the only place she didn't cry...on the tractor!

Notice the hand on the lever... I think she has been on a few too many tractors.

Cora's 1st Wedding

Well it was her first reception at least. We went to Wade & Shelly's wedding reception that happened to be at The Downtown Aquarium. Cora had a blast and actually made it until about 9:15 or so...after playing at the birthday party that afternoon too!
Cora and all the spoons from the table!
My big girl sitting at the table.

Dancing with Mommy.

She was having fun dancing.

All that dancing will make a girl tired though.

This is Wade and Shelly's little girl, Raegan. She is exactly one month younger than Cora. I think Cora was excited to see her because she had a buddy in her mouth!

Cora found her lovey and buddy and would walk around and then lay down on the floor. After she did that a few times, we knew it was time to go home. She was great, only fussed when another little girl stole her buddy. Once we got it back, she was fine though. She had fun walking around everywhere...wore Mommy out though!

Bella's Birthday Party

We went to Bella Halata's birthday party at the Little Gym. I had thought about taking her to some classes there, but just haven't gotten around to it. She loved it! I need to get her in some classes I guess!

Spinning Bella in the parachute.

Cora watching all the big kids running around.

Cora was quite happy playing with her ball.

All the kids at the party. Happy Birthday Bella!

Daddy put Cora on the bar and let go - I don't know which one of us was more surprised she held on! It was pretty funny.

Big Girl Shoes

I don't know why, but for some reason when we put these shoes on her she just seemed like a big girl. It made me so sad to see my baby girl growing up.

Miscellaneous October

My cutie patootie.

Cora scraped her chin while playing outside at school. They told me that it didn't look bad, but when I picked her up it looked horrible. It lasted for a few days too. Poor thing - I have created a klutz!

I found a bunch of dresses in her closet that she hasn't worn and this was one of them. She did not want to wear it at all.

As you can see, she did recover.
I bought a remote control for my camera and was playing with it. I love it - I can actually be in some of the pictures now!

First Haircut

Cora's bangs have been driving me crazy. I was worried about taking her somewhere to get them trimmed - I know she would probably freak out. So I finally got brave and thought I would try to do it myself. She had just eaten dinner and I did it. She did remarkable well. We gave her a comb to play with and it went smoothly. I was impressed with myself! It also helped that Daddy was taking her pictures and distracting her.

Temper tantrums

Wow - does Cora have red hair or what!! She has been throwing some serious temper tantrums lately. We are trying to just let her work them out. So far she hasn't injured herself, but she knows the tile is pretty hard and she lays down softly then starts kicking. I hate to see her do this, but I just walk away and she gets over it faster. This one was because she didn't want to wear these shoes. She got over it and wore them for the day.

One our way somewhere...she crapped out.

Cora now will point to her nose when you ask her, but she sticks her finger up her nose afterwards! And holds it there for awhile. It is lovely, we are so proud.