the girla's

Cora started eating rice cereal this past week! Yea... she loves it! But she has been having the first couple day struggles. One night while feeding her, I had to turn it over to Hadlee... She insisted... Cora obviously likes her big sister feeding it to her, cus she eats with no problem from Hadlee.

These pictures are from her very first time! She is such a cutie!

We love little Cora.

As Matt would say... she is our Diva child! He kinda thinks she is high maintenance some of the time. Only because she is either super happy(most of the time) or suddenly with no warning, super mad (only some of the time) and it is only when she is tired or hungry, there really is no in-between with this one!! She is the CUTEST thing when she is happy. But I tell you, when she is mad, I fear for the glass objects within the vacinity.:) We love her!

Well WELL well... Hadlee babe got her self some bangs this last week! WOw...I cut 4 inches off! It made me sad at first... but I've found that change is always good. Her Daddy loves them too.

She is so full of life.

She doesn't love the change of having to share a room with her baby sister though. When Cora wakes up in the middle of the night to eat, she is not so happy. She will start crying and get mad and say "it's OK cora!" It really is kinda sad, But she definitely loves her baby Cora still!

Hads also started a little playgroup with 3 year olds around the neighborhood and loves that. Its fun to have friends that she can play and learn with! Matt loves to see how excited she is to come home and show him the pictures that she colored and tells him all about what she did with her friends.

She is also loving her dance class! It is so cute, because every night after her bath and once she is in her Jammies, and before she climbs in bed, she has to have twirling time! She will stand in the middle of the room and put her hands above her head and spin until she falls over! She cracks me up.

Oh, and she also started sunbeams this last month at church and thinks she is so big! I asked her Sunday what song they sang and she said "Jesus Christ" I was just like.. oh wow.. then she says "Mom, my savior Jesus Christ"... I was pretty amazed she had picked up on that! Then to my surprise I hear her say " I'll honor his name.", and I'm thinkin... Wow she is a smartie pants... So Matt and I just sat there in a stupor, trying to think how she knows all this...then it hit us...she was singing the song "I belong to the church of Jesus Christ"! Even though it's not a huge deal, It was really amazing to me to see her understand and say those things. I love that she loves church! It is soo fun to see her grow...it's kinda sad, but I understand more and more the whole "Joy and rejoycing in my posterity" thing...

Oh, and one last thing, if your wondering about the title of this post... sometimes girls are girlas to Hadlee and she will have to correct me...she will say, "Mom... can you say gir...la....ya its girla". and I think its too funny not to remember! She is so funny. We love her!!

all about our DECEMBER...

Wow, we have had a super busy month! This is a long post, That's what happens when I have to play catch up! SO here goes... sorry if you get bored.

FIRST...

We headed up to Nick and Steph's house one weekend! It was a blast! We were on a great mini vacation and loved every minute of it! Especially their cutest twin boys. Thanks guys for havin us!

THEN...
Was Hadlee's big 3rd birthday! Wow its so crazy to me she is 3! She is such a sweet heart and loved her PARTY! She had a "princess dancer" cake! (thanks lyss) She had tons of family there and loved every minute of it. Okay except sharing her new toys!!

i love the picture of Hadlee showing how old she is! She is like her dad and has a hard time doing 3 the normal way, so she does this instead!


Next...
Oh buddy sweet little Cora started sitting up. Amazing, I know. Matt is constantly telling me she doesn't need to be held all the time! I just know how fast Hadlee grew up, and have to love her being small :) AND CAN'T FORGET...

we moved back to the big BC! I don't know that we are totally thrilled about it. We loved SLC! But some of Matt's credits wouldn't transfer so I guess that's what we had to do to get done with Matt's school! Gotta love it! Now lets hope we can work hard and get his school done! YEA MATT!



Next..
K so seeing Santa is over rated! HA HA ha... we waited in line forever with a 3 year old that was so excited to see Santa and a happy baby, to end up with a sleeping baby and a super shy little 3 year old! Oh the joys... and don't worry after we left Hadlee started blabbing about Santa's white beard and his big belt!

OH AND..
We cant forget our Princess' in their little Christmas dresses! They are so adorable!
I am beginning to think its almost impossible to get both girlie's to smile and look at the camera at the same time.


AND...
It was Matt's grandpa's birthday so we headed down to the nursing home to celebrate! He is the funniest old man! But is getting so old he doesn't remember a dang thing! I hate seeing that happen! LAST...

Christmas eve, Christmas Day, and sledding with the fam! Sorry there is a million pictures but i absolutely hate choosing what ones to do so you have to see a million!

Ok, so things have been really crazy over the last few weeks. I know you all think I am the biggest slacker because I haven't posted anything for so long... but I promise I will give as good of an update as I can. But I warn you, it's going to be a long one. :)

So STAY TUNED!!! :)