Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from Cora, Elsie, and Lil J :)

They even have the same feet

Look at the girls' feet in the first picture - they girls even have the same feet. I think they look very different, but of course in pics they look very similar.

The order is not the same in all the pics lol

Elsie passed her carseat test :)

We had Elsie's follow-up carseat test today. And, she PASSED. After failing the initial test two times, we were concerned that she would fail again. especially since her hands were turning purple when sitting up (which only stopped about a week ago)

We were able to go back to our local hospital, where she was tested in an extra room - think is was the lactation room. She could not go back in the newborn nursery..too germy lol.

I am just thrilled to get rid of the carbed. It is so much easier to get out of the house without having to physically carry both girls. I celebrated by going out alone with all 3 little ones.

We took a pic of the carbed when we went to her first ped appointment, so is SO much bigger now, 4 weeks later.

Cousins meet :)

The newest cousins met for the first time today. My mom was thrilled to have all her babies in one place.

You can see the joy in her face.

Not sure what is so funny in the first pic, guess I missed the memo lol

Today Was My Due Date

I can't believe it, today would have been my due date. Now, it is not like I thought I would have ever made to my due date, it is really funny to think about it. Especially since Elsie will be 4 weeks old tomorrow.

She will be 4 weeks old and I still have not written my birth story...oops. Here is the short story: went to the hospital 4 weeks early and had my baby. done lol

Elsie is doing great, and Cora is a great big sister. She just has to work on "do nice" since right now she thinks it means smack your sister in the face.

When I look at the two of them together, it really makes me think of my sisters. I hope the girls grow up like my sisters and I did. We are all pretty close, even now as adults. It makes me smile that I was able to give Cora a sister.

What a difference a year makes!

These pictures were taken 1 year apart - at one month and 13 months old. I can't believe how much Cora has grown.

We are going to do the same for Elsie - maybe with a different prop though.

Pumpkin Patch :)

We went to a Fall Festival at a local farm. It was fun, lots of kid's stuff to do. We attempted to take a family shot (taken by someone else) and that was a huge fail.

So, we then tried to take a pic of just the kids. This is the first time we tried this outside of the ones at the hospital.

Yeah, not such a good idea. Colin looks great. But, look closer - Lil J is choking Cora, and Cora has her fingers in Elsie's eye. LOL

But - it is also one of the BEST pics - I have my kids, all FOUR of them! Four years ago, I would never have thought that this would be my family pic. :)