1st Pumpkin Patch
This will be a fun and exciting year of firsts and today Cora had her first pumpkin patch experience. We went to a place called Loblolly Acres and they have face painting, a petting zoo area, corn pit, hay maze, slide, tractor ride and pumpkin area. We did it all and it was all for Cora. She treks around with me all the time and this was an experience just for her. She fell asleep at the end, but we picked the perfect pumpkin for her while she caught some zzzzz's. Cora is
Perfect Hearing
This post is way past due, a week late, but I had planned on posting on Tuesday following Cora's hearing test and ENT doctor follow-up. Matt and I are so very excited to say that Cora's hearing in her right ear, which was previously failing hearing tests and showing an issue in the middle ear, is now passing and perfect. It took ear tubes and some extra stress and anxiety on mommy and daddy, but we count our blessings every day and are thankful for all the support we have r
Cousins - N.C. Style
We took a road trip to North Carolina for a belated birthday celebration for Cole and then it was the weekend of Uncle Kirk's birthday too. When I got out of the event planning industry I promised to not miss a birthday for Cole or Boyd. Cole's birthday is September 20th and Boyd's is May 22nd so those are prime wedding months and that resulted in me not being able to travel to many celebrations over the past six years. We left Friday night at 9:30pm and arrived at 3:30am o
"Cuter Than Cotton"
"Cuter than cotton" is a phrase the mother of a good friend of mine would use in reference to children. I sent my friend a picture of Cora the other day and when her response was "cuter than cotton", I thought that was the sweetest saying and perfect for my sweet cheeks. I did ask permission to use the saying in the future and got approval! I never thought posting a blog once a week would be so hard to make time for, so I will keep apologizing when I do not make my goal of
Post Ear Tubes
I had intended to get this post done yesterday, but with only one hour of sleep on Thursday night, I ended up falling asleep on the couch last night and not getting this done. Sorry to keep those who were looking for an update waiting. Cora did amazing at A.I. Dupont on Friday. We arrived a little before 7 a.m. and went through the check-in process . She went back around 7:45 a.m. and the doctor came out about 10 - 15 minutes later with two thumbs up. There was fluid behi
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