Historical Character

When I dressed Cora for church, I wasn't thinking about the afternoon we were about to spend at Middleton Place Plantation Home with Jud & Ginny.

But once we arrived at Middleton, it only took a few minutes for someone to comment that Cora was dressed appropriately for her plantation tour. In costume or not, Cora loved her first experience of grass.

Is this a hint that I need to give my hair a deep conditioning treatment? "Mommy, your hair feels just like the grass!"

That's right. The tour guide over Landon's shoulder was also wearing a bonnet.
The lady in her bright yellow Bob Ironman carriage.

This horse was saying the funniest things!

Jud & Landon were really impressed by the animals... Cora was not.

It was the most relaxing and peaceful day we've had in a while.

Thanks, Jud & Ginny, for taking us with you!

Fifth Generation Friends

Five generations of friends:

Catie & Cora (both with CJ initials).
I grew up with Nelson Worth and Nelson's first cousin Nick (& Meme & Crystal, too).
My dad grew up with Cathy, Connie, & Chris --- Chris happened to become my mother's best friend in high school.
My grandmother grew up with Poppy Worth, and was a best friend to Worth's sister Janis.
And now we've learned that Grandma Iris's parents and Poppy Worth's parents
That is 5 generation of friends. And, starting with my Grandma Iris and Worth & Janis, the generations were not just friends, but rather friends that became more like family.

Catie came with her parents Nelson & Betsy to visit a couple of weekends ago... and our little CJs had a "big time" (as my Grandma Iris would say) together.
(see a few shots from Catie's arrival here).

Catie & Cora experienced their first beach experiences together.

Catie put her feet in the ocean... Cora put the ocean in her mouth!

Our little beach bunnies!

CJ Messal, meet CJ Gullett

Catie Gullett is in town for a visit!

We've been anxious to get our 2 little CJs together for forever (or as long as we've known that they would be coming into this world), and finally, today was the day.

They were fast friends.

A few pics for Mom & Cat -

Mommy! It is the baby in the mirror! I've finally found her!

Oh, CJ, you are so funny!

I had to post this next pic because Cora looks so sneaky... and she looks a lot like Reese here.

A while back, I had offered to keep Keegan Walker so that Doug & Carla could go to a show at the Colliseum. Now I know what it would be like to have triplets in our house! It was too wild to snap a photo when they were all three together. I did get these pics while Catie was in the bath, so these are Cora & Keegan only.

Here, Cora is telling Keegan not to try to kiss her because her Daddy would get mad.

So Keegan (so so cute here!) decided to crawl away. Cora chased him.

Keegan wasn't crawling away from Cora! He saw a picture of her next to the dresser, and he was crawling for it. Cora, he does love you!

Kentuckians say the darndest things!

Cora and I headed to Kentucky for a few days of my Spring Break.

As has become his trend, Dad met me halfway so that I would not have to make the entire eight hour trip with a potentially fussy baby. Cora was dressed in her duck outfit from Big E and her "quack" socks from Deb Melvin. The socks are now the perfect fit - they are not too tight, but they stay on despite Cora's constant attempts to tug them off (and I do mean she tugged at the socks the entire time that she was awake). At one point, Dad was in the back seat with her and I heard him exclaim in his best Moses booming voice: "Let my people go!" followed by a more frantic sounding, "Free the piggies!" Maybe you had to be there?

When Mattie arrived at our house, we had the (now, typical) converation about nursing. When Mason walked in a few minutes later, Mattie walked to the door and exclaimed, "She's nibbling!". Later, while Mason was sitting next to me talking to Cora, Mattie said, "Be careful, bub, or you might grow up and someday have a nibbler, too!".

Summer and Cora were sitting on the floor playing with a toy. Cora is a stable sitter now, but sometimes takes a nose dive when a toy proves to be worth her efforts. A toy proved worth it, and Cora took a lunge. Aunt Debbie said, "Summer, aren't you going to catch her". Summer replied, "She has to learn to survive!" In Summer's defense, her gut instinct was right. Cora captured the toy and began playing without even a fuss!

Cora loves to chew on things... especially ears of unsuspecting Uncle Shew!

Uncle Doug, look at how sad she looks here!

Doug brought Lindsay & Abby over on Saturday. I had coincidentally spent all day Friday cleaning out my old toys (before Cora is old enough to try to claim that they need to come to our house). Guess who went home with two huge sacks of old, abandoned stuffed animals? That's right, Lindsay and Abby.

I will never be able to take Cora over to the Trimble/Stambaugh homes - I am certain they will pay me back for that.