Cora - 21 weeks!

This last week for Cora has been a major developing stepping stone.  In two days she'll be 21 weeks old, and officially five months!  I can't believe have much she has changed and grown!  But we love her more and more every day.

About a week ago, Cora started rolling over from back to stomach!  It is so cute watching her bring her knees up and then just pushing herself over.  She is more smiley than ever.  Whenever someone greets her, she greets them back with the biggest smile!  She is so friendly!  Also, we saw a lady who's been taking lessons at the store for a while who was back in town for the winter, and when she started talking to Cora, she started laughing so hard!  Normally I can only get a little giggle out of her, but seriously it was the most adorable thing, but she hasn't done it since...  Cora has also started holding her bottle all by herself!  She can also put it back in if it falls out!  Okay, one last thing!  She can sit up all by herself!  (A little.)  She has to pretty far forward and she uses her hands to keep herself up, but she is balancing!  And!  She can finally reach her toes.  The best is when she has both feet in both hands.

Sorry, I just feel like I have to write this all down so I don't forget!

Other recent events though, our friends Caitlin and Tim and baby Olivia came down to Mesa to visit!  I wish we had been able to hang out with them more before they move to Idaho this week! :(  They stopped by our house for a little and then we headed down to the Mesa Temple to see the temple lights!  It seemed like they had way more than last year, it was amazing!  This is Chuck and my fifth December seeing the temple lights together!

Last night, we also got our first Christmas tree!  We've been married three and a half years and we've never had one before!  We got a 5" Noble Fir.  We love the spaced out branches.  It something totally different than the trees we both had growing up.  We've also never really had decorations before, so we (I) got to go to Target and get a few.  We both love how festive our house is now!  Clovis LOVES the tree.  Its fun watching him circle and smell it and try to rub his face against the branches.

I have been checking flights every other day, waiting for them to go down so we can try to go to Colorado for Christmas.  We've spent it with Chuck's family the last two years and I really wanted to try to fly there Christmas day since Chuck's family celebrates the 24th.  But, my mom said they might go to California this year!  So fingers crossed we get a Cali-Christmas with my family!

Cora - 20 Weeks Old!