Cora at 11 Months

I'm way behind in posting these blogs, so I'll try to remember what I can of Cora at 11 months.

Cora free stands for short periods of time but has not attempted independent steps yet.

This girl loves to snuggle objects, particularly her blanket, which she also sucks while sleeping.  

"Really?!  You say I'm 11 months?!"

Apparently the grass was prickly....!

Cora is still very wary of other people and will cry if we try leave her, or even if we walk out of eyesight.  

This girl is sweet beyond words and we all adore her!

 

Mother's Day

How lucky am I to be mother to these four wonderful, beautiful girls?!  

They are more work than I could have ever imagined, but at least I can say that two years into this being at home with them thing, and I'm finally starting to get my feet under me.  And to love it!

Eve made this for me in kindergarten:

And Halle did this in Primary:

The girls are right that I really don't like hitting or coffee :)  

End of Soccer

Eve successfully completed her first season of soccer on May 13th!

She played hard the whole season and we could see definite improvement in her, and the whole team!

Despite their efforts, these girls lost every game this season, up to the last.  When we showed up for the last game, we saw we were playing for a second time the team they played their first week.  This team did not look like 6-7 year olds; they were really tall and very good at soccer.  I was upset that we had to end the season playing them - the only team we had to play twice.  They killed us that first game and I was certain they'd to it again.

Boy was I wrong!  Our girls played extraordinarily well the entire game and came away with a much deserved victory!  Their one and only!

Eve seems to prefer defense and blocked many, many kicks at the goal during this game, and throughout the season.

Win or lose, we're so proud of Eve and all the hard work she did this season.  She loved having Andrew as her couch.  And she loved all her teammates.

The girls each got a trophy (which we didn't know about until that morning):

So proud of these two and look forward to many more seasons to come!