6 months and 13 years!

I thought I better get this posted right now in the wee hours of the morning - that way I can sleep in tomorrow morning with my family, since we were all out dancing the night away at our ward Christmas party which was sooo fun! But that will be for a later post. Today (Saturday the 11th) is a fabulous day for 2 main reasons: Cora turns 6 months old today and it is our 13th Anniversary!
It is hard to believe that our sweet baby girl is 6 months old. She is the best little baby. She is crawling now and she loves it! She loves to smile and laugh and eat anything she can get her hands on. Her favorites foods that I feed her are squash, peas and bananas. But her favorite food that her dad sneaks her tastes of is ice cream!

She is a great little sleeper, especially with the super soft blanket that her sweet birth mother made for her. She loves to have it right up against her face.
She still has her beautiful blue eyes. Absolutely GORGEOUS!!

She almost always has a smile on her face....unless you put her in a grass skirt and coconut bra after taking pictures for an hour when she is already tired. Then she looks like this:

Which we still think is super stinkin' cute!!! 

6 Months is an extra special milestone for us, because in Utah you can finalize the adoption 6 months after placement. We will finalize Cora's adoption on the 20th. Then on the 29th we get to take her to the temple and have her sealed to our family! I don't know if there is a more spiritual experience than the sealing of a precious baby. We so look forward to her sealing. 

We are just so very grateful that her sweet birth parents made the decision to place her in our family. We can not imagine our family without her. We love you Krychele and Uziel and are grateful every day for you and for Cora! 

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥13 Year of Marriage...

I've always heard that 13 is an unlucky number - but the last 13 years have been the best of my life! I really can not imagine a better man than my Hema. He is perfect in every way for me. He still makes my heart flutter! Tonight when we were dancing he was trying to get me to waltz with him...just like he has since we first were dating years ago. I always start laughing or step on his foot and remind him that I'm just not good at following  - I always end up trying to lead. He laughed and said that was true in more than just dancing! haha So true! Sorry babe that I'm not a better follower and that I get strong willed and think I know best too often, when really if I ever just followed your lead we'd be way better off...but thanks for loving me anyway! I am soooo grateful I get to spend the rest of my life and eternity with you! You make me so happy, you make me better, you complete me and I love you FOREVER!!!