Pardon Me, Waiter.
Pardon me, waiter, but there’s a spider in my pear! The beginning of this set has a few photos of me and Emma headed to the Brownies Hawaiian Dance at the end of February.

Pardon me, waiter, but there’s a spider in my pear! The beginning of this set has a few photos of me and Emma headed to the Brownies Hawaiian Dance at the end of February.
A few weeks ago Emma and Henry cajoled us into buying musical birthday cards. Now, it wasn’t anyone’s birthday but they loved the music.

Emma’s always looking for an excuse to “dress fancy,” so while Grandma and Grandpa Mandel were visiting us in October we had Cora’s baby naming. Emma and Henry were little angels and behaved the whole way through the service.

A few photos from when my mother came to visit right after Cora was born. Enjoy!

We had dinner in Santa Monica in Jamie’s new backyard. Cora was just a hair over a month old and quite the center of attention.

I’ve been remiss in not posting more photos. Cora is a growing girl and looks nothing like these pictures. Soak in your last glimpses of an underweight premie. Cora is now a healthy, happy 9 pounder!

Some wise men once asked, “What do you do in the bath?” If your name is Cora and it is your very first bath, you quietly look around and, generally, look cute.

There are also some shots of Cora doing her cute baby thing in this set of photos. She is still a tiny thing, even after gaining a pound and a half and gaining two inches since she came home.

I’m afraid to think this, let alone type it, but Cora is an absolute angel. After being home just a week she’s appears to be a most mild mannered baby, always agreeable and rarely cross.

Despite being a month early, Cora spent just two days in the hospital and we were home by Tuesday. Emma and Henry enjoyed their two days of visits with their new sister and Marla basked in the extra attention the…