The Adventures of Dave, Lindsay, Cora and Edie

This past weekend, two of my girlfriends visited with their families. Cora had a blast running around with all the boys and learning all sorts of new tricks. In other news, my brother, Matt, and his wife, Amy, welcomed their beautiful son, Eli, into the world yesterday morning. We are so excited to head down to California in a few weeks to introduce Cora to her new cousin. He's a total hunk!

While Dave was busy studying for finals, Cora and I decided to get out in the rain for the annual Shamrock Run (or in our case, WALK). 30,000 people participated in this event wearing all sorts of crazy outfits. A very Portland event, indeed! We survived but were completely soaked when it was all over. Cora was a rock star and actually slept most of the race, thankfully. She's a true Oregon girl because the rain didn't even phase her....but maybe that was because I was giving her special treats like gummy bears all morning!

Last weekend, we headed out of town for a great weekend with friends. It started with a perfect afternoon on the beach in Hood River where Cora hooked up with some "big kids" who had built a tee pee out of driftwood and Peeka ran around chasing waves like the happiest dog on the planet. Then we headed up to Trout Lake, WA for some snowshoeing. Yes, my daughter has a mullet that we just don't have the heart to cut and my husband currently has a strange mustache. What can I say? Last night, Dave and I went to a friend's wedding in Portland and I got to see lots of old college friends. Big night out! As you can see, at 25 weeks pregnant, I'm getting bigger by the minute. Needless to say, we did not do our typical wedding protocol of dancing all night.

For Dave's birthday weekend, we rented a cabin near Mt. Hood with the Swain Family. Even though there was barely any snow, we had a great time and took our little snow bunnies to Timberline Lodge to play. It was Cora's first time in the snow and she seemed to love it, though not as much as her little buddy, Rylan!

Last weekend, Cora, Grandma TT and I flew down to Utah for Matt and Amy's baby shower. Cora was a fantastic traveler, thankfully, and we had a great weekend visiting with family and old friends. The first picture is 4 generations of our family - Great-Grandma Rose, Papa Steve, Mom and Cora. The second picture is Cora enjoying some bedtime reading time with Aunt Amy and Uncle Matt, who she adores. And the last picture is just to show Cora's favorite new activity...coloring or drawing. When all else fails, we get out the crayons!