Will's Birthday Party

Cora and I both loved the hedgie! Misty and Coy with their girls :) he he

cousins, starting at the left: Carson, Morgan, Tannar, John Marshall & Laurel Ann

Sooooo not afraid of the animals...

The birithday boy is in the blue shirt.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

This is a terrible picture of me but Cora looks adorable in this one. I love her piggies!

Dress Up

Check out this fashionista! Please note that the green "shirt" used to be a dress. I am trying to dig up a picture of her wearing it as such. It used to be well below her knees. This was just one morning. She does this all the time.

This and That

Cora is growing so fast. I wanted to post some recent pictures- not a special occasion. Sometimes those are the most special times. We were just out in the front yard on one of these beautiful spring mornings. Life is good.
I have no idea what she is doing here.
Good save!

1st Zoo Trip

Yay! We're at the zoo!

We Allens are high society- NC Zoo Society, that is. Cora's Ge (this is my mom's new name- Cora named her) gave her a membership to the NC Zoo Society for her 1st birthday. We've lost count of how many times we've used it at the Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores but never at the zoo. Two weekends ago the weather was so beautiful so we thought we'd try it out. Cora loved it! I can remember being a kid and all of the animals seemed so far away. No doubt they were trying to get to the only shade on the far side of the fields. This was different. The weather was perfect and the animals were so close! We had a fantastic time! Thanks Ge!Cora wanted to study before we got to the zoo.

BUS!!!!!
One of Cora's favorite parts- a parking lot full of buses.

Coy dropping my baby down a huge leaf sliding board. The playground there is so neat! It's like you're in a huge garden and you're the size of an ant.

My monkeys in a gourd

Some of the baboons were not very modest... We liked the baby ones the best.

The giraffes were beautiful and SO CLOSE!!!

Huge eggs in the elephant exhibit? Maybe I missed a day or two in biology class... Never mind, Cora enjoyed them.

a loving embrace-
I just happened to snap the picture at the right moment.

Honda- Our Favorite

Come to find out, he was there when I was a kid. He's an old guy.

Wordless Wednesday

Not So Wordless Wednesday

We went to my mom's house last Sunday to celebrate my birthday. All of Cora's grandparents were there and we took quite a few pictures. It was a little too bright in the sunroom for pictures but they are priceless to us.