Christmas Giggles.....

Here's a video of Magnolia invading the spice rack on Christmas Day with her Mimi (and apparently enjoying it immensely) and walking amongst all of her new toys.



(Viewing hint: to see it in higher-resolution, click on the video image here to take you to YouTube, then click on "Watch in High Quality" below the image, toward the right.)

Merry Christmas to everyone! There are more X-mas pics to come!!

Daddy's Christmas Party

We traveled down to Indy last Friday for the firm Christmas party. Here are a couple of pictures from the event.

Having Fun

What could be more fun than dumping out all the cards and pieces to all of the family games, mixing them up, sitting on them, scattering them about and then moving onto the next agenda on the to-do list of the day?

Christmas time again

We are enjoying the Christmas season at our house. We got our tree, put up our decorations, wrapped the presents and have been appreciating Magnolia taking an interest in it all.

Daddy and Magnolia cutting down our tree!

"Mom, where does the sleigh go?"

"Which present will I open first on Christmas morning?"

"Are you sure it isn't Christmas yet?"

"This present is wrapped too tight!"

Playing Catch-up....

Sorry we haven't posted in quite a while. Things have been awfully hectic around here. But all is well. As you'll see in some of the pics, Miss Magnolia is officially a walker now! She's still a little shaky, but she is walking ALL OVER the place. She also had a fifth tooth come in on the top, giving her a big toothy grin (which we have still been unable to capture on film in all its glory). Some of these pics are just around the house and the rest are from Thanksgiving. Much to be thankful for....and we are!!








































"There, Jeeves....."

















"Shake it....sha-shake it"


































Just waking up......















Post-Cinnamon Roll Breakfast































The pacifier kind of ruins the "intellectual" look

Check them out while they last.....

Sorry for the delay in posting....things have been a little crazy around the Cory household lately. Miss Magnolia got her one year pictures taken recently and they're posted on Traditions' website:

http://www.traditionsphotography.com

click on "Online Proofing" > "Magnolia Cory" > "Viw Portraits Here" > "Favorite Portraits"

They only stay on the website for a little while, so check them out now! And let us know which one is your favorite...

Our Little Lady Bug

The Big "1"

Miss Magnolia turned one year old last week (on the 22nd)!!! Thank you so much to everyone who has given her gifts and cards....she appreciates them all. She is getting so big (as you can see in the pictures) and she's getting really close to walking and talking. We have a feeling that once she starts, she's not going to stop - walking OR talking! We had a small birthday celebration for her with some family on Saturday.....she loved entertaining - and all of the attention (rounds of applause every time she stood up on her own or unwrapped a gift)!







Diggin the balloons . . .

















Banana cake, pre-destruction






We were hoping that she would tear into the cake and smear it everywhere. Unfortunately, when it comes to neatness, she is much more like her Mom than her Dad. Actually, we are fortunate for that.....very fortunate. She got some cake on her foot before she started eating and she wasn't a fan.






"It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!"
















"Hey, that's pretty good. What was I crying about again?"






Magnolia got some great gifts for her b-day. Lots of clothes, books, and toys, toys toys. I'm sure we'll be posting plenty of pictures of her wearing, reading, or playing with all of them soon!





"It's my party and I'll quack if I want to."










One of the most powerful books on the subject of "potty time" ever written.










"Do you guys mind? The presents are great and all, but I'm kind of in the middle of this book."










The flower hat is a gift from Mommy and Daddy (knitted by Mommy)









New wheels from Mimi and Grandpa (Magnolia LOVES this, but Daddy likes it even more!)









"Aunt Brooky, this is my balloon."









Magnolia got one of the hot new "Elmo" cell phones. It's basically the iPhone of the infant market.












The Fam












The Fam (Grandmas and Grandpas included)

Fun with Friends

Yesterday our playgroup spent the afternoon playing outdoors. We only have a few more weeks before it will be too cold to play outside. Magnolia also rode in her forward facing car seat for the first time on our way to meet our friends. She loves it! What a wonderful first birthday, and the party isn't even until Saturday!