Cora Leigh is 3!

On September 16, 2012, Cora Leigh turned 3 years old!  She was SO excited about her birthday, but ended up being sick for her birthday.  She came down with a fever the day before - stayed around 100.  She did not have any other symptoms at the time, but you could definitely tell that she wasn't feeling good.  On the morning of her birthday, she woke up and started crying, saying that her neck hurt.  That was the beginning of the snot and the cough.  I was so disappointed that she was not feeling good and would not be able to go to church on her birthday (which fell on a Sunday).  Thankfully, she did perk up a bit, so we decided to go ahead and have her birthday party and just warn everyone that there were some germs in our house.  Cora ended up having a really good day despite being a little under the weather.  Here are a few pics of her day with family.

Cora Leigh wanted a Winnie the Pooh party - We went with a bee hive and mini bee cupcakes

Me and the birthday girl!

Great Aunt Jo and Aunt Mandy with the boys

Harrison and Micah

Becky and Jeff took a break from moving to join us for the festivities!

Cora and her Great Aunt Reba

The guys

Gift time

Cora Leigh's gift from us - Daddy worked very hard getting this one ready!

She loves to look through the "telescope"

Daddy helping Cora across the monkey bars

Hayden and Cora swinging

Cake time!

One of Cora Leigh's favorite gifts - a remote control car!

Daddy and the birthday girl - love this pic!!

Cora blowing bubbles in her new leggings from Aunt Mandy that she insisted on wearing with her dress.  :)

Unfortunately, the sickness continued to spread.  Micah ended up getting sick a couple of days later.  It was just awful, and then Jeremy was sick.  It was a lot of fun around our house!  I managed not to get what they had, but did end up with a sinus infection about a week after everyone else was finally well.  Tis the season!

Thankfully, we weren't finished celebrating Cora Leigh's birthday.  We had a party for Cora and her friends at the Creative Discovery Museum.  I highly recommend it to other parents!  They take care of everything.  You just have to show up.  You have an hour for the actual party in the reserved room, and then everyone gets admission to the museum for the day.  Cora had an absolute blast!

Cora's special chair!

Cora Leigh and Hayden making birthday crowns

Our princess

Cora Leigh getting her face painted.  We were shocked she let him do it!  She, of course, wanted a cat.

The kids working on their crowns

Blake was a tiger cowboy

Addie chose to be a puppy dog

McKenzie was also a kitty

Cake and ice cream!

Every time Cora would go to the bathroom and see her reflection in the mirror when washing her hands, she would start meowing.  :)

The birthday girl hard at work uncovering fossils

Cora and Hayden looking at the baby dinosaur

Cora in the music area with Aunt Mandy

Learning about pulleys

Cora Leigh trying two hula hoops at once

Cora Leigh LOVED the new exhibit - Play, Build, Climb - upstairs in the Creative Discovery Museum

Daddy helped Cora climb all the way up.  She kept going back for more!

Cora Leigh in the beehive

 There were several kids that ended up not being able to come to the party, but despite that, Cora had a wonderful time!  We are so thankful for those who were able to come and celebrate with us.