Another year had passed and this munchkin is 4 years old.

That first birthday,  celebrated in two cities with family and friends:

To a new home in Seattle where the  fans come to her:

Stories for my birthday with Grandpa

The sky’s the limit for this 4-year-old, proclaiming she’s almost 5 as soon as her birthday arrived.

To celebrate, we had our 2nd annual bounce house birthday bash at our home and invited friends from all over.
We made a cake, brisket and had the classic kid birthday party fare, reminding me of the parties my mom used to throw growing up.

All these fantastic photos below are thanks to Tara Urs. I apparently was busy bouncing myself silly and eating too much food…

Busy… eating… can’t …talk …now.

Bounce HOUSE!

Sadly we didn’t get any pictures of Cora thoroughly enjoying birthday cake as much as Harlan.

Harlan being chivalrous.

Just kidding,  me first!

This is only my first juice box,  honest.