Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Goodbye, Dogwood Villa!

This is our last night in our house...sniff. I am so sad to leave it! I came home from my honeymoon to this house, brought my babies home from the hospital to this house, spent four great Christmases here, and hosted countless parties.
What a great house!
I wish I knew the number of hours I rocked my babies in that nursery or pushed Carter on the swing set or sat on the front porch while he played. We spent a ton of time in our front yard swing, rolling around playing in the den floor, and cooking in that cute kitchen.
I have my most treasured memories here.
Today when Carter left to go stay with my mom for the night, so we could finish packing, I cried thinking about him leaving this house...basically his world! It's where he has spent 90% of his two years. He crawled, walked, learned to talk...did everything here. Okay, I am getting WAY too sentimental. But gosh, I love this house.
On a happier note, we are moving into a fantastic house in Oxford!!! I'll post pictures soon. Although we are sad to leave all that we love here, we are very excited to move to such a great place and start a new life there. Our new house is so cool, and who wouldn't want to live in Oxford? Bottletree is calling my name right now!!! Hotty Toddy :)

Monday, September 27, 2010

Happy Half Birthday, Coop!

 My Coop is six months old! He has been SUCH a joy. I promise I think he is the happiest child I have ever been around in my life...let's hope it carries over into his toddler days :) He is my "easy peasy" baby, and I am so thankful for such a precious life. Sometimes I think I am going to hug and kiss the life out of him...I can't help but kiss those cheeks a million times a day. I love you, Cookey! Happy Half Birthday!

What's going on with Cooper?
He is bearing all his weight on his legs now.
He isn't sitting up yet, but he is giving it his best shot :)
He is still a great sleeper at night and has even started taking a long morning nap. Woo Hoo!
He is eating squash now...hates sweet potatoes. So weird because that was Carter's favorite.
He got his first hair cut (by me..ha!) If you look closely, you can see that his hair is longer in some pictures than others. His hair WILL NOT lay down in the back, and he was coming up on his sixth month pictures, so I just cut it all off :) Believe it or not, I did a great job! His new "do" looks so cute on him.
He is becoming very interested in Carter and laughs at Carter's every move. Carter is becoming interested too...this morning he woke up and the immediately said, "Boopa!" and had to run downstairs to see Cooper. So sweet. On the other hand, Carter is very interested in being Cooper's parent...he loves to tell Cooper "No"...playing my part I guess :) We are working on that :)
Cooper also rolls over both ways now...go Coop!

Sixth month pic in the green chair

Here is Carter's sixth month picture...looks like brothers to me!

 
Loves his exersaucer.



I think Coop needs to be strapped in his seat from now on :)

Once again, Cooper is the drum. Poor guy.

Game Day!

Bumbo grin

I think I'll title this picture "the good life"

Typical morning...Carter eating a nutrigrain bar while Cooper watches from the exersaucer and Elmo plays in the background.


He is already a little smoocher....love this!

Look how big he is...standing up and everything!

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Let the fun begin!

At least this kiddo isn't mobile yet :) He just hangs out while Carter "helps." Ha! This is going to be very interesting.

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Alabama Visit

We had a great trip to Alabama. Joel's family is always so hospitable and fun. Here are a few pics from the weekend.
What a good looking family! We missed you, Su and J!
Sweet Grammy playing with the boys.
Cooper loved Ginny...she had him laughing so hard.
Carter and Hannah were peas in a pod. He has NEVER gone to anyone like this before.
Cousins
Family pic after church
Carter loved throwing rocks into the pond. He kept saying "another one!"
Running around with the cousins and Pop
Grammy and Pop got him this MagnaDoodle and he hasn't stopped playing with it yet. He loves it, and it saved us on the ride home. Thanks, Grammy and Pop!

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

How to stay positive

A friend of mine posted this video on Facebook, and it made me laugh. Maybe I should do this every morning to make sure I start my day on a positive note. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR3rK0kZFkg