Oct 1, 2009

Happy Birthday, Cooper!

Cooper turned 3 the other day . . .






We had a Mickey Mouse party and his big present was a Wolverine action figure, which he has not put down since he opened it. After we sang him Happy Birthday he told all of us to stand back and then he blew out all 3 candles in one breath. He spent most of the day singing the birthday song, telling everyone he was 3 now and asking me when we could go pick up his cake. He was so sweet - he thanked everyone for his gifts and cake.
Happy Birthday, Coop! We love you! :)


Sep 20, 2009

Best Buds

Hudson loves his Daddy . . .







They are pretty good buds. It's pretty cute. Randy can always get Hudson to sleep by rocking him and singing "I am a child of God". If he hears Randy's voice while I'm nursing, he'll stop eating and look around until he finds his dad. Once he finds him he smiles and then goes back to eating. So sweet.

Sep 10, 2009

A few of my favorite things . . .

In no particular order -


Hudson's happy dance when he knows he's about to eat





Cooper's silly songs (He's an expert on Weezer's Sweater Song)






The Temple







Cooper taking care of his little brother









Rainstorms



My husband's laugh







Dr. Pepper







Jul 8, 2009

Oh, what do you do in the summertime?

** A note to the reader: the following post is more entertaining if you sing it along to the melody of the primary song, "Oh, what do you do in the summertime".

O what do you do in the summertime
when all the world is green?
Do you think it's a dream
or suddenly scream
when your bathroom starts to flood?
Is that what you do?
Me, too
O what do you do in the summertime
when it is oh so hot?
Does your TV go pop
and suddenly stop
and leave you wondering why?
Is that what you do?
So do I
O what do you do in the summertime
that helps you to unwind?
Are you losing your mind
when you suddenly find
your two-year-old down the street?
Is that what you do?
Me, too

Jun 8, 2009

Potty trained!

Cooper is finally potty trained! Woo-hoo! The below picture is of him sporting his new Thomas the Train underwear. He's been going to the potty for about 2 weeks now and hasn't worn a diaper since then. We got home from the grocery store one day and I was getting after him for putting extra groceries in the cart (of which I was unaware of until I got to my car) when all of a sudden he tells me he has to go pee. We hurried to the bathroom and sure enough he went potty in the toilet. He's been going ever since and surprisingly, he hasn't had too many accidents. It's funny - it's like he knew how to use the potty the entire time we've been trying to get him to go on it, but he just now decided that he was ready to use it. The transition from diapers to underwear has been pretty smooth, of which I am very grateful. Here I thought potty training was going to be this horrible, never-ending nightmare and instead it turned out be be fairly uneventful.

May 31, 2009

Graduation

On Friday, my youngest sister, Brooke, graduated from high school. It's weird to think that my parents no longer have teenagers, but adult children. It's just weird to think of Brooke as an adult, period. :) The graduation was held at the Phoenix First Assembly church, which was really nice. I made it there just as my fuel light came on, which was nerve wracking with two little boys asleep in the backseat. It was weird not to have graduation at the Sun Dome in Surprise, which is where Apollo normally has their graduation and where I and my other 2 sisters graduated. But, hey, as long as there is air conditioning I don't care where they hold graduation. The graduation speakers all did a really nice job and the ceremony went very smoothly aside from the noisy guests. I'm so proud of my sister and I'm going to miss her when she goes off to Utah in a few weeks. I've already told her she can expect me to come visit her soon after she gets there. :)


May 5, 2009

Baby blessing

On Sunday we blessed Hudson in my parent's ward in Glendale. Randy did a great job on the blessing and Hudson was such a good little guy. He hardly made a peep the entire time - mostly due to the fact that he was up at 4am, I think. It was a nice bonding moment for him and me. :) I tried to explain to him that it was a special day and that his daddy was going to give him a special blessing. He looked at me the whole time I was talking like he understood. It was so sweet.

Most of our friends and family were able to be there and participate in the blessing, which was really nice. Hudson got to wear the same blessing outfit that Cooper wore. My neighbor and friend made it for me and it's the cutest little thing! After the blessing we had a little luncheon at my parents house and got to spend time with family. It was fun to see everyone take turns holding Hudson. Overall, it was a very nice day.