Halloween 2010

This year Cooper was the Incredible Hulk and Hudson was a skunk for Halloween.

Birthdays

October is the birthday month for our family. Cooper turned 4 on September 30th. My mom's birthday was yesterday and my birthday is today. We have more later this month, too. It's crazy, but I love it. Cooper made out pretty good this year in the gift department.

He had 2 parties - one in Thatcher and one here in Mesa. His grand gift was the Batman Castle that Randy and I got him. He's been talking about it non-stop for the past few weeks, so he was pretty excited when we brought it out. He's also been having a blast with the nerf guns my sister Brooke and her fiance Keith got him. (In all honesty, I think the adults had just as much fun with them, if not more -- see the picture of my mom below) :)

Grandma and Grandpa Conrad got him some spiffy new Toy Story underwear that he loves. He told me the other day he was on his last pair of Toy Story underwear, so I had to do the laundry so he would have a clean pair for tomorrow. His drawer was filled with clean underwear, but he didn't want to wear any of them. Only the Toy Story ones would do. :) And thanks to Grandma McDowell & PopPop for the fishing puzzle. Poor Coop hasn't really gotten to play with it too much, because his brother thinks it's the best thing in the world and won't give it up. :) Anyway, thanks to everyone for the gifts and phone calls and cards. We love you all!

Sneaky Snacker

This is what my 18 month old does while I'm in the shower. I came out this morning and found him like this. He cracks me up. :)

1st Haircut

Yesterday both the boys got their hair cut, but it was Hudson's first official haircut. (I trimmed the back myself a couple months ago, but I don't count that). Hudson was so good! Granted, he was really tired, but he did so well. He sat in the chair and played with the bracelet they gave him and ate an animal cookie. He watched in the mirror as the stylist cut his hair and smiled. It was really cute. I remember the first time I took Cooper was completely different. He cried and wiggled so much I thought he'd come out of the store bald. Anyway, pictures below . . .

Car accident photos

Last Thursday, my husband, Randy, was in a car accident. Luckily, he wasn't hurt and the boys and myself weren't with him, so everyone is fine. Our car, on the other hand, is another story. . .

Our insurance declared the car a total loss. Looking at our car and the fact that my husband was able to walk away from that with hardly a scratch (seriously, hardly a scratch) I know that there were angels watching over him. I'm so grateful that he is ok and that Heavenly Father watches over his children. I'm also very grateful for airbags. :)

Diamondbacks Game

For Randy's birthday this year I got him Diamondbacks tickets (thanks to Keith for the tip about StubHub) and we went to the game against the Giants this past Friday. Randy and I had a pretty good time watching the Diamondbacks lose. The seats were pretty close to the field - I think it's the closest I've ever sat. We had a good laugh at the vendors calling out their crazy sales pitches - one guy offered free stuff to the next person who raised their hand and then told them the 'free stuff' was ice. People put their hands down pretty quickly when he offered to start throwing ice to them. I also learned that if you want to catch a foul ball to sit one section over. Three foul balls landed in the section next to us. It was a lot of fun. Happy Birthday, Randy! :)

Latest video

Here is the latest video of Hudson. I was in my bedroom when I heard Hudson yelling "mum-ma! mum-ma!" I hurried into Cooper's bedroom and found him on top of the toy box. I grabbed my camera and recorded this video. He's such a character. :)

Also, here's a shot of Cooper with his new haircut in his new shirt & tie for church.