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Friday, April 29, 2011

News and Notes

Several things are on my mind this morning...

Of course this:

Andrew's response when I turned the TV on at 6 am this morning...."You've got to be kidding me".
Of course I had to watch. Live.

This is also on my mind:

Downtown Knoxville


Devestation from the storms on April 27, 2011. Tuscaloosa got hit hard. They closed the University of Alabama. No finals. No graduation. Told the kids to leave. Get out. Go home. That's how bad it is down there. Crazy, huh?


I follow this blog. She is one of my favorite's to read. Her children live in Birmingham.

We woke Cooper up and hunkered down in the hall bathroom. He thought it was fun. We didn't.

My brother's car and house were damaged. He lives near Island Home...near downtown. Hail the size of baseballs at his house.

Pray. Just pray.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Hippity, Hoppity

On your mark....get set....go!


What is it I am suppose to be doing exactly?



 
I've got to get my game face on Daddy!




With a little help from you, I can do it!



Still looking...


 
Found one!


Wonder what's inside?




I think I'll put it in my basket Nana got me.



Getting it back out of my basket



I love Easter eggs!






I know Andrew's eyes are closed...but look at Coop...he looks too cute for me not to include this picture!



Friday, April 22, 2011

Zoo friends

Coop's first zoo trip:
Was a success...kind of...
He had fun hanging with his buds
Seeing Rosie:
Seeing Mr. Gorilla man
Up close
And a little too personal (notice Cooper's face)
But we made new friends (meet Sadie)
And played with old ones, too.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Nana's Photography

Nana got a new camera. Yesterday she took something like 82 pictures. I haven't taken 82 pictures since Coop was born!  Here are a few of her best:



Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Record Keeping

I wanted to write down some things that Cooper has been doing so I don't forget:

1.  Yesterday, Andrew had a morning meeting. Cooper was eating breakfast in his highchair and I asked him where Dada was. He looked around...really looking for him...and said "bye-bye".
2.  Cooper now understands things I ask of him. I'll say, come on, let's go upstairs...and here he comes. I asked him to get me something (anything) in the other room and bring it to mommy. He brought be a pair of his pajamas.
3.  A few weeks ago, it was bedtime. Andrew said, "night-night". I said "night-night". Then Cooper said it!! It was hilarious!

More to come, I'm sure!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Friday, April 15, 2011

Happy Birthday Cooper!

Last year, at this very moment, I had know you for 1 hour and 20 minutes.

I now feel like I've know you my whole life.

Today as I reflect over these past 12 months, I know God made you perfect for me and your Daddy.

The wait...for you...was worth it.

Motherhood has changed me in so many ways...too many to name. All for the better.

Happy birthday to my sweet little boy.

Thursday, April 14, 2011

The eve

Seems so crazy to me that one year ago today , I was 39 weeks pregnant!  Andrew came home from work and I told him I thought I might have been having a few contractions throughout the day, but didn't know for "sure". We were so scared excited for Coop to come, but were still 6 days away from the "due" date.

So we decided to stain the deck furniture. Yep, we're weird like that. But first, it needed to be pressure-washed. So we did that for a couple of hours from around 7:30 on. It was hard for me to work in long spurts because I was so huge, so Andrew did most of the work and I mainly watched.

I also decided that it would be a good idea to pack our bags for the hospital. I had been putting it off since I didn't have hardly anything on the "list". (You know - the ones you find online when you google "hospital bag for baby" or something like that). I honestly packed more things for Cooper than myself. Tons of stuff. It was kind of ridiculous.

Well around 9:30 after all the furniture had been washed, but not stained (we were going to do that "tomorrow"), we started timing the contractions. They were pretty sporatic, so we decided to go to bed. Around 12 I woke up, went to the bathroom, had a contraction, and told Andrew to call. This was it. I now knew what they mean when they said, "you'll know".

To make a long story short, we had a tax baby. And he brought us a nice little return this year, I might add!

Its pretty amazing how it all works isn't it?

From This:


to this:


in just one year!

Monday, April 11, 2011

Par-Tee Post on hold. Sunday-Monday fun instead!

I'm waiting to post the official Par-Tee pictures after I get all the pictures. I was lucky enough to have my brother's girlfriend/photog/media specialist take tons of pictures and pretty much follow Coop around during his party. I've seen a few and am so EXCITED to see the rest. So more on that later.

I did, however, want to post a few from the last two (what feels like) summer days in Tennessee. The weather was down-right hot on Sunday. Andrew's been home, which has been GREAT, and he took Coop to the neighbors to play in the "pool" on Sunday afternoon.

Today was my day off, so me and Bub (that's what I call Cooper) got to spend some quality time together outdoors. Miss Avery came to play and so did Mason (too bad Coop missed him cause he was asleep) but Jack enjoyed it! 
I'm ready to go Daddy!



This feels a little different than the bath!


I love brooms/swiffers/sticks.


I also love dirt!

Look at me...walking so good!

Two of my three boys


Miss Avery and Coop in their Mercedes