Mamma's Boy

And that is an understatment. I like to believe that it's because I'm such a great Mom that he just doesn't let anyone else help him, cuddle him, rescue him, calm him, babysit him, or do anything for him really. And as much as I'm annoyed by it sometimes, I just can't help but love him for it! What can I say, I love be loved!

(Didn't Caleb do a great job as photographer?!)

Newspaper Fun

Correction!!

It's the first weekend of may, but everything else is right.

Graduation PARTY!!!

I was wondering if any of you would be able to come up this weekend, the weekend of the 25th of April, for a Graduation BBQ. I know that a lot of you didn't think this day would come and honestly neither did I, but it's happening. We were thinking around 2 pm on Saturday. Just let us know if you can come cause that would be fun. I hope to see all of you there.

Love,

Broc

We made it!

After a very long 31 hour drive, we are finally here in Indianapolis and as you can tell Coop really wants to go bowling!

The Scowl

Do I do this alot or something because my children have got this look down?!

I am 2 months old!

Being a Big Brother

As far as being a big brother goes, I think Coop's got it down. He loves to stick the binky back in Carter's mouth. He enjoys holding the baby (but no longer than 3 seconds). If Carter cries, he's worried. And the best part of all, I can leave the two of them in the same room and not worry about big brother bullying.

I just can't seem to get enough of these two!

A try at Family Pictures

Any with kids know how difficult it is to try and get a decent family picture with a 2 year old and a newborn. Let's just say we tried and they turned out okay.

All in a Day's Work

It started out with Carter's blessing. Caleb did a marvelous job and Carter didn't make a peep although he was awake the whole time. We had a plethera of family and friends there to support us and we couldn't be more grateful for the effort they took to be there!

We then got to have a little pre-celebration for our big 2 year old since we will be in Indianapolis for his real birthday on the 29th. Coop blew out his 2 candles all by himself and I think he really liked his "vrum, vrum" cake (I sure enjoyed making it). This was his, "Don't even think about taking my cupcake" look. I guess he thought one of his cousins was eyeing it.

And last but definitely not least, we celebrated Easter with some egg coloring, egg hunting, ham dinner, family, baskets, lots of candy, and of course, my favorite, Easter outfits!

Happy Easter!

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa, you are awesome! Thanks for the wonderful swim suits. Can't wait till you can see them on the kids in person!

Hey he's sitting up!

Six and a half months old and he conquers the next milestone. He can sit by himself. At least long enough for a picture!

Aubrey's Birthday Tea Party

Every girl needs at least one tea-party in her life. Complete with spring dresses, tiny tea-cups, white gloves and spring hats and purses. Of course Aubrey had to add in a pinata and Hannah Montana as well. Anything for the birthday girl. This was so much fun for mom to plan! I had a blast desiging a party around at Spring Tea theme. The cake was a ton of fun to make and turned out great (no sagging masts or sinking pirate ships this time). It was great to have Garrett and Dalyn involved as the well-mannered servers and Aubrey was full of generous thanks and praise for all the work that her family put into her special day. "Mom, you are the best maker (cake maker) ever!" "this is the greatest birthday I've ever had in my whole entire life." "Daddy, you are the best pinata holder ever." With that kind of thanks she'll be getting a party every year!
She had 9 friends, including her cousin Jade who drove all the way from Wenatchee with Tyler to help Aubrey celebrate. She was showered with love, and she deserves every ounce. We made lace covered fans, decorated our personalized tea cups and hats, did a purse walk and a pinata, then ate a yummy lunch with our best tea-party manners. It was such fun.

Daddy-Cooper Swimming Time

For the last 4 weeks Caleb and Cooper have been going to parent-tot swim class twice a week. I signed them up for it months ago as a special time that Cooper could have with his daddy after the baby was born. Coop and I participated in this class last year and we had a great time. This year was even better. He looked forward to that special Daddy-Cooper time so much! He did really well too. He loves to blow bubbles, float on his back, be thrown in the air, splash, & kick. The only down side is that he now has an aversion to the song 'Ring around the Rosie' due to the fact that at the end of that song, he went under water. But as you can see, he was all smiles during swimming lessons and we can't wait for summer!

Ladies & Gentleman...

...we have a smile!

Where'd it go?

I swear, he used to have hair!

Proof that it was initially there.

Now we just call him our little monk.

The many faces...

...of Cooper.

(with the help of a little chili :-)

True Blue, through & through

One of the things we enjoy doing as a family is attending the BYU sports games. Our favorites include football, volleyball, baseball, and basketball. It really is nice to be so close to so many fun activities.

Baseball



Basketball


Football

Sweet Brother

Maybe when they're older and fighting I can show them this and prove how cute they were :-)