I CAN'T HELP IT!!

I love change!

Awesome Find

Alright, I found the coolest swimsuit place! I always have such a hard time finding swimsuits that I like and my aunt-in-law told me about a place called Hapari so I went to the store and I love it!!! I wish they were a little cheaper because I think paying much for that little amount of fabric is ridiculous. But quality (and support=)) does go a long way, because after kids-let's face it-nothing is quite the same! They have regular length and long which is so great. I guess they used to do parties but it got so busy they opened a store in AF. Check it out

The Science Experiments are so awesome. It says 10yrs and up but kids even as young as 4 would love them. Just a few of the experiments are the crystal rock candy you can grow (awesome!), light bugs that you make out of batteries, and monsters that erupt from a bottle! It's great for the 'summertime slump' when you need things to keep 'em occupied.

15 mo Follow Up

Length: 32" ~75th percentile~
Weight: 20lbs 7oz ~5th percentile~
Head circ.: 46.2cm ~25th percentile~

He's so skinny! We're still doing 2-3 Pediasures a day! (That's pretty much baby Ensure) Hopefully he'll chunken up sometime soon. Maybe he just has a skinny gene-although I'm not sure where he would have gotten that from! =)

A little about the 'pick of the week'. There are 50 cards and one dry/erase marker. There is an activity to do on each side of the card. I just saw these and they're awesome!! Someday Cooper will be old enough to play with them. They have mazes, matching games, activities, and things to draw. It's awesome for a road trip or church!

So, I was getting ready one day and I went looked down the hall to see what Cooper was doing because he had been quiet for awhile (never a good sign) and this is what I found...

On the right foot and everything!
The learning curve

The difference between boys and girls...

~Mother's Day~

I LOVE being a Mom!! Cooper is the best thing to ever happen to us! I would not trade being able to stay home with him for anything in the world-lovin' or $$! I have the best hubby ever. I got to sleep in, had breakfast made for me, got a dang nice sofa table that I've been wanting for a long time, and a book by President Hinckley. It was an awesome day

Here are some of the girls in my fam

Sadie~Grandma Brown~Auntie Mandi~Starr~Camille~Mom~Cooper~Me (no I'm not pregnant!! It's one of those questionable shirts that you think are cute in the store until and then you see them in a picture. I'm pretty sure I'll never wear it again!)
Me and Coop (he gave me this flower-with a little help)
My sister passed away when she was 18 yrs old and my grandparents planted this tree in memorium. It's so pretty huh? Perfect Mother's Day backdrop

-Vegas-

Justin had to work in Vegas so Coop and I went along for the ride. Luckily he has an aunt and uncle there with a pool (Ahhh...) so we got to have some fun in the sun and Cooper got to rock out to Guitar Hero. He's a natural

I LOVE this picture! This is Cooper (I promise that's not his hoodie-I forgot one and that was a spare at my Grandma's) and my cute Grandpa Brown. He got to hang out with my grandparents for awhile and loved being in the swing and watching them work. I'm glad he has such good role models!

lil' G

My friend, Jackie, and I went up to the outlets in Park City (don't waste your time the deals aren't any better!) and I got these cute glasses for Cooper. I don't know how long they'll stay on this summer but he'll be stylin' while it lasts =)

Gettin' Ready

This is what happens while I get ready. Everything that I'm not using ends up just like this with Cooper trying to figure out how it's used. Usually he holds the blow dryer or curling iron up to his head. Monkey see, monkey do! At least he doesn't have a razor right?

Softball Wifeys

Cooper~Me~Melissa~Carly~Andy~Marianne~Spencer

These are all the cute softball wifeys and my favorite reason for going to watch the games-sorry babe! Our husbands (and before we had babies-us) have been on the same league for a few years now so it's always fun to hang out.

HeEEee

This is Cooper's new horse! He loves the Swiffer. He'll often come to Justin or I saying, 'Hmm, hmm' (which is what he says when he wants something, along with the sign for please) and pointing to the pantry door. Not a bad way to keep him entertained, until of course, my walls are green with scuffies

All for...

Pick of the Week

I just have to tell you a little bit about 'Mouse About the House' (my book pick of the week) because it's so hard to tell from the pics. The mouse comes out of a little plastic pouch and there is a slot on every page that he goes through to the next page. Kids love it because it's really hands on. It is Cooper's FAVORITE book! He always does the sign for 'book' when he sees it and points to it because he loves to read it. Anyway, I thought I'd tell you because the pictures don't do it justice

I Can't Imagine

So, I am watching 20/20 and they are interviewing the McCann's, the parents of the 4 year old girl who was taken from her hotel room while they were on vacation in Europe. It makes me want to cry. Whenever I see stuff like that. Before you have kids you think, "Oh that's so sad..." But after you have kids and you know how much you love them and what it would be like if anything ever happened to them, I don't think there are words to express what you feel. I probably get a little too paranoid about stuff like that. I think I'm going to have to take some kind of Valium to send Cooper on the bus by himself! He'll probably be the poor kid that makes me drop him off a block away from his high school because I'm too paranoid to let him go by himself. =/ I never thought I would be an overprotective mom but now I don't know if I'll be able to help it! Anyway, we're so blessed to have our sweet little baby sound asleep and safe in his room. Count your many blessings...

It's been forever but I finally posted new stuff. Have a ball ya'll

Loungin' with Dad

I got this chair awhile ago but it has always scared him because it has the foamy beans inside that make a lot of noise so he'd never sit on it. He's finally gotten his courage and this to chill on his little Madagascar Chair

~Four Generations~

Grandpa Brent, Dad, Grandpa Mark

and Me!

Petting Zoo

Or as Mandi say, "Germs, germs, and more germs!" We had fun despite the germs. Check out the baby goat. It's pretty much the cuttest thing ever (except Cooper of course)

WHO'S birthday is it?

No, that's not blood on Cooper's mouth. It is delicious, whippy, creamybuttery, elmo icing. Cooper got into it just as much as Sadie (my cousin who is 10 mos older than Coop). I will have to remember that next time he has a meltdown...

ker...BONK!!

How sad huh? He missed a step and fell down 2 CEMENT steps and landed on his head. It's kind of hard to see in this picture but he had the biggest goose egg I've ever seen. He hardly even cried. He's my tough kid

Dad's little buckeroo