Chavez

Chavez is the newest member of our family. Miles got a new monkey from Nana for Christmas, and we determined that his name is Chavez.

Today, Cooper built a lawn mower out of legos. I love how creative this little guy can be with his legos! THANK YOU Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Wade for sharing your legos!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, All! We had a special Christmas at home this year. Santa brought our family 2 gifts - games to play together - and also filled the boys' stockings. Nate hid the stockings after Santa brought them, so the boys had to find them.

Coop and Miles each got one new toy from us:

After we opened presents, we had a birthday party for Jesus with some super yummy coffee cake. Cooper and Nate blew out the candles.

While we were eating lunch, we noticed a bald eagle circling our house. So cool!

The eagle was very encouraging for me to see. It reminded me of God's promise in Isaiah 40:31

but those who hope in the LORD

will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary,

they will walk and not be faint.

For those of you who do not know, I was diagnosed with MS on December 23rd. That news was heavy on my mind during our holiday celebration, and that eagle soaring over our house was such a neat gift for me. It gave me encouragement!

I'm going to create a new text area on this blog to share specific prayer requests as I journey down this road of having the gift of MS. This blog will most certainly stay focused on our family and the wonderful things Coop and Miles are doing, but I also thought it could prove a quick and easy way to share prayer requests. Thank you all for praying!!

The other morning, I walked in to Cooper's room and said, "Good morning!" and started singing our regular good-morning song. Cooper said, "SHHHHH, Mommy! Humphry and Hank are still sleeping!" He had them up on his pillow in sleeping position. :)

Miles is getting really good at sitting up! I can't believe my baby is getting so big!!

Snowman Nose

Last night at dinner, Coop was having carrots and dip. I heard him say, "Hey Mom, I have a snowman nose!" And he did!

Cooper and Miles met Santa!

Cooper and Miles got to meet Santa yesterday at a Parents as Teachers event. Cooper told me on the way to the event that he wanted to snuggle with Santa, but once we were there he wasn't so sure. We made all the crafts, and Cooper kept staring at Santa and waving at him. This is really the closest he got to Santa, which was closer than I thought he would get!


At one point, Santa was holding Cooper's hand, asking him what he wanted for Christmas. Cooper was asking Santa about his reindeer, and he said, "Will you hold my hand and take me to see them?" It was really sweet! Miles enjoyed sitting on Santa's lap! He really liked his beard...he almost pulled it right off!

Imagination

Cooper and I were playing in his bean pool. Cooper held up a bean to me and said, "Is this a slipper?" It was missing about a forth of the bean, and it really looked like slipper! :)

Naked Baby!

Cooper loves to run around our house when he doesn't have clothes on. This particular morning, he had his Thomas undies and his boots. Nice combo.

This one is for you, Uncle Wade!

Yesterday, Coop was out helping Nate work on the cars. He came inside, and I asked him what he had been doing.

Cooper: Driving.
Me: Oh really? Where were you going?
Cooper: Colby
Me: Really. Who were you going to visit in Colby?
Cooper: Uncle Wade.

I asked Nate when he came in if they had been talking about Uncle Wade, and they hadn't. Coop came up with that all on his own! He loves you, Uncle Wade!!

Fun with Miles

It was bath night and we caught Miles being his happy self.  Most days Miles is all smiles and giggles, with the occasional grunt or scream.  

See ya at lunch!

This post is a bit more personal, but it all adds to several funny stories about Cooper.  

Last night after work, I was in the bathroom.  Cooper came storming in - 'Daddy, where are you?'  After he found me, he quickly turned around and said, 'Bye dad, I'll give you some alone time.'  A few minutes later, as I was changing into some shorts in our closet, back he came at full speed, bursting through our closet door.  When he saw that I was changing, he looked puzzled and asked 'Daddy, are you going back to work?'  Before I had a chance to answer, he said 'see you at lunch!' and bolts out of our room.  

Cooper is learning about his feelings.  Yesterday Cooper had 'time out' for jumping on the couch.  While he was in his room, he kept coming to the door and saying 'I feel frustrated because, because I feel sad!'  

Later in the evening, as it was getting towards Cooper and Miles' bedtime, Miles was a beginning to get a bit fussy.  I asked Cooper if he could go get a pacifier, and when he came back he said 'Miles, which one do you want?'  He held out his hands and he had brought back two, one was blue and the other red.  It was very thoughtful.