Coopers Comments

We went to the Pageant on Christmas Eve as we always do.

When the angel is speaking to the shepherds, he says "in the City of David" Cooper, commented "I have a Coach David!!"

Later on, when the Shepherds walk, they walk with their walking sticks, and Cooper said "Look! they have big candy canes!!!"

Milestones

Alyssa is the happiest Baby i have ever seen. All you have to do is look at her, and she beams from ear to ear, and her eyes close (just like me and Susie)  if you say Hi, and smile getting excited she always starts flapping her arms and kicking her legs, kinda clapping. But now, when she gets excited she will actually intentionally clap with you. Or you can start clapping and she will clap with you. Its so precious!

Coopers Comments

Cooper was given a Book of Mormon for his birthday from Auntie Rachael, Uncle Joey, and Lincoln. We went and bought the bible, so he had a matching set. Since April 5 2010, we have read almost every single night. Cooper won’t go to bed until we read.

We have now finished the Book of Mormon and the Bible. We finished the Bible last night. The last story states, that Jesus is going to come again, and that he is going to come from the sky and visit all the good people. As we drove to church Cooper said “Mommy, Jesus didn’t come yet!” in a disappointed voice.

Coopers Comments

Cooper was spinning around and around, at least 20-30 times. he was going really fast, and then flew to the ground, and said WOW, our house is moving fast! I said what do you mean? He said its spinning around and around! :)


Tonight we went shopping to Cross Iron Mills. Cooper had to go to the bathroom. He really hates the automatic toilets. When he was first potty trained, he was going pee at Southcenter, and the toilet flushed and he let go off himself and Michael got soaked! LOL but tonight, the toilet kept flushing, and Cooper said, "Why does it keep doing that?" Michael said-Its the sensors. Cooper-"I don't like sensors!"

On the drive back (on deerfoot) Cooper could see a car in front of us "Daddy honk the horn, so they move out of the way!"

Continuing on our drive: Daddy STOP! I want to look at my pants.


Cooper just came and offered me "Healthy water" :)

A story for my parents

I put Alyssa down for a nap, and a few minutes later I could hear her chatting away, and questioned myself if I pulled the safety rail up or not. So I went to peak on her, and she was standing there, waiting for me. When she saw me she started laughing.

She's so cute! Wont be long till she is crib diving!

Milestones and Coopers Comments

Tonight Cooper kept telling me and Alyssa we looked "Stiffy" I think he meant Spiffy! lol ( I think he learnt that at school today, as his classed dressed up for Halloween.


After a LONG week of Alyssa having a fever from 101-104.1, Alyssa got her first tooth tonight!!

Coopers Comments

I was changing Alyssa, and Michael started breathing really loud into the two way monitor. I started laughing and said "Luke I am your father". Michael laughed and then in a deep voice said, "I am your father" Cooper ran to our room to find Michael with the monitor, grabbed it and said "I am your Cooper"

He is so stinking cute!!!

Trunk or Treating

We went to our ward Halloween Party tonight.



Cooper and Alyssa were so-o cute!!!!

Alyssa is climbing the stairs?!?!

Alyssa pulls herself to stand up all the time, playing with the toys, at the couch and on the stairs.


I went to bring a bottle downstairs, and came back to her climbing up the stairs! This little girl is full of adventure!!

Coopers Comments

We were running errands, and Cooper was talking about the "Big Bad Woof!"

Later after we came out of a store (the sun had gone down) and Cooper said " Hey! Our moon is broken!!"

Thanksgiving at the Cabin 2010

What a great thanksgiving!




We had a lot of fun throwing Cooper in the pile, and he loved it!




Perfect weather, and we all took family photos in the leaves






Michael also jumped in the leaves!

Coopers Comments

Last week at Church, Cooper made a craft that says "Keep the commandments" in a circle, on a Popsicle stick. When Michael was going to work, Cooper handed it to Michael and said, "Here show this to _______________" We laughed so-o hard! We don't think he understood what he said/did, but it was really innocent and cute of him.

Full out crawling!

Alyssa is finally crawling officially. She does a bit of the army crawl still, and loves to stand on her feet, and hands with her bum and the air and try to walk, but she is FINALLY crawling normal everywhere!

Standing up?!?!

Alyssa is still arming crawling...she will get up on all fours and go one or two steps, but knows she is faster army crawling and will drop and go. She always goes onto her feet and hands with her bum in the air, her body shaped like a V. She also loves laying on her side, and sat herself onto her bum 2 nights ago! Tonight, there was a ball on the stairs that Alyssa wanted, and she pulled herself up onto her feet and grabbed the ball!!! But then she fell back, and LUCKILY landed on a pillow and rolled over!

She is only 6 months and 12 days!!

Milestones!!!

Cooper started preschool this week. We debated if he should start this year. But its $2.00 more an hour than his childcare, so since he would be playing with lots of kids his age, and gets to learn in a group setting, we thought it would be definitely worth it. He LOVES it. After his first day, he was singing "row row row your boat" super loud at Costco, and couldn't get the song out of his head.




Alyssa is now sitting in shopping carts, and sitting in the stroller like a big girl! Its so-o cute! We also went to the park this week, and Alyssa went in the swing, and Cooper went on the big boy swing. He loved it!


Alyssa is 6 months old today. Time sure seems to be going faster with her then I remember with Cooper. We brought up the highchair from the basement this morning, and Alyssa had Rice Cereal for her first time today. It went pretty good, but the poor girl is teething so bad, she kept taking the spoon from me to rub it on her gums!

A day full of laughter

This morning Cooper came up to me, with the Letter E, and said "here, the number H" haha

A little while later, we were in the toy room, and I said "oh Cooper James"
He said "oh Mommy James" lol

Michael was off today. Him and the kids picked me up from work, and we went to Calaway, trying to get one last trip in before they close for the year. It started raining when we arrived, and there was a parade of people just leaving. 20 minutes later, the sun was shining, so we didn't have to wait in line for any rides! :) I knew this was my chance to go on the Log ride, it has been A LONG time since I have been on it, and have wanted to go on it forever! Michael stayed with Alyssa, and Cooper and I went on the log ride. He loved it!

Breast Milk

Cooper wont drink Milk or juice, he only drinks water. As a baby he didn't get breast milk, so he gets sick a lot. The other day, Me and Michael were talking and I suggested that Alyssa have maybe a little bit of formula once in awhile and I get Cooper to drink some (as he is sick AGAIN).

Tonight, Alyssa wouldn't finish her bottle, and there was 50 ml left, so I convinced Cooper to have some. He kept refusing saying it was for baby, but I told him if he took a drink I would give him a chocolate chip. :) He took a sip. I told him to drink it all, and it would make him better. He did!

Not sure, but guessing it will help?!?


(forgot to date it on here, but Alyssa has been sitting by herself (if you put her in the position) since August 11 2010, Exactly 5 months old! Every day she can sit longer and longer!

Alyssa wants to crawl so-o bad!!

For the last month, Alyssa has been scooching along the ground. She gets up onto all fours, but falls over, or launches herself forward. She is getting close!








Today driving home from Nanas, I was exiting, and drove on the line, and it made that sound and Cooper said "huh??" so I did it again. "Why is deerfoot making that sound?"

I don't know how he knew, but we were just exiting off of deerfoot! He is SO smart. Everywhere we go, when we are close to our destination, he knows whose house we are going to!

Summerland!!

We went to Summerland this year! Since I am pumping, we decided to stay at a hotel, as it would be very difficult to pump, and clean bottles camping. We stayed at the Summerland Motel-$150/night!!! As we pulled up Cooper said "This isn't a hotel" It was so-o funny, not up to his expectations :) (He's used to elevators etc).


We had a lot of fun going to the beach every day. Alyssa came in the water with us every day! She never cried, she kicked her feet and was very content.






Cooper had a lot of fun playing in the sand, and took MANY trips to the beach to fill his bucket up with water. He even did a few trips with his "ow-a-chine" (Dump trucks)


Cooper loves splashing people in the water, and is slowly realizing if he splashes us we WILL splash him back :)


We tried to nap Alyssa at the beach. She normally naps 3-4 hours every afternoon. The longest she would nap for was an hour. She would just roll around in her tent. The last day at the beach, we never put the anchors in to hold it down, and she rolled the tent over! It was so funny!


One night we went out for Ice Cream at a beautiful look out point, we just had to take pictures!

We went to a BBQ while in Summerland, and Cooper was playing with a 12 year old boy. The boy was standing underneath the slide and Cooper couldn't see him. He started yelling "hey kid! hey kid, where are you? Little Boy?!?! Little boy??" It was so-o funny, Cooper calling him little. :)






Our main reason for going to Summerland, was Al and Jenns Love Ceremony. It was Saturday morning at this beautiful secluded beach.(above 2 pictures) The reception was that evening at the Raven, a small restaurant on a cliff overlooking Kelowna. (pictures below)

Summer Half gone :(

The past month or so, we have done our best do get out as much as possible. So far this summer we have gone to:
Fish creek park x2 (with Duzlemic siblings)
Bowness park (Duzlemic grand parents)
Cardston (with all Duzlemics)
Calaway Park x2 (with Lincoln and Richards Family)
Lake x5 (family)
Zoo x2
Stampede
Princess Island Park x2
My favorite little Ice Cream Shop
Limo ride (with both kids for a work event)




Alyssa is almost 5 months! For the past few weeks, she is just LOVING her feet! She is always holding them, and trying to get them in her mouth. She is still napping a lot, and wakes up between 430-7 for a feed. She is REALLY trying to call. She sure can get anything she wants, if she sees it, she will roll around and scouch until she gets it in her mouth!


Cooper has grown up a lot! A lot of little things that he didn't enjoy or was scared of, he now enjoys. Cooper has never enjoyed the carousel. Every time we tried to get him to go on it, he would freak out. Last time the only way I could get him on it, was by getting him to sit on the bench with Michael. Last time we were at Calaway, he ASKED if he could go on it, and didn't even let Michael hold him, he had Michael go on his own horse! He loves the little roller coaster, and still loves the boats and airplanes.

Our Trip to the Zoo

Michael got a new lens for his birthday (thanks to our wonderful families). We went to the zoo this afternoon and got some great pics!!






Michael got some great pictures of some animals.






Alyssa is just so-o cute!! I picked my favorite 4 to post...