4th of July

This year for the 4th of July we went to Grandpa and Grandma Jo's house for KFC chicken and swimming. We all had so much fun visiting, swimming, seeing the new babies, eating, reaping the benefits of Grandma Jo's garden , lighting firecrackers with rocks (Mike & Ty), and lots of fun!! Later that night Nick, Cooper, and I went to Nick's G-ma & G-pa Stratton's house for fireworks. They live a block away from the sun bowl so we have perfect seating every year. It is so fun to have lots of family close. Cooper had a blast watching the fireworks and could barley keep his eyes open on his way home. We are so happy and blessed to be able to celebrate our nation's birthday and for all those who have fought for our FREEDOM!!

Saturday morning the boys washed the car. Cooper decided his trike needed a wash too! They were a great little team!

Mr. Toad

While we were doing yard work Saturday morning we saw Mr. Toad come out of the bark when we were watering the flowers. He is the biggest one we have seen yet.

After a while we watched him burrow himself down into the soil underneath the bark. You couldn't even see him. Coop thought that was pretty cool!

Happy 4th of July

Hope you all have a fun & safe 4th of July!!

25 weeks

Here she is poking out at 25 weeks. I love feeling her move around. It feels like she is just rolling around in there. It is defiantly a lot different than with Cooper. He was a little kicker. Like I said in a couple posts back...My appetite has pretty much doubled. I am hungry and thirsty ALL the TIME!!! Things to remember at 25 weeks:

• I LOVE most all food except seafood and hamburger
• I get nauseous after 9 p.m.
• Cooper loves to feel her move
• Swimming is one of my favorite things to do because it is the only way I can cool down
• I am surrounded by blankets and pillows at night for comfort
• I wake up at the same time every night to go to the bathroom
• I wake up hungry at 5 a.m. every morning
• We put up her crib
• My left leg goes numb when I lay flat
• She goes crazy when I eat crepes...I don't know if she loves them or if she is telling me to stop cause I sure can eat a lot of them! :)

We are so excited for her to come and join our family. It will sure be different having a little girl in the house!!

Sunny Days

We have had some pretty HOT days lately so Grandma Jo has been kind enough to offer her pool for us to swim in. Raelie & Brady accompanied Cooper and I last Saturday. Cooper has been so terrified lately of water so it was great for him to see Rae and Brads swimming. He had to wear his floaties and have the ring around him but eventually got down to only the floaties and would play around on the step. He did love taking rides around in the floatie ring from Raelie and Brady and swimming with me on my back. I am sure by the end of the summer we will get him jumping off and having a blast....I think we will be swimming A LOT because I am already dying of heat!!

Cooper LOVES to go see baby Brooks. He asks all the time to go and see his friend Brooks at Brady's house. I just love this picture!

No more bleeds!

June 12th Cooper went in for his cauterization of his vessel in the right side of his nose. We got to Coral Desert around 8:15 a.m. and got him all checked in. They gave him this cute little bear, which he named Cooper Jon Rescue (don't ask me where he got that!?!). We were called back to the pre-op room and I think all the memories came back...he started to get really nervous and did not want to put on his gown. We eventually got it on him and turned on Clifford and he was as happy as could be until the nurse came to get him. She finally talked him into it by telling him he was going to go and "blow up a balloon." After she told him that the first words out of his mouth were, "What color is it?" :) Cooper went through the doors while we walked down to the waiting room and waited. Luckily, time went by really fast and I was able to go and hold him when he came out. He was pretty alert and told me, "Mom, I blew up a green balloon, my favorite." I was so happy to see him happy and not in pain. We went and picked up his ointment and got some lunch. He choose McDonald's and wanted to go eat it at the park. When we got home he was playing as if he had never even had anything done. Later that day, he fell asleep for about 3 hours and then was back to the same old Cooper again. He did great and we are so happy!

Splash Park with Barry & Brandon

While Kay was at Girl's camp (June 9-12th) I got to hang out with the Snow kids while Cort was at work. We had a lot of fun running here and there. The girls (Bekah, Raelie, & Mikelle) went to Steph's sewing camp on Thursday so the boys and I went to the Splash Park. Brandon and Coop had fun trying to get the bucket to fly up in the air when the water would shoot out. They got it to work a few times but, I never was able to get an action shot. :(

Barry and me hung out and ate chips while we watched the boys play.

Long, lost blogger

Well, I am back! Our computer is fixed and running thanks to my awesome brother-in-law Jason. We are so grateful for all his help. You don't realize how much you use the computer until you don't have one! Thanks Jas! We have been crazy, busy lately and so I have so much to catch up on. Here is just a recap of the last two weeks.

• Lots of sun....swimming, splash park, sprinklers, etc..
• Cooper is completely potty-trained now! Yahoo!!!
• Getting things ready for the baby
• Bennett got put in the Bishopric as 2nd Counselor in Fredonia
• Dad got released as Branch President (May)
• Loving on all these new babies....so fun!
• My tummy is growing more out and out
• My appetite has defiantly increased. I LOVE steak, potatoes, donuts, crepes', and well pretty much everything except seafood and hamburger! :)
• Lots of babysitting

I will be posting lots of pictures soon!