12 Weeks

Thanks for the Congrats! We are SO excited to have a little brother or sister for Cooper to play with. I am due October 12th!

I went to my first appointment a couple weeks ago and everything looked good. It was so nice to hear the heartbeat and know that there is really a babe in there. Cooper thought it was pretty cool when he heard the heartbeat. He turned to Nick and said, "That my baby in mom's tummy."

I have been off and on sick. I shouldn't complain too much because it is WAY better than my pregnancy with Coop but, the thing I don't understand is in the last three weeks I have thrown-up more than I did the first nine weeks. Oh, lovely times! I am hoping I am on the uphill climb now! :)

I have discovered that apples DO NOT agree with my tummy (blah). I LOVE salad and pretty much any kind of vegetable. Sweet things don't agree with me too much either well as long as I don't eat more than one...especially chocolate and I LOVE chocolate but, not right now!

Some funny things Coop has been up to:
Nick was babysitting Cooper a couple weeks ago while I was getting my haircut. He was doing something on the computer and saw Coop walking down the sidewalk with a Book of Mormon under his arm. Nick went outside and asked Coop where he was going. Coop replied, "I going to church dad!"

Cooper is really into playing like he is the Dad (ALL THE TIME). We were getting ready for prayers. Cooper said, "I the dad...I get in my spot." So he goes to the spot at the bed where Nick usually is and makes Nick or in Cooper's words "Big boy" kneel in the middle. I said, "Ok Dad do you want to say it?" We are all ready and Cooper isn't saying anything he is just looking at Nick so I said again, "Dad do you want to say it?" Again Cooper just keeps looking at Nick and says, "Big Boy, you wanna try? I'll help you!" It was hilarious. Nick and I couldn't stop laughing. He is such a fun little guy!

The news is.......

So Delicious....I have to share!!!

These are my new favorite dessert! They are the easiest Blondie's ever!!! Here is the recipe if you wanna see how delicious they are! :)

Batter:

1 Golden Vanilla Cake Mix

1/2 c. melted margarine

2 eggs

1 c. Peanut Butter or Butterscotch chips (I used butterscotch)

Frosting:

1 can of cream cheese frosting or homemade

melted chocolate chips (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 if using glass pan or 325 for dark nonstick pan. Combine cake mix, eggs, margarine. Mix with beater. Mixture will be very thick! Stir in chips with spatula.

Grease 9x13 pan and spread batter in pan.

Bake for 18-22 minutes. Cool Completely.

Scoop desired amount of frosting into microwavable bowl. Soften in microwave for couple seconds. Drizzle over sliced Blondie's. Drizzle melted chocolate over the top if desired!

Enjoy!!!

BlOwInG oUt CaNdLeS

I know this is a late but, here is Cooper getting ready to blow out his candles on his Mickey Mouse Cupcake before bed. This is the only picture that turned out good. All the others were blurry! :(

Cooper really likes Mickey Mouse right now. Grandma Jo made this super cute pillowcase, blanket, and little football for Cooper's Birthday! He LOVES it! Thanks Grandma Jo!

The Doctor's

Tuesday, Cooper and I went to the Doctor for his 3 year old check up. He was so excited to go to the Dr. (I don't know why, maybe it cause he knows if he is a good boy he gets treats). We got checked in and he was so excited to see the "nemo" fish. We got called back and he had the biggest smile on his face. He said, Hi to the nurse and then showed her how big he was and got weighed and measured. He weights 32 lbs now and is 37.2 in. TALL. He is definitely not a baby anymore!! He told me he needed to go potty so we hurried and went before the doctor came in. When he came in Cooper told him he went potty and Dr. Marsden danced around!! He is awesome! Coop was so talkative! It was so cute to see him be so open with the Dr.! I was expecting our visit to be like the last where he wouldn't step on the scale and be scared to death but, NO! I was so happy to see him be such a BiG BoY! Dr. Marsden said we were missing one shot so, Coop had to get it! The nurse told him after he got his shot he could go pick out a "treasure" in the treasure box. He was SO excited! He got on my lap and she gave him his shot and he looked and me with a hurt face and said, OWWW...! When she put his band aid on he said, "Can I get a treasure?" It was so funny to see how much he REALLY wanted a "Treasure"! I am so proud of how good he did! Especially since I do not like the doctors! Maybe if my doctor let me pick out a treasure I would like it too! :)

Happy Birthday Coop!

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2 years old 2 1/2 years

Three years ago today I was in the hospital about to see the joy of our lives! I spent most of the day waiting for little Cooper to come. I was so excited and nervous! Cooper arrived at 9:16 p.m. and weighed 7lbs. 4 oz. He was so cute and right when he was born he looked just like daddy!

He has grown up so FAST!! I can't believe how fast times really flies!

Coop is talking so good now. He loves to learn. He especially loves to sing songs.

Cooper is such a funny boy. He is always making us laugh. He loves to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and could play outside all day. His trike is his favorite thing. He rides it EVERYWHERE even if it is down the hall to go get something!

Coop, Mom and Dad LOVE you SO much and love watching you learn and grow!

Happy Birthday Big Boy !!

Why???

I had just got done finishing up the dishes and went into my bedroom to get some clothes to throw in the laundry when I saw Cooper cleaning up something on the carpet with a towel. I asked him what he was doing and he said, "cleaning". Well, come to find out he was cleaning up this.....My brand new bottle of hairspray was completely dumped out onto the CARPET!!!! Talk about a sticky mess. I asked Cooper if we are suppose to pour hairspray on the carpet and he went on to tell me that that is very naughty and we put it on hair. haha silly guy. How could I be mad after that?? Well, I still was not very happy that my whole bottle I just bought yesterday was wasted and kept asking myself, "Why????, Why does he keep doing these things when he knows that he gets to go to time-out!"

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I found the Potty Watch at Kid to Kid and Harmon's (in the diaper aisle). It is cheaper at Harmon's and the music sounds a lot better.

Good Luck to all you Potty Trainers!

The Potty Watch

The Potty Watch is awesome if you are trying to potty train. You can set the watch to go off 30, 60, or 90 mins. Every time it goes off it plays a song. (it has 3 different songs) When the song goes off we sing the "Potty song" and it is time to go potty. Cooper does pretty good for a couple of days and then doesn't want to anymore. We are still working on it though....slowly but surely. Someday it will happen! :) He loves to wear his potty watch and every time it goes off he sings and runs to the toilet so, I am excited about that. If anything it is getting his excited to go!

Here is Coop modeling his Potty Watch!

ChRiStMaS DaY

Christmas morning was so much fun! Cooper had fun checking out all his fun new toys. We had such a nice morning. Around 11:00 a.m. we headed over to Nick's mom for Christmas Brunch. It was nice to see the family. We stopped at Nick's Dad's on the way home and got to visit with him for a bit.We came back home and let Cooper play with his toys! My Dad & Mama Jo came and visited with us about 3:00 p.m. It was so fun to visit with them for a while before they headed to the next siblings house. Cooper showed Grandpa all his tools just like daddy's.

Coop & Daddy with his new tools

We were just getting ready to eat our dinner and the power went out! I realized how unprepared we were. In this house we haven't designated a place for our Emergency stuff yet. Good thing we had our cell phone lights to go out in garage and find our 72 hr. Box. After we got some light we enjoyed our "candlelight dinner." Cooper thought it was scary at first but, after a bit he started thinking it was fun and wanted to go camping! We had a wonderful Christmas and are so very blessed. We are so grateful for wonderful family and friends and for our best Christmas gift ever...Our Savior Jesus Christ. He has done so much for us and we are so lucky to have his example and to be able to serve those around us.