Month: May 2014

The boys were so excited to see Nana.  It is getting really fun to see all of the unique things Cooper remembers about Nana and have him ask her for them as soon as she gets here.  He loves to …

Mother’s Day with my boys and Nana.  I wanted to get outside and go somewhere new, Bellevue Botanical Gardens was our destination.  We make an annual trip to the gardens in December to see the Christmas light display, but we …

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A friend shared that she and her son count the stairs as they climb them.  We thought this would be a great way to introduce Cooper to counting too.  We typically count the stairs as he scoots down them …

Cooper loves to play with these oven gloves.  He has found hours of entertainment in shaking people’s hands and saying “nice to meet you” to today reenacting a “Home Alone” face.…

Cooper was in heaven.  We found a playground next to a construction site.  Diggers and swings, our boy didn’t know where to go first.…

We were a bit behind on laundry, but I had a helper to get through the piles of clothes.…

Cooper has so many party tricks now!

Talking:  He has moved from single words to 2-4 word phrases.  It is much harder to understand the phrases, but he is very patient and I know that they will become more …

We knew this day was coming, but just didn’t know how sad Cooper would be when it happened.  Today during his morning rest Cooper successfully took his jammies off and began to cry so hard I thought he was seriously …

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Up until today all grapes, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and any other berry were called “mum mums.”  Which started from a little song Daddy sang to Cooper each time he was given grapes.  He is now calling the same list …

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Nicholas made his first cooing sound two weeks ago and is now moving on to these longer adorable mini phrases.

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