Houston Trip

Cooper and I took a summer trip to Houston back in July. Cooper wanted to go see his cousins and grandparents!! This was Coopers first time to fly and he LOVED it. He did amazing!! I let him sit by the window of course so that he would be entertained. He was sure to point out ever cloud and of course eat all 3 bags of his peanuts!!

waiting for the plane

he was so excited!!

We were very busy on our trip....We spent one day at the San Marcos outlet stores shopping, went to Gruene Texas to eat the best chicken fried steak ever, went to the Houston zoo, road a train through Hermann Park, went swimming, watched the new Winnie the Pooh movie, ate LOTS of yummy food and spent LOTS of time playing with my sweet and beautiful nieces.

he loves his Claire bear

eating with Nana at the Gristmill

outside Gruene Hall

looking at the river

at the Houston Zoo

feeding the giraffes

this picture just cracks me up

riding the train in the pouring rain

swimming with the girls

he loved that scooter

It was great trip and of course it was too short!

4th of July

We had a very fun and busy 4th of July this year. We went to the Edmond parade, had a cook-out with friends and family and then we watched the big fireworks show at UCO.

Had to take a picture of this....not something you normally see in your 4th of July Parade.

Leaving the Parade

waiting for the fireworks to start

Inflatable Zone

We were so excited that we were going to be in Houston to celebrate with my niece Claire for her 5th birthday. This year she got to have a big party at the coolest place ever, Inflatable Zone ....very smart thinking to have this place indoors in Houston when it is tooo hot outside for parties! Cooper had the greatest time and was NONE stop till it was time to go.

the big slide

the only picture that he would stop long enough to look at the camera

daddy couldn't get enough either

With the birthday girl

Tractor Ride

Coopers first tractor ride with his Pop-Pop.

*A BIG Thank you to Lida for capturing this wonderful memory for us!

Easter 2011

We had a VERY fun but interesting Easter this year. We decided last year that we would like to spend one holiday with no traveling (since both sets of grandparents live out of town). We had to rule out Thanksgiving and Christmas of course and Halloween is hard since its usually during the week so we picked Easter. We told our parents they are always welcome to spend it with us and that if something special was going on during Easter at their house then we would travel. Needless to say it was wonderful not having to pack and was able to relax!!
We spent most of Saturday making cookies for our friends, coloring eggs, playing outside and watching lots of Snoopy, The Easter Beagle.

helping mommy make cookie dough

cutting out the cookies

I had to post this picture bc it was too cute, coopers cookie is on the left

filling the nests

our finished products

helping daddy color eggs

eggs coloring

our finished product

what the Bunny left for Cooper

the Bunny use to always leave an egg in our Easter shoes growing up so I wanted to carry this tradition on with my kids

Here is the interesting part.....Sunday morning we woke up to storms and lots of rain. As we are getting ready for church our electricity goes out. We decided to wait a little bit for it to come back on and let Cooper hunt the eggs the Bunny hide, in the dark! Nine o'clock rolls around (when bible class starts) and still nothing so we started to pack up our church clothes and head to my sisters house to get ready. As we are walking out the door the electricity comes back on so we hurried to get ready and showed up to church with only 15 minutes left...oh well.
After church we went to my sisters house for lunch and spent the afternoon hunting eggs inside, eating, napping and relaxing.

checking out his basket

turtle glasses

the only halfway decent picture of Coop in his Easter outfit...he was excited

New Cousin!!

Cooper has a new cousin that he is madly in love with, Abigail Joy Williams. She was born on April 8, 2011 at 2:12 am. She weighed 10 pounds and was 20 1/2 inches long.

Cooper waiting for baby Abigail

Sweet Baby Abigail

Cooper holding Abigail for the 1st time

in amazement of her cuteness

eating breakfast at the hospital

holding Abigail again after she is home

holding Abigail again...they are talking to each other

laughing because she cooed at him

stealing a kiss

Cooper calls her Baby Abidail. He loves her so much. When she was first born he was very protective of her. If anybody, even Aunt Rachael, was holding her he wanted to know why, what they were doing and he wanted to be right there. I always said when I was little that IF I was to have a girl I at least wanted her to have a big brother. There is something about a big brother that brings comfort. He might pick on you but he will always be there to protect you. I know that Cooper is going to be that big brother for Abigail.
We are so excited to have Baby Abigail here and are so excited to watch her grew up. She is the sweetest most precious baby and you will be seeing her alot on here.