Farmin'

While we were on Spring Break~Cooper and I went to Tennessee to visit my family! Monday morning, we went with Grammy and PawPaw to feed Poppa's goats. Cooper loved it! He petted the goats, looked very carefully at the chickens, and chased all the cats away! It was such a fun morning. Maybe he won't grow up to be a complete "City Slicker"!!

Out on a DATE!!

Two weeks ago, Jared and I went on a date for an entire day!! First, we took Coop to Gigi and Granddad's, where he enjoyed chasing and petting the "meow". We then went bowling...and I WON!!!! After bowling, we went to Zoe's to eat lunch and then held hand and walked through little shops and along the street at Patton Creek. On the way to pick up Cooper, we stopped at the Nestle Toll House Cafe...I did not know there was such a place!!! It was amazing...warm, fresh baked chocolate chip cookies from the people who know chocolate best! It was a perfect endingto a perfect date! I can't wait to do it again...well, maybe a week or two..I still HATE being away from little Cooper!

The Zoo

A couple of weekends ago we took Cooper to the zoo! He hada great time! It was so muchfunto take him and see him get so excited about the animals. He loves going to the barn because he can actually touch the animals. Today was exciting because we heard and saw the tiger roaring, a crazy pig tried to eat Cooper's shoes, we fed the lorikeets, and Cooper got to see a "turtle" up close and personal. He is currently obsessed with turtles since PawPaw taught him to say the word. It was a GREAT day! Maybe we should get a membership before this summer!

Loved Ones

This post is waaay late, but we've been busy and sleepy! On Valentine's weekend, we went up to celebrate my dad's 50th birthday! While we were there, we took the usual trip to spend time with Pop and Gran~Gran. It was wonderful to see them, as it always is. Time just stops when we're there~and we can just sit and be with them. I love their house more than any other place in the world! That night, Grammy and PawPaw kept Cooper while Jared, Courtney, and I had planned to go to the movies. We took one look at the lines and said "no thanks." So...we went bowling instead and we had a BLAST! The perfect Valentine's Day, spent with those we love the most!

Happy 50th Dad!

A couple of weekends ago, we surprised my dad for lunch at Texas Roadhouse for his 50th birthday!! It was TONS of fun!! We had black balloons, a silly party hat, embarrassing gifts, a yummy cake, and just plain old FUN time with the family!! There was another lady sitting behind us that was celebrating her 40th birthday~so they brought out this saddlehorse thing? and all the waiters came and did a line dance with my dad and this woman!! The woman was asked to sit on the saddle~they kindly told my dad that he should stand to theside!! (We know they were afraid my big ole daddy would break the thing!!) It was a lot of fun to surprise him and just go home for much needed and enjoyed time with family!

BIG NEWS!!!!!

Cooper pee-peed in the potty for the first time tonight!!!! We were getting ready for a bath, he came in and said, "I pee, pee", I took off the diaper, put him on the potty...and then I heard it!!!! I think I scared him when I started screaming, dancing, and singing a made-up potty song!! He kind of backed away from me and then started dancing with me! I don't have pictures because I'm here all alone this week and Cooper was trying to put his foot in the potty and trying to get in the bathtub and I couldn't get to the camera with him unsupervised~plus I have mixed feelings about posting a picture of his pee-pee in the potty. He helped me put it in the big toilet~said "bye-bye" and we flushed it!! What a BIG boy! (and yes I know that this is probably a fluke, but we celebrated just the same)!!

"Bibbit, Bibbit"

Cooper had been acting interested in going to the potty. After going to his 18 month check-up and talking with Dr. Jolly (who I love and respect a great deal), he seemed to think that we should get a potty and start the process. He thought that Cooper was ready! Well, we rushed straight to Target and bought the cutest potty they had~one that looks like a frog!! We showed it to Cooper, talked to him about pee`peeing in the potty, etc. He said "I pee~pee" several times, we would get really excited and take him to sit on the potty(pic 2), waiting (not making a sound) and wanting to hear him pee-pee in the potty. Instead, he says "bibbit, bibbit" and pushes the frog all around the bathroom(pic 1)!! We love you Dr. Jolly, but we're real around here~and I'm not so sure he's quite ready YET!!