All better... finally!

Cooper's had the stupid fever virus again... this is probably the 3rd time he's had it since Christmas. But this time he was really sick with a high fever. I've never seen him lay around so much... but he's turned a corner today and I think we've finally beat it!

We've had to laugh... when Cooper is sick he talks and moans in his sleep. When he had this virus 6 weeks ago, we heard him moaning the Backyardigans "Surf's Up" song in his sleep, "ho, Daddy, ho, Daddy..." Mark and I were rolling... and then two nights ago we heard him moaning his colors in his sleep, along with a bunch of stuff we couldn't understand. So glad he's on the mend.....now if I can just keep Kamdyn from getting it!

We're going for haircuts this afternoon, so I'm sure I'll have something to post about that. Kam cries at the mere mention of it and we've already tried to bribe her (for incentive, Mom says!).

Creekin' at the Park

So I'm still a little behind on posting some of our outings and Kamdyn won't let me forget. Here are a few pics from the park. We met Mark there one day at lunch so the kids could play. We have all this equipment at home but somehow it's more fun at other places.
Kamdyn loves to slide...
Cooper, on the other hand, is still a little unsure and needed some coaxing (or a shove down!) from Mark.
Cooper would rather climb up the slide than come down it.
I posted this picture so you could see the ravine with the creek in it. There were older kids with their shoes off in the water and I could tell Kamdyn wanted in without her even saying so... when I told her no because it was too cold to get in the water she said, "but, Mommy, I just want to go creekin'!"
Pouting because she couldn't go "creekin"
Mark, Cooper, and Braxton playing with the neighbor's dog, Trapper. My kids would love to have a dog but I haven't given in to that yet... Thankfully, we have dogs in the neighborhood to play with.
Pouting again....My kids love books! On Friday I had a note from Kam's teacher bragging on her "reading" skills.... she and Cooper will sit forever looking at books. Kam loves the "look and find" books, or what she likes to call the "licorice" books....
And, finally... I've been meaning to post this picture of Kam's nails for Aunt Carla to see as they were a gift from her. Kam had to show everyone at church a few weeks ago. She loved them... but I found them everywhere--in her hair, on the floor, you name it. I even saw one pop off as she stuck her finger in her nose as I was buckling her in her car seat! They do look pretty though!

Little Mama

I heard Cooper crying about 12:30 last night followed by Kamdyn shouting back at him that it was ok. This has always been an issue for us because their rooms are side by side. When one wakes up crying, the other one usually follows. I laid in bed and just waited for them to both come running to our bed. When that didn't happen, I got up to go get Cooper because he was still crying. I found Kamdyn laying in bed with Cooper and comforting him saying, "it's ok Cooper, there's no reason to be scared, I'm right here." She was making the ssshh noise, patting him, and had actually turned on the night light for him. I fully expected for them to want me when they saw me, but Kamdyn had it all under control and I just left them together in his bed.... it was so sweet and definitely a new side of her we are seeing!

More Zoo and Carnival Pictures

Don't want to bore everyone with more zoo pictures, but Kamdyn asked me last night if I would put more carnival and Play Time Pizza pictures on the blog. She's enjoying seeing them and keeps reminding me so this is for her...

I love this picture....father and son....
Kamdyn told us before we got to the zoo that she couldn't wait to see the snakes, which really surprised me. I thought she would be afraid of them like me but Mark reminded me that she had looked at a game and fish magazine that featured snakes at Papaw Sonny's one weekend...so we had to stay in the reptile house forever looking at every snake there was. Papaw Sonny would be proud!
I heard Kam say to this goat, "Hey there, my name's Kamdyn. What's yours?" I thought it was so cute!
Cooper could not wait to ride the train...
More rides from the carnival... Cooper didn't like the way he leaned back on this one but Kam loved it.

These were the fastest cars I've ever seen at a carnival! They loved it!!
My camera battery was nearly dead by the time we got to Play Time Pizza but I managed to get this shot of Cooper going to sleep in his food. He was exhausted! I can't tell you how many Sundays we've watched him do this and it's still funny to us. We've even seen him pick up food and continue to eat while he was passed out!
An action shot of his head going down. Not to worry.... I caught it before it hit the spaghetti! The lady at the table next to us was cracking up. I think she thought I was awful trying to get a picture of my baby's head landing in spaghetti and pizza.

Spring Break Adventures

My husband just told me that I haven't posted in over a week and that I should get on it.... Kamdyn keeps asking me for a new "blog story" for her to read each night. I've got to do better! I'll try to play catch up this week.

Bird Boy

Last week was Spring Break. Our original plan was to go to Branson for a few days, but the weather got cold and nasty and we decided to just stay home. We took the kids to the zoo one day and had a great time. I have many more pictures to post, but I don't want to overwhelm everyone at once!

So our first stop at the zoo was the loriket cage. The kids were excited and both said they wanted to go in, which was a little surprising to me. Cooper did his "Twinkletoes" dance, which you'll see below. He does this dance anytime his feet hit the floor. I'm hoping the boy will learn some boundaries one day because he is getting too big for me to carry!


Mark paid $1 to get the juice to feed the birds and Cooper told him he wanted to feed them too. By the way, this bird actually bit Mark's finger... I told him that's what you get for sticking your finger up there like that.

Cooper was a little skiddish at first when the bird first landed on the cup...
But then he decided it was very cool!
I'm not sure I can even accurately describe what happened next. Cooper was standing beside me still feeding the bird when another bird came and landed on his head. It took me by surprise and I would give anything to have a picture of the look on Cooper's face when he realized there was a bird dancing on his head. I was a little panicked at first, but then I looked at Mark, who was trying to get a good picture of him feeding the bird and screamed, "take a picture!" But it was just too funny.... Cooper started screaming, the bird flew off, the bird came back and landed on his head again... I think I picked him up at this point and we ducked (see picture below) while the bird swooped by us.
Needless to say, everyone was laughing--except Kamdyn and Cooper. Poor Cooper was traumatized. We got out of the cage quickly and went on our way. We had to leave the inside bird exhibit later because the kids got so freaked out. Cooper wanted nothing to do with anything that looked like a bird--flamingo, crane, you name it.

About 3 hours later, we went to the carnival next door to the zoo to let the kids ride some rides. Kamdyn loved this slide.... While Cooper and I were waiting on them to come down, this lady walks up to us and says, "oh, it's the bird boy!"


Kam has since had a blast telling the story about how the bird "flewed" on Cooper's head. She told everyone at church yesterday and couldn't wait to go tell Ms. Kylie today at school. Cooper laughs now... Yesterday my Papaw walked up to him, put his hand on top of his head and said, "Cooper, there's a bird on your head" and Cooper took off running like a streak of lightning! Ahh... good times!

The Week in Pictures

I've been a bad blogger lately! I've had too much going on at work the last few weeks... so I'll just recap the last week with a few pictures I've taken. I think you'll notice a theme...

We didn't leave the house last weekend except to go to church on Sunday and to Mom's for lunch. We stayed in our pj's all day long on Saturday. It was wonderful!

Cooper's into hugging these days. He throws his arms open wide and says "hug" while coming at Kamdyn. It's so cute. It starts out like this:
and progresses to this:We love "Dancing With the Stars" and we missed it Monday night. Lucky for us (we are the only family in America who doesn't have DVR), they showed it again on Saturday night. Here's a little video I got of the kids dancing... notice Cooper's hugs (and saggy diaper). I have no clue why Kam has no clothes on...bath time, maybe?



Here are the boys after lunch on Sunday playing with the big wheel... we always strip them down to eat!After lunch, I went home to fold laundry (my most dreaded chore!), but I just couldn't keep my eyes open... I took a 2-hour nap on the couch, which is something I NEVER do! Apparently, Cooper crawled up next to me and went to sleep too. Mark took this picture, which explains the blurriness of it.
Kamdyn got this super cool dollhouse from Santa. Guess who plays with it the most?
Cooper's not afraid to show his feminine side... here he is fixing Ariel's hair.
Kamdyn loves to play dress up... this dress up outfit actually matches. You should see some of the things she puts on. I'm hoping that her fashion sense will improve with age!
This is Cooper's scared face... I'm not sure what Mark was watching but, obviously it scared Cooper. He told me in his sweet voice, "I scared."

I made broccoli for dinner last night and surprisingly, Cooper loved it! He said, "mmmm, delicious" at least twice during the meal. Go figure!

And finally, another hug picture progression. Kam has a ring pop in her mouth....This is how they always end up.... a little hair pulling...
a little wrestling.... see the pattern?
And why does Cooper never have pants on in any of my pictures? :)

You're Welcome...

I've been trying to work with Cooper on his manners lately now that he's talking a lot more. He has the cutest little voice when he talks (when he's not hollering) and I just love to hear him. Anytime someone gives him something and I ask him what he's supposed to say, he ignores me. So then I say, "Cooper, say thank you" and EVERY TIME he replies back, "you're welcome!" in that cute voice. He did it to me this morning in the car and it cracks me up every time he says it. Maybe one day he will actually say "thank you" but, for now, he's got "you're welcome" down pat.

No pics to post today because I forgoy my camera and we haven't had very many photo ops this week anyway. I'll try to take some this weekend. We have absolutely no plans and I'm looking so forward to it!