Learn from my Mistake

Please learn from my bad, bad habit/mistake.... DON'T LOOK ON THE INTERNET for advice on what your kids (or yourself) may or may not have.  It is the most depressing, gut wrenching, tear my hair out experience EVER!! That is all

Catching Up a Little....

I realize it has been forever since I have posted stuff, but I guess life has taken over!!  Now, I fall asleep around 9:30 or 10:00 (with the exception of the Olympics) and sleep until the monsters wake up.  Anyways, back to my little guys.... I love them!  Cooper is saying soooo much these days.  Not only does he repeat things, but he knows what he is saying.  It is crazy for me to actually realize he knows exactly what he is saying, what he wants, and how to ask for it.  Sometimes I don't understand him fully because let's face it, toddler is a whole NEW language.  When I ask him his name, he now answers, "Tooper," as opposed to what he used to say, "ME!"  He still calls Parker, CarCar.  Andy is no longer Ga, but Daddy.  Grandpa is still Tata, Grandma is still Beeamim (I have no clue as to where that came from)  Great Grandpa is T-Tata, Great Grandma... I forget, but it is something special.  Everyone else is pretty much the same.  

Parker is such a Momma's boy!!  I am pretty sure it is because he just sees me as a food source!  He is generally a very happy, talkative baby.  He is on the smallish side, and he has jelly legs... but they will get stronger.  He gets everywhere by rolling.  He just seems very content with it....crawling takes more effort then he wants to give I suppose.  He loves fruit, hates peas, loves stars and Cheerios.  I think the thing he loves most though, is sticking every single thing he comes in contact with in his mouth.  This is slightly challenging because Cooper loves to share things with him (small snacks, small toys, ect)  I love that he wants to share, so it is hard trying to explain to him about Parker.  Now he just says, "No CarCar, you will choke."  Haha, funny but true!  

Summer has flown by.  Andy has been working a lot (better do it while it is available and still getting paid).  I have been working at the restaurant a bit, but since summer is now coming to an end, I won't have to be there as much.  I have been trying to re-organize the boys things, but it is difficult to have any time where I am not "needed"by either one of them.  Parker is still in little clothes, so I haven't had to switch out much of his stuff yet, but when he starts growing I am sure he will be going through his clothes!  Cooper had a few more pooping issues... still have no clue as to why.  I just feel sooo terrible when he is consto.  He just looks like he is in so much pain.  Poor kid!  

Anyways, Cooper will be starting academic childcare next month!!  My baby is getting so big!!!!  I never want to let him go....  He is going to be 3!!  Ahhh, and Parker will be 1 soon.  It is so very true... it goes by TOO fast.  I always worry that I will miss something, not teach them something I should, not be there for them.  It is scary, but I try my best to protect them and teach them good things.  Cooper is such a sweet kid when he wants to be.  (sometimes he can push my buttons), but on the hole... he is a very generous kid with his possessions and his love.  I hope some of that rubs off on Parker!!  

Now for the fun part.... pictures!!!

Eating is both of their fav past times!!

Every morning I bring Parker into Coop's room, and they play in his crib...which by the way, he does not want to leave.  He has a big boy bed in his room which he calls his "couch," but he prefers his crib. I like it because once he moves to his "couch" he is one step closer to being more independant.

Cooper always says, "Mommy, take a picture."

"Cheese" face with a side of Bedhead!

I tried to get a good one... but I still can't!  (4th of July)

Bowling!!!  Cooper LOVES it! He knows not to cross the line too!  It just takes FOREVER for his ball to get down the lane

Another morning pic I was told to take!

Parker's first ride "BigBoy" style

He is so cute!

Uhm, that tongue!!  Bath time!

Yes, I walked into the room and found them doing this.  Uhm, see what I mean... Cooper loves his little bro right now!  He was "reading" to Parker

VEGAS with my Mom for my Bday!!  Andy stayed at home with the boys and I got a mini vaca, and it was fantastic!!  I think I gained three lbs in two days with all the buffet food, and PF Changs!!  Thanks Mom!

9 months old!

So, he happily rolled into his hamper after dumping out the clothes.... 

And Cooper decided to follow suit!  Such hams!

So, Parker is a lot under weight and we had to do all these poop tests.  8 all together.  Oh, and I did it with Cooper when he was little too!  But, this time the tests had some undesirable results, so we have to see the dumb GI specialist whom I HATE!!  He has the worst bedside manners and threatened me last time.  The whole situation has me on my wits end, but at least my baby boy doesn't seem to be in pain.  He seems happy to me, which is most important.  

Showing him the Batman that Mommy won out of the claw machine at the movie theater!!  I had a Mommy/Son date with Cooper, and we saw Brave!  He was soooo unbelievably good at the theater.  Made my day!  Oh, and he is sooo NOT interested in popcorn, which is great!  I don't want him to be!

This is his "couch," he fell asleep one night like this... I left him there, but in the morning he was in his crib!!  Sneaky sneaky

Yay Fountains!!

 Of course we have the fountains!  He LOVES running through them.  He could do it all day... or until I tell him we are going to eat brown bread!  (he loves the brown bread at Cheesecake Factory)  So, we have our little lunch date/water play time/shopping time.  My fav!  Oh side note... Cooper saw synchro diving on tv during the Olympics and wants to do it (Jump Jump) as he calls it.  I told him he has to learn how to swim first.  So, the next morning he told me, "Mommy, I go to POOL!"  We went, and after two times... he goes under the water by himself, jumps in, and tries swimming without help!  Parker loves sitting with someone on the shallow steps and splashes with his arms and legs!  Yay!  However, Coop has the WORST Farmer's tan!!  hahahahaha