New Year's

Well we were kind of bumps on a log on New Years Eve. We both fell asleep on the couch at 9pm and woke up at 10:30pm playing a game and then got ready for bed and then turned the tv on in our bedroom, watched the ball drop, and then went to bed!! It's hard to stay awake unless you got something going on to keep you awake!! But then on New Year's day we a had a lot of fun. We woke up at abotu 7:30am and did little stuff around the house that we had been wanting to get done. Turned on football and had snacks. Then I took these adorable pictures of these two handsome men in my life!!! Tranell got Cooper this outfit for Christmas and on New year's eve we got Cooper's haircut so I thought I would get some good pics. I also thought it was so cute that Cooper wanted to help Tyrel take the garbage out and he loves to ride around on his semi. He was having so much fun on it he kids of wiped out and got a fat lip. Tranell showed up around 4pm and we drove up to Snowbowl ski area to check it out and then went to dinner at Outback. I had never been there and ever since the ribs at Tyrel's work party that is what I have been wanting and they were GOOD! I never had any cravings with Cooper, but I guess technically ribs have been one this time. I don't make Tyrel go get them, but since that party I have thought about them a lot!! Well now back into the grind of things!!! Tyrel is back on the round, but at least this is a short week! Next week will be the real back into the grind!! Hope you all had a great Christmas and a wonderful New Year!! Can't wait to check out all your posts too!!

Christmas Day

Like I said we had Christmas at my sister Sarah's house. It was so fun. Her house is perfect lots of people. We had my three siblings, their spouses and 11 kids! It went very well. Especially with the hardships of trying to share new Santa toys. Cooper loved it. He acted so old just following all the kids around. We barely saw him. If the kids all ran down stairs he was right behind. He loves his cousins. With cousins and Tyrel there I was ranked 3rd. He came to me for something if he had no other choice. With dad gone so much you usually have to pry him away from Tyrel. Then on Christmas eve Tranell (Tyrel's sister) showed up to have dinner with us and when she walked in Cooper was so excited to see her and had to show her all around the house and took her down stairs to show her all the fun stuff he was playing with. I posted the John Deer blanket Tranell made him that we opened while she was there that Cooper loves, he sleeps with it every night. We played games and ate yummy food (my favorite part). I made this yummy twice backed potatoe casserole that I saw on TV while I was in the hospital and it was a huge hit!! So if you ever want that from it it's great!! Cooper loves his Santa gift his mater chair. And of course loves all the gifts that Grandma, grandpa, Spur, and Tranell spoiled him with. I think he plays with them all the same. He liked opening presents for a while, but he was too excited watching all the other kids open theirs too!! I also posted all of us after getting Santa gifts ready and slowly dozing off (what a lively bunch we were)

Christmas PJ's

We had Christmas at my sister's and my sister-in-law's tradition is to get new pj's Christmas eve so we all did it. It was hilarious. Cooper got so excited and mimiced the kids shouting with joy. Then when I opened my pj's my tag said medium, the shirt said medium and then WOW the bottoms for a 3X!!!!! So needless to say I didn't get to wear my new jammies!! I got Tyrel Bronoco bottoms, which he loves!!! Cooper is missing from all the kids in sleeping bags not quite old enough yet and not a lifer when it comes to staying up late. Then the last pictures is him and all his cousins in the morning ready to see what Santa brought!

Christmas Party

Here are some pics of Tyrel's work Christmas party. His work got us a hotel to come down to it. It was pretty fun and good food. His bosses kept reassuring me Tyrel will work closer to home (i'm not holding my breath!!).

Our New House

Well here is the outside of our new house we are renting in Flagstaff. We love to be in a house for once in our 3 years of marriage. It's 4 bedrooms, living room, family room, 2 car garage, one acre. It is even have two fenced in horse corrals. We just have a 7 mo lease. So come June we'll see where we'll be. By the spring I think we'll know more if we will be in Flagstaff for a while or if Cortez, CO is back in the picture. We can't wait to get a place of our own someday, we are trying to be patient, but know when the time is right and we stop moving we'll find a good house. I will post pictures of the interior later, maybe. I am not doing much to it since we won't be here long. It was fun this weekened though to have a house big enough to have my sibling and their kids all come and stay the night. Living in apartments no one has really wanted to come hang out with us, we always go there!!

Quick Update

K so I finally have internet!!! YEAH!!! We are now living in Flagstaff, AZ It's quite pretty. After one week of being here we got like 10 inches of snow in 2 1/2 days. It has felt like Christmas in Arizone for the first time in the 3 Christmas' we have been here. With me being so pregnant sick we have got quite of the unpacking done, but I really haven't hung much on the walls are gotten as quite organized as I would like. We did put up our Christmas decorations though. Tyrel has been such a huge help, even though he is gone Mon-Fri, but when he is home it get's lots done!!

My internet acutally got hooked up Monday, but I have been in the hospital since Monday and finally got to come home today (Wednesday). They got my vomitting under control and my hydration up and I was worred they were going to keep me another night because today I threw up my Breakfast and Lunch at the hospital, but I told them I still wanted to go home. I had lost 15Ib and was clinically dehydrated. They call what I have hyper something ism. When you get as sick as I do. So they took it seriously and while in the hospital I gain 6Ib back. I am hoping to gain the rest on all the good Christmas food, even though I still can't eat much, but a little is more than nothing. I was bumbed I had to go to the hospital, but even though I am still puking I feel so much better. I am not shaking and as weak. Tyrel got to stay home all this time with Cooper, because as a blessing in disguise his work truck broke down Sunday night so he had to take his truck into the shop anyway. His truck was fixed as of yesterday, so really today was the only day that he missed work on account of me being in the hospital. It feels so good to be home escecially in our new place. I will post pictures tomorrow well of the outside and the family room (the only room decorated).

Thanksgiving in Colorado

Thanksgiving was a lot of fun. Colorado had not gotten any snow yet this year, but we woke up Friday morning with about 6 inches. For most people new snow is fun and exciting, for Tyrel's family that means waking up super early and plowing and shoveling snow. Cooper enjoyed the snow once dad started making snow balls, putting snow on his face, sledding, and the crunch it made when he steps in it. He is crying in this sledding picture because by the time I got out there to take a picture he was done and I made dad put him back in the sled and he didn't like that very much. It was nice to have some winter weather, because when we left Tucson it was 85 degrees. Tyrel and all the boys got to go up in the mountains with their horses to take out some hunting camps. All in all we had a good time. Now we are just finishing up our packing and getting ready to move on Saturday!!

We are Truly Blessed

Well as you all know I miscarried about 10 weeks ago. Well we are happy to say that I am already 8 weeks pregnant. Last week I got to see the baby and hear the heartbeat and see it pumping strong. When I miscarried I had two ultrasounds and never saw a baby. Besides the visual proof of a baby I also have the physical proof. I am starting to the follow the same trend as I did with Cooper, I am super sick!! This time I did get some medication that has cut my throwing up down to once a day versus the three times a day, so for that I am greatful. I am down to eating some snacks and lots of popsicles!! I probably shouldn't lose 12Ib like I did with Cooper, but I already lost a couple pounds. I am really bumbed that thanksgiving is next week. Thanksgiving has some of my favorite foods ever, potatoes, stuffing, rolls, and freshly bakes Turkey!!! My mouth is watering just thinking about it. I may just eat it anyway and pay the consequenses very shortly after. But being this sick is a very good sign that all is going well so I am blessed to be sick. Oh my due date is June 21st so Cooper and the new baby will be 2 years apart!!

Trip to Washington

K I know I am late with the Halloween pics. We have been in Washington the past week spending time with my family. While in Washington we put 500 miles on my Parent's car. Saturday when we got there we went to Mandolin's wedding, which was so nice to see so much family there about 250 people there. Then spent Sunday and Monday with my mom and dad in Cheney, WA where we relaxed and Tyrel installed a storm door for my mom. Then Tuesday we headed to the Tri-Cities (2 hours drive) to spend the night at Derrick and Amy's and their kids. We had fun visiting them and experiancing the Wii for the first time. Tyrel was pretty good for someone who hates all video games. Then we woke up Wednesday and headed to Ephrata (2 hour drive) to stay the night at Lanith and Steve's. We went to lunch with The Clark's, Svetich's (families I know and Tyrel knows from his mission), and Lanith and Steve. Then that night we went to the trunk or treat and carnival at the church. We had a great time and Tyrel got to visit with some families he knows from his mission. We then woke up Thursday and headed back to my parent's house (1 1/2 drive). We relaxed that day and Tyrel put up another storm door for my mom and that night we drove into Spokane (1hour) to have dinner with my brother Clayne and his wife Kelli for Clayne's birthday. We then went back to my parent's played games and hung out there Friday and took the boat for a ride on the lake and that night drove back into Spokane to visit a part-member family that Tyrel taught on his mission that have kept in touch with us since we have been married. It was so good to meet them again. I met them when we got married, but of course couldn't remember their faces, but have talked to them on the phone. All in all we had a great trip. We got to see lots of people and relax. It was a nice break for Tyrel since he has been working 65+ hours a week. The day we got back he said I wish we were still in Washington!! The trip was definately over too soon!!

Trunk or Treat

Cooper, Tyrel, and I all got to go to our first Trunk or Treat in Ephrata, WA. Cooper as you can tell was Superman. Mainly because whenever you say Super Cooper he puts his hands in the air and pretends he is flying. Most the time while he was going around the trunks he was sucking his thumb and holding his blanky!!! That is one tough superman!! Also the donald duck next to Tyrel is our good friend Allison Bair from Ephrata. But all in all he had a good time!!

Holloween Carnival

Here Cooper got to throw bean bags, go fishing, and enter an 18mo and younger costume contest. He didn't win. The lion to the left won, but that is Cooper's friend Brenden Svetich, so that okay.

More Like MOM?!!!

For all of those that swear Cooper looks just like DAD, I have scientific proof that he looks more like ME!!!!

Tyrel's Buck

Last year Tyrel got this buck within like the 1st hour of opening day. He got it shoulder mounted and while I was in Colorado I took a picture of it since Tyrel hasn't seen it mounted yet. It is hanging in his parent's bunk house. I would love to hang it in my living room right above the TV you know, but I already have a clock hanging there, dang, and I can't move that clock!!! LOL!

Back from Colorado

So last week Cooper and I made the 10 hour drive to Colorado while Tyrel was out of town. Since Tyrel's work said we would be back home in Colorado by Christmas I thought I would go check out Cortez,CO. The drive up there was fine. Cooper did really well!! The only downfall of the trip was Cooper was sick the whole week. Monday he got a new tooth, Tuesday ran a fever, and Wed-Sat he had the flu! The whole 2 hour drive back from Cortez Cooper threw up. We thought he was car sick, but then he passed the flu around. I got it Friday, Troy (Tyrel's dad) got it Saturday and now the brother's are passing it around. Also my sister-in-law who is pregnant got it. I felt so bad. I also felt bad because he turned into such a momma's boy and would rarley get two feet away from me. For those of you who know Cooper, he is not really a momma's boy, he loves other people and will flirt with the old ladies in the grocery store line. This last week since he didn't fell well if anyone even looked at him he would start crying. He still hasn't really eaten much and threw up again yesterday, I think there are more teeth coming. Something that was positive was Cooper loves the horses and ponies this trip. Last time he was terrified of them, but now he would put his hand out and click his tongue to get the ponies to come closer. He also loved to stick his finger up their noses!! My in-laws also only have a shower so as you can see in the picture we made a make-shift tub. It was actually a lot easier to bathe him in that the an actual Tub.

Growing Up

Well now that it's October it's cool enough to go outside as long as you do it before 9:30am. So Cooper and I have been going on walks and to the park in the morning. Since he hasn't gone to the playground really he is kind of timid, but is mastering the slide. He loves watching the other kids. He tries to keep up with the older kids. I have learned a couple things about Cooper this week. 1-he hates the heat. The second he starts to get to warm he is done playing. He may have been born in Airzona but I think deep down he knows he is a true Colorado baby. If I go for a walk and the sun is on him he gets cranky and gets all happy when we are back in the air conditioning. When it's cloudy and cool he will play outside all day!! 2 - he loves playing with other kids. When other kids are around he really doesn't even care I am around. 3- He's not a daredevil ,yet, He is active and likes to play non-stop, but I don't have to worry about him climbing to high or getting close to edges. 4- He's not a fan of repetition. You know how when most babies learn something new they do it over and over. Not Cooper. He says da da, but not everytime he sees Tyrel, he will point to his eyes, nose, mouth, but one time and he is ready to move on. He likes to do patty cake maybe twice in a row if I am lucky. He doesn't focus on one activity for too long. It's almost like he gives me glimpses of what he can do as if to say "don't worry mom I'm on track, I'm not behind, I'm learning, but I got better things to do." I am loving learning Cooper's personality. So far I can tell he is going to be very socialable, active, and involved, but not quite the leader. He will always want to be active and busy, but I don't think I will have to be always telling him to stop, or get out, or get down. We'll see if that changes!