I don't think so!!

K so I have caught Trip up on all fours rocking the last few days!! I am not any where close to wanting this kid to crawl. He is only 5 mo. When I told Tyrel he said he has seen Trip like that a few times in his crib. I am not ready for a mobile baby. When I saw him do this my first thought was I don't think so, then my next thought was should I push him down!!! JK I would never do that! Cooper didn't crawl until like 9 1/2 months. Plus he is way to little to be crawling. I know this rocking thing could go on for months, but it did make me realize that he will be mobile sooner than I know it. Plus I enjoy letting him play on the floor and leaving the room and coming back and he is pretty much in the same spot except for the little bit of rolling around he does.

Exploding Photo Boxes

So I started this fun new project with my friend Annette. I am still perfecting them ,but they are a lot of fun and really really easy!!! They hold about 20 pictures, but on the larger one I probably could have done another layer which would have held 8 more pictures!

As some have asked they are made from 12x12 cardstock and cute fun paper. I found some instructions on a supersaturday website that explained how to make them. What do you think?

First Snow Fall

Well we had our first snow fall!! On Sunday night we got a nice little bit of snow. Of course Monday was sunny so it melted it all away, but first thing Monday morning everything looked so pretty. I hate cold, but if it has to be cold I like snow on the ground and the roads perfectly clear!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYREL!!

Well today is Tyrel's Birthday. Didn't do much for him today, because I couldn't get a babysitter. Then I went to make no-bake cookies (his favorite) for his birthday while he took a nap and oops I am out of butter. And I also accidently agreed to babysit some kids for a few hours too!! So all in all I kind of blew his birthday, but don't worry I am not a totally awful wife we have plans tomorrow to celebrate!!! So Happy Birthday Tyrel, Love ya!! (not that he'll read this)

Bath Time

Well I finally realized I hadn't taken a picture of Trip and Cooper taking a bath. I mean what kid doesn't have a picture of them taking a bath. Well life is good. Cooper cracks us up everyday. I even started a little book of funny things he's says because I always crack up and then can't remember a day later to tell someone. He is very into counting right now. He loves to count to 10. He is slowly learning his letters and their sounds. He is only up to D, but hey for a kid that doesn't even talk sentences yet I am proud!! Trip is becoming a better baby with every day. He doesn't scream in the car anymore unless he's starving. He doesn't need to be rocked to sleep. He is finally on somewhat of a schedule if I don't screw it up and in bed by 7-7:30pm. He is a happy baby and smiles at everyone. Life is so great right now. We do miss Tyrel as usual, but still have a wonderful life. Tyrel is doing well too. Misses home,but grateful to have a job and work for a company that values him so much. I am doing well also and count my blessings every day!

Trunk or Treat

The boys had a blast at the trunk or treat. Tyrel and Cooper went around from car to car. The whole way there and the whole way home Cooper said "trick or treat" non stop and Tyrel said once he went up to each car he would just hold his bucket up and not say a word!! I was so bummed, because he says it so cute! While they were walking around Trip and I handed out Candy. For some reason our car was a huge hit! All I did was tape up orange and purple halloween lights and hung cob webs from the tailgate. I have a converter that I can use to plug in lights into my cigarete lighter. Then when we came home we had some trick or treaters come to the door so Cooper and Tyrel watched Mickey Mouse's Halloween and waited for the kids to come to the door to hand out candy. all in all Cooper loved Halloween!! It was so fun this year to have a kid old enough to get some fun out a holiday!

Halloween

For Halloween as you can tell Tyrel and Cooper were hunters and Trip was their buck!! I tried to get better pictures, but Cooper was ready to go to the trunk or treat and kept throwing a fit to go to the car and then for the pictures I got I forgot to have the flash on. So these are as good as I got!!

Kids Being Kids

So I finally got out Cooper's old exersaucer for Trip. He loved it!! It needed to be cleaned up quite a bit! What was I thinking when I put it in storage that gross!! So now another thing Trip enjoys that frees up my hands. Well Cooper finally has a favorite movie that I can get him to sit for - Little Rascals!! It only can play in my room because it's on VHS, but he will sit and watch it and now quote it!! He will say the lines a split second before the kids do! I also finally figured out that is where he learned how to say "yes sir" and salute me whenever I ask him to do something. There are too many lines he has learned from that movie to list, but they crack me up, he even does the secret sign to get into the clubhouse!

Colorado

So this last weekend I met Tyrel at his parents house in Pagosa Springs, CO since he has been working in Denver the last two weeks. We had a lot of fun. Cooper got to help feed the horses on the tractor with Grandpa and Cord, make pizza with Grandma, and ride the fourwheeler with dad. He wanted to spend every second outside. Then on Sunday we carved pumpkins. Cooper at first didn't want to have anything to do with taking the guts out. After Tyrel started carving Cooper had fun putting the guts back in and couldn't get enough of playing with them and throwing them so Tyrel had to be very careful to not take off his fingers with his carving knife!! We did a very basic face and Cord did the outline of the denver bronco logo. It was a great weekend and it was so nice to hang out with Tyrel.

Fall Festival

This was actually the second one we went to today. We got to go on this little hayride to a make-shift pumkin patch where Cooper got to pick a pumkin. How sad that there aren't any real pumkin patches or corn mazes here, but we still had fun.

Another Fall Festival

This was the other little festival. We started off by going to this fall festival. Cooper got to play in a hay maze, pet animals, paint a rock, decorate a sugar cookie, and play with his friend Dylan. I didn't have my camera with me while he painted the rock or cookies, oops

Out with the Old in with the New!

Well I was so excited yesterday looking through craiglist and found this amazing bedroom set for the boys. The whole set is pretty much brand new. There is not one ding or scrap anywhere. I found this solid pine twin over full bunk bed with a tall four drawer dresser and a long 6 drawer dress for $350. It also came with a brand new full mattress on the bottom. I do need to get a twin mattress for the top. Cooper had fun helping dad take out his old bed and put together his new one. Cooper has already taken a nap on his new big bed. He loves it!! I love having tons of drawer space for all the boys clothes and stuff. Now I need to get another matching cowboy quilt for the other bed.

Food Storage

Well I had a very interesting experiance yesterday. My sister Sarah and I went to Fry's case lot sale to stock up on food. I have never spent that much money on food storage before and it felt so good. Usually when I spend money, especially that much I feel so bad and wish I would have not spent that much. After I bought all this food for storage all I could think was I should have spent more and I wish had more money to spend on it. It's amazing and wonderful how great you feel when you know you are doing something you should be doing and being prepared!! I am grateful for that experiance, because I have been slow to do my food storage, but having such a wonderful feeling will help inspire me to do better.

FALL IS HERE

Well Fall is here. Well kind of. It's still gets up to high 70's and low 80's. But the nights are nice. I love fall, it's my favorite season. I love the smell and the colors. I am so excited to have a fall this year since I haven't had one in a while living in Phoenix and Tucson. This is just a picture of one of my decorations in the house. Fall is also a lot of fun to decorate for. Also Cooper is officially potty trained!! YEAH!! How nice. So far when I run errands we have had no accidents, I am sure there are some to come though. HE is doing a great job! Trip is turning into quite the mover when he's on the floor and talking and laughing more than ever. Every stranger feels special because when they say hi he gives them a huge grin with all his dimples and they think they are a rare person to get that, little do they know that he does it to everyone. Tyrel is working 6 hours away this week and last week, he did get to come home for the weekend though. He is so busy and I am very grateful for all his hard work. Some day I will have to start cooking dinner every day of the week, but for now I try to cook some good meals on the weekend.

Me and My Boys

So it seems that I am the only one who ever takes pictures so Tyrel took this picture of me and the two boys yesterday. So now there is proof that I exist. Also random thing. Cooper is hilarious. His new thing is if I want him to come to me or do something that he doesn't want to do he lays down and fake snores and closes his eyes to pretend he asleep. It's so funny, because we didn't teach him that. I have no idea where he picked it up!! And Trip if finally growing up. The last two days I have not had to spend my days holding him. If he is fed and has a clean diaper and not tired h will just play on his play mat. I love it. Finally some freedom during the day!!