family

Hey y'all,
I want to just tell you that I love the relationship Cooper and his cousin Olivia are developing. I watch her during the day while my sister works and her husband is job hunting. They are more like siblings than cousins. Olivia is the most patient and laid back baby I have ever met. She's a joy to be around. She is 7 months old and is thoroughly entertained my Coopers crazy two year old antics. When Sierra drops Olivia off in the mornings Cooper is still asleep and so I put her in the swing in our room for her to go back to sleep and wake up when Cooper does. The first word out of his mouth when she is there is "baby!" He loves her so much and gets upset when she has to leave to go home. He is such a little helper and gives her her bottle, throws away her diapers and just plays with her. I know he would be a great big brother. I didn't think I could handle being outnumbered but if I could be guaranteed that my next child would be like Olivia I would have another one in a heartbeat. Maybe in a couple more years. I have finally found what I was destined to be. A mom. I thought I knew what love was before I had Cooper but I was wrong. I will do anything for that kid and so would his Dad. Todd works SO hard for us and we appreciate everything he does for our little family. My parents are amazing and love being Grandparents. They are as much of an influence on Cooper as we are. We are so indebted to them. Memaw is thene that taught him NKOTB The right stuff. And my poor dad he has been trying so badly to get Cooper to say Grandpa but he just refuses. Cooper will say Papaw so I guess he will have to settle for that.
   My brother has become closer to Cooper which means so much to me. Part of that is due to us having family dinners every Wednesday night. I usually cook something mom has found on FB. Skylar aka uncle Coot and Aunt Callie come over and play with Cooper and Olivia. Uncle David and Cooper are developing a relationship also. I'm so glad to see that bond happen.
   Sierra and David moving back home has finally made our family complete. I love that we all get along and we are getting to know David better also.
   Skylar has the brothers he never had and I am so glad. He suffered being the little brother. Sierra and I tortured him and pretty much ruined his life. (if you ask him) Skylar, Todd and David have all these inside jokes and enjoy being around each other.
     That's all for now. Y'all enjoy the snow and sleet. Until next time!

It's been a while....

Well a lot has changed in my life. I am now the mom to a two year old ball of fire. My sister has had a baby and moved back from NM with her husband. My brother got married. I can't believe how much my life has changed. I have a great husband who works so hard for Cooper and I. I have friends drift in and out of my life over the past few years. The ones that I do have mean the world to me and I care about them so much.
         I am just so amazed at how fast Coop has grown up. I was so fortunate to see him crawl for the first time. To see him take his first wobbly steps. I cried when he said dada and then begged and pleaded for him to say mama. Now he says it all the time. This kid is smart. I am in awe everyday when he learns something new. He is a mess though too. I will tell him no not to touch something and he will look me dead in the eye with this evil grin and side eye and throw the object. I'm pretty sure he thinks the number 4 is "go" cause I will say "1,2,3" and he says "go" and takes off with a little cartoon pulling his leg back before he takes off.
    I am going to try to keep this blog up for Cooper to read in the future and he can see what a joy he was to his father and I. Also what a little butthead he could be. So maybe when he has his own children and wonders where those funny little quirks that they have came from.
     I want to keep this blog for myself also. I have a horrible memory and I want to be reminded of all the little memories to look back on. I'm not going to even claim that I am a good mom and I by all means do not have my life together, but I am doing the best I can and Cooper seems to be doing alright.




For instance today Cooper has finally learned the melody to NKOTB "The right stuff" His memaw has been singing that to him since before he could really talk. Now he goes around humming and singing it to himself.


That's all for today seeing as this took me almost an hour to write cause he keep playing with the charge cord and coming up and pressing buttons or tried closing the laptop.
I hope y'all enjoyed this.