May 2014

May was a fun and eventful month for our family!  Some of our day to day activities included:

Taking Allie's senior pictures at the lake and watching this family of ducks swim...

Cooper's first birthday party!

A crazy night with two sick kids sleeping in our room.  This was after Cooper threw up in the car on the way home from family dinner, and we ran him into the house to throw up more.  All the while, Ruby is crying/coughing hysterically.  While all of this was going on, Matt pulled the hose out to clean out the car, and I was helping Cooper throw up.  When we flushed the toilet, from the first of several, there was a massive leak, which detoured Matt to the basement to figure out where the leak is coming from, having Sydney running through and flushing every toilet in the house.  Pure craziness! At this point it was day 6 of sickness for Ruby, and I don't think I've ever had a baby this sick before!

My last day of teaching preschool!

T- Ball

I've been looking forward to this day since we found out we were having a boy... baseball, or in this case t-ball, games are my favorite!  We had so much fun watching Cooper play t-ball this season, and had many, many laughs because the boys, who have no idea what they are doing, are just so cute and little!  He got to be on a team with his buddies, Hudson and Lewis, which was really fun.  Seriously, such a blast!  We can't wait for fall ball!

I loved watching him play catcher, and just thought he was the cutest in all that catcher's gear!

There is just something about seeing his name on the back of his jersey, and I just love his batting glove hanging out of his pocket!

Cooper was ALWAYS ready for grounders, and spent most of the games like this.

I'm glad he loves baseball as much as I hoped and thought he would!

Preschool Graduation!

I've had such mixed emotions with this preschool graduation.  It's very hard for me to believe that it was my last one as a teacher!  I'm so happy and excited to be able to stay home with my kids, volunteer in their classrooms, and focus a little more on my family.  But it is definitely bittersweet.  I'll miss those sweet, loud, fun preschoolers.  i love dancing and singing with them.  I was so lucky this year to teach with Andrea.  I learned so much from her, and just loved teaching with her!  Thanks for helping make it a great year Andrea!  I am so glad I took on this little adventure, it has been amazing!

Cooper finished his second year of preschool, with this graduation.  He had a great year, made some new friends, kept some old friends, and learned a lot.  He has started reading, and could be ready for Kindergarten if he was the right age.  But I'm certainly glad to keep him in preschool for another year and have my little buddy at home with me!  He did such a great job in his program.  He remembered and sang all the songs, and said his part loud and clear!  I have absolutely loved being his teacher!  Having my kids in my class has been the best part of my job!

8 Months!

8 Months!  Ruby is getting to be very busy... church is getting harder, and she doesn't want to sit still, but she's still as happy as ever.  She's becoming very attached to her mom, and doesn't want others to hold her if mom is around.  She's an expert at sitting and babbling.  We sure love her!  Time flies!