Scooter's Prayer

Derek is such a fun, sweet boy! One night he wanted a glass of milk, and then he said: "Mom, we're supposed to pray, even for milk!" I think it's great anytime he wants to pray - so I said, Sure, go ahead! This was his cute prayer: ..."Dear Heavenly Father, I'm glad Mom let me have some milk, and we're glad I could play a game on Dad's phone... and we're glad Dad could come home from basketball safely."
He is just SO much fun! He is always keeping us laughing with the things he says! One night he told me this story:
"Once upon a time there was a little boy named Scooter and a little girl Mauri and they went to Lagoon. They rode on sharks - and the sharks began to turn into BIG HUGE Dragons!! And they drove and drove and drove in their vehicles..."

Oh krikey - can I just tell you how much we enjoy this kiddo?!

7 Months Old and Growing Fast!

Cooper is 7 months old! I can't believe he's so big already! A few weeks before he turned 7 months old- he had his 6 month check up! He was 17.3 pounds and 27 1/2 inches tall! This little dude is sitting up by himself! He surprised me one day when I left him in the front room laying on his tummy - and I came back and he was sitting up!! I had no idea how he did that himself! He has been crawling all around too! He was mostly army crawling- but the past few days he's been crawling a lot with his tummy off the ground! And...he is also pulling himself up to stuff! He's always standing up in his crib when we go to get him up from his naps! He's so cute - and I just can't believe how fast he's growing! I think he wants to run and keep up with Scooter Boy!
These two are such great buddies! Scooter is so kind to Cooper - he will share his toys with him, play with him, watch that he doesn't get things he shouldn't - and he even let Cooper hold puppy! One of my favorite things is watching them laugh together! Scooter will start laughing about something and then Cooper will laugh because Scooter is laughing -it is very contagious!

Cooper J. keeps pulling these really funny faces lately!
We love his smile! Cooper is such a sweet little kiddo - we feel so LUCKY that we get to have him in our family!

Bowling!

We took Derek bowling for the first time and he Loved it!! He had so much fun - every time we drive past the bowling alley he points it out to us and then asks if we can go bowling again! When we drove past a few days ago he said :"I really like bowling....now that I know how to do it!"

Lagoon!

A few weeks ago we went to Lagoon - it was Derek's first time there and he LOVED it! We went with Lindsay and Mauri - and Erica and Michael came too! Lins and I kept talking about how much fun it is to watch your kiddos having fun - and boy were they having fun! They were laughing so hard on all of the rides! And those two are pretty adventurous! We had such a great time!

Derek and Ryan!
Waiting in line for "The Bat." Mauri cracks me up - she is so funny!
Lins and Mauri!
Derek and Ryan on the bat!
Lins brought her big stroller and we actually pushed the cooler around in it...except for the times when we took a break and Mauri used it to rest and eat snacks! We started calling the cooler baby snack attack -because a while ago Mauri told Lindsay that they were going to have a baby named snack attack, ha ha! (according to Mar they are also having babies named: Spatula, Phineas and Ferb!)
Cooper J. was such a trooper! He was so happy - even though it was a pretty long day! Here he is playing with Erica!
Derek and Mauri on the swings!
Cooper J. taking a nap!
More fun rides!

Derek and Mauri really liked the new rollercoaster - called "Bombora." I wish I would have gotten a picture of it! We had such a fun time that Lins and I took Derek and Mauri back the next day! Lagoon had a bounce back deal going on, so we met my mom and dad there and had another great day of fun! Derek is still talking & talking about Lagoon - and asking when we are going to go back!