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!

Check it out!

Several weeks ago the boys were playing on the floor and I ran into the other room for a second. I heard Scooter say: "Moooooom! Check it out!" I came back to find them sharing Scooter's Cougar's hat!



Such cute boys!!

Trip to Missouri

We had such a fun time in Missouri! It is so much fun when we get our family together! The boys did great traveling, and just had a blast with their cousins, aunts, uncles and Grandma & Grandpa of course! A few days after we came home Derek said to me one morning: "Last night I had a dream that we were in Missouri and me and Eli were playing!"

We really love going to the Discovery Center!
Blowing giant bubbles!

Derek and Eli had fun playing in the water in the backyard! We thought this picture was so cute & funny because of the contrast in their skin! Derek gets so tan in the summer!
Eli is so cute and funny! He has the cutest little voice and is so sweet! Derek had so much fun playing with him!
They had this beach ball that they were playing with, and Derek and Ryan were throwing it back and forth. One time Derek threw it to Ryan and said: "Take that ya dirty old man!" It was hilarious! He didn't say it in a rude way or anything - he was just joking around! And we have absolutely no idea where he heard that phrase....
Just playing!
It was so much fun to meet Lexi! What a cutie!! She is such a sweet little girl! And look what a good helper she is - helping her momma with the camera!
With Auntie Alli!!
We saw these fun patriotic strawberries in the Family Fun magazine! I thought they would look very cool - but boy was I surprised that they were also super yummy!! I wasn't sure about sprinkles on strawberries, but it was a good combo!! We will definitely make these again!
Fun family picture! ....I love that you can see the slobber on my shoulder, haha! (that is from Cooper J. - just in case you didn't know! haha!)
I love these two pictures!! Scooter was outside doing pops- jumping So High!! He's such a fun kiddo!!

More pops with Alli!
We loved being together with our family in Missouri! Everyone else had some great pictures - and they are so nice to share pics! I definitely have more to post!

Parade!

In June we went to Springville for the Art City Days Parade! We enjoy going to the parade every year! Even though it's basically the same every year, we still have fun! This year it was less than exciting, though! I'm not sure if it's because we were sitting int the "quiet zone" or because there was less candy than usual - I'm not exactly sure what it was that made it so.... boring! Derek even said to Ryan at one point "Can we go now?" But at least the company was very good! And after the parade we all went to my mom & dad's house for a bbq!

Everybody waiting for the parade to start! (Ry took the picture - so he wasn't in it! dang it!)
We love these kiddos!
The hula hoop queen! Mauri is so good at doing the hula hoop! I got a great video of her that I will post later! She's so cute!
Scooter Boy on the plasma car! Mar & Derek had a lot of fun swimming in back yard, riding the scooters and just playing!

Let the countdown begin!

We just returned from our AWESOME trip to Missouri!! (there are SO many fun pictures that I can't wait to post!) A few weeks before our trip we made a countdown chain. We had lots of fun taking links off, until one day Derek pulled too hard and the whole thing fell down & a bunch of the remaining links came off! Right after that happened he said: "Well, I guess we have to go to Missouri today!"