Ready for School!

Scooter Boy started pre-school at the end of August....and since it's just the beginning of September, I don't feel that I'm too far behind posting this now...haha! Anywho...he is loving school! He is always excited to go to school - and I love hearing about all of the fun things he does! His teacher does so many fun activities with them; he comes home with some really cute projects! And he is walking around spelling R-E-D all the time - it's so cute! It's just amazing to me how fast kiddos learn- and it's just so fun to watch them growing!

Here is Derek on his first day of school! ...Guess I should add that it was puppy's first day too!
Sportin' his Phineas & Ferb backpack!
We're so glad that we found this preschool for Scooter Boy - it seems to be just right for him, and that makes us so happy! ....I do have to say, though, that Cooper J. and I sure miss him when he's gone!!

Mom! Look what I can do!

It is so much fun to watch Cooper J. pulling himself up to stuff! When he very first started standing up in his crib, it would crack me up when I went to get him up from a nap! Seeing this little tiny kiddo standing up just hit my funny bone for some reason! I love going to get him up from his naps - because he gives me the Biggest smiles when I walk in! How could that not make you feel great, right?!
Here are some cute pictures of Cooper J. standing up in his crib! ...ok, so in the first few he's pulling himself up - not actually standing!

Fun in the Sun!

We love playing outside! Here is Derek coloring with sidewalk chalk! His little smile just makes my heart so happy! He's such a sweet kiddo!
This splash pad recently opened up - and we have had a blast playing there! There is a way cute playground at this same park - so Derek loves to play in the water and then go play on the playground!

I love finding fun things to do so close to home!

We're so glad when Daddy comes home!

Derek asks me every day when Daddy is coming home! A few days ago he asked me at breakfast if dad was on his way home yet! (These boys just adore their daddy!!)

Here Derek is siting in a camp chair watching out the window for Ryan to come home!!

Cooper and Great Grandma Mecham

A few weeks ago my mom and dad went with my Granny and my Grandma too Jackson Hole. They stopped by for a visit on their way home, and Cooper had fun playing with Great Grandma Mecham!

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!