Two Weeks and Counting

How can two weeks have already flown by?  It is amazing how quickly time is passing having two boys in our midst.  Don't get me wrong, I am loving every minute of it.  I am so incredibly thankful for my two handsome, wonderful little boys.  Eli continues to amaze us with his helpfulness and love for his little brother.  He wants to hold him.  Play with him.  Zerbert him.  Snuggle him.  When we're at the store, he wants to sit next to him and watch him.  It is so sweet.

Of course, we do have those moments, usually when he is really tired, where he wants nothing to do with Cooper.  Again, totally understandable.  He just went from being an only child to having to share his time, especially his "Mommy Time" with someone else.  Someone who requires a lot of that mommy time.  We get it and we try really hard to make sure he still gets time from each of us and some extra little things every once in a while, too.  We've tried to keep his regular bedtime routine the same as much as possible (changing into jammies, brushing teeth, getting ready for bed with Daddy, books and drinks with Mommy) and have really only had one or two nights that I've had to cut things short or start late because Cooper's schedule was off and was in the middle of Eli's bedtime routine.

For the past five days, Nana (Jess's mom) was here and spent time with us.  It was nice having her here although that first day was pretty rocky.  It was my first morning getting both boys ready so I could get Eli to preschool.  We were ready to go right on time!  I was amazed.  Then we got in the car.  When I turned the key to get rolling, nothing happened.  Nothing.  My battery was dead.  Let's just say that put a major wrench in things.  I was supposed to drop Eli off at school then zip out to the airport to pick up Nana.  That did not happen.  Thankfully, one of our neighbors had a battery charger so we hooked it up, charged it for 30-45 minutes then were off to Renton to get Nana - Jess ended up going and picking her up for me.  After a little shopping and lunch, I needed to send a fax for my short term disability so made a "quick" trip in Staples to send it off.  My quick trip ended up being about 25 minutes....just enough time for the battery to die in my car for the second time (Nana, Eli, and Cooper had stayed in the car).  Thank goodness Nana has AAA so we had it jumped and had a diagnostic run on my battery - of course a cell was just about dead so I needed a new battery!  Off to Les Schwab we went!  It was a long day, but we laughed our way through it.  :)

I finally found the real camera (it was up in our room which I really haven't spent many waking hours...minutes...in since Cooper joined us) and took some pictures of our little doodle bugs.

Not so sure about this whole basket thing.

Our happy little man.

I really am here!  There aren't very many pictures of me and my boys, but here is one!

Smiling.  Doesn't it just melt your heart?

...then there is his Mr. Grouchy face.

Nana and her boys.

Nana and Coopster taking a little snooze.