Let There Be SNOW!

Today marked day one in Snow-ma-geddon.  We'll see if that is truly the case as we are supposed to get snow now through at least Wednesday.  I'm not going to hold my breath, but we'll see what's in store for the greater Puget Sound area as the week progresses.

We woke up this morning with a light skiff of snow covering the deck and trying to cover the yard.  It didn't last long.  As the day wore on, snow would come and go: there'd be snow on the deck, then nothing for a few hours, then a little more snow, then nothing.  Around 2:30 or 3:00, it picked up and stuck!  Of course Jess took Eli out to play in the snow and Cooper and I ventured out for a few minutes so Coop could see his first snowfall.

Mr. Cutie in Daddy's hat

 When Cooper and I came back inside, he was one happy little boy so I had to grab the camera.  

Hanging Out on a Lazy Wednesday

There hasn't been a lot happening around here today.  Cooper and I took Eli to preschool this morning then came home and hung out together during the two hours before we were off to pick up big brother.  While I was getting our dinner going in the crock pot (Chicken Tortilla Soup - mmmmm) Cooper hung out in his stroller.  For whatever reason, he will sit in it for a period of time whereas the swing and bouncer he doesn't really sit awake for very long.  We must work on this...

This afternoon we bundled up and went outside so Eli could ride his bike and/or scooter around the block.  One our first lap, Cooper fell asleep.  Seeing as though he hasn't had a very good nap today, I didn't want to come back inside and wake him up so we grabbed the movie that needed to be returned and headed out for a real walk.  The sun was shining brightly but it was still pretty cold - low 40s.  We were all bundled up, so it was OK and the walk felt great!

Play Time

Eli was playing with his Mater Monster Trucks when Zooey came out to join him.  Again, this may not seem very noteworthy, but Zooey never lays by Eli when he is playing, so I snuck out the camera and took a picture before she ran away.

Swing Sleeping

Cooper napped in his swing yesterday.  This may not seem like a post worthy event but in reality it is.  Cooper hasn't done anything in his swing other than cry in the 7 weeks he's had the opportunity to use his swing.  This was a pretty big thing in our house.

What a Glorious Day!

Wow!  I can't believe how beautiful it was today.  Everyone woke up with the sun shining and in great moods.  The boys were all smiles and we just hung out together for much of the morning.  Cooper decided he was more grown up than he really is and was awake for most of the morning and on into the afternoon with only one or two power cat naps.  Seriously, MAYBE 10-20 minutes each between waking up at 8:00 this morning until close to 2:00 this afternoon.  After this point, he's been awake a great deal, but has at least gotten a few longer naps in there as well.

Since it was so beautiful outside, Jess finally got the Christmas lights off the house while Eli rode around on his scooter and then his bike.  After Cooper had a full belly, wrangled into his little "bear suit," a bear themed infant coat thing, and strapped into the stroller, he and I headed out to join the big boys.  While Jess finished putting lights and decorations away, the boys and I went around the block a few times.  Jess was finally able to join us for two laps before heading inside for some lunch.

The rest of the afternoon was pretty low key.  There was a little football throwing action by the big boys, lots of eating and snoozing from the littlest boy, a little Cars2 on the XBox, wrestling and tickling, giggling and smiling, and of course seeing as though Cooper is only 7 weeks old, there was some screaming and crying too.  What day goes by without at least a little of that?  Nothing out of the ordinary...sometimes that Momma is just a little too slow getting the buffet out and ready for his liking.  Patience little man.  Patience.

I even got to go to the grocery store today.  Alone.  Just me, my list, and the shopping cart.  Ahhhhh.  Sometimes it's the little things that can top your day.  I was able to zip up and down the aisles without skipping or forgetting anything.  I started at one end and made my way aisle by aisle to the other end getting everything I needed along the way.  No one asked me for anything.  I didn't have to backtrack because I missed something.  In and out.  It was glorious.

I still need to post about last weekend when Jess's brother and his family came to visit.  I will get around to it one of these days.  I hope.  Just in case, we had a lot of fun seeing them and watching Eli and Brooklyn play and Brook watching Cooper.  She's going to make a good big sister in May.

On a side note: it is official.  Cooper is mostly out of newborn sized clothes.  Well, he still wears newborn sized pants.  And some of the onesies.  I guess there are some of the sleepers too that he is still wearing.  Clearly, I need to recant my statement.  He is out of SOME of his newborn sized clothes and fitting into SOME of his 0-3 month clothes.  Can you believe that at 7+ weeks, he is still in his newborn clothes?  We have such a small little (adorable) peanut!  Eli was so much bigger and moved through his clothes at a much quicker rate.  This time we get to actually USE his clothes.  Have I mentioned lately how much I love my boys?  :)

Now....the dryer seems to be beckoning me.  I am off!!

Just a Few Pictures

I really should do a real update, but I'm ready to zip off to bed, so I will post some pictures from today instead.  I may even include a few captions if you're lucky.  One of these days, I will do a real update, since it is definitely overdue!  

My sweet boys were full of smiles this morning so I had to grab the camera.

Eli is such a good big brother.  Look at how he's holding on to his little brother, making sure he doesn't slip off his lap.

A very happy Cooper and an Eli so intent on watching him.

Eli's still in his jammies but I love how you can see their eye color so clearly in this one. 

Now, you cannot tell me this doesn't make you smile.  I think if I were having a bad day all I would need to see was this handsome little face.  It is priceless.

Grinning at Daddy.

My two sweet boys - big brother is so careful with the little man.  

Absolute sweetness.

Ahhhhhhh. 

I have the greatest little family.

6 Week Spectacular

Friday marked Cooper's six week birthday.  After a friend shared the idea of a weekly picture of one's baby, we decided we were going to give it a shot too!  We missed the first 5 weeks, but I still think the idea is totally doable.  The idea is that every week we will take a picture of our little man so that at the end of a year, we will have a weekly progression of how he has grown and changed.  How neat is that? Here are a couple pictures we captured of our Mini Cooper from Friday, Dec. 30.