You Want to Wear What?!

Lately Cooper has started to show an interest in clothes. He is learning how to put his clothes on and take them off. He has also started to care what he is wearing and likes to pick out his own outfits. This has been interesting! Today he decided he wanted to wear this jacket and pants so we put it on him (we weren't leaving the house so it was ok). He wore this outfit, with no shirt underneath the jacket, most of the day.

Our own little K-Fed

P.S More pictures to come of him in his yellow rain boots that he INSISTS on wearing with everything (shorts included)!

4 Years!

Four years ago today Scott and I were married in the Orlando Florida temple. It's hard to think that it has only been four years. It seems like a lot longer (in a good way, of course!). It is hard to remember what life was like before we met. For those of you who don't know the background on how we met here it is. We met five years ago on an lds singles website. At the time he was still living at home with his parents in Florida and I was back at home with my parents in L.A. Neither one of us was much into the singles ward scene so we resorted to the internet. And it worked!!! We dated LONG distance for eight months and then I moved to Florida, we got engaged, and married four months later. Now here we are, four years and two children later, and I love him more than ever!

So in honor of our 4 year anniversary, I thought I would list the top 4 reasons I love Scott.

Here they are in no particular order:

1) He is very patient. He has more patience than anyone I know. Since I have zero patience it balances out pretty well.
2)He is very giving. I learned this early on in our marriage. He was leaving for work one night and was taking an extra pair of shoes with him. I asked him why he was taking the shoes and, after a lot of prodding (those of you who know Scott know he is a man of few words!), he told me he was taking them to a lady he worked with. Turns out he ran into this lady, who is a single mother, and her teenage son earlier in the day at the barber shop. Her sons shoes were pretty worn out and Scott thought that the teenage boy might like the shoes (they were a new pair that Scott really wanted so I surprised him with them a couple weeks earlier).
3) He enjoys serving others. I don't think the word "NO" is in Scotts vocabulary. If he is asked for help, no matter what the circumstances are, he is always willing. He's definitely not one to dodge the sign up sheets in Elders Quorum to help people move!
4) He is a great Dad. I always joke that Scott is a better mom than me. He is always so in tune with the boys' needs. The whole parenting thing has been so natural for him. He just loves the boys and they adore him.

Happy Anniversary Love! We miss you!!!

*I would have posted a wedding pic but they are all back in Oregon*

Extended Stay

Once again it's been a while since I've posted. I've pretty much accepted the fact that I am not a regular blogger. Anyway, a lot has changed since the last post. The boys and I have been in Utah for the last 4 weeks and we will be here for another 2 months. Why the reason for the extended stay? Well I am here nannying for Scott's sister while she completes her student teaching. Scott stayed back in Oregon to work cause we've still got bills to pay! So being without the hubby/daddy has been difficult for all three of us. We miss him terribly! This experience has given me a greater respect for military wives who have to deal with long deployments. We are fortunate to at least see Scott every two weeks and we talk to him several times a day.

While we have been here we have been having fun hanging out with family that we don't get to see on a regular basis and enjoying the things that a big city has, like shopping, that we don't have in small town Corvallis!

I will post pictures soon!

This Is Temporary.........

Scott has wanted to give Cooper a mohawk forever!! I have never been too keen on the idea beacause....well......I have seen too many WT kids with mohawks! Nevertheless, I gave in and Scott got his wish. I have to say that he does look pretty stinkin' cute. This is just temporary though. I'm going to give it a couple weeks and then shave it off!

Fishing

Cooper went on his first fishing trip today with Scott. Ok, it wasn't really a trip. They just went down to a local pond. One of my biggest fears is having one of my children drown. Since they were going to a pond, not on a boat or to a fast flowing river, I was ok with Scott taking him. Scott said he had a lot more fun throwing things into the water rather than fishing. I don't blame him!

P.S Please pardon the annoying underline. Blogger seems to have a mind of its own today!

Is This Really Happening?........

Corbin will officially be 3 months old on Sunday and time is just flying! He is such a big boy. At his 2 month check up he weighed 13lbs. 13oz. and was 24 1/2 in. long. I'm not sure what he weighs now but I wouldn't be surprised if he has broken 15lbs. This is just crazy to us! Cooper is a very average size child and we have no doubt that, with the way Corbin is growing, he will be catching up to Cooper in no time! He is already wearing size 6 month clothes!

We broke out the exersaucer, that I swear we just stored away, and yesterday was Corbin's first day playing in it. As you can see, he loves it!!

Fun Times!

Here's a pic of Scott and Cooper at SeaWorld in San Diego. We went on vacation back in May (I know, a little slow on the updates!) with Scott's brother and wife and their daughter. We stayed in a condo in Escondido and had a blast!

At the end of May Corbin and I made a trip back down to Cali for my niece's Sweet 16. Here's my beautiful sister Debbie (she bribed me) snuggling Corbin. It looks like he's crying in this picture but he's not. He loved her! Just a little sidenote- Deb turns 40 this September and I can't believe it! She looks great and really doesn't look a day over 30 to me!

We blessed Corbin back on June 8th ( I don't have any pictures from that day. So awful of me!) and my brother and mom came up for the occasion. Here's my supa-fly brother Mike at the Oregon coast. It was tons of fun to have them here with us! It really made me wish we lived closer to my siblings.