Cohen Says

This little booger who I seem to call Charlie all the time, as in sorry Charlie, has been saying some funny things... So here you go:

So I am getting ready to meet a girlfriend for dinner. I did not know Cohen was lingering around our bathroom and bedroom...

Me: Damn it!
Cohen: What's wrong mom? (as he puts his hand on my arm from behind me)
Me: Oh I have a stain on my shirt
Cohen: Oh, that's okay mom you always have a stain on your shirt
Me: silence... I just put my finger on his forehead and knocked him to the ground

now he says "you always have a stain on your shirt" when he wants to make me smile

Here is another. Cohen and I are playing a game of "pitcher" as he calls it. As in I am the pitcher he is the batter.

He is putting out a terrible effort. I mean he can hit the ball. So I say...

Me: Come on you can do better than that!
Cohen: Come on mom you can pitch better than that!
Me: Terd!

happenings

I do not even have time to write. We are busy. Well at least it feels that way. After moving last month I am finally getting settled. My March calendar is slammed and I worry I cannot balance work, kids, relationship, home responsibilities but some how I always manage. The boys are good. Cohen is getting closer to 3 everyday and I cannot believe the things that come out of his mouth. I need to post our conversations. I will do that soon. Cooper is 6 months crawling, pulling up on things, bonking his head all the time and eating a bit of solid foods although not interested much despite hawking Jeremy, Cohen and I whenever we eat. We love our new house and cannot wait for warm weather so we can get out in the yard. Cohen calls his yard the sandlot and yells at Koda for pooping in his sandlot. I love it. Enjoy the pics.

And He Is 6 Months...

Cooper is 6 months today! It has flown by with ease. A speed bump here and there but that has been it. I could not have asked for a better, more funny and enjoyable little guy to help ease into the transition from 1 to 2. Jeremy and I say it often "we are lucky, could you imagine if he weren't so easy?" I do not have too much dirt on Cooper to share, he causes us very little parenting pain. I give it time, soon I will have headaches, and tantrums to share with you all but until then I am just going to enjoy and cuddle this perfectly chubby guy! More 6 month photos HERE.

We are talking 22 inches people...

We have never seen a snow fall like it. Not even my winters at Minnesota. 22 inches in under 12 hours. In Arkansas... What the hell, right? So this guy who has no snow gear and apparently no wardrobe either (notice the blue scrub pants once again), took to digging the car out. Also notice the snow is at Jeremy's knees. He is 6 foot 2 inches. We are talking a lot of snow!

So Cohen finally man'd up and put on his snow gear to find out the snow is fun... a lot of fun!

He attempted his first snow angle. Half ass'd but not bad.

He even made his first snow man. If you did not know this, this kid is obsessed with Frosty the Snow Man. He finds videos of Frosty on the iPad and plays them all the time. He sang Frosty the entire time he and his older girlfriend Kaelee were building the snowman. Kaelee is 10, lives down the street. He loves her.

Jeremy, who was suppose to be shoveling the drive somehow got suckered in by the neighbor girls to dig a snow fort for them. Jeremy is a sucker... he dug out their fort and didn't get the drive finished until just before dark. Kaelee is in the blue jacket. Again, Cohen loves her.

All the while Cooper and I got to watch all the fun from the warmth of the house. Which is totally fine by me. Snow is for the birds and I would much rather spend my days on a beach somewhere than in the snow.

smiles and boogers!

As you know Cooper experienced his first snow and like everyday he was all smiles about it while this little nose picker was in the house grumpy because quote "I don't like the snow, its slippery!" Well I say stay inside and pick away buddy because your attitude lately well, its like a booger... annoying!

Lets play the guessing game

Lets play a game... who is which? Can you guess?

Cooper and Cohen are really starting to look alike! Its crazy some days I see it and others I do not. Cooper experienced his first snow today at 5 months Cohen at 7 months. Its fun to see them wearing the same thing (despite the 2 month difference in age at the time of their first snows).

Put in your guesses...

MIA

I have been a bad blogger. One of my new years resolutions is to be a better, more creative blogger. But for now you get another one of my this is why I am too busy to post, posts... my kids and my work, we are moving to a new house and out of the studio and bringing the studio to the new house which is why we are moving.

Cooper is now 5 months. I know, its ridiculous how fast the time has gone. I know none of you moms what to hear it but it has gone so smooth with him. He really is an awesome baby. With a capital A. That was dorky. A happy baby with little fuss. He has been sitting for about a month now, seriously sitting unassisted. And he is a big boy. Quote from a stranger while Jeremy had the boys out by himself "looks like you have yourself there a quarterback (Cohen) and a linemen (Cooper)!" (in a southern accent of course, you know the type)

But to make you moms feel better about my perfect baby... Cohen, well he is a different story. He is 2.5, killing me slowly everyday. No bed time before 10pm, no nap without a fight, no meal without a fight. He wants to do it his way ALL the time... Yes, he is in full blown terrible twos. I think Cooper is so good because well, Cohen, yup sorry bud, your just so bad! You say bad words and justify why you say them, you open up other kids presents at their birthday party because you have convinced yourself that every kids birthday is really your birthday. You refuse to change from your pj's into day attire and refuse to change from day attire into your pj's. I just cannot win. However even though I feel defeated daily by you, you bring me joy... like when you say things are D-ALICIA instead of delicious just to be sweet to me, and when you say "momma I miss you or momma I love you" because you want to stay up and not go to bed. When you do the twist to Chubby Checker and the Fatboys to cheer Grumpa up. Or when you say "oh hims cute" when talking about Cooper but my favorite is when you ask to babysit Cooper... you get nervous when you ask, like I am going to attack you for asking, you stutter and say "ca-ca-can I babysit Cooper today mum?" just like every time you as I seriously consider it because #1 I am so tired most days I do not care who watches my kids, and #2 because your free. Then better judgment sets in and I tell you, when your 3! You smile and go about your day. I love that its that simple for you.

So check out my latest work on my photography BLOG, and soon I will have my new blog up and running soon like a month. I will try to post 5 month pics of Cooper.