Thursday, August 12, 2010

One for the boys...

So what's new with us aside from 110 degree temperatures? Todd started his second to last semester of school making him a fourth year dental student. Whoo hoo! May canot come soon enough. Before then, we have plenty to look forward to such as finding out where the Air Force will be sending our family. Hopefully we will find out around the holidays. I can't believe we have all these things approaching-it seems like just yesterday Todd was starting school (well, dental school. It feels like he has been in school forever!) We are very excited.
I decided to catch up on my pictures from July and what I have of August. There will be more of Cooper than Fisher but I have done a few of Fisher lately so it is only fair. Especially since I still have not posted about Cooper's first birthday and he is almost 14 months! What a loser.

The boys are always scrounging for food. I swear, they must both be having growth spurts.

I am jealous of both my boys' eyelashes.

We occasionally have friends over to break up the monotony of a hot day. This day, Fisher and Cohen decided to do some Yoga with me. It was very entertaining.

One night, about a month ago, Todd had this grand idea to make ribs for the first time. It will not be our last- maybe for special occasions. Fisher LOVED them and thought it was cool to chew the meat off the bone like a meat eating dinosaur.

Fisher was not the only one who enjoyed them. Most of this mess is from Coop's ravioli but he did find a lot of enjoyment chewing on the bones.

Cooper finally has a couple teeth to brush. He loves it.

Giving it a try all by himself.

Even though he is kind of a monster baby anymore we can't help but love this cute little face.

So proud of himself for figuring out how to sit (backwards) in a booster seat. I have to point out his cute little "My first Jazz Tee" that Todd bought him in Utah. (Yeah Melissa- I still have this and need to give back to you!)
He is coming around to the idea of swings.

Fisher holding his treasure map that his friends were nice enough to share with him. He loves this map and goes on treasure hunts constantly.

I meant to zoom in on this photo to show his top two front teeth. The right one (Cooper's right) is in and the left is pushing so hard that it has to push through one of these days. The two right next to the front ones are also getting close.
Teething has not been Cooper's thing.

Taking Cooper to the park is not the laid back routine it used to be. He is everywhere. It makes it that much more difficult that he is Fisher's little shadow and thinks he can do things like climb moneky bars. Help!

We have been having a ridiculously hot summer. Record temps actually. The poor boys were all sweating like crazy and had red little faces no matter how much water we poured down their throats.

Eventually it started to pour and we continued to let the boys play outside figuring it helped cool them off. It was refreshing to be soaking wet with rain instead of sweat.

Look at his cute little tooth. It is still the only one on bottom.

I realize my boys almost always look like scrubs in my pictures. We spend a lot of time in comfy clothes around our house.

Cooper loves to stack things and he loves to put little objects into bigger ones. Most of the the time he then shakes and listens to the fun noises different items make.

What started out with the two little boys playing with these stacking cups then turned into a party once Daddy joined in. I guess guys like stacking objects at any age.

Don't move! (Cooper is in awe over this whole process.)

Joseph had a coat of many colors. Fisher wanted a hat.

And of course, Cooper has to do everything Fisher does.

Including stacking blocks. Fisher was nice enough to show him how.

Cooper stacking the yellow block all by himself. He is pretty fast at catching on to the things we show him.

I was trying desperately to take a picture of the boys together but it was not meant to be.
Sometimes when I really look at Fisher I am blown away by how big he is now. It is hard to believe he will be five at Christmas.

I love this little boy.
I am also ready for preschool to start again since it has been hard to keep him occupied this summer as it has been too hot to spend too much time outside.

Cooper's little whiny face.
The boys have found much amusement in playing with the clementines. They play catch/throw, bowling, hide & go seek among other things.

It is unfortunate Cooper's little face was so scratched up this day, because I thought he looked rather handsome for church.

We have another guitar/music lover in the family.

Fisher has found it is fun being the big brother. Tickle torture has never been so much fun.

Thankfully Todd is around to keep Fisher's big fish in a little pond mentality in check. :)

Monday, August 09, 2010

Riding the Ferry to Forks

My Washington posts are going to be broken up into segments, otherwise it would be one post about 100 pictures long.
I left Fisher with G & G Lund (the first time we have ever left him for longer than one night) and I have to say that it made for such a fun relaxing trip to visit my brother & SIL in Seattle. Aside from the airline losing my luggage (which was delivered at 2AM by a Santa Clause look-a-like) the trip was great. Cooper was such a good baby on the flights to/from, he handled all the traveling really well and he absolutely adored Erin & Robbie.

We arrived on a Thursday late afternoon. Robbie & Erin decided to indulge me in my Twilight "issues" so Friday morning...okay, it was more like early afternoon by the time we got on the road...we hopped in the car to go drive onto a ferry to cross the Puget Sound to head towards Forks.

We had to wait in line for a while and then barely missed a ferry by about 6 cars. We were entertained by the many characters surrounding us, particularly one group of hillbillies I would have expected to see in Kentucky, not Seattle. There were lots of cut off shirts, bellies of rather large proportions, not just sticking out but escaping from their cotton prisons (AKA shirts) in mass proportions. Erin and I heard two males discussing how bad they smelled and being rather proud of the fact. It was enlightening to say the least. As I mentioned, I felt like I was at the Kentucky State Fair.

The weather was beautiful! With blue skies and cool temperatures it could not have been more perfect. From where we waited there was a set of buoys where whales tend to pop up frequently. We did not see any but it is crazy to think that whales will come that close to shore.

While Erin and I wandered about, Cooper stayed in the car with Uncle Robbie.

This picture won't mean much to most people but it was one of those really funny moments that had me & Erin laughing. We convinced Robbie to go out and enjoy the beautiful weather since he had been stuck in the car with Cooper. It was funny because after all the convincing, Robbie walked over, hands in pocket, staring out over the Sound....and just stood there. Kind of like, "Okay, nice view...what do I do I now that I am here?" It was one of those "you had to be there" moments, but I did not want to forget about it which is why it is on here. :)

Leaving the dock and officially starting our journey towards Twilight heaven! :)

Cooper's first ride on a ferry.
He continued his nap for the first half of the trip.
Riding the ferry.

View from the ferry.

Erin, Robbie & future nephew.

Yeah...there are going to be random scenic pictures in all of these posts. Everything was so beautiful and it made me desperately want to move to the northwest.


Cooper decided to wake up and join in the fun of riding a ferry. It was not going to be his last for the trip.

As we crossed we were able to see the skyline of downtown Seattle. Coming back, we took the ferry that docks right into downtown. More pics on that later.
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Next up: Port Angeles
I know you are all so excited.
Don't deny it.
:)

Friday, August 06, 2010

Adventures of the scooter

(After this post I get to start posting about my trip to Washington. I have been looking forward to those pictures.)
The first week at Grandma & Grandpa's, Grandpa taught Fisher how to ride his scooter down their driveway with both feet on the scooter.

Look at me! Two feet.

Still smiling but doesn't realize he is stuck in the crack. Won't be smiling for long.

Down he goes!
(I love his facial expression in this one. You can see it better enlarged.)

Crash & Burn.

Thursday, August 05, 2010

Boys and Blocks

Fisher still spends a lot a time building things with his blocks. He is a very creative little boy, especially when it comes to this particular outlet.
Sometimes he builds people riding dinosaurs...

And other times he builds tall, skinny robots with random green handles placed in questionable locations.
M & T: "Fisher, what is that green thing for?"
F: "That's his gun holder."
Ummmm...okay Fisher. Whatever you say buddy. :)
I thought I would throw in a picture of the Coopster. One of these days I mean to do a post about all the things he is up to.

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Louisville's Forecast

This is what weather.com has to say about the weather right now:

Right Now
Forecast:
Partly Cloudy Temperature: 100°F
Feels Like: 114°

Details:Dangerous heat index. Outdoor exposure should be limited.

My thoughts on the matter would not be appropriate to put on this blog. I am so not a fan of summer. Please, please, please, Autumn. Hurry up!