We survived another couple days in the crazy heat!

Ahhh somehow it is Wednesday and I am just now sitting here to write. The past couple days have been busy, Craig worked Monday, I worked Tuesday and today. Tim arrived and we had a family BBQ yesterday and Melissa started working night shift. It has been in the triple digits here, I think the highest our car said was 112, ahhhh. It makes it hard to get out and do anything. We went to SkyTown on Monday then headed to Chick-fil-a for lunch. Kylie was eating her lunch and all of a sudden said "mommy I need to go potty." So we jumped up and headed to the bathroom, her diaper was dry and she peeped in the potty! So exciting! just moments later I was holding Cooper and he had a major blowout that (without me realizing) ran down his leg and all over my lap. I guess he figured he could make a bigger mess since Ky did such a good job. We had a delicious dinner with Tabitha, Portia and Nico Monday night. I watched the kids while Tabitha cooked, it was so wonderful to have the company and teamwork while both of our husbands were gone.

Yesterday Cooper got to visit me at work a couple times, it is always so wonderful to take a couple minutes to reconnect with him during my day. We had a yummy dinner at my parents and enjoyed their ever-evolving backyard.

Today I had breastfeeding group. 22 mommies, 22 babies and 2 toddles! It was the biggest group we have had so far and it was so fun. I am so happy we have such a big group going, it makes it worth getting out of the house every Wednesday. Cooper took a bottle for the first time today and didn't make the trip to see me at work :o( I missed seeing him, but I am glad he took a bottle. We are trying to Tommy Tippee one and it seemed to work well. Craig made a great dinner tonight and we got to enjoy some family time. Then both Craig and I fell asleep (I guess it was a harder day then we thought).

Kylie just rolled off her bed, ahh, she has not ever done that before. She doesn't seem hurt and went back to sleep quickly but I hope it doesn't happen again. And of course Cooper started to fuss at the same time, so we both had to spring into action, but I think Craig is already back in bed so all is well again.

One more quick story...Kylie was looking at a new kids magazine that arrived for her during breakfast Monday morning. She asked me "who brought this book to our house?" "The mailman delivered it to us," I said. After a slight pause she said "I wish I could tell the mailman thank you." She made me smile, she is so sweet. On Tuesday as I was leaving for work in the morning she said "Good bye mommy, I love you so much. Have a wonderful day." It is so fun when comments like this come from her completely unprompted, she makes my heart melt. Speaking of melting hearts, Cooper has also started to laugh, it is not often, but it is so wonderful when it happens.

More to come soon (I hope),
Natalie

SkyTown with her friends

 Playing with Coopiem she loved giving him a ride around the play area

 Ahh nap time. Although just before they both fell asleep, Coopie gave me a little scare. He was nursing and started shaking, not violently and he was still nursing and breathing, but it was scary. He did it twice and it only lasted for about 5-10 seconds, but it was enough to make me call Craig at work and ask if I should consider bringing him in. It didn't happen again so I am hoping it was nothing.

 He was not happy about it, but he did fall asleep swinging in the backyard during the BBQ