quick update... I think we need a cat!

Well just 12 days after I posted about our somewhat rough couple of days...I am adding a little update... Craig also got strep throat :o( I dropped my nice camera (it seems to still be working, but I have not done a full shoot with it yet), a couple mornings ago a mouse scurried across the kitchen floor and continued to scratch and nibble on the inside of our cupboard until we all left for the day, after setting 4 traps for the past two days, we found one trap upstairs that had been moved into the middle of the room and all the peanut butter was gone :o( sneaky little guy! And just about an hour ago Craig pulled back the comforter to our bed (thank goodness he did and it was not me!) and there was a lizard just laying there on our sheets, looking very comfortable might I add. What is going on?! We are feeling like we need to call pest control before we leave for Hawaii or we might come back to a terrarium instead of a house.

On a happier note the kids are great! Cooper has stood on his own a couple times, the longest was about 8 seconds. His crawling is getting faster and faster, he follows us around the house and really enjoys pulling up on anything he can find.

We also just got his Birth Certificate, he is official!

I will have to add some photos soon :o) Just wanted to write about our crazy house, these are the fun things to remember someday :o)
-Natalie

Slow daown Coopie, you are growing up too fast!

Just today Cooper had two more teeth pop through! The bottom and top one on this left side! He now has a total of 7. He is getting more and more coordinated with his pincher grasp and can get very little things in to his mouth, no problem. His crawling is getting faster and faster and he can pull himself up on just about everything, including pulling himself up in the bath tub. I don't remember Kylie being this active and eager to move, he is going to give us a run for our money :o)

Here are a few comparison photos of Kylie at 8 months, I think Ky and Coop look a lot like each other now, but I don't think 8-month old Ky and 8-month old Cooper are that similar...

Cooper is 8 months old!

This week has been a little crazy...between Craig's interview, my strep throat, Kylie's fever, Coopie throwing up, our car getting hit while parked in the front yard, our stroller being stolen off our front porch and finding out that we have to pay $1000 to hold Craig's spot in school by next week, ahhhhhh. But of course there is tons of good stuff too...

Coopie loved taking naps in the stroller, he always had to be tucked in with a toy to hold on to.

 Ama's backyard swing time during "pre-school"

 Cooper is such a big boy, he took a nice little nap like this today, just like his daddy likes to.

 Craig dressed up and ready to go to his interview! I am SO SO proud of this amazing man.

 I ran preschool this week and the lestter was "D" so we all became dinosaurs.

 play time with mommy just after his nap today

 I took this photo because I thought it was so cute that they were sleeping the same, only later realized that Cooper had already thrown up all over Kylie's head. It was an interesting night including candle lit baths for both kids.

 Time for the dinosaur dance with some good dinosaur music.

 Yesterday we discovered that Cooper knows how to open his puffs, and pour them out on the floor.

 London hung out with us one morning and we took a trip to the fabric store. It was fun to imagine life with 3.

 This evening the girls decided it was princess time.

 Preschool walk to Ama and Papa park, 4 two-year olds in the wagon and one 4 year old walking.

 Got a chance to walk to olive market and story time with this wonderful bunch of women, ya 80 degree Februarys.

Nico turned 1 on January 28th. He had a little party at his house to celebrate...

 Kylie wanted 6 braids and 4 bows, she had to look fancy for the party.

 Happy Birthday Nico!

 Ellie Jane love giving Coopie kisses...

 The only boys at the party (and in the neighborhood)

 Everything goes straight to the mouth..

 Kylie was yelling and we could not understand her, I went in the room and she said "I need a nurse, get Darin, he is the nurse, I am the doctor and Portia is about to have her baby, I need the nurse!!!!"

 It will be so sweet if they are still friends when they are actually pregnant.

 This sweet boy just yesterday...

 Today Kylie decided that she needed to do some jumping in her PJs and sunglasses (of course)

 8 month photo shoot... (after having a huge blow out and peeing twice during diaper changes, I decided he needed a change of clothes. It was a beautiful day and Kylie was sleeping, so we did a quick little photo shoot also. I didn't have a chance to edit them, but straight off the camera they were actually pretty good.)

 The many faces of Cooper...

 Check out those 5 teeth!

 Just doing a little work on the car...

 Apparently a kiss is the finishing touch.