4 Months and School Parties

Wow! We have had a lot going on lately. Lucy turned 4 months old yesterday. We went to the doctor on friday and she weighed in at 13 lbs. 14 oz. She also slept through the night (from 9:30 to 7:30) on friday night--YAY!!! We are hoping that will be happening more often! Lucy smiles all the time--especially when you get her out of bed in the morning, she is so excited--it is the sweetest thing! This morning at church she started growling....and has been the rest of the day. I'm not sure if she can't figure out how to coo at us or if she just prefers to growl right now, but it is cute either way. Her other favorite things right now are to drool and to put EVERYTHING in her mouth, especially her hand/thumb. We are trying very hard to not allow her to suck her thumb, but I have a feeling she is going to get her way. She also loves to stand up, I hope that doesn't mean that she is going to be an early walker--I need her to sit still as long as possible. Here are a few cute pictures from the last few days.











Cooper and Emily had their Christmas Party at school on friday morning. First each class sang a song in chapel and then they went outside to see Santa. They had a great time and they were super excited to get to leave school after the party was over. They are out of school for the next 2 weeks--hopefully we will have plenty to do to keep us busy!

Emily's class


Cooper singing


Cooper said he got a little nervous with the big crowd of people in chapel, I can tell he was nervous in this picture...


The kids with Santa...



the school arranged to have Santa come in on a horse drawn "sleigh"--it was pretty neat...



all the kids got to ride around the parking lot with Santa. They had a great time!!

Busy Busy

Life just seems really busy right now, I'm not too sure what I am busy doing but I know that I have not been giving my blog too much attention lately. These are just a couple of pictures from the last few days.

Lucy wore her cute Christmas dress to church today--I don't think she could have looked any cuter!!


she looks so different with a hat on, so here's one with no hat--she has been putting everything in her mouth lately...



we sent out our Christmas cards this past week, and I ended-up doing a card with 3 separate pictures on it since I could not get a good shot of all 3 kids together. This morning before church I did finally get a cute one of all of them...


there were so many out-takes, but I think this was my favorite..





We watched little Miss Presley the other day and I think Lucy has decided that she is her new best friend...



Emily was a great helper too....



Emily loves to dress-up, so here she is in her tutu...

Thanksgiving 2009

We had a great Thanksgiving this year. We went to Springfield, MO to visit my Mom's side of the family. We stayed in Branson and just drove back and forth to Springfield. We stayed at the Hilton and they gave us a fabulous suite! It was so nice to have all the extra room and a full kitchen! (of course I forgot to take a picture of it!). It was good to see family and introduce Lucy to everyone.

Cooper in front of the train at Branson Landing...


Lucy was all smiles Thanksgiving morning--she behaved the best out of all the kids!


the kids with their cousin Sara. ( I meant to take more pictures of family, but I totally forgot to do it, so this is the only picture I took with a cousin--I really need to work on taking more pictures!!)



after learning all about Thanksgiving and the turkey at school this year, Cooper could not wait to eat a turkey leg (and he actually ate it!!)


the day after thanksgiving we went to the Bass ProShop in Springfield. The kids love going there and playing on all the 'toys" (daddy likes the toys too!)


Santa was at Bass Pro and they take your picture for FREE. Richard took this one, but it is hard to get a good picture of 3 kids at the same time...


It is also VERY hard to get a picture of all 5 of us! I look terrible (I still have 10 pounds to lose) but this may be the first picture of our family....





Lucy got all decked-out in one of her hats to go to a party the other night...