Mom and Dad's Day Out Disaster

A few weeks ago I gave in and let my parents babysit Cooper. I've mentioned before how I have a really hard time leaving him. Brad has been dying to go see a movie (he's even gone a few time without me). So I gave in and said we could go. It didn't turn out to be the fun day we had hoped for. We headed to In N Out with our friends Nikki and Tim before the movie and while we were there I got a migraine. I was nauseous and couldn't enjoy my food. I debated just going home and skipping the movie but we had already purchased our tickets to see True Grit and I didn't want to bail on our friends or Brad so I said I would try to tough it out. Nikki and Tim even said they wouldn't talk the whole way to the movie so I could rest in the car ha ha. We got to the movie and I thought I was going to die. I was miserable the first 1/3 of the movie. I kept Brad's popcorn bucket close just in case I needed it. I had my shoes off legs up and was curled in a little ball on the seat. Luckily I got through it and the migraine and nausea went away and I was able to enjoy the rest of the movie. So the one time I gave in and left Cooper it back fired. Lesson learned: I should just stay home and hang out with my Coop or do things where he can come with :)

Back home Cooper had a ton of fun with Grandmom and Grandpa and Aunt Aspen. Here are some pics.

I love this one because Cooper has his crinkled nose and you can tell he was laughing

Grandpa and Coop

Cooper loves noses

Cooper and Grandmom reading a store

So content

I'm not sure why it's sideways, but he kept putting his book
in his mouth and would put his arms down and just hold it with his mouth

Coop, Aunt Aspen and Indiana

This is how Aunt Aspen and Indiana ended up. They were napping ha ha

Worn out from all the playing

Migraine Madness

Well this past month has been a little frustrating with regards to my migraines. I have had a problem with migraines since a few months after we were married. Before that I would get one maybe once a year. But after we got married I was getting a few a week. I went to the doctor and we tried all kinds of things (foods, changing/stopping birth control, medicines, etc.) but never could figure out what was causing them. Luckily they eventually slowed down to where I was getting them every couple months. I only got one while I was pregnant (at least that I can remember) and one since having Cooper. Well on Christmas they decided to reappear and since then I have had 7 in less then a month. I finally gave in and went to the doctor to see if there is anything that I could get to help. Because of me still nursing my options were limited. I guess the side effects with migraine medicine is really unknown because they can't really do studies regarding it. So my doctor said we can't put me on a preventative medicine until I am done nursing. He did however prescribe me with Imitrex for when I get a migraine and some Phenergan for when I get nauseous. My migraines start out with the blurry/spotty vision so I know when I am going to get one so I can immediately take the medicine. Unfortunately I get nauseous almost immediately so it's hard for medicine to work because I don't keep it down long enough for it to get in my system :) He gave me a sample of Imitrex in shot form. He wants me to try it because that way it skips my stomach (which is kind of humorous since I give the shot in my stomach) and gets into my system quicker and then hopefully I won't get nauseous.

It's been a week since my last migraine (keeping my fingers crossed that it continues). Once I stop nursing I will go back and get put on a preventative so hopefully it will cut them down even more. I also made myself an eye appointment because I haven't been in over 2 years and Brad thinks that maybe I need glasses and that is what's causing the migraines. We shall see!

A New Year and Some Recents

2010 was an amazing year! I would have to say the best by far. Not only for the most obvious reason (Cooper) but for many other things.

• 2010 started off with the anticipation of having a baby
• we found out the sex of our baby
• decided on a name for the baby
• got to see and feel our baby move
• watched me grow and grow
• I graduated from the U of U in May
• I quit teaching preschool in June (It had been my favorite job....that is until I became a mom)
• Brad got promoted to Sr. Accountant which allowed me to be a stay-at-home mom
• celebrated our 3 year anniversary
• got to meet our little Monkey
• found out Cooper was going to be getting a cousin on my side, sooner then we had expected but we are still excited
• Sister-in-law got married
• discovered how amazing it is to be parents

This year has opened my eyes to how truly blessed I am. This year has been so rewarding but a lot of work. Finishing school was the greatest accomplishment that I had made until having Coop. Pregnancy even seemed easier than school now that I think about it. I was lucky to have an easy pregnancy and LOVED being pregnant. Brad was so supportive with everything. He helped around the house and didn't expect me to do everything or really anything other than school, work, and keep myself healthy. I am so lucky to have a husband who is willing to work full-time, come home clean, make dinner, do dishes, laundry, etc. if I need help with any of it. I sometime have to make him not help now otherwise he always jumps in and helps with everything. I feel like he needs a break sometimes!

I have a few things that I want to work on this year. I have a problem with focusing on what I don't have or what I want. This year I am going to make a point at looking at what I am blessed to have in my life. Here are some other things that I hope to get better at to make this year better than last:

• Read scriptures everyday
• Say morning and night prayers
  
• Read the Ensign every month (this was a personal goal and then my Relief Society made it this years challenge so now I have another reason to make sure I accomplish it)
• Go to the temple once a month........we used to go once a month but we haven't been since Cooper was born :(
• Get better at leaving Cooper....I don't like leaving him so I pretty much don't do anything without him and it is starting to drive Brad crazy!
• Get our food storage and 72 hour kits together (this was going to be our Christmas but the whole new tires thing kinda happened instead)
• Start working out....I wish I could say again but I never really have been good at it :)
• Be more aware of what I can do for others rather than focusing on myself and my little family
  
• Keep enjoying being Cooper's mom!

Here are some recents of our little monkey

Ha ha Coop makes the funniest faces

Mr. Coop loves his blanky and binky.....won't go to sleep without them

Really is SUCH a happy baby

Cutest little Colts fan I've ever seen

They really love each other and can interact now it's adorable. Indiana makes Cooper laugh.

Sitting up like a big boy

Loves his bath

I love his big eyes

He's even a stud in his robe

Eats anything he can get his hands on

Helping mom make the bed

Watching Daddy........

Cooper loves spending time with his daddy. It is so cute to see him watch whatever Brad is doing. I can't say how many times I will be sitting with Coop and he has his eyes LOCKED on Brad. It is adorable! I've said it before but it really is amazing watching Brad with Cooper. They just love each other. Brad still turns him over to me when he's being fussy and ready to go to sleep. But that's okay because I love being the one rocking Cooper and holding him once he's fallen asleep. Here are a just a few pics of Cooper watching daddy do the things he loves.

Watching TV together....Coops new obsession is the remote

Watching daddy do computer stuff

This ones funny......watching daddy bake

I had to get a picture because I brought Cooper's clothes down Sunday before church and once we dressed him we realized Brad and Cooper matched

I love my little guy and loves even more that he loves his daddy (but he is definitely still a mama's boy, but I wouldn't have it any other way)!

New Years Eve

New Year's Eve came so quickly this year. Normally we have a huge get together with friends and hang out late and make a fun night out of it. This year was a little different. We just weren't in the mood to put a huge party together and really everyone has kids so it makes it so much harder for everyone to stay out late and also enjoy themselves. We still got together with a few friends but it definitely wasn't what it normally is. We went to dinner with our friends Nikki and Tim. Luckily that was the only time we drove anywhere that day because it snowed all day long. After dinner we went to our friends Luke and Codie's house who live just across the street from us. It was nice not driving and having to be out late in the bad weather and with all the people that had been drinking.We got there about 8:30. I fed Cooper his oatmeal and then laid him down. He went right to sleep and stayed asleep the whole night which I was super happy about. A few other couples in our neighborhood came over and we hung out until midnight. We snacked and had sparkling cider and it was just a pretty mellow but fun evening. One of them got the Xbox Kinect for Christmas so we played that ALL night. It was so much fun. There was this dancing game that we played for hours. It was hilarious watching everyone dance. I am probably the worst dancer you will ever meet but for some reason I was amazing at this game. I killed everyone who battled me and I would get awesome scores! I will be the first one to admit I am very competitive so it was nice to dominate at something :)

Brad and I (we forgot to take a picture before we put Coop down)

My white girl moves

Brad was the funniest to watch though. He gets this "Gay Guy" disposition when he starts dancing. We were all dying. It's kind of a long video but SO WORTH watching!!!

Hope that everyone had a great New Year!!!!

Flat Tire???

Well I officially got my first flat tire ever! I was really lucky that it didn't turn out worse than it did. It all started with me needing to take a trip to Costco. My friend Amy wanted to get out of the house so we decided to go together. I drove to her house and picked her and her brand new 3 week old baby up. Amy needed to get a gift card from Jordan Commons so we went there first. Right as we were about to pull into Jordan Commons I started hearing this noise and I tried to convince myself it wasn't my car. Once we could pull over Amy jumped out too look and sure enough one of my tires was completely flat! Well I pulled over and parked and got Brad on the phone. It was freezing outside, we had two babies, and I have never changed a tire before so we resorted to calling the roadside assistance that we have through our car insurance. They said they would be 45 minutes so we just decided to hang out in the car. Needless to say an hour and a half later they showed up and changed my tire. Which I have to add took them about 4 minutes total to do. But sure enough my spare was low on air so I was told to drive straight to the gas station to fill it with air. Another experience that I have never had to do. So instead I talked with Brad and decided just to go to Discount Tire which was right next to the gas station. Brad left work early so he could come to the tire place and switch me cars, because remember I have TWO babies in the back seat. We were so lucky that both babies slept the entire time until we pulled into Discount Tire. They were both hungry so we sat in Brad's car and fed them.

Brad handled the tire stuff which was really nice because we didn't only need to replace the flat tire but ALL FOUR TIRES! I was not happy because there went our Christmas. We weren't planning on doing much for Christmas anyways because we had decided to get our food storage started for Christmas. But since we had to get tires that didn't happen. Oh well. I was thankful that the tire didn't blow when I had been on the freeway or something and no other damage was made to the car. I also figure we got them replaced so will be good for a few years :) The new tires are also lots better in the snow. We couldn't have gotten them any sooner either because we have had a few huge snow storms since and the new tires do so much better in the snow.

Thanks Brad for leaving work to help me and thanks Amy for making our 3 hour adventure of getting nothing that we needed to accomplished fun!!!

Me and my first flat tire

The babies being SOOOO GOOD!!!

Cooper's Giggle

Here is a little video from tonight. We just love Cooper's little giggle!