My Boys
(this is how they constantly look-Cooper talking and Owen well whatever you call it this is his look)

"cheese"

we have discovered that Owen LOVES to be outside and recently that he also loves the swing!

The boys on Easter morning

Owen and Great-Grandpa Jones

Cooper actually posing/letting me take pictures

Owen thinks he is big enough to sit by himself( for very brief periods of time)

COOPER

• knows all his letters and there sounds
• can spell his name
  
• finally doesn't cry when he goes to nursery
  
• loves to play with owen and constantly asks for Owen to chase him around the house
• likes to play golf in the back yard
• loves trains
• climbs in the car and his car seat all by himself(won't let us help him)
• LOVES and I mean L-O-V-E-S Papa(my dad)
• when we ask him to do something he says" i can't I am busy right now"
• we were at the post office the other day and he was running all over and I told him to come over by me and focus on staying there and he replies" focus, focus. speed. I. am. speed faster than fast quicker than quick, I am Lightning" (it's the opening line from "Cars")the lady behind us looks at him and then at me and laughs.
• the other day I was trying to get ready to go somewhere so I laid Owen on the couch and Cooper ws playing by him and I ran upstairs to get something and I heard Owen start fussing but then he stopped so when I came down stairs I looked and Cooper was kneeling next to the couch and was quietly singing "I am A Child of God" and Owen had his hand on Cooper's shoulder. when Cooper was done with the song he looked at me and said "Owen was crying then I singed him I am a Child of God and he stoppeded crying. (and with a matter of fact look) I am a good big brother"
  
• I LOVE THIS KID

Owen-

• 5 months old weighs about 18 lbs
• likes to eat ,we have started giving him food and we can't sit at the table without giving hi food also
• likes to be outside
• watches cooper like a hawk
  
• slobbers like a waterfall
• has already had to have 2 haircuts(Cooper got his 1st at 14 months)
• doesn't sleep longer than 3 hrs at night
• talks up a storm
• likes to lay and watch whatever is going on
• WE love him dearly and I can't believe he is already 5 months
  

What happened to my baby?!?!

picture update

Yeah so I am really awesome at the update thing so here is some pictures of what we have been up to.

Cooper and I made fruit loop necklaces

He doesn't like the sound of the lawn mower so he wears muffs. I told him to look at me so he put his hand up and said" oh mommy where are you I can't see you"

this is from when it snowed.Owen was not such a fan.

Owen (notice the hair)
then this happened.

this is what he looks like now.

I walked into the room to find this

Cooper reading to Owen he had the book facing Owen telling him about the picture. here he is telling him what the picture feels like

Cooper "braking leaves" Cooper "brakes" leaves and eats "roccoli"

this is how he looks most of the time.

We are all doing great. Chris is still loving where he works and he gets to come home for lunch everyday so that is great. He now serves with the 10 year old scouts. I just got called to be the secretary in the Young Women program. I am excited it has changed a lot since I have been there so there is lots to learn. Cooper is 2 no need to say more. no he's not that bad he does have his days where all he does is sit in time out. One day he was being really obnoxious so I told him if he didn't stop I was going to sell him to the circus to which he replied "no mom don't say that. I love you" . Owen is getting to be a little man now. his favorite thing to do is watch cooper run all over the place. he loves to chew on his hands and hates to have them taken out of his mouth.

House and More!!!

So I am finally getting pictures up so here you go.

Here is our house!

this is our family room (just ignore the mess)

the Kitchen

this is the living/dining from the front window

Laundry room


the garage. I 'm excited to be able to park in here once it gets cleaned up.
the back yard
another view of the backyardthis is standing in the kitchen looking at the front door

looking in the front doorstanding by the back window(look carefully and you will see owen on the floor)

This is from the night we got the keys. Cooper was "helping" my dad wash windows

Owen

this is coopers new hideout. I had given him a bowl of pirate's booty that he promptly dumped in to his car and drove in the cupboard where he then played and ate!

I tried to do a photo shoot the other day here is the best one of Cooper.

He wanted to take a picture for Uncle Kevin of him reading his Book of Mormon

Here is Owen

Cooper wanted his picture with his letters but was not so cooperative

This just cracked me up.

.He got in the swing with the biggest book he could find

another one of Owen

Can you tell they are brothers?

coming soon

so yes it has been forever and no I do not have pictures to post, yet, but i will hopefully by the end of the week.

So here is a preview if what is to come. WE MOVED!! we moved into our house on Sat. Feb 5th. we are very excited to be homeowners. There are a few things that need fixing but mostly just patching some nail holes and doing some touch up painting. I do have pictures but I put them on the desktop computer which for some reason does not let the internet work, so i am stuck using the laptop.

Owen turned 2 months!! he was 13lbs 5oz sadly I don't remember how long he was.

I am sure more has happened I have lots of pictures to share so hopefully this week i can get them up.

Mega update!

So this is a much needed update post. One of my goals for this year is to do better at journaling/keeping updated on our lives. so here is the start.

For New Years this year our theme was an Oregon ducks tale-gate. we all dressed up in duck gear and had tale-gate type food. It was great fun.
here we are. I made Cooper and Owen matching Duck shirts.(yes I plan on being one of those moms who dresses their kids in matching outfits)

the family, minus Kevin, in front of the jumbo tron.

Papa and the grandkids.

While Kimberly(Chris'mom) was here she took some pictures of the kids.
Cooper's "what" look

This pictures sums Cooper up!

Owen on his Blessing day.

I love this look.

I love this half smile

Big blue eyes!

Chris- 2010 was great for Chris. He graduated from OHSU dental school in June in the top 3 of his class. He is working for Capital Dental in Springfield.He teaches the Priests(16-18 yearold boys) at church.

Andrea- Spent most of 2010 pregnant. Loves being able to stay at home and play with Cooper and Owen. I was able to spend a week at girls camp while Chris hung out with Cooper. has mostly enjoyed being back in Springfield(this is where I grew up). The High light of my year was on Dec. 3 when Owen was born.

Cooper- wow. what a year it has been with kid. I can't believe how much he has grown. He talks non stop and likes to be incharge. He still as a fear of kids smaller than him. Has been doing pretty good in nursery the last few weeks and loves Owen boy. He learned how to drive this summer. (He drove grandpa's truck while camping and drove the power wheels jeep all over paps back yard), he learned how to ride a tricycle, and took every opportunity to play with the hose and eat grandmas blueberries and tomatos. Cooper turned 2 in Oct. and we are loving every minute with this kid. He cracks up up everyday with something new- like not wanting to sleep in his bed but on the floor, we find him there with his pillow and blankets quite often.

Owen- graced us with his presence on Dec. 3 weighing in at 8lbs 2 oz 20 1/4 inches. He is a pretty good sleeper and we all love him. I can't wait to see what this year will bring with this kid.

We enjoyed 2010 especially when we put an offer on a house in Oct. and then heard back in Dec that they accepted.(it is a short sale house so everything takes longer) We are still waiting to hear what all the inspections and appraisal say as far as the exact closing date but it looks to be the beginning of Feb. We will keep you posted.