Smiles, Smiles and more Smiles

Cooper has started to smile. Yay! He mainly smiles in the morning, and likes when you make big exaggerated faces at him. He also is getting so big. He's killing my arm when I have to hold him a lot. Plus, we're almost certain that he has colic. For the past week starting at 8 or 9 pm he starts fussing and crying and doesn't stop until 11 or 12. I hate that there's no known cause for it and you just have to ride it out. Moms I guess can do a few things to not make it worse, like cut down on dairy and beans or gas-y foods. I'm hoping that it doesn't last until he's 3.5 or 4 months, like it can. Other than the colic, he's growing great and is such a sweet little guy. We love having him around!

Sweat Glands

The sweat glands have kicked in. I just finished vacuuming downstairs AND both of my couches. The couches made me break a sweat. Either I'm out of shape or that's hard work. At least they look a little less dusty and messy. I wish I could wash them or something, but we were advised not to when we bought it. I know that couch was clean before we had kids. Now it just has milk stains that sat a little too long and teeny tiny pieces of granola stuck to it. Wow, that makes it sound like my couch is gross or something, it's not, it just really bugs me that I can't get it as clean as I'd like. Well, off to sweep and mop the kitchen. Maybe this will count as a workout for today?

I think there's something wrong

with my daughter. It literally takes her an hour to eat 3 Oreos! Who does that? Or, What kid takes that long to eat a cookie?!

Sunday Dress

I figured I needed to get a picture of Cooper in his cute little Sunday church outfit before he grew out of it, which is probably by next week. The vest and pants will probably continue to fit for a little longer, but the white shirt, yeah....tight already. And, I have been waiting to put Savannah in this dress for almost a year, and it's still a little big. Last July I spent like $50 at Old Navy on a TON of clothes that were super super cheap, and everything I bought was for this summer. I like to buy ahead. But seriously, I got so much stuff and it's all so cute. Someone at church today said that Cooper looked like, "a little man" and I'd have to agree. Oh, and our sweet little Savannah....she ran into church today and straight up front, all while I couldn't run after her without making a ton of noise and Carter had Cooper, so she was up there running around while people were speaking for a minute. Carter had to go up and grab her and I know he was sooo embarrassed. We know we're not the first parents to have to do this, because it happens sometimes in our ward, but still, you hope you're NOT one of those parents.

Big & Strong at 5 weeks

This little guy isn't so little anymore. He is getting big. His clothes are tight and he has some chubby thighs. He is such the polar opposite of Savannah. She wore Newborn clothes forever and he's already out of a lot of them. We measured him the other night and he's 22 inches already. He is holding his head up so much. Tummy time isn't his favorite; he prefers to just be held upright and prop his head up and look at you. Speaking of tummy time, I'm not sure how much of that he'll be doing because he's figured out how to roll over. The other night he did it twice! The past couple nights though he's been pretty fussy with gas. He just cries and cries. We put a water bottle on my stomach and then lay him on top of it and that seems to help.

Great Great Gran got to come down and visit on Monday and met Cooper for the first time.

Those are fishes in her toes...I'm not sure what prompted her to do this, but I thought it was pretty funny.

Love

Here are the infamous pictures that I've been waiting for...

So his feet were a little pink in the original photo, but for some reason when I scanned them they look like his feet are getting no circulation whatsoever.

Too cute.

The Simpler Things

For the past few weeks I have been frantically trying to find my old, non-maternity clothes. I was at a loss. I had a few items of clothing, but I was really starting to get worried that I'd lost them or given them away to DI over Christmas. (we gave away sooo much stuff before the end of the year.) I knew that I wouldn't do that though. Believe me, I'd love to say that I "lost" all my clothes and have to go buy all new ones, but I also know that that would be very irresponsible at this point. Finally the other night Carter went down to the basement to see if he could find the box that they were in. I put all of Savannah's outgrown clothes in her diaper boxes, and I wondered if I'd put my clothes in one of the diaper boxes as well. There's a lot of those boxes. Well, he found the box. I can't tell you how relieved I was. As I was going through the box, I was so excited. I wasn't exactly sure why I'd be so excited about wearing old clothes, but I was. I found my jeans...oh how I love my jeans. I immediately tried them on and luckily they fit. I felt great in them. A little while later I was thinking about it and my thought was that it really is about the simpler things in life. How your jeans can make you feel like a new woman. How eating warm brownies and ice cream with your hubby is the perfect ending to a hectic day. How watching your daughter twirl around the living room dancing and singing, and then watch her walk right into a wall because she's so clumsy, can keep the humor alive. How a little body curled up in your bosom can make you feel so warm and needed. This is what it's all about. For me at least. I know that I could freak out all day long about debt and the impending medical bills, and believe me I still will a little...or more than a little, but when it comes down to it, what matters the most are these little people...and my hubby of course. They are my life. And I love it.

Cooper D

We're not sure how we could have gotten two children who look so different from each other. It's kind of fun though trying to figure out what Cooper will look like. All I know is, if he were to lose that hair and be bald like Savannah was, that would be weird. Half the time Carter thinks Cooper's eyes look brown, while I think they look blue. Sometimes they look gray. We can't wait to see what color they turn out to be. Although he still looks tan in these photos, I think it's just the camera. His tan has mostly faded and he seems to have joined us vampires.