Cooper's first road trip...

The kids (it's still weird saying 'kids' instead of Madison) and I went to Abilene this past week for a few days. We left Wednesday morning and came back Saturday afternoon. I was a little nervous going alone...just hoping that Cooper would sleep and Madison would be good. They both did GREAT!! Cooper slept the whole way and Madison watched Elmo and Veggie Tales! We had a great time seeing everyone. Grandpa, Nanny and Papa and Laurie's mom got to meet Cooper for the first time. Madison LOVED seeing everyone. Of course, she had several new things waiting on her. She even told my mom "we need some bath toys" one night while she was giving her a bath. As you can guess, the next day they were at Wal-Mart buying bath toys! Here are some pictures from our trip...







Kara hung out with us on Thursday! Madison loves playing with "Tara"!! She even likes Bliss now! Bliss is Kara's lab. She never liked her until she took her on a walk. Now she has decided that they are friends.


Not really sure why, but she wanted her pants off the whole time! Who knows...



eating a cinnamon roll with Uncle Michael (she LOVES Michael)


Along with all of Madison's toys Cooper did get some diapers, toys and shoes too! I'll have to post a picture of his new Aggie shoes! We had a great visit. Thank you Nana, Pa, Grammy and Papa for spending time with us! Come visit us soon!

Saturday we left around 3 and I dropped the kids off at Joan and Shon's house. I went and met Trent and several of our friends (other coaches and their wives) at Joe T Garcia's in Ft. Worth. This was our first 'date' since I had Cooper. Joan and Shon were nice enough to babysit both kids while we went out. Not sure if they'll ever do it again :) We were very grateful and had a good time! Trent was even nicer and got up with Cooper every time he woke up last night! I got to sleep through the night! It was WONDERFUL!

Zack's Birthday

Zack and Melanie had all of us over to celebrate Zack's birthday! They just moved into a new house and Madison loves going over to play with Ethan --he has a playroom and a BIG yard to run around in. Plus, she loves to drive his gator. Although, last night it was raining so all the kids had to play inside! Melanie picked up Fuzzy's Tacos and it was delicious!

We finally have a family picture with the 4 of us!










Our family continues to grow...

The past two weeks...

we haven't been up to much. I'm still adjusting to life as a Mommy of two! It's getting easier and we seem to be getting on somewhat of a schedule. Cooper is a good baby. He sleeps a lot but has some days where he's up for hours. When he is awake he loves to watch Madison. She likes for him to lay on his Baby Einstein mat so she can lay with him. It's fun to watch her love on him and take care of him. She is his second Mommy. She's the first one by his side when he's crying but I have to watch because she's tried to pick him up the past few days. :/
Here are LOTS of pictures from our days at home.


Taking a picture of Cooper in his chair


This look is a look I get way too often these days :)





Madison learned how to do a flip, as she calls it. She loves to show anyone that comes over!




Nana and Pop Pop gave Madison these cute overalls awhile back.



I took the picture of Cooper laying on Trent's shoulder and then Trent moved him to another position. Madison climbed up on him and layed her head on his shoulder and said "take my pitcher, Mommy"


My babies!


Madison always wants to read to Cooper. She doesn't say anything. She just looks at the pictures and has him sit in her lap.

The next few pictures are from Seth's birthday! Trent's whole family went to eat at The Trail Dust. That's 10 adults and 7 kids!! Luckily they have a dance floor and the kids ran around it all night!





Trent's Grandmother made this apron for Madison. She LOVES it and wears it all the time.



she was making dinner for us and setting the table. :) We all had to sit down and eat when she was finished. She made bacon.





I'm off to bed. I have a cute little boy that will be waking up in about 2 hours!! :)