Happy 10 months

Cooper is ten months old!!!

Wow, I can't believe in two short months, I will have a one year old little boy. I'll be a mommy to not one, but two terrible toddlers! Oh what joy! As Cher would say "If I could try back time..." - man they don't stay small for long. I'm so excited that my babies are growing up, but I'm so sad at the same time. It just means that one day they'll leave me. :(
Cooper is a pro at standing and he's starting to cruise along the furniture now. I'm just waiting for the day when he takes off walking. If only my video camera wasn't broke. Poor Cooper isn't going to have any milestones videoed at this rate. Oh, the joys of being the second child.....I can so relate!

I hope everyone has a happy and safe 4th of July! I'm not sure what we'll be doing yet - but it will probably involve the pool. Maybe I can work on my tan!

Work vs School

Last night as I desperately tried to get Olivia to bed, she asked me if we could play pretend. So here's that conversation.

Olivia: Mommy, say you're going to school.
Me: I'm going to school.
Olivia: Ok Mommy, now you be good and go eat some grits.
Me: Ok, I love grits.
Olivia: I've got to go to work now Mommy, you stay here at school and play.
Me: Ok, I would love to eat grits and play all day!

It's so funny because this is exactly the conversation I have with her every single morning at daycare. Oh, and her new thing is to wear the same color shirt as I'm wearing. Awww - as my mom says "imitation is the greatest form of flattery!"

Have I mentioned how much I love this age?

Olivia and her ex

Here is a picture of Olivia and her ex-husband Caleb. It always makes me laugh because it looks like they are fighting and Olivia is like "oh no you didn't!"

Cooper in the sink

Dora aka Chucky

Everyone remember the movies Child's Play with the Chucky doll right? Well, I think Olivia has one of those!

Ok, so Olivia has 500 talking Dora dolls - but this one in particular was programmed to say her name, know her birthday, say her friend's names, etc. And I promise you, every single time I'm alone in the house, this doll will start talking! So last night I had the doll on the floor while I was trying to get Olivia to sleep. She said she needed to go potty, so off she went. As soon as she left, the stupid doll said (and I swear it was in a sinister voice) "It's bedtime!" I couldn't get out that bed and out of that room fast enough. That doll just totally freaks me out!

On another note, Cooper has cut his two top middle teeth. My poor little man was running fever all weekend. :( He finally acts like he feels better now though. It won't be long before he's got a mouth full of teeth.

I think I'll let him chew on Dora the Evil Doll!

What happened to....

Olivia telling me to grow down? She told me last night that she didn't want to be my baby girl anymore, that she wanted to grow up. And according to her, when she turns 5 years old, she'll be grown! I know she has a limited understanding of growing up, but I just wish she wouldn't rush it!

She also keeps asking me if she can have things for when she has a baby. For example, I had Cooper in his float in the pool and she asked me if she could have that float for her baby when she had one. And I was like "yeah Olivia, you can have this float in 20 plus (big plus!) years when you have a baby". *Sigh* Why is my little girl growing up? Why can't she stay a wild 3 year old forever and ever?

Speaking of growing up too fast....Cooper can now pull up and stand up on his own. Ok, I am seriously going to cry now! He's getting more independent every day. I'll have a walker on my hands before long. WWWWHHHHHAAAAAA!!!!!

Misc Pics of the kids

Deal or No Deal?

You would think my daughter was the biggest fan of the show Deal or No Deal here lately. Honestly, I can't stand the show and I hope the contestant chooses the wrong brief case! I know, I'm mean....but that's another blog.

Anyways, Olivia's new thing is "Do we have a deal?" Maybe she'll make a great negotiator one day, I don't know but it's working now. This morning on the way to school she told me that she wanted to play in her pool this afternoon (forget that we have a tropical storm coming through) and that she would be a good girl if I would let her. I told her I would if she behaved today. She then promptly asked me, "So we have a deal Mommy?" Hmmm...yeah Olivia I guess so. I looked in the rear view mirror just to make sure she didn't have any sort of evil look on her face. She didn't but something just wasn't right.....Why do I feel like I just sold my soul to the devil?

Newest Addition

If your an avid reader of my blog, you know my cousin Keisha was the one that told me that I should start one so she could keep up with all the crazy things Olivia and Cooper were doing. WEEELLLL.....Keisha welcomed in her own little bundle of joy on June 8, 2006!


Isn't she just a beautiful baby? Madeline Kaye was born at 11:21 am in Charleston, SC. She weighed 8lbs and was 20 inches long. Congrats Keisha and Ashley! Guess Keisha will have to start her own blog all about Baby Madeline.

Cooper Being Messy!

Growing up with Super Powers

Cooper had his 9 month check up yesterday. He weighs in at 17 pounds and is 27 1/2 inches long! He's my long, lean little man! Al said he did great and that Dr. T played with him and commented on how happy he was. :) I still can't believe my little fella is going to be one year old soon. *sniffle*

So, on to a ha ha story?
As I was taking the kids to daycare this morning, I got stopped at the red light. Olivia waited patiently for a few seconds and the screamed "TURN GREEN LIGHT, TURN GREEN!" and sure enough, the light turned green! Now, I *know* there's nothing to this, but my daughter now believes she has super powers. What are they you ask? To turn all red lights to green lights of course! Like duh!

Oh, and Cooper doesn't have any super powers because he's just a baby! Ha!

Chicken Drops

I have no idea where Olivia comes up with some of the things that come out of her mouth! When I picked her up from daycare yesterday, she informed me that her friend Lauren (not to be confused with her cousin Loren) was not at school.
OGG: MOMMY!
Me: Olivia!
OGG: Lauren wasn't at school today Mommy.
Me: She wasn't? Why not?
OGG: She sick.
Me: She was.
OGG: Yeap.
Me: *waiting* Well, what was she sick from?
OGG: Chicken drops! She's got chicken drops!

How funny is that! I assume she meant she had chicken pox! I know Lauren probably didn't have chicken pox and that she picked that up at daycare. She is too smart.

Also, once I think I've heard the last of Rocky, she brings him up again! UGH! I really don't want to have to resort to telling my 3 year old that Rocky died in battle, but I just may have too. This kid doesn't forget a thing!

It's over

Well, it's official......Olivia and Caleb are over. I guess things just didn't work out with them. Of course, I'm happy but Olivia still has a fascination with marriage and babies. I hope she grows out of it soon!

This morning when I woke up, I noticed a pair of Olivia's underwear on the bathroom floor. I thought nothing of it though. As I was walking into the hall, I stepped in a wet spot - still didn't think anything about it. I asked Al if he had spilled anything and he said no, that he had felt it too. WEEEELLLL....I go into Olivia's room a little while later to get her up for school and there she is sleeping soundly with NO panties on! The only thing I can figure is she woke up, had to use the potty, didn't make it, took her panties off in the bathroom, and got back in the bed! Her bed was still dry so I know she didn't use the potty in the bed. I asked her why she didn't wake Mommy up and she said "because I wanted to do it me self Mommy!" Like duh!

She's getting so grown! Mommy and Daddy are proud of her and how well she is doing going to the potty!

Pic of Cooper T.

Here is a recent picture of Cooper. Look how big my little man is getting already! He's growing up so fast it's unreal. He can crawl all over the place now and he's trying to pull up on things and stand up. He's not quite there yet though.

Cooper turns 9 months on Tuesday. Only 3 more months to go until the big ONE year mark!

Picking Strawberries

Olivia went to the strawberry patch and picked a bushel of strawberries! She had the best time. Poppy couldn't get the best of pictures for me, but these were good enough. Nana said that on the way home, Olivia took a bite of every strawberry in their basket. No wonder I couldn't find any to eat! I think we'll take her back to the patch a few more times this summer since she enjoys it so much. Nana said that Olivia would have picked all the strawberries they had if she had let her! When it comes to food, Olivia will work hard for it. Ha!

On another note, apparently Livvie and Caleb are fighting. I'm not sure their marriage will last. :) Olivia *claims* that Caleb called her a stupid baby yesterday and that she pushed him down. But no one at school told me anything about this so I'm not sure if it's the truth or not. One day they love each other, one day they don't! They've got this marriage concept down to a tee! Ha!

Boxing Match

Growing up, my cousin Keisha andI would get the same gift for Christmas from our Grandma Alma. It never failed, if I got a sweater, Keisha got a sweater. If I got some perfume, Keisha got the same perfume. It got to the point to where Keisha and I had to open our presents at the same time so we wouldn't ruin it for each other! Ha! There is six months age difference between me and Keisha, and the same goes for Livvie and my niece, Loren. My Grandma Alma was on to something though - and I learned that lesson last night!

Al and I dropped the kids off at the in-laws house and went grocery shopping. Olivia ran off to play with Loren and didn't even notice we were gone! Well, I had promised Olivia a surprise so I found these cute plastic recorders for like $1. I got a purple one and a yellow one, because I wanted to surprise Loren as well. Well, my gut feeling told me to get the same color in both, but for whatever reason, I ignored it! Fast forward the story a little, the girls picked out the ones they wanted - Olivia with purple and Loren with 'wellow". They ran off to play with them and all was well.......until Olivia took the notion that Loren's yellow one was better than hers. Then the fight began! She cried - Loren blew her's harder - Olivia screamed, tried to grab Loren's away - Loren ran from her and kept on playing her yellow recorder.

Finally Olivia calmed down when Loren left to go home and now she loves the purple recorder. Even took it to school this morning, which one of those thieves at daycare will steal. But that's fine with me because she's driving me crazy with the stupid thing!

I never knew my Grandma was on to something with our matching gifts, but man, oh man, I'll definitely be following in her footsteps! :)

Mrs. Olivia and Mr. Caleb

I guess I should go ahead and tell everyone the news...........

My little Olivia is a married woman! Yes, she and Caleb have ran off and gotten married! Last night on the way home from Nana and Poppy's Olivia informed me and her Daddy of the news.
OGG: Mommy, Daddy, I married!
Daddy: What? *looking at me* Did she just say she was married?
Me: Yeap.
OGG: I married Daddy.
Daddy: You're married? To who?
OGG: Caleb
Daddy: You and Caleb got married?
OGG: No, I didn't marry Caleb.
Daddy: *confused look* But you just said....
OGG: I didn't marry Caleb, but Caled married me.
Me and Daddy: OOOOOHHHHHH

So apparently (from what I gather) Olivia can have as many boy toys as she pleases and Caleb, who is the daycare stud, by the way......can only have Mrs. Olivia Grace. How funny is that!? Me and Daddy need to sit down and have a talk with this boy!

MIA

Hey guys! Sorry to have been MIA for awhile, we were on vacation at the beach. I've attached a few photos of our trip. Olivia *LOVED* the beach! She had the best time playing in the ocean and building a sand castle with her Daddy. Cooper, is like his Mommy, he wasn't feeling the sand and wind. I guess it's just not his thing either!

I'm really surprised Olivia hasn't come down with some horrible cold from this trip. The water was freezing and it never got above 77 degrees while we were there. But to her, it didn't matter. There were actually a few times that I had to make her get out the water and get warm because she was shaking so much. I guess my kid has a high tolerance to pain or something! I got cold just looking at her a few times. Crazy!

Funny story - while we were at the beach, she told Nana that when she grew up, she was going to drink and smoke. Guess who she gets that from? *tapping foot* Poppy! I swear, I hope she doesn't tell the ladies at daycare this stuff - I might be getting a visit from DSS anytime! Oh, and if that wasn't bad enough, Olivia now uses a french fry as her "cigarette". Yes, she walks around with a half eaten french fry hanging out her mouth. She'll even tell you that she's smoking. Nice, real nice.

Frogger

I am officially the mommy of a crawler!!!! Cooper started crawling yesterday. Or should I say, he's doing more of a "frogger" move than anything. He's so funny to watch. But boy can he move! He's got carpet burn on his knees from all the crawling he's been doing. How cute is that! When Olivia started crawling, she did more of an "army" type crawl. She would try to sneak up on you but you could always hear her breathing real hard because she was tired by the time she got to you. Cooper is the same way - except you can hear him when his stomach hits the ground. Ha!

Olivia is very encouraging of her baby brother. She tries to help him crawl by showing him how well she can do. She's such a ham! Both my babies are growing up way too fast.

Oh, quick funny story:
This morning when I was taking Olivia and Cooper to daycare, Olivia asks me what was on Cooper's shirt.
Me: A monster truck
OGG: I want a monster truck shirt Mommy!
Me: They don't make those for girls Olivia.
OGG: Yes me do.
Me: Ok, well I'll look and see what I can find.
OGG: I want a Dora one! I want a Dora monster truck shirt!
Me: *insert eye roll* ok, I'll look for a Dora monster truck shirt.
OGG: Gracious Mommy!

She is too funny. I will be so glad when she outgrows Dora!!!!! At least she is learning a little Spanish!

Not so little

Cooper is officially 8 months old! Can you believe??? I can't get over the fact that I'll be planning a 1st birthday party for my little man in a few short months. *sniffle* It almost makes me cry when I think that my baby won't be my baby anymore. I don't know, maybe it's because I know I won't have any more children that makes it even that more sad. I never felt this way with Olivia because I knew I'd eventually have another. But knowing that I *won't* ever, just makes it hard! Anyways, enough of that soapbox!

Cooper is really turning into a little man - he gets up on his knees and rocks back and forth. I know I'll have a crawler soon. He's so funny to watch - he'll fling himself forward and then roll wherever he wants to go. And he's got two teeth on top, giving him a total of four teeth! He's such a wonderful baby and he's made it so easy for me and Al. He loves his big sister so much too, he'll just follow Olivia anywhere! I can't wait for the day he's able to give her all the payback she deserves!

I guess my little peanut isn't so little anymore!