Cooper's 3rd Birthday

Cooper had a birthday extravaganza. Three parties in three days. Needless to say he loved the cake, presents, family and friends. His #1 request was a Steelers football helmet. He had no real understanding but the Steelers did win their 6th Super Bowl on his actual birthday!

Christmas in Texas

We sadly had to return to the cold this week after spending a wonderful time with my family in Texas! We had so much fun as always. We had several surprises: Both sets of my aunts and uncles came to see us and 2 of my cousins with thier beautiful daughters (my cousins I had not seen in at least 5 years!), my parents watched ALL the kids for us and Shelley, Ryan, Boz and I got to go out to dinner for the first time ever!, and then our little Cooper threw up the WHOLE plane ride home! What a surprise that was! Boz was nudging me as I was obviously trying to snooze (he couldn't speak he was in such shock) and pointing to Coop. Needless to say the extra change of clothes I brought only lasted 30 minutes before we needed another set. What misery. My sweet husband cleaned Coop, the poor car seat and his new sweater every time.

We convinced Luke that he needed to wear a Steelers jersey with Coop for the big game on Sun. He looked at me and asked "Are they called the Steelers because they steal everything?". Big fan can you tell?

Christmas

We had such a wonderful Christmas! Cole loved the wrapping paper and we loved Cooper's excitement. He loved everything and wanted each one to be taken out of the box so we could play with it instantly. The last gift was a bike. We had wrapped it up so when he started taking the paper off and noticed it was a bike he started yelling and jumping up and down "It's a bike, it's a bike!". It was priceless- one of my favorite Christmas memories!!!

My Little Boys

I just love my boys! They are SO sweet and just melt my heart- most of time!!!

Getting Ready for Chirstmas

This year Cooper is all about Christmas. Every song he asks if it is about Jesus' Birthday and every decoration or Santa he sees he points it out to me and yells, "Mom look it's Christmas". I love it! He is so excited and so are we!

We had a great time picking out our tree. Each time we stopped to look at one Coop would comment on how great it was and that Daddy should cut it down. He got so frustrated at our lack of cutting he started crying. We ended up with a beautiful tree and we had such a great time decorating it.

Trick or Treat

Well we do things a little differently here in PA, we had trick or treat Thursday night. Weird, huh? Cooper got to wear his costume to school for a parade. At 8am he asked if I could put him in the car- a little excited I'd say! After getting on the costume he ran outside for some pics which lasted only a brief second- after all he is a football player - a running back (at least yesterday). He thought he was pretty cool with a helment and shoulder pads. He ran and ran all over the yard. Needless to say he LOVED his costume!

Pumpkin Hayride

We had so much fun with our friends on a pumpkin hayride. They got to learn about different pumpkins and then pick their own. They had a blast!