Miniature Golf

So this last Saturday was kinda monumental (not sure if that's the right word) but anyway it was the first Saturday in over 2 years that Weston, Kooper and I were able to just hang out as a family with absolutely nothing to do. No papers due, no study groups, no boards to study for, no unpacking....nothing! It was great! So we got up and got our house cleaned, the cars cleaned, and then after Koopers nap we decided to go miniature golfing. We had a blast, I wasn't sure how good Kooper would do because his attention span is about 3 seconds, but I guess if its something cool enough he will pay attention (I think he gets that from me.) In case anybodys counting I had TWO, yes TWO hole in ones and Kooper amazingly had one hole in one(watch out Tiger) and the golfer of the family had a big fat ZERO hole in ones! Its kinda a sore subject so I wont go into details:) Anway great day, I love that our Saturdays will be like this from now on!
Daddy helped him at first...
But then he got it.... he wanted no help, "I do it, I'm a big boy"

We were trying to explain to him that he got a hole in one..he looks a little confused??
Good form, good form
No Kooper you don't follow the ball....
Of course Daddy had to see if he still "had it" in the batting cages....yes he was pretty good!
But Koop and I were a little board:)

The little things that make me smile!

In the last few months Kooper has changed so much, he says the cutest things that just make me smile! I know that if I dont write a few down I will forget and wish I had.

-The other day I was having one of "those" days, and yes I was crying:) and Kooper took my cheeks in his hands, pulled me close and gave me a kiss and a hug then patted me on the back and said,"it ok mommy, be happy."

-Weston gave Kooper a taste of his lemonade and Kooper made a really funny face, so Weston asked him if he didnt like it and Kooper replied..., "no it tastes like poo!" How he knows what poo taste like I will never know:)

-Whenever we tell Kooper to do something he doesn't agree with he will always say in a really snotty voice...."goooossshhhh, okaaay!" Its so funny because he draws out the gosh and okay like he has really had it with us!

-I love that if he is talking to me and Im not paying attention he will say "mommy, look at me now."

-I love when he says things backwards, I never want to corrrect it because I think its kinda cute! Like for instance If I ever walk into the room and he is doing something he isnt supossed to and I scare him he jumps and says,"Mommy I scared you, geeezzzz!") aka mommy you scarred me geezzz:) Does he really even know what Jeeezzz means?

-I love that whenever I sneeze no matter where I am in the house I can always, and I mean ALWAYS hear Kooper yell, "bless you mommy." And then of course when ever he sneezes he will always say, "bless you Kooper."

You know as hard as it is to be new in this area, Im so glad for the undivided attention that Im able to give to my precious little guy! We have been having so much fun together and I love it! Yea, I would love a play date, someone to go to the park with or even to go to lunch with but those things will come..hopefully:) Thanks to the church when we moved to Pasadena I had/have such a great group of friends that were so willing to take Kooper and I under there wing, I miss them all like crazy! But I'm sure that will happen here too it just takes time!
All though Kooper isnt helping us out much....So the other day we had just got passes to the YMCA, its brand new and really nice, so we were really excited! They have a great swimming area for kids that has a big pirate ship, a fun slide, and its all only a foot deep( you get the picture) Anyway It opened at 10, so of course we were there at ten minutes too, with our suits on ready to go! There were about 10-15 other kids and Moms, so I was thinking oh this is perfect, I will for sure meet somebody here(am I sounding desperate yet ha ha) So abut 10:10 I look over and Kooper was just standing there looking down at his shorts and I was thinking what is he doing?? Next think I know he yells to me Mommy I pooped sure enough about 5 huge turds come floating out of his shorts!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!! Ok sure I should have put a swim diaper on him but he has not had one not ONE accident since he has been potty trained, only about a month but still! So anyway the lifeguard, says loudly, "everybody out, a little boy pooped in the pool, the pool is now closed! UGGHHH why me?? Why did it have to be my little boy, oh I know why because over the summer we went to a little pool like this and somebody had pooed in the pool and I was saying what the crap is it that hard to put a swim diaper on it was so annoying that we had went all that way just so they could shut the pool down.... So I hope this is a lesson to everybody, well one of 2 things either put a swim diaper on no matter if your child is 7 or just dont talk crap when other kids poo in the pool!:)

New Adventures

Well we finally made it! We have been here about a week but its taken that long to get Internet set up. We had a good trip here. Kooper, Pam(Grandma), and I drove the car, Weston drove the 347ft uhaul..ok maybe not that big but it seemed like it! And Kent(Grandpa) drove the truck pulling the snowmobile and trailer, yes it was quite a caravan! We stayed the first night in Grand Junction to brake up the 12 hour drive, and then made it the rest of the way the following day. Kooper was pretty good we only had to make about 2 emergency stops for potty brakes..which was really good I thought!
On day 2 Kooper was not feeling it so we tried to make a few extra stops to get his wiggles out...
We found a little park in Breckenridge that worked....slides, a steering wheel and a few rocks..what more could a boy ask for?
Pam and Kent helped us out so much with the move and getting settled, we really couldn't have done it without them! Thank You!! They were here with us for about 5 days, which was so helpful! We were able to get out a little bit, the town doesn't have a whole lot to offer especially compared to the LA area, I know it will be a huge adjustment! But on the bright side of things we can get our student loans paid off faster since there isn't much to do and then we can move on to where we want to settle down...where ever that might be.
Hopefully in the next few days I will be able to take a few pictures of our house...which I really like (except for some of the paint)! Thanks again for everybody that helped us move and helped with Kooper while packing! We have the best friends and family in the world! Love and miss you all!

Im totally bragging!

OK, so I don't do this very often but I feel like I really have bragging rights with this one.....
So about 4 months ago we bought Kooper a little potty but he wanted NOTHING to do with it, which was fine because I figured once he was ready he would let us know (that's what all my friends kept saying anyway). Well about 2 weeks ago Weston put Kooper in the bath and then went to the bathroom and said to Kooper"see you need to pee in the toilet like daddy and be a big boy" Kooper said,"ok" (aka whatever). About 5 min later he gets out of the bath and sits on his potty and goes! So we of course make a huge deal about it..potty dance and all, but just figured it was a fluke. The next morning he took off his jammys and his diaper..his dry diaper and went pee again all by him self!! Without us even saying a word! So we figured that day we would put undies on him and just see how it went, SUCCESS! He goes when he needs to, and we don't have to say a word! I feel a little ripped off because I was dreading it and so I was thinking of all these prizes I could use to bribe him, I had a cute sticker chart in mind you name it I thought of it.... But NOTHING he didn't need ANYTHING he was just ready! Ok I know its not like he is 12months old and I'm not claiming my child is a genius because he is 2 1/2, and I know it was time but I never thought in a million years that it would be so easy and he would do it all on his own, so yes he is my little genius:)