8-Weeks Old

And absolutely adorable!

Carseat Shuffle!

Cooper's carseat recently expired (yes, carseats do expire. 6 years from the date of manufacture, which can usually be found on the back of the seat), so it was time to do a little carseat shuffle! Chloe moved officially out of her five-point harness and into a belt positioning booster full time. I'm a little apprehensive about this because a five point harness seems so much safer but she is almost 7 and really follows the rules about sitting properly in the seat belt, not leaning forward, sideways or doing anything that allows the shoulder belt to sit on her improperly. We had one booster that we used occassionally in Justin's car and for her friends, so we let her pick out a new booster to be used full time. She chose a cute pink one! She is excited about her new pink seat! Cooper inherited Chloe's Graco Nautilus (which I love!). It is only two years old, so it still has a long life ahead of it. He is excited about the cupholder and his new 'big boy' seat. We took advatange of the Babies R Us 'Great Trade In Event' and traded in one of the expired seats for a 25% off coupon and purchased a convertible (can be used forward and rear facing) carseat. It will be used as a secondary seat for Cooper in Justin's car until Piper is ready to move out of the infant carrier and then we'll move it to the van for her!

I'm sure this is a boring blog post to most, but I love carseat safety, so its interesting to me! :)

Chloe likes to read...

Garfield books. She likes them so much, she reads them four at a time!

Cooper and Piper

Piper was in the playroom playing on the activity gym when Cooper decided to join her. This is the conversation that followed:

Cooper: "Oh mom, look at Piper! She hit the ladybug!"

Cooper: "Piper is soo tute!" (cute)

Cooper: "Hey mom, me have toys just like these!"
Me: "Yes you do Cooper, JUST like those."

Cooper: "How'd Piper get same toys as me?"

Me: "Well..."

And suddenly Piper was no longer 'tute' or fun to watch. Or share toys with.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Piper is seven weeks old today!

Piper-- six weeks new!

I'm a few days behind, but late is better than never, right? Piper is six weeks old! Here she is showing off her happy personality on Sunday after church.

Growing Up

I was looking through files of pictures on our computer earlier and I ran across scans of Chloe's school pictures from this year and last. It is fun to look at them side by side and see how much older she looks!

Kindergarten:

First Grade:

Happy THIRD Birthday Cooper!

We celebrated Cooper's birthday last week! He turned three on February 2nd. Time has flown by-- it is amazing how fast the past three years have gone by. We love Cooper so much and are glad he is part of our family- I couldn't imagine life without him!

On the day he was born:



On his first birthday:



Second birthday:

Third birthday: