Weekend In Pictures

Five weekends. That is how long we have had together as a family, without any other commitments, be it work or family related. We have spent those five weekends at our apartment with nothing to do. My mom made the comment that it is either a feast or famine when it comes to visiting. We went from spending about two weeks at their house almost sending my mom to an early grave to not seeing her since. It will be ending soon as we will be seeing them this weekend and then she will wonder why she missed us so;)

Here our my boys in a favorite moment of mine. They are in Cooper's room playing together. There is no fighting, screaming, hitting or whining but only the sweet sounds of a conversation between brothers. My heart swells during these moments, sometimes lasting up to an hour(!) and others only a few minutes. Wyatt has joined in Cooper's obsession with cars, but will still bring Thomas & his friends along to race with the others. It is Cooper's number one choice of free time play. This morning as I went to get him up for school he had set up a town in his bed complete with a police and fire truck. "No mom, I don't want to get up yet. I'm still playing cars." I smiled and told him to have a good time as I shut the door quietly and then quickly ran back to my bed for a few more precious moments of sleep. Only to be reminded that I have another son who upon seeing light come in under his door opened it up to announce, "I wake up!" *sigh*

Having no yard has been a nightmare with two little active boys. Since we are inside more than not Cooper has been introduced to the Xbox. I can't say I was thrilled with the idea, but I do love the uninterrupted time it gives me and his daddy loves to play with him. What does this child play? Race car games. He is a natural and my reasoning behind it is that his is learning awesome hand/eye coordination. Why the coat? because I like to keep a cold house(58 degrees) and to save the money on the new one when we finally move. Jessica, my sister in law, would die if she had to stay here(ha! ha!). Poor Cooper is cold natured so he wears a coat most of the time. He'll survive. We've had no major illnesses here;)

Not be lost in the overriding sound of race cars from the Xbox Wyatt will bring in his microphone and bless us all with his singing abilities. Quite the opposite of Cooper who would rather die than sing in front of anyone Wyatt will sing(and dance!)for a crowd of one to a hundred. I admit I do hide this little gem on the weekdays so when I bring it out on the weekends daddy can be around to hear it too! A little star in the making. Cousin Jennah & Wyatt will be the next American Idol couple!


Another favorite activity for Cooper is to build a house for us all to lay down in and do as he says. His own little castle where he is the king. See how he builds this in Wyatt's room and still is able to demand what will happen in this room because it is his castle. But! if Wyatt goes near Cooper's actual room again Cooper will have a say in that one to. Smart kid, eh?! I've heard every one's comments on poor Cooper's smile. We have been working on that one. He does have a precious smile but for some reason when he knows the camera is focused on his face something within his brain clicks and you see this weird constipation smile that I'm not sure where it comes from, we are working on it. In this particular picture I said to show his teeth only and this is what I got. *heh*


We made not one but three trips out to the house this weekend. The tile crew has been working nonstop and the transformation is amazing. Here we have tile, counter tops and the sink installed! It is beginning to look more like a complete kitchen. By the middle of the week the tile guys should be moving on!

Other exciting news: I gave our thirty day notice to the apartment complex and the storage unit! YEAH! So if the house isn't completed by the end of the month who can we move in with?