YEAH!

Although I think this happened by complete accident, Cooper pooped in the potty! Of course, we made a big deal out of it and gave him lots of encouragement.

Proud Cooper!

Cooper is making strides at school with potty training. He has now peed in the potty twice (just a little) and comes to tell me on his own that he needs to go. We are very proud of him! As you can see by this picture, he is very proud of himself in his big-boy Thomas underwear!

He is far from being totally potty trained, but maybe him wearing these big-boy underwear will encourage him a little more.

WE LOVE YOU GRAND-BOB!

Potty Training with Cooper

A Weekend with Gram and Grand-Bob

Since Scott was out of town, I thought it would be nice to spend the weekend with Scott's parents - aka Gram and Grand-Bob.

Cooper thought he could take his nap in Grand-Bob's chair today


Caroline and Grand-Bob watching High School Musical 2!

Caroline showing Cooper how to play on Nickjr.com

Welcome Charlie!

Congrats Sally and Tim! They welcomed in their first child - a beautiful daughter, Evangeline "Charlie" Degnan! (Charlie is named after Sally's late father, Charles, who passed away in Jan 2001. ) Sally, I am so proud of you!

Proud Papa Smile!

A Visit with Hana

On Saturday night, I brought the kids over to visit Hana. They had fun playing together! Hana has grown alot since this summer. Thanks for dinner, Amy!

New Pictures of Anthony!

Mary sent me new pictures of Anthony today. I just had to share them! Mary, looks like all of the hard work is paying off!

Precious Peanut

I used to love watching my babies sleep like this!

Our Week in Pictures

There isn't much going on here this week. Caroline had a high fever this morning, so Scott and I split the day up from work to stay home with her. Cooper is a little feverish, but we are hoping that he isn't next. Ugh.

Scott is going to Realfoot Lake, TN on his annual duck hunting trip with the guys on Thursday. (It is supposed to snow and ice over on Thursday, so they might not be going anywhere!) That would be a long, slow trip to Western TN!

Here are some pics from this past week:

Daddy and Cooper playing with a train book that Amy & Scooter gave him. (Thanks, Amy! He really liked it!)

Caroline feeding her Baby Alive.

After the baby cried a few times, Caroline informed me that the baby would be sleeping with me that night. Thank goodness this baby has an On/Off button!

Cooper and his yogurt face

Cooper watching "Max & Ruby" in our bed before going night-night

A Day at the Train Expo

Pat-Pat emailed me earlier this week telling me about a commercial she saw about a Train Expo coming to Winston this weekend. TheTrain Expo is an annual visit from model train vendors and just plain-crazy train enthusiasts. After doing my research, I decided this would be a great trip for us to take. Fortunately, Caroline's friend, Elise, called and invited her to come play for the day. So, while Daddy went duck hunting, Cooper and I hit the Train Expo this morning.

He liked to watch the other kids, but he wasn't interested in riding the trains.

Ahh! He hit the motherload! What is he going to hit up Mommy for first?

I was scared for him to touch the real trains

Such a cute smile!

Of course they had a few train tables.

Right after I took this picture, he got through the plexy-glass and derailed the train. Very embarrassing Mommy moment! Do I have one of THOSE kids???

More train play

And he's OUT! I have three hours to recover.

Bath Time

Just thought Cooper looked too cute!

Sweet Caroline

Caroline really likes to draw, color and practice writing her letters. Lately, she likes to practice writing our names. She gave this to Scott yesterday.

Goodnight, Sleep Tight

Ahhhhh, Silence! What a beautiful thing!

I just put the kids down without a huge production and even had time to read them a book or two. Wow, today is my lucky day.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We welcomed the new year with our friends, Brian and Gina. I think we had a good time? We brought the kids dressed in their PJ's thinking that we would put them to bed when they got cranky. They all played good together and rang in the New Year with us at midnight. (I know, we are bad parents.)