First day of kindergarten

Thursday, August 18, 2011 was Paige's first day of kindergarten. She did great and was ready to go. The biggest problem we had was Mom getting sick on Wed. and not sure if I'd be able to even move on Thursday! Everything turned out okay; and I took Paige to school rather than have her ride the bus. There were no tears by her or me; so I am calling it a victory! I picked her up at 3:15 and she had a great day. On Friday; she rode the bus and we are lucky its Grampa Rick who is our morning bus driver; so that helped immensely. This will be our first full week of school; and here is hoping for more smiles than scowls :)

Paige & Cooper

I am starting to see little glimpses of brotherly/sisterly love amongst my children. As an only child, I am intrigued by this and am so excited to see how they grow together. The minute Cooper hears his sister, he smiles and watches her. There can be lots of other people in the room, but he seems to know where she is and watches her the most. She loves him in return, and is such a good big sister. We've never had any negative comments about him from her; and she is starting to love to be a helper. She'll gladly run and grab a diaper, a toy, his nuk, etc. Yesterday, Gramma let her help feed him, which went over very well. I hear he stopped often to look up and smile at her, so it took a while--but the job still got done.

Cooper's 3 month photo--below is with the horse, above is with his sister. Either way, he is growing! And starting to be a mover--as noted by the blurs below.

House updates

So we had the long awaited baby and have slacked for awhile with the house. Cowboy got back in the swing of things during the last few weeks; and all the light fixtures upstairs have been subbed out with newer ceiling fixtures--except for the ceiling fans--they aren't in yet. He also took down the yellow hood above my stove and put the new white one up. There isn't a trace of an orange/yellow appliance anywhere now! Dad and Ryan also got the woodburner put into place with some additional manpower last weekend. We still need to get the chimney pieces installed and Cowboy needs to do some tweaking with the chimney before he'll be happy. However, Dad did a great job painting the woodburner and getting it cleaned up for us. We are recycling it; as it used to be in my parent's house in town. My job was to get it started when I got home from school when I was in junior high and high school; and this stove makes it easy enough I can do it! I grew up in a house with this stove and running around in tank tops and shorts most of the winter because it puts out some heat.

On the Paige and Cooper side of things; they are doing well. Preschool was very successful last week. It was nice on Friday to be the one to drop her off and there were no tears--just a hug and she ran off. Paige, Cowboy and I attended the PRCA rodeo held in Bowman on Friday night and Cooper got to hang out with Gramma for a few hours. I was a nervous mom when I realized my cell phone didn't work in the metal building and didn't like the idea of a starving baby who had a mom that couldn't be contacted. I only stayed away about 1.5 hours; but was needed within 10 minutes of getting home. We also had company on Sunday; as Keith and Sandy came and met Cooper. He was a good boy for them; but didn't want to be awake for them very much.

I have a hard time keeping clothes on my daughter. Wondering when this phase will run out.

Cooper on 9-20-10--he's starting to fill out and get some cheeks!

He's also starting to stretch out and unfold--I giggle when babies start to do this. Most mornings in his crib he sleeps with his arms above his head like this.

First day of preschool

Today was Paige's first day of preschool. She will attend Tuesday and Thursday afternoons; and Friday mornings. She and Kyler were at daycare this am and super excited. I was to meet them at preschool; and there were some excited little people. Paige posed for me outside and took off for the door behind Kim and Kyler. Then. . .she sort of froze and reached for me with tears. A complete 180 in emotions--I know she's my daughter! She had a few hugs and a few tears; and then Kyler took her hand and they headed off to the main room. I took that as my cue to leave. Upon pickup, I hear she was sad for a whole 5 seconds and was then fine. It sure took Mom longer than 5 minutes as I had to stop at my mother-in-laws for Kleenex to wipe my sobbing face before taking Cooper to his doctor's appointment. Bless Jane for understanding and not giggling in front of me. I picked Paige up and there were 8 excited little people who had a great afternoon ready to be picked up. She had a wonderful time and chattered about the things they did. She exclaimed, "Mom, I made new friends!" I asked what their names were and she told me she couldn't remember. The good news is she wants to go back. Paige, Kyler, Kim and I celebrated with ice cream at Eats-n'treats afterwards before heading home. I have a tired little girl tonight.

On the Cooper front, his 2 week appointment went well and he's perfect. Dr. Jacobson poked and checked every crevice and said he's a keeper. We think so. He weighed in at 8lbs 11 oz--so a gain of 1 pound 1 ounce since we left the hospital. I have a good eater!

Paige update

I have had quite a few posts on pregnancy lately, but no Paige pictures. Here is what she's been up to. This first one is the norm for her--she's half naked. I don't know how long this phase lasts, but I just hope its over by the time she needs a training bra! Ha ha. When we are home, the first thing to come off is either her shirt or pants. She's playing with her Play-Doh in the toyroom and has to be half naked. Oh well, she's happy and content I guess. By the way, Grammas--see all the toys in the background, remember them come Christmas.

About a week ago, Cowboy re-discovered some of his old toys while digging through boxes and he finally decided to share with his child. I say this, as he has toys that are off limits. He's 31. I'm serious. This is the magical Hot Wheels set that provided what I am told was years of entertainment. There is a little backpack full of car, tractors, etc. that accompany it and Jane said as long as he had his little bag of wheeled toys, he was content. I am hoping my son will be that content.

Miss Paige thought it was awesome, but added her own touch. Rodeo horses.

A few weekends ago I had to be babysat at my folks and Cowboy ran to the ranch. What do we do at Grammas? We eat. I don't necessarily cook topless in my apron wearing mardi gras beads and zebra leggings, but some do.

Brownies are good.