The Professor

Add some Mr. Potato Head glasses, a very studious pose,

a book in the background, and......voila'!

Instant genious! :)

Grannas are the BEST!

I had this GREAT idea (and by I, I mean Robin Packard, a good friend from high school - - - totally stole the idea from her blog....Thanks, Robin! :)) to give the sweetest little surprise to Cooper's Granna, my mom. I had it all planned out in my mind, pictured all of the littlest details...man, it was going to be GOOD. Well, mad props to Robin, whose children posed perfectly with big smiles and upright letters. Here's our rendition, dedicated to Granna, of course. Not quite as perfect as planned, but practically perfect in our own little way.

We love you so much, Granna, and hope you had the best Mother's day
- - - we mean Granna's day - - - ever!

"I Big Boy!"

"I big boy." Those words actually came out of Cooper's mouth today at Wal-Mart. Those three words took a toll on me and stopped me dead in my tracks. I teared up in Wal-Mart! I did! He's a big boy. It happened so fast...

No more open mouthed, slobbery kisses. He can make the kissy face - - and the sound.

No more arms reaching up constantly for me to hold him. This boy's just gotta RUN.

No more Mommy turning the pages of the book for him as we read. That's his favorite part these days.

It's a good thing that he just keeps getting more fun to be around each day. Although I'm super sad that I won't be getting anymore of those sloppy kisses, turning the pages of his books, and holding him every second we're together (among the hundreds of the other "big boy" things he's graduated to these days), I think it would be much harder to handle all of the "new" without all of the "new". Every day is like Christmas. He gives me a new "present" every day!

Wouldn't trade being this "big boy's" Mommy for the world...