Christmas Day Morning

This year was so much fun for Rob and I to get Christmas ready for the kids. We stayed up late on Christmas Eve to put together the toys we had got for them. But for Cooper and Caddie it was a little overwhelming. Gift after gift they didn't know what to look at and what to play with. Here is the video from our morning and pictures from them opening up their gifts.


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Not so exciting...

I think Rob and I were way more excited about the kids seeing Christmas this year then they were. We got up this morning, made breakfast, talked to some family, then decided to bring the kids in together to see all their gifts. This is a video of the big reveal! As you can see Cooper was more excited about running up and down the hall. :)

Caddie's Fake Cry

This is just a sample of the "fake" cry Caddie tries to use on us. At the end of the video you get a little sample of a "real" cry when she falls over and gets her finger stuck! She is a little drama queen!

Cooper 22 months & Caddie 9 months

Ok so call me lazy but I figure I would give you an update on both in one post this month! (Plus I needed a reason to post the cute pictures I have of the two of them together)

Cooper turned 22 months on the 17th and Rob and I are shocked daily at what he can understand and do! He is talking away like crazy and understands directions and a series of actions. For example "Cooper take this and put it in the trash then grab your sippy and lets go to your room"

He also knows all his animals and vehicles and can name them and point them out in pictures. We are still working on singing the ABC's but we have about 40% of the song down. He knows "Row Row Row Your Boat" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". He now says Please and Thank-You 80% of the time, which makes us very happy. He will say "Bye-bye, I love you" most of the time when Rob leaves in the morning and almost always when we are saying good-bye to family on the phone.

We are working on colors now, though green is his favorite and he points it out all the time. He can somewhat count to ten along with me it goes 1,2,3...6...8..10 yea!

He he almost going pee on the potty 100% of the time. He can not figure out the poop part yet, but will tell me the moment he goes in his diaper. He got a new book and potty seat for Christmas so hopefully that will help.

He is just a sponge and is soaking up everything and anything he can. He watches Rob like a hawk and wants to do everything his daddy does.

Caddie is just so active. She is now pulling herself up to a stand and will just hang out there for as little or long as she wants, or till Cooper comes and plows her down. She is moving from object to object very well and would walk if she had enough courage. She got a few new push toys for Christmas so will have plenty of things to practice on.

She just loves food and will let us know when it is time to feed her again. This time around it is harder because her brother will give her little snack throughout the day, which has limited what we are able to give him. But regardless she is holding her own and can gum her way through a cracker in no time flat. We do have 1 tooth that broke through last week but still not enough for steak, yet. Dinner I have been trying to give her as close to what Cooper is eating as possible. But for the most part she is loving oranges, pea, cheese, puffs, blueberries, and cereal.

She is our little sleeper. I thought we had it easy with Cooper, but she will sleep from 7:30p to almost 8:30a most days unless we wake her. She just gets curled up in her crib and is fine to just sleep the morning away. Naps have been a challenge to line them up with Cooper's afternoon nap, sometimes it happens and sometimes it does not.

She is a mover and never stops. It is impossible to change her fast. She is always turning over and crawling towards something she wants. This last week she has figured out how to turn herself around in the cart and stand up, while strapped in (I still don't know how she did it). She is fearless and there is not much that will stop her.

She has figured out a fake cry and we call her on it. She likes to try and pull it out when she is not getting her way with her brother. She also likes to pull out her little grin when she knows she is not suppose to be doing something. It is cute but not working on this mom...now dad is a different story!

She is loving bath time with her brother, though we are working on her staying on her butt and not standing in the tub! We have already had a few falls and that is not fun! But overall she has a blast splashing around with Cooper.

Cooper and her like to play a copy game in the car (which is sooooo much fun for me). Caddie will start by saying "da da da" then Cooper will say "da da da" then Caddie will say it louder then Cooper will say it louder then they both are screaming "da da da". Then they laugh! They always hold hands in the car which is very sweet.

Overall they are both great kids and doing very well. Caddie is always trying to keep up and Cooper is always pushing the limits!

An early Christmas for Cooper

With the temptation of all the Grandparent's gifts coming in this week we knew it would only be a matter of time before Cooper got into the gifts. Sure enough we heard him in there opening up a gift. Being the smart kid that he is he happened to pick his own gift and was very excited about it. I, after taking this video, took the gift away and put it up in our closet to re wrap for Christmas. The next morning he woke up and went right into our room and pointed to the closet and said "Please Daddy, choo choo. I so sad Daddy choo choo". Well Rob gave in and Cooper got an early gift. He has left the rest of the gifts alone though so maybe it was a good thing :)

A visit to Santa

While at the mall picking up our last minute Christmas gifts I noticed that the line to Santa was really short. So I made a quick u-turn and took the kids down to have a visit. While in line Cooper was so excited. I kept asking him "Are you excited to see Santa and ask him for a choo choo" He kept nodding his head and trying to cut in line to get to him. When we got up there he walked right in and watched me sit Caddie on Santa's lap. Well the minute I sat him on Santa's lap all hell broke lose and he went nuts. We took 5 pictures trying to get him to settle down and smile, but as you can see it did not work. I know this is going to be a picture we will laugh about 15 years from now. Good thing he won't remember it...

Come get me!

Cooper loves to play chase with anyone who will chase him or let him chase them. He would run around for hours if we could keep up. He was having so much fun and laughing so hard last night I just had to get a video of him and post it for all to see.

Caddie Walking More

With the help of "aids" Caddie has been moving all around walking. She is really good at moving from one object to another and with a walking toy she is all over. We got a little video of her with her new baby carriage getting around like crazy! It won't be long till she is all on her own and all over the house.

Just like Dad

Every morning Cooper is Rob's little shadow. He will follow Rob around and copy everything he does. He wants to take a shower everyday and starts to undress when Rob is getting ready to get into the shower. He loves to watch Rob shave and today got a chance to "shave" a little. It is so cute to see how much he wants to be just like his Dad. It amazes me how much he is picking up day by day and how much he understands.

Caddie getting so big

Caddie is getting more and more active by the day. She is now pulling up more and moving from object to object. She can push a toy around the room, when Cooper is not there to take it away. She is always moving and never stops till we put her in bed for a nap or bed time. She is holding her own with her brother and does not give up easily. She has Rob's personality, very laid back and chill but will fight for what she wants.

We still are waiting for teeth to pop through, but we waited a while with Cooper as well. She is chewing on anything she can get her hands on and nothing stays out of her mouth.

She is the sweetest baby and just loves to be held! She wakes up grinning and unless hurt always is in a good mood.

Dinner Time

Eating with his fork
Doing so well in his booster seat

He still has to use his hands every once in a while

Loving his yogurt in a tube

So excited to eat dinner

Yea food

More Please

So Big sitting in my high chair

More tube yogurt

Cooper has graduated to the booster seat and Caddie has taken over the high chair at dinner time. They are both doing really well with eating and trying new things, but it has also been a challenge to get them both fed at the same time.

Caddie has been trying new baby food, but we have also added in some soft veggies, pastas, and, fruits for her to feed herself! She is loving eating like a "big girl". She wants everything that Cooper has and works very hard to get it.

Cooper has been doing better with keeping things on his plate and eating with a fork. We have also introduced yogurt in a tube, which have been great and I wish there was more food in a tube for him to eat...he does very well with them. :)

Both are also pros at eating out, which is something we do often. So they have become great diners at our local spots. They, like their parents, love Mexican. Caddie is crazy over the beans and Cooper is doing better with the tacos! We enjoy our Sunday trips to Mexican after church!

"I am so sad"

Last week I asked Cooper for a hug and he was too busy playing to come give me one, so I said "I am so sad". Since then Cooper has been going around the house saying "I am so sad". It is really funny and most of the time he is saying it while smiling and putting his hands over his eyes. I was able to get him saying it on video last night so I thought I would share his newest phrase.