Little Drummer Boy

Sunday while I was making dinner Cooper decided to do some drumming after Corbin. I think It was his first time doing this. It was loud and darling. He was having so much fun making noise.

(Notice the one sock on one sock off...)

Here is the cutest part. When he was done he put the pots back in the cupboard all by himself, in the right order even. Now, I did not teach him this, he just knew that was where the pots belonged even though it was Corbin who got everything out. What a little honey, I tell ya.

Two Boxes

Today is Corbin's Valentines Day Party at school. He is very excited.

I wasn't surprised that he picked out a box of Spiderman valentines.

And it was his own idea to get a box of Tinkerbell cards for Delani, the only little girl in the class. Apparently, "Girls no don't like spiderman Mom. Girls like Delani like girl Tinkerbells".

What a little sweetie, already knowing what will make a girl happy.

Things I want to remember that I'll forget if I don't write down somewhere....

I just needed to move this from the side into a post so that I can move it over to Blurb. It's funny looking at this little list of milestones and mini events. The boys seem so much older already and these are just from last year. My goodness how they grow.

8-24-08 Cooper has started giving Corbin goodnight kisses.

8-12-08 Corbin found me because he "needed kisses". How sweet.

8-10-08 Cooper has a new survival word, "don't". Usually uses it with Corbin.

8-08-08 Corbin grabbed a box of gauze and read the back, "good for ouwie fingers tha got stuck in ek el ator"

7-27-08 Cooper said "goodnight" to daddy as I was taking him off to bed. Add it to the list of new words.

7-25-08 Corbin has started to answer questions with, "because". And he drew his first person this week. I think I will frame it.

7-23-08 Tonight Corbin got stuck in the washing machine.

7-21-08 In the dinner prayer Corbin blessed the roller coasters that they will be safe and the toys at Target that he will get them for his birthday.

7-20-08 Corbin gave his first talk in Primary today about being a missionary. He did a great job and felt really good after.

7-15-08 Cooper is now a Daddy's Boy. Derek can't leave the room with out Cooper crying after him.

7-9-08 Cooper says "hot" and then blows on his food.

7-1-08 Cooper is officially walking more than crawling. At 14 months we have a Walker!

6-28-08 Corbin was playing with his whale and a dog stuffed animals. I asked him what their names were. He said that the whale was Shannon Mommy and the dog was Derek.

6-27-08 Corbin kept his clothes on all day. No "Naked Boy".

6-25-08 Cooper can walk all the way down the hall! And today he fed himself with a fork for the first time.

6-17-08 Now that school is out Corbin and I have a new routine. After Derek leaves for work we stay outside and play. Cooper is already asleep so he has me all to himself it's very fun.

6-16-08 I took the boys to the pool today with out Derek. We did meet friends there which helped keep Corbin entertained. It's nice to know I can do it on my own.

6-9-08 Cooper and I played ring around the rosie for the first time tonight. He loved it.

6-1-08 This morning Corbin wanted to slow dance with me to "I love to see the temple" at the end he wanted to kiss. What a cutie.

5-31-08 Cooper is 13 months tomorrow. The words that he says already are: Hi, That (dat), Dog (dog da), Dada, Mama, Done (duh) and Uh oh. He also will try to copy some words that I say to him.

5-29-08 Corbin tried to make his own strawberry milk today by pouring water right into the container with the powder mix. He thought it was "delicious".

5-24-08 Cooper points and says "dat" when he wants something out of reach. He has also been doing the signs for "more" and "all done" very consistently.

5-17-08 Cooper got up to standing position today with out holding on to anything for support!

5-16-08 Cooper took 3 steps today. He just may learn to walk after all.

5-10-08 Corbin's new phrase he is trying out is "that's ridiculous". He has also just started saying 4 word sentences, all the speech therapy is working!

5-3-08 Cooper is trying to count. He says something like ah, na, eee. He started today as we were playing roll the ball on the floor.

4-26-08 Cooper had his first Popsicle. He held the stick and ate almost the whole thing. The last of it melted. He loved it.

Corbin's new phrase is "I'm gonna go talk to Daddy" or Jeff or Grandpa. What a cute little conversation starter.

4-23-08 It was a few minutes past Coopers naptime. He stopped playing, found a pacifier and crawled over to my lap to lay his head down. What a sweet boy no crying, he just got comfy on his own.

4-18-08 Corbin-"Look mom dirty hands, I get baptized in the water....(he goes in the kitchen to wash his hands)..."see. Mommy, clean now, baptized".

4-15-08 The last couple days when I do something for Corbin that makes him happy, spread a blanket on the lawn so we can eat popsicles or find the bubbles hidden in the cupboard...Corbin's response is "Wow, great job Mommy". First of all it’s like a real sentence which is big for him, and second, it does make me feel good. What a cutie.

4-9-08 This morning I was walking Corbin out to the bus like I do every morning. But this time, half way down, he said "Mommy Stop". He wanted to walk the rest of the way by himself. He's a big boy.

4-8-08 Last week Corbin put me in time out. I went peacefully hoping to set a good example. He closed the door and counted to "30" and then I was free to go. He gave me a hug and said "say sorry". So even if he doesn't love this part of our routine, at least I know, he knows the routine.

4-8-08 Cooper took his first step today. Just one little step from standing to me. It's the first time he has even tried to move his foot while standing on his own.

Lost and Found

I'm very embarrassed about this but here is goes....

These shoes were lost. I looked for 3 days wondering where they could be. I looked under beds, in the cars, outside, in the laundry baskets, in all the closets, but nothing.

As I thought back to when Corbin had worn them last the only thing I could remember was the Burger King playland

....but no....

...we couldn't have left them there....

...No... I would have noticed if I loaded him in the car without shoes right....

After day 4, I got out the phone book, looked up the number, and timidly asked if any shoes had been left behind that week.

Sure enough, they had our blue plaid slip on's.

I wonder how many moms before me have pulled up to the drive thru speaker and said no, they didn't want to order anything today, just here to pick up our shoes?