Let me start off by saying the Douglas family finally has a home! In the last 2 months we've survived a major career change, long distance move, and we finally got the keys to our beautiful new home. Just when things started feeling a bit stagnant living with another family, God worked his magic and found us a wonderful solution in a new dwelling. We couldn't be happier.
Just before the move, Coop made our shared little room into his "chill" spot.
The smaller picture was taken in September 2010 when Coop was 5 months old. This pic was taken September 2011, just one year later.
Once again, Chillin' with the Suz
Future underwear model???
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***I'm very scatter brained trying to catch up on all of this lost time. So bear with me through this post 'cause it's a jumbled mess. You'll notice nothing's in order, and I might jump from one thing to another without any relation. Well, here it goes....
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September was a month of Birthdays. Here we celebrated two monumental ones, a 1st for Miss Madilynn Rose, and the big 18 for Cousin Liz. There was much fun to be had.
Cousins
What's a first birthday without the famous smash cake?!
Madi reminds me of a Precious Moments doll in this one.
Catch a glimpse at that first tooth!
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A dear friend welcomed us to take a peek into the homeschooling world by inviting us to join in fall festivities with the kids. There were six older children enjoying crafts, spooky cookie decorating, and we must not forget group readings teaching what causes the season change.
This was supposed to be bobbing for apples for the home school kids, but our kids decided to taste each apple to make sure there weren't any worms of course. The bucket may have also been used as a cleaning station for the vroom vroom and sippy.
*Pre-apple tasting*
Such a girl, so sweet and delicate eating her apple....
Then there's Coop. Such a boy, eating apples off the ground and making the silliest of faces.
Let's just say the bobbing for apples was not a successful station..It was mauled by two hungry toddlers before the games began.
There's nothing better than waking up in my own home, brewing a pot of Pumpkin Spice coffee, and watching the majestic sun rise out my window. This is heaven on earth.
Oh wait...there is something better than the above. His name is Cooper and he greets me with his crooked little smile every morning. Rain or shine.
Luckily the rain hasn't hit to hard in our area. The backyard is Coop's sanctuary right now. He would literally spend all day and night out there if I'd let him. He has his own patio to play cars on, a large grassy lawn to chase the dog, and a small orchard with lemon, mandarin, and orange trees. Not to mention the avocado and persimmon trees. This boy loves helping me pick up fallen fruit and maybe sneaks a bite or two out of it.
The twinkle in my little guy's eyes are back. He is home at last!
Mornings are usually spent chasing and tormenting the kitty. Or the, "Mow" as Coop would say. She really loves it or she would easily disappear under one of the beds.
This past weekend Coop had the chance to speak with his Grandma Billie. He really soaked it up, it was one of those awww moments.
Not too long ago Joel was playing with this crawler. I guess Coop inherited it when he was helping me organize the garage. Like father like son, obsessed with trucks.
Coop's Pumped Up Kicks
Notice the rotting mandarin in Coop's hand. Nine times out of ten he's usually gnawing on a dried up mass of fruit. Lovely, I know.
Important lesson learned: Lemon peel is nasty.
First big rain of the season, I loved every second of it!
The other night Coop was bathing when Joel surprised the begeeses out of him. This is Cooper's scared face:
Then a short game of peek-a-boo was played and all was good again.
Oh the joys of being home. Now back to this beautiful evening.
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