Happy Easter

Happy Easter!!!

(Dad thought the bunny ears were a little girly, so we just took the picture while he was at work!)

We are so grateful for our Savior, Jesus Christ and for His atonement, which allows us to be an ETERNAL family. Thank heavens we can be forgiven for our many sins!
Most of all we are grateful that HE LIVES and can comfort us when we need it! We love Easter because it gives us a chance to celebrate this, we would be lost without Jesus Christ and His church in our lives!

Cooper's Blessing Day

Sunday, March 6, 2011 was Cooper's blessing day.



He looked like such a little man in his cute tux!

The proud momma!

After the meeting we had family come over for soup bowls. We were a little cramped in our little humble abode, but we were grateful to have so much love and support!

We are so grateful to have Jake as the leader of our family. We are so lucky that he is a worthy priesthood holder and that he honors that priesthood. It is a sacred power that we are blessed with over and over again. Thanks Jake for being so Amazing! We love you!

Jake and I took Cooper down to the Ogden temple to get some pictures before they closed it for renovation.

This is where we've gone to get away from the world for the past 3 1/2 years! We're so lucky to have so many beautiful temples close to us! We are so grateful for the many blessing we have received and continue to receive through the temple. We are grateful our family is FOREVER!

Here are some updated pictures of Cooper!

He is such a stud!

He gets to be more and more of a blast each and every day!

This Saturday he will be 4 months old. It's crazy how fast time flies!
LOVE this kid!

Jake's sister-in-law Tammie took some pictures of Cooper when he was 3 weeks. I know it took me a while to get them posted, but they are just too cute to leave off the blog!!!

We love this kid so much! Thanks for doing such a great job with the pictures Tammie! Hopefully there will be more of your great week to come!

10 weeks!

Cooper is now 10 weeks old! We took him for his 2 month appointment last week. He now weighs 11 lbs 8 oz and is 23.5 inches tall! He did pretty well for his shots, they took him by surprise but he settled down pretty quickly. He had a fever that night and the next day, but overall he was a champ!

He is much more smiley and can even roll over! He rolled over for the first time when he was 8 weeks and 2 days old.

Sometimes we can't even keep him on his tummy!

Since just before 8 weeks, he has been sleeping for about 10 hours each night, which makes us very happy!

Here are some random pictures of our little man!

He loves his cousins!

Cooper brings so much joy into our home! We love him more and more everyday!

6 weeks!

This is what happens when there is a blizzard outside and the dog needs to go out and the baby is crying and I'm the only one home:

A snow covered dog.
Obviously the baby gets first priority and the dog gets put outside to do her business until I can let her back in.

We've been having so much fun with Cooper! He is now 6 1/2 weeks old...crazy how fast time is flying. It sure didn't fly this fast when we were waiting for him to come!


At 5 weeks Daddy got to feed him his first bottle! Priceless!

He gets cuter and cuter everyday and is growing like a weed! He's also starting to get a little smiley (even though it isn't evident in these pictures)!



Jake is an AMAZING dad! He's changed just as many diapers as I have and has been a huge help around the house cleaning and fixing meals. He's great to jump up in the middle of the night when Cooper cries and is always willing to help put him to sleep. I honestly don't know what I would do without him. I don't know how I got so lucky to have these 2 in my life!



Cooper had his first experience being man of the house last night and today! Jake went on a short biking trip to St. George. I can't lie, I was a little nervous about the whole being home alone for that long....sounds ridiculous I know, it's just a little nerve-racking knowing you don't have any back up reinforcements. Luckily we had a great night! Cooper has been sleeping very good, only waking up usually one time a night. Overall he is a really good baby.


Unfortunately, in a week from today I have to go back to work. I'm dreading the day. It has been the best thing in the world to be home with Cooper. I thought at first I might go a little stir crazy, but it wasn't like that at all. I've loved every second of it and have appreciated the time I've had to spend with Cooper. I absolutely LOVE being a mom!


I do believe in love at first sight, because that's exactly what happened when we saw Cooper for the first time. Everyday we love him more and more. We are just trying to cherish every minute because he is growing and changing so fast! We are so blessed to have Cooper in our home!