lately

I am so behind in my blog posting. We have been so busy with lots of different things. And sometimes we are busy just living life and I would rather sit with Cooper and watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse in the morning then blog. And I'm okay with that.

So what we've been up to in pictures

 

 

Hope you are having a good summer so far because we are!

Graduation

I know graduation was a few weeks ago but I'm trying to catch up. It was so cool to see Colin walk out in his gap and gown. When I first saw him I almost got choked up for a second. I just know all the hard work that led up to that moment. I am so proud of Colin and the dedication he put into school. When we got married it felt like this day was so far away and now it's come and gone. Colin is one of the smartest people I know. Seriously he is so smart and now he's got a degree to prove it. Next step law school. Oh yeah baby.

I also want to give a shout of to my dad for containing Cooper and following him around the halls so I could pay attention. That little poop stayed quiet and still for about 3 seconds before letting everyone know he was not having fun.

Congratulations Colin!

Now I got to go pack. I'm off to run the Red Rock relay with some of my family in Moab. Why I am doing this I have no idea. I hope I don't die. Wish me luck!

the waiting game

My amazingly smart husband is going to be graduating on Friday. I am so very proud of him. However this is not the end of school for him.

Back in December he applied to about a dozen law schools and we have been anxiously awaiting the mail ever since in hopes of getting responses back to find out where we will be come fall. The one we have been most anxious to hear from is BYU. If he gets into BYU then we will stay here and won't have to move, have amazingly cheap tuition, be close to family, etc.

We were supposed to hear by April 1st but the day passed and nothing. Everyday I would run out to mailbox and be so mad when there was nothing there.

A girl needs to plan if she is going to be uprooting her family and moving to a different state in a few months you know!?

So yesterday Colin got an email from BYU (go figure? We've been looking in the mail everyday and they send us a stupid email.) And...... he has been waitlisted. While this is good news that he wasn't rejected I can't help but be disappointed. More Waiting!

We have some great options though. Our first choice right now, from schools he has been accepted to, is probably University of Denver. We are also thinking of Gonzaga University which is in Spokane, WA. There are a few other schools that he has been wait listed at as well that we would like to go to including schools in Virgina and Arizona. So we could be anywhere come fall.

Here is the thing with the wait list. It is possible you could be waiting all summer and they could accept you like the day before class starts. What the heck? How lame is that?

I'm not getting my hopes up for BYU. We are just acting like we are going to be moving and if he gets into BYU great, and if not that's great too. I really don't even care at this point I just want to know! (well, I do care but you get the point).

We really are so lucky that Colin has gotten into some great schools and even got some great scholarship offers so I'm not complaining. I just want to know where I'm going to be living for the next 3 years. Is that too much to ask?!

Milestones

This boy has hit some major milestones the last week.



First of all he is officially walking. I thought it was going to happen any day for the last two months but this little guy takes his sweet time and that's okay with me.
Now he wants to walk when we go places (like the mall or the grocery store) which is very hard because if I don't let him he gets really mad.

The second milestone is related to that. He had his first tantrum/major meltdown at a public place. We were at Sears trying to buy a new dishwasher and he screamed until I let him out of stroller and let him push it. If I tried to touch the stroller he screamed. He was running (seriously running) around Sears pushing this stroller and running into all the appliances. If I tried to direct him he screamed. So I finally picked him up and made him let go of the stroller. You would have thought I was trying kill him. He screamed bloody murder and was flailing his body trying to jump out of my arms. Everyone was staring at me and the poor guys trying to help us with the dishwasher looked uncomfortable. Cooper did not let up. Oh no, he was mad and he was going to let everyone in Sears know. I tried to act like nothing was happening and go on buying the dishwasher. I finally went and waited outside with him while he continued to act like the world was ending. This kid is dramatic. I have no idea where he gets it. Colin seems to have an idea but I don't agree. I think we are in for it with this one.

baby steps

We're making progress people!

This is big news for a little boy who had no interest in walking a week ago.

Philippines!!

This post is so delayed because it took me so long to upload all these pictures! I took so many pictures! I wanted to share so many but I don't have the time for that and you probably don't care to see that many pictures of us.

This trip was a blast. It was so fun to see family. It was awesome to see Colin's parents, Evan and Cindy, in missionary mode. You can tell that all the missionaries just love them! They are so good at what they do. It was also cool to experience some of the different things the Philippines has to offer, although some of the food didn't sit so well with me. The people there were so kind and the members we met were so sweet to us. Overall it was just so great to spend time with family. We'll see you in 2 1/2 years Evan and Cindy! We miss you!

I have so much blog catching up to do!

I am going to post about our trip to the Philippines I promise. I have tons of pictures which you may or may not be interested in but I think they are pretty cool. You will have to wait though. I am going to save that for another day and tell you about this last Friday.

It was a big day.

Coop turned 1.

Can you believe it? I can't.

It's freaky how fast time goes. One minute you have this tiny newborn and you have no idea what you're doing and the next thing you know a whole year has past and they are still alive and healthy and happy and you think maybe I kind of do know what I'm doing. It's crazy!

I'm just so grateful to have this little guy in my life. I'm often caught off guard randomly throughout the day and think, "I'm so lucky. I love this little boy more then I ever knew I could."

Just a little bit of an update on what Cooper is up to these days.

- He's close to walking (I think). I think he could do it right now if he had the desire.
-His favorite word is ball and he says it all the time. He points at everything and says ball. Needless to say we are working on teaching him that not everything is a ball.
- He is a very picky eater and it drives me nuts!
- He pulls the best fake cry face when he wants my attention.
- He loves to throw things. Anything you put in his hand he will chuck as hard as he can. This includes cell phones. And sometimes those cell phones break and dad gets really mad. Oops!

Cooper was lucky and got a few different birthday celebrations including one in the Philippines. Here are some pics for your viewing pleasure.

Happy Birthday Cooper!