Uno, dos, tres

Well, we officially are proud owners of a 3 year old.  I know people always say this but, time has flown!!  It is amazing how much he has grown in a short little year.

                                                           Cooper on his 2nd birthday

We started out the day with some donut holes from the one and only Shipley's!!!  Best donuts ever!!!

                                                                Thanks Johnny!!!

                                                                 Birthday boy!!!

After daddy got home from practice. we decided to go ahead and give him his gift from us.  I had it played out in my head that he would be beside himself about this bike.  Not so much.  At one point he actually asked if we could take it back and get a dinosaur!  Yeah, I was crushed!

We had a small party with just grandparents and aunts......and Johnny.  Cooper had a great time opening gifts.

Wrestling with Coach Papaw

Eating his delicious birthday cake.  Mrs. Udith Pippen makes our cakes now.  They aren't elaborately decorated or fancy but they are soooooo yummy!!  Yellow cake with milk chocolate icing!!  I just added some mini dinosaurs on there and Cooper thought it was awesome.  All for $20!!  Nice!  You can see where Cooper made a finger swipe earlier in the day.

Avery loved it too!

By bedtime he was one tired and ill little dude.

I wonder what 4 will be like????

Oh, guess what we had for breakfast this morning!

So good!

Here is Avery giving Johnny some love.  I thought it was cute!

Happy Thanksgiving!

The boy is 3!!!

                                                                           This dude

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Happy Birthday Cooper Jaxon Cooley!!!  We love you to the moon and back!!  Let's party!!!

I will post later on the happenings of the day....toodles :)

                                                                            

Christmas cards from Shutterfly!!!

Since having kids, I STRESS about Christmas cards every year!  My goal is to get the cutest and most unique picture and then find a photo card to complete the look.  I love using black and white pictures with a hint of color and complimenting the picture with a colorful and stylish design.  I have used other websites before but then discovered Shutterfly.  Shutterfly has a huge selection, unique designs, and tons of cards to choose from.  They are also priced competitively with other card websites.  I have already looked at all of the designs for Christmas cards this year and it's going to be a very tough decision.  I want to find a card that people will want to hang on to after the holidays.  I've narrowed it down to a few ( well, more than a few )













Those are just a few.  I could probably have put about 10 more on here.  Go check out Shutterfly's cute photo card designs.  http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cards


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Questions???

The following list is made up of questions that I have.  Some of you may be offended so here is your warning.  Hopefully, some of you will find yourself either saying "Yeah, me too" or "Oh, I know!"  .  This is also another vent blog.  It's the second round of the playoffs and I am little stressed.  So, here it goes

1.  Why is there a need for the hands-free hand sanitizer?  Even if the pump you have to touch is covered with germs aren't you about to DISINFECT your hands?  I will stick with the cheaper GermX pump bottle.

2.  Why do some women wear lip liner in shades like brown or dark red then fill in their lips with a light or translucent lipstick?  It just looks like they forgot to apply the lipstick.

3.  Why do some crappy human beings not put children in car seats?  I have actually called the police on some people that I have seen riding around with kids jumping from seat to seat or babies being held and not in a carrier.  May be crazy but I always think if those people did end up getting into an accident and the child/children are hurt or killed, then that could have been prevented.

4.  Why would you want to put a decal of a young boy peeing on something?  No matter how much I dislike something I doubt I will ever relieve myself on it.  Just a thought.

5.  Why do people put aluminum foil in the windows of their homes?  I understand that it blocks out sunlight but for a couple more bucks you can have your very own set of blinds from Dollar General.  Leave the foil for kitchen uses and the occasional highlights ;)

6.  Why do some women choose to dye their hair that darkest shade of black then throw a big chunk of platinum blonde in the center? The bride-of-Frankenstein/skunk look is not flattering AT ALL!

7.  Why do people get upset about other people knowing their "business" when all they do is put their "business" on places such as facebook?  Don't put anything private as your status because, in case you didn't realize, hundreds if not thousands of people (friends) can read it.

8.  Why do some adult women still wear ribbons in their hair?  Unless you are a member of some older women's cheerleading squad the above should not happen.....EVER!

9.   Mullets, Skullets (bald on top), or Wollets (women with mullets).........Why?

10.  Why would someone want to be able to fit a can of green beans through their earlobe?  I don't get the whole gauged-ear thing.

11.  Why are some people so unbelievably lazy enough to park in a handicap parking space?  Is it really going to kill you to hoof it the extra 20 feet to the entrance?  Probably not.

That is all......for now :)

Can I vent just a minute?

The following rant is simply just for stress-relief purposes.  I'm using this blog to vent to instead of my husband (just on game days) so I don't stress him out even more.  Please forgive me for this whiny complaint you are about to read.



Our first playoff game is tonight and I am STRESSING!!!  Not why you would think.  I'm pretty confident that our boys will be ready to play unless they just go out there and lay a big ol' egg!  I'm stressing because of my "hosting" duties.  Here is what my afternoon/evening is looking like.  3:00.....Rush to Children's Place to try to find gloves for Avery's tiny hands.  3:30.....head home and start getting the tailgate food ready, pack game bags, get kids dressed and myself, and load up the truck.  5:00.......pull up at the game and unload kids, grandparents, and food.  Set up the food while making sure kids do not run off into the sea of tailgaters.  Make sure there are "strategically" placed seats for my father under the tent.  Get the rest of my family/guest parked and into the game.  Make sure all my guest have seats, eat, and can see the ballgame.  Visit with my pals and chase kiddos.  Make sure the babies don't freeze.  Make sure Cooper doesn't eat 5,000 cookies and puke. Hope for a Mustang victory and go see daddy after the game on the field.  Clean up the tent and pack everything back up.  Collapse into bed!!!  I'm already tired and it's 5 hours before kickoff!  GO MUSTANGS!!  BEAT THE WARRIORS!!!

Halloween and The Sellers' Tea

Ok, I finally downloaded the Halloween pictures.  Initially, Cooper was going to be a farmer and Avery was going to be a cute little cow.  Well, Cooper had other ideas and the cow costume swallowed Avery.  Plan B......Dinosaur and a Princess Bee (Cooper's name for Avery's costume). 

Mine and Heather's trunk for Trunk or Treat.....we didn't win

Coach Papaw and Cooper

Getting into character

Tired pups.....what is up with Cooper's face?

The first weekend in November we go out to Wayne Co. to the Sellers' Tea.  I'm not really sure why it's called a "tea" because we eat lunch.  Anyway, we always have a great time.  Aunt Jean has a nice little back yard to run around in and the weather is always nice.

One of the few times she wasn't running (waddling)

Please excuse the stuff on his chin.....it will be gone at the end of football season ;)

Sweet boy

Ahhhhhhhh.....but the little one on the left didn't stay down long

November Nerves & Nausea

November = playoffs.  Yes, this is another blog about football.  I'm sorry but that is our life right now.  Friday will be our first playoff game so now it's week to week football which I hate.  We go to each game thinking will this be our last??  Will our season end tonight?  I pray every year we will play until the first week in December but you just never know.   Am I doubting our team?.....absolutely not!  The playoff system is a little screwed up though.  We finished 10-0 this year again and we will likely have to travel BACK to Picayune in the 2nd round if everything shakes out.  NOT FAIR!!!  Our boys worked hard and earned an undefeated season so we should get to play each game at home and certainly not have to travel back to a team who we beat the pants off of.  Oh, but that's the way it goes.  Good teams win at home or away, right?  We shall see......Go Mustangs Beat D'Iberville!!

On to another rant.......Avery has been teething and it is TERRIBLE!!  She has had horrible diapers which has resulted into the worst diaper rash to date!  She hasn't been sleeping either and it's been wearing on mommy and daddy.  This too shall pass......hopefully sooner rather than later!

I will post Halloween pictures soon :)