August

August was very busy and flew by, I kept super busy while Ry was in Rocks Springs. The first week in the middle of the week Coop got sick for two days, I didn't mind staying home bound and just snuggling him while he watched movies. I got most of the rest of our stuff from the old house and Coop was a great helper, while we were down there we would try to walk down to the river to feed the ducks, since that's not something we will be close to anymore.

We had gorgeous sunsets, and there were a couple huge fires that started that made for some beautiful sunsets. The night before Ry left we had a little date night at home, watched the sunset, had some yummy snacks and watched a movie. We enjoyed lots of days at the pool and would usually go visit Mae Mae and Boppa after swimming, and usually stick around for dinner since Ry was gone, and I hate making dinner for just Coop and I. Coop loved exploring our new yard and playing outside non-stop. One night I decided it would be a good idea to walk to get our mail, which is down the hill from our house, we brought Nana with us and by the end of the walk I was carrying Coop the whole way up the hill and practically dragging Nana behind me, it was a great workout and something I will probably never do again. We absolutely LOVE our new ward, they are amazing, church is at 1:30 though, which is tough with naptime.

We went to the zoo, had our first bunco night at Lauren's, had friend movie nights with our bestfriends, and were so excited when Ry got home so we could hang out together and enjoy the fair!

 

My sick little snuggle bug.

One of our smokey sunsets...

Our first date night in our new house complete with a snack tray, Italian sodas, sunset and the best guy around.

One of our trips down to the river at the old house, we fed the ducks chips since that was the only thing in the cupboard.

This is Nana's water bowl, and I was picking up poo when I looked over and saw this little nugget all squeezed down in the water, you can see the child drowning warning on the side of the bucket, leave it to Cooper.

We had lots of nice, hot days to swim at the pool, we usually met our besties there and would swim until dinner time.

Coop's little girlfriend, Ashlyn, he seriously loves her to pieces.

My best buddy snuggling at the pool.

 

We went to the last concert at the park with my family and Coop LOVED the music.

This was our hike down to the mail box which ended up take almost an hour and I had to carry this little nugget all the way back up the hill.

Ry made me cut Coop's hair, it was getting a little long and Ry hates long hair on boys, he threatened to cut it himself so I had to end up cutting off his golden locks.

Our trip to the zoo, Coop is still obsessed with animals.

 

Coloring on the drive way, I just love this kid and this summer has been great, it's gone by way too fast.

Our movie night with our bestfriends, they may have watched a movie and a half, they had a blast. Coop was hand feeding Kolt while they were watching their movie, it was hilarious!

 

We were so excited to have Ry home and he was happy to finally be home and be able to enjoy our new house and yard.

 

He got home just in time for one of my favorite things of the year, the Eastern Idaho State Fair!! We went a few times together, Coop loved looking at and touching the animals. As always the food was delicious and we ate way too much.

Looking at the "punkins" he gasped and yelled "punkins, wow!" we could not get him away from the snowmobiles and razors; he's definitely got Ryan blood in him. I'm sure we will be adding a couple snowmobiles to the family this winter since we will be living in feet and feet of snow; Ry was ready to pull the trigger at the fair, but I kept him under control since the snow won't be here for a couple more months.

I don't know how I always manage to spill on myself, but this is ranch all down my shirt and shorts, and right after I got this cleaned my purse fell off my shoulder and made my fried cheese curds go flying. I was so sad, luckily we went back another day and I ate some to make of for this tragedy.

26 Months Old

26 Month Facts:

• As so as I get you out of the trucks you say "hold hand" when we are in parking lots; i'm sure its because I used to give you the choice of me holding you or you holding my hand.
• You tell us to "go away" while you are pooping and sometimes when you are playing and just want to do your own thing, you are getting too big!
• You love looking at the hawks that fly above our house and have started calling all bigger birds hawks.
• Daddy took us on a hike through our backyard and found the tree house, you love it and I bet you are going to have a blast growing up and playing in there with your buddies and hopefully siblings.
• You love going on walks, you call them "hikes" and you could go on multiple ones a day.
• Anytime you get hurt, even if it's just a little bump you will say "go to the doctuh (doctor)" then you will say "kiss it better" and I will and you are usually fine after a kiss or two.
• You have become obsessed with trains, I've had to get you a few more train books and toys. Gma Gorny and Gpa Mike have a train set that you love to play with at their house and usually throw a world war three fit when we leave.
• You have started to pretend to be different animals, your current favorites are cheetahs, lions and tigers; you'll say "run fast like uh cheetah" or "rawr, Cooper lion" and yes, you still talk in third person and its so dang cute.
• You have started saying or should I say yelling "amen" at the end of prayers or at church when you think the speakers are speaking too long. The other day you kept saying "amen, amen, amen" and then started yelling "nursery, nursery!" you love nursery in our new ward and don't even notice when Momma and Daddy leave you there.
• You love to watch Mickey Mouse club while I get ready, they say "super cheers" and you have changed it to your own "supah man cheers" anytime they say it.
• You have started having interest in super heros, anytime you see them you ask "who's that, what's that?"
• You have started to say "tickle tickle" and you tickle Momma and Daddy, or you will say "tickle Cooper" when you want to be tickled.
• You are such a smartie pants and are learning and growing more every day, Daddy and Mommy love you more than every and are so proud to be your parents, love you Coop!

First Weekend in August

Here are the last couple pictures we took at our old house and the last bath Coop had in the old bath. We will miss that little house, we have lots of wonderful memories there, but we are excited for our new adventure in our new home and we can't wait for a bit more space.

When we found out we were closing earlier than the original date we decided we wanted to have everything we needed before we moved in, so the day before we moved in I drove down to Utah to get our new bed and nights stands, the plan was to get the dining room table and chairs too, but they wouldn't fit. Coop did so great so on the way home I stopped in Bountiful to grab a bite at Carl's Jr and let him play for a while.

 

AUGUST 2ND: MOVING DAY

The morning of moving day I went to buy our mattress and Coop was jumping from bed to bed basically the whole time we were there and while I was checking out he jumped onto a box spring and immediately grabbed his shin and started to cry. I held him and when I tried to put him down he couldn't walk. I took him home and let him play while I finished packing a few more things, he just sat and played and wouldn't even try to stand up. After a couple hours of this I took him in to get x-rayed, Nic said it looked like there could be a small something but nothing we needed to worry about, that if he needed held for a few days to do that. After that we went over to the mortgage company and signed our lives away and then had to wait for the sellers to sign their papers so just continued packing and preparing. Once we got the word, Ry's family came over and we took loads and loads up to the new house, I stayed at the old house making sure everything was labeled and organized and let Coop nap. The rest of the day between Ry's family, us and my family we got most of our stuff up to the new house. We set up Coop's bed first so he would have somewhere to sleep that night, Ry wanted to sleep in our new house that night.

I deep cleaned the new house while they kept bringing in loads and started to unpack the kitchen and get things where I wanted them. Once we got as much up as we wanted for the day Ry grabbed Café Rio and we ate our first meal at our new house on the floor. Once we got Coop put to bed that night, he was so excited for "Cooper's new house" and went straight to sleep, Ry and I set up our bed. We didn't have any of our tools up here yet so I had to run down to our friends' house to borrow some of their tools so we could get our bed set up. I was so tired and told Ry that I really wouldn't mind just laying down our mattress and sleeping, but he refused that, he wanted to sleep in his new bed with everything set up the first night. We finally got it all together and got to sleep around 2:00AM.

Coop loved playing in the boxes and really was the best mover, he didn't have any trouble with the transition. He loves playing outside at our house, he loves watching sunsets with us (and tries to use it as a way to stay up later, sometimes it works). We didn't get our dining room table for a few days so we let Coop have his little tikes table and he loved eating there, he snuggled with Ween while I got things organized and he just loves our new house.

Coop's new room all set up for his first nights' sleep and eating breakfast at his table.

This was the first and last time Ry ever mowed our lawn with a normal lawn mower, a few weeks after we moved in he bought a riding mower, Coop loves to go for rides on it.

The first weekend in our house was SO busy, Ry had a fund raiser at Highland, Jeffery got baptized and we had a birthday dinner for Wendy (Ry's mom). That first week we got settled and unpacked as much as we could, Coop and I would got pack and clean the rest of the duplex after the gym in the mornings, it took a while to get everything completely done but if felt so great to finally have it all done.

Ry left for Rock Springs for work a couple days after we moved in and was gone for about 3 weeks. I felt bad that he only got to enjoy our new house for a couple days before he was gone. While he was gone our new furniture arrived, we got our dish and internet hooked up, got our new washer and dryer and I tried to get every single box unpacked and I did it! We love our new home and are so excited for the things to come while we live here!