Finally...Introducing Cooper Brian!

Okay, okay so I am a little behind on introducing the newest member of our family...Cooper Brian. :) He is absolutely precious! Cooper was born on December 9th. He weighed 8lbs. 6oz. and was 20 1/2 in. long. Cooper was the first name Shaun and I talked about when we first found out we were expecting and we never found another name we loved more and Brian is after Shaun's dad... so Cooper Brian it was!
Funny story I have to share... The day after Cooper was born Carter called me and told me that Nikki said it was Cooper BRIAN (apparently he and Aunt Nikki had been arguing all morning.) I told him that was right... he was silent for a moment so I asked him what he thought it was and he told me, "but you said Cooper BROWN!" Apparently he (and his babysitter) misunderstood me when I called to tell him he had a new baby brother...Cooper Brian. They thought I said Cooper Brown ...and what is even more funny he told one of the other moms that came to pick her daughter up that his new brothers name was Cooper Chocolate!! Luckily for Cooper we got it all straighten out and he is definately Cooper Brian. :)

He is such a good baby and has brought us all so much joy!! The kids cannot walk past him without wanting to kiss and hug (or at least touch) him. It amazes me that they never forget to tell him good morning or good night. It is so crazy how he was instantly a part of our family... he just fits and I couldn't imagine our family without him. We are so blessed!!!
I can see a little of each of the kids in him. :) Cavan is such a great big brother...he is soooo proud of Cooper. He couldn't wait to take a picture to school to show everyone and he must have shown EVERYONE...when he got off the bus he was still carrying the picture of Cooper...it didn't even go in his folder...just in case he wanted to show someone on the bus!Carter loves his baby brother! He can hardly keep his hands off of him, and he is good about telling people they have to be quiet because Cooper is sleeping... I guess he does hear me! :)Cabella is a very proud big sister! She is a really big helper and loves to help me change diapers, give baths and read books to Cooper.
Me-maw and Pe-paw (Brian) came to see Cooper! Cooper had to wear that special sleeper because he had jaundice and had to be on a special light for the first couple of days he was home.

Princess Bella is Three!

All Bella has talked about since Carter's birthday party is how she was going to has a "princess" birthday party...so a princess party is what we had! All of Bella's girl cousins came dressed in their favorite princess dresses and were all adorable. As everyone arrived the kids played musical chairs and as they got out the girls got makeovers...nails painted, eye shadow, blush, lip gloss, princess jewerly and of course a tiara! As the boys got out they were transformed into brave knights. They were given knight armor... a sword and shield (cut out of cardboard which they were able to decorate with markers and crayons.) The kids all had a lot of fun. The princesses loved getting makeovers and the knights loved using their shields and swords! The girls had their own pink princess table set with their own giant cupcakes and personalized "fancy" glasses.

My favorite thing during the whole day was singing Happy Birthday to Bella! It is the sweetest thing to watch her beam as she soaks in all the attention, looking around at everyone in disbelief...it's as if she can't believe everyone is singing just to her. I remember her doing this exact thing on her first birthday and it really is the sweetest thing!

The pretty princesses and the knights at the round table!!Musical Chairs!!! After the party... when everyone had left...I asked Bella what she liked most...her first response was...icecream! Then I asked again...her second response was pizza! If you know Bella you know how appropriate these responses were...she definately loves her food :) So I tried one more time... her third response was...playing! Playing? I asked. Yeah, playing... walk, walk, walk, sit down. Walk, walk, sit down. This was the kind of response I was looking for...she liked playing musical chairs! :) Happy Birthday Baby Girl!!