Coop-isms 2

Coop Under his Blanket at night.
Mom : "Why are you hiding"
Coop: "I Hide Green Monster"

Coop looking under his bed
Mom: "What are you looking at?"
Coop: "I find Green Monster"

I think he has a monster under his bed!!

At least he is not scared of it!

Coop-isms

I pulled up to the store yesterday and
Coop asked "we go dat store?"
I said "Yes" and
he said "Cool!"

Hee Hee!! He is so stinking cute!

Nick got to feel Baby Jack kick last night. Monday night was the first time!

Oh... and he is definitely kicking right now!!! (Ouch!!)

Potty training... Sitting or Standing?

We have slowly been working with Coop, because I would love to get him out of diapers before Baby Jack makes an appearance.
He does pretty well.
Monday night he wanted to go "all by myself" ( a very common phrase in our house), but he went on the floor instead.
Now last night he wanted to go, but he wanted to stand up! He tried really hard, twice, but nothing came out.
So I am just wondering.....
Sitting or Standing??
Any Advice?

Married Student Ward

When Nick and I got married we started attending the married student ward(MSW).

Now there are many cool things about a MSW.
* Everyone is broke and humble about it
* Everyone is the same general age
* The Bishops are often College Professors
* The ward changes often, so you get to meet a lot of new people
*Relief Society
Now this last one deserves a little explanation. In a college ward Relief Society your leaders and teachers are your peers. Women who are dealing with the exact same issues you are.

Also there was the roll. Every week you marked yourself here, grabbed flyers for activities, picked up the visiting teaching message,(because who can afford the whole Ensign), and checked the "Expecting Mothers page".
I know right such a cool way to announce you are pregnant. Don't tell anyone, just write it down in Relief Society.
But this was not the best however.
Because of the high rate of change several times a semester you would get to go around the whole room and introduce yourself, so we could all "get to know ya"
Invariably the tiny blond on the second row would stand and say.

"Hello, my name is Stacey, my husband is Dave. We have been married for 4 months and we are 2 and a half months pregnant."

Now I and others as the group of old timers (those who had been married for 2-3 years w/o producing progeny) would look and each other and kind of smile.

Because who doesn't think that is cute!!!

When I got Pregnant with Cooper, I wanted to announce like that. Except I wanted to one-up them. I wanted to say the gender of the baby too!!

Now wait you might ask, won't most people be able to tell you are pregnant
before you can tell the gender.

Well no, see I am tall and I carry all in my back.
So as the day of my 21 week ultrasound approached and I was so excited. It was at the beginning of a new semester so I just knew I would get to announce in Relief Society.
However much to my chagrin the Sunday before my Tuesday appt. we were all asked to introduce ourselves.
Well I went for it even with out the Frosting for the cake.

"Hi I am Tawny my Husband is Nick
we have been married for almost 4 years
and we are expecting our first baby in May.

My disappointment at not knowing the gender was tempered by the Relief Society Secretary, who was conducting, dropping her book and yelling "No Way". It was marvelous.

Now here I am again.
Getting a little chubby,
just barely "showing"
and I am saying.

"Hi my name is Tawny my husband is Nick we have been married for almost seven years and have an almost three year old son named Cooper. And we are expecting another Little Boy the second week of May!"

"NO WAY!!!!!"
That's right I made it, this time!!!

Does this count as a resolution????

This is how many fresh veggies were used to make our dinner last night.
Menu: Grilled Chicken Kabobs
Mashed potatoes



I am also eating at least 3 servings of a fruit/ or vegetable every day at school. To cut down on the trips to the chocolate filled bowl on the secretary's desk.

Nick and I have decided to be healthier, so I am including at least one fresh veggie in each dinner. Yum, Yum.

Back to School, Back to School, to Prove to Dad that I'm not a Fool.

Today is day three of Semester 2. and things are going well.
Coop has loved being back playing with the boys all day long. ( I just can't compete with that!!)
Eventually I will post some Christmas pics, but I seem to have lost my energy to do anything that does not directly contribute to minimal functionality!

Happy 2010.