Cory turns 30 and more!

Happy Birthday to the love of my life! Cory turned 30 on the 28th of January and when I asked him what he wanted to do for his birthday he just said he wanted to spend it with his family. Me and the 2 kids. I made chicken enchiladas and got an icecream cake roll for dessert. Cayman helped me put candles in it and then we sang Happy Birthday.
It was a good day. He got a sandwich maker and Digital photo frame from me and from Cayman and Cooper he got Night at the museum 2. I think Cayman wanted that more for her than her daddy! She loves those movies! Cayman sang her little heart out all day to Cory and it was so cute!
The next night I had asked a few friends and family to meet at Cory's favorite place, the Pie for dinner. We had a lot of fun even though it was very busy, crowded and noisy! We had a good time! Thanks to everyone who came.


We had fun! A few of our friends came over the house afterwards and Cooper and Cayman got to play with a little baby named Brooklyn. Cayman had so much fun being a little mom and Cooper was just happy to see someone his own size. It was cute.
I had Cayman pose for some pictures. The blue dress she is showing off her Silver shoes and the one with the Bob Marley beanie is from Alli and Paul when they went to Jamaica! Ask Cayman where its from and she says "Jamaica Man!" Funny!





I got to finally put the wagon together on Thursday and use it outside. Cayman is going to love it so much. We had fun and it was such a nice day I can't wait for more to follow.
Cooper is doing great at eating rice cereal. He loves it. I feed him once a day rice cereal mixed with applesauce and then the rest of the day bottles. His reflux is doing much better being on Prevacid. I give him 1/2 a tablet in the morning and 1/2 at night. He is eating better and sleeping longer. I am glad he is feeling better. He can sit for long periods of time by himself and has such a cute little personality. He loves to play in his toy saucer and acts so big. He gives me kisses now on my face and will open his mouth so wide and then kiss my chin and cheeks. It is so fun. I do get very slobbery but it is worth it! He also tried out the jumpy and he liked it! Cayman had to help him jump a little but I think this will be fun for him.
He is such a cute kid! Cooper tries to eat or drink anything Cory and I have. It is so funny. His mouth will open so big and little hands will reach with all his might. I do give in and let him drink water from my cup. He loves it!! We still have rough nights, he wont sleep in his crib for longer than 3 hours. I need to break him of his habit of needing me.
Cayman still loves him so much! She tries to mother him all the time. She is a good little helper and she is getting so big too.
Cayman loves to talk and tell stories and sing and dance and she has such an imagination. There is a little problem that you can't understand her words very well. At her 3 year well visit exam the doctor recommended me to have her evaluated by the Early childhood intervention program to see if she qualified for speech therapy. It has been a long process since October, but finally she is going to start her speech therapy school on Tuesdays. She will go once a week and I will learn ways to help her at home. I am hoping that we will see improvements soon and that her speech will get better. She has so much to say and it is so hard to understand sometimes. I am sure it is frustrating to her that she can't get her thoughts out in a way we can understand her too. I am excited for this help and the improvements she will make. I will post later when I have more!

Here come some sunny days!

I am a slacker....or just busy with 2 kids is more like it :D! Cory is still in a sling with his shoulder surgery. He is doing therapy 2 times a week and then every night on his own he will do stretches. Slowly he is getting better. I am still going crazy with no help and no break, but it will be worth it in the end. I should just stop whining but I do miss taking a bath whenever I want.

I will start our blog with our New Years Eve. Grandma Connie came over in the afternoon and decided to have a sleep over with us. We made Gingerbread cookies together. Cayman had so much fun rolling out the dough and decorating them. I enjoyed eating them! She had to take some around to the neighbors and show off her work. It was fun. We then had Papa Murphys for dinner and rented Night at the museum 2 to watch. We got in our jammies and blew up the air mattress and settled down for a long night.
Cayman and Cooper both made it to midnight and then Cj and Jackie came over to watch the ball drop. We made Shirley temples which are a tradition in my family and something I remember as a child. It was fun to share with my little girl. Yummy!
After the ball dropped we did some pop its outside and popped our streamers. It was a fun night. The next morning Connie went and got donuts and we made breakfast. It was a good weekend.
Cooper got to try sitting in the high chair for the first time. I think he liked it. I haven't tried again but here is a picture of my little cutie!
Cayman is still liking ballet. Here is a picture of her stretching on the bars. She is such a dancer.
Cory got to take Cayman to two Jazz games this month. We got some tickets from our Billy Joel and Elton John concert being rescheduled. So Cory took Cayman on a daddy-daughter date. What fun. She loved the Jazz game. We got her cute little jersey to wear and she looked so cute! Now when she sees anyone with the Jazz colors she yells GO JAZZ!! It is funny. Here are some pics of them at the game.





Now, Cayman wants to go to Jazz games all the time. Hopefully she will share her dads passion of sports.
Earlier this week we went to St. George. What a nice break from this inversion and yucky snow. I hate the cold weather. On the way down Cooper pretty much threw up his whole bottle in his carseat and when I undressed him and got him cleaned up he was much happier. This is him relaxing. Luckily, he wasn't sick any other day. It was in the 50s and so nice and sunny. We went and hiked around the sand dunes a little bit and let Cayman play in the red sand.
Afterwards, Cory found some rocks for Cayman to hike and explore.

She had such fun looking in the little caves and exploring. I loved this cactus and took a picture of Cayman standing by it. Cooper loved being outside and looking around. It was a really nice day. That night we went swimming and Cooper got to try out this baby float.

He was still a little small to sit in it. He had fun with me holding him and would kick his legs like crazy. He loves the water. Cayman was happy to be swimming too! She loved the hot tub. Later that night Cooper got to sit with dad. My 2 boys I love! The next day was very cold and dreary. It rained a little bit and so we had to limit our outside play. We went shopping and swimming and still had a good time. On our last day we woke up to sunshine and went to hike on Dixie rock. Cooper had a fun time hanging out with mommy and we did a great job exploring and hiking together. Cayman and Cory were buddies and we followed wherever they lead us. It was so nice to get out and move and be in the sun. Why do I live in a snowy place? I don't know. But I love that St. George is not far away. We got some good pics of us hiking around and enjoying the weather.






We left all that and came home to yucky smog and cold, but there is nothing like coming home. Cayman got sick that last night with a really bad cough and then on the way home she was coughing so hard she threw up. Sad little kid. I sat in the back and tried to help the best I could and then on Friday we went to the doctors. Cayman weighs 29.6 pounds and is 3 feet 2 inches tall. She had a really bad sinus infection that was making her cough and so we are on antibiotics now. Cooper was seen also for his runny nose and fussiness when he eats, and sleeps and he weighed 14.4 pounds and was given Prevacid for his bad reflux which is why he cries and his throat is really red from spitting up so much. Hopefully this will help with his crying all the time. By the way, Cooper has 2 teeth now. He is getting so big. He can sit by himself pretty much, he is still a little wobbly and we have to be next to him but he tries so hard. We have had a pretty fun month so far and hopefully I will be better about bloggin! Laters!