update

Well....the blog has been suffering lately.  We have been extremely busy.  Things are good in the Bedilion house....we are all itching for warmer weather.

Here is some news that we haven't posted about yet. 

Cooper is going to be a big brother.....to a little sister!  I think we settled pretty quickly on a name, Madison Jean.  Both Steph's and My mom's middle name is Jean, so that was an easy one.  We like nicknames...and Cooper gets called Coop more than his full name....so I assume Maddie will be the name that gets used most.  Anyways...Maddie is due here in late June, but if she takes after Coop, she will be here several weeks early.

Back to Coop.  He had a great Christmas.  This was the first Christmas he fully understood that Santa is a guy that brings presents and he rides in a sleigh with reindeer.  Christmas morning, he bolted downstairs....ran past the tree and straight to see if Santa ate the cookies.  We had to remind him that Santa might have put presents under the tree.

Cooper is finally big enough to get out and do fun things in the snow. We went sled riding on a "real" hill. He even soloed. He made his first snow angel and snowman. We spent atleast an hour trying to find a magic hat for Frosty, but no luck there.

Getting Excited For Christmas!

Back from Colorado.....

Ranch

Ranch



Ranch after the snow storm.



The wifey and Cooper toughed it out at home without me for 2 weeks.  Either Steph is completely sick of me and looks forward to kicking me out for 2 weeks or she is a great wife...maybe both.  Anyhow, Thanks!

It was extremely hard being away this time.  I did get to video chat with the family, but I think that just made me miss them more.

I did make it back just in time for Trick Or Treat night.  Cooper dressed up at Thomas the Train. 

Trick Or Treat?

It really is amazing the change in Cooper in just 2 weeks!  Not only does his shirts no longer fit him, but his speech is amazing now.  Before I left, he struggled to spit out a sentence.....but now he tells me exactly what he wants.

Next time I'm taking the family to Colorado with me!

Too long

It's been too long since we posted an update but in all honesty most days I feel like I'm not sure how I had the time to shower and get out the door to work.  We had a great summer and Cooper is growing like a weed.  I was a bad mom and didn't take him for 2 year old pictures so this weekend he actually let me take them myself in the back yard.  I think they turned out pretty good, and I like them better b/c they were taken at home.  I still have to photoshop them a little to boost the clarity but I love the sun and the background and how he was so good to pose for his Momma.

My Baby

My baby boy is currently sick with what we thought was strep but is actually some really oddly named virus that causes blisters on the back of his throat.  Apparently it just has to run its course and we just pump him full of ibuprofen every 6 hours to ease the pain.  However, he can't swallow so when I say "pump him" you can take a wild guess as to where we have to put the ibuprofen.  Yes, this is what is happening to my poor baby.  On the other hand, up until Sunday he had a great weekend.  We went to the camper again, which you really can't go wrong with for Coop, and on Saturday evening we spent some time on Mt. Davis, which is the highest point in Pennsylvania.  It also has a strikingly beautiful lake and sunset and it made my boy look like the angel he is basking in the warm of the setting sun (most of the time).

Weekend in Review

Our weekend was pretty uneventful, hot and uneventful at least.  Friday we went to a lovely wedding for our cousin Sarah and Chris and then spent the rest of the weekend at home, in the heat.  So the theme of our weekend is heat.  Yesterday it was so humid I've never seen Coop soaked in so much sweat and he was sticky, which made his hugs and kisses even more delightful.  Our pool is currently in a constant battle with some tough algae so we weren't able to cool off in that so Coop kept himself busy with dirt, and minnows, and more dirt.

Training the trainer

At work there is a workshop/course we sell called "train the trainer". At home we have the Bedilion adaptation of that. Here,we do what works. Even when it is this....(Coop as a teen you have permission to be mad at me for this one for about 24 hours)