Go Rangers!

The Rangers are headed to Game 7 of the World Series tonight! And Kendall and Cooper are cheering them on in their new Rangers shirts from Pops and Kiki!

 Cooper is a pretty big fan of her new shirt. :) She wore it when we got them in the mail Monday night, she wore it to bed that night, then to run errands the next morning. It's clean again and now she has it back on today, ready for the game tonight!

We're looking forward to a fun weekend with Gigi, Peeps, Val, Gracie and Evy cheering on the Rangers and getting ready for our Halloween parade on Sunday!

Back to the Pumpkin Patch!

Monday we went back to the Pumpkin Patch with Dad! I couldn't believe how many pumpkins were already gone! Also, the mosquitoes have shown up in Lake Jackson. We had no rain all summer, and still haven't had rain, and a plus to this has been that our mosquitoes have not been as bad this year. But this week they have come and they are making up for being gone all summer!! They have been SO BAD. We got to the pumpkin patch and they started swarming us, so we snapped a few pictures and got back in the car!

 I love this picture of both of the girls! It's so rare that we are able to get both of them looking at the camera!

 Big hug!

Here is Cooper's measurement for this year! She was too busy to stand still. Love that little belly!

Here was her first trip to the pumpkin patch last year. She slept through the whole thing!

Here is the post about going to the pumpkin patch last year: http://cooperelyse.blogspot.com/2010/10/punkum-patch.html

It was fun going back and picking out another pumpkin! The girls loved it in spite of the mosquitoes. Maybe they'll leave with this cold front we're supposed to have tomorrow!

Leopard Girls

The girls kind of matched on Sunday! Kendall had leopard print on the top of her skirt and Cooper had it on her pants. So in the rush to get out the door and get to church, I had them pose for a few pictures.

 I think Cooper's face in these pictures is so cute! We think she's just changing so much lately and love her sweet little face!

 She was enamored with this little shampoo bottle. I tried to take it away from her so I could get some pictures without the bright green bottle....and that ended the photo shoot on the couch.

 See - now it's back and she's happy again. :)

I love those two leopard girls!! And I love it when they match...even if it's just a little!

Working with Sister

Yesterday morning, Kendall was on pbskids.org (or "dot or" as she says) on the laptop on the couch. Cooper was playing in the living room, too, but when she caught site of what Sister was doing,

 she went and found the Barbie laptop and walked over to the couch to get up next to Kendall!

 She sat down next to her and started typing away! So funny! I love how she wants to do everything Kendall does!

 And she loves this laptop! She just pushes buttons and carries it around like she's so proud of it. She also loves to carry it over to her rocking chair and sit up there with it.

She's so cute!

Trip to Aggieland!

We had such a fun weekend! Saturday the Ags played Baylor in College Station, so all four of us drove up early that morning. Granny and Papas met us there before the game and took care of the girls for us while we watched the Ags win! They had fun playing, eating good Mexican food, and then met us at the tailgate after the game. We are so thankful they drove all that way to help us with the girls and so thankful we got to see them!

We had so much fun at the tailgate after the game!
Lots of food+Granny and Papas+lots of friends=big fun for Cooper and Kendall!

Cooper was Papas' girl on Saturday!

She also was loving on her Granny a bunch! Mom kept sticking her finger in her mouth and pulling it out when Cooper would bite down and Cooper would just laugh and laugh.

All of the Erskines were at the tailgate, including the most popular new member...Baby Easton! We figured Kendall would be very interested in him, but were surprised at how much Cooper wanted to see him! She walked over and just stared at him. So sweet!

Kendall loves Micaela and she loves babies! She was in heaven!

Cooper stayed busy by finding everyone's bottles and carrying them around, trying to get drinks out of them. I love these two!

Look at how happy she is! Laura was so great to let Kendall hold Easton for awhile - and Easton didn't seem to mind! I love her big smile!

The game started at 11, so it was very hot and we got so sunburned! We had to get a family picture!

Randy preached the next day at the new church our church supports in DeQuincy, LA, so we drove from College Station Saturday night to Beaumont to stay in a hotel, then drove the rest of the way to DeQuincy in the morning. Cooper and Kendall both slept great at the hotel and we had a great trip! I love weekends full of fun family time!

Pumpkin Patch!

We went to the pumpkin patch for the first time this year last week! We met Holly, Ella, Sarah, Caleb, and Mary there and the girls had a blast.

Cooper rode in the wagon for awhile, but then wanted to get out and walk around and play like the big kids.

Sitting on the tractor, looking so big!

She loved these little pumpkins!

This last picture cracks me up. She was sitting next to the pumpkin and I said, "Cooper! Take your sass out!" and this is what she did! She's such a good listener and it's fun to see things she is starting to understand now.

We had so much fun at the pumpkin patch and can't wait to go back soon with Dad!

Adorable

She really is. Adorable.

Yesterday morning we had a fun, relaxing time at home. Ella came over while Holly went to the dentist and all three girls had fun playing!

Cooper got in Kendall's closet and wanted her sit-n-spin, so I got it out for her. She thought standing on it and wobbling back and forth was pretty fun, then I showed her how it really works.

They also spent some time playing with the dollhouse. Cooper looks up to both of them so much and just wants to be wherever they are!

When Holly got back, we all got ready and went for our first visit of the season to the pumpkin patch! Check back for pictures of that soon!

A Day in the Life of Cooper!

Cooper, this is such a fun stage of life with you! I love spending my days at home taking care of you and Kendall, and I wanted to journal about what a typical day looks like for us at this age. You are 13 months old now and Kendall is 3 and a little more than a half. :)

You are such a great sleeper! You sleep all night and don't wake up until 7:30 or 8 each morning. We know you are awake when we hear you playing in your bed - hardly ever do you call us or cry. When we walk into your room, you are usually sitting up, playing with your baby doll or looking at one of the books in your bed. When you see us, you start gathering things up to hand to us that you want to bring with you - it's the cutest thing! You hand us several things sometimes before you finally reach up, ready for us to pick you up.

The first thing we do is go have breakfast in your high chair. You drink a small cup of milk and eat Cheerios while I make you some applesauce mixed with baby cereal and while I make mine and Kendall's breakfast. Lately you have been pointing and reaching for more Cheerios when I try to feed you the applesauce - you love those the best!

 After breakfast, we have about an hour and a half or so until you are ready for your morning nap. On Tuesdays and Thursdays we get ready and take Kendall to school, and on the other mornings we either run errands or play around the house. You are getting so big - you love to walk around the house, finding toys, interacting with Kendall, or playing in the play kitchen.

 Some mornings we go for a walk before your nap. Naptime is typically from 9:30 or 10 until noon.

 I usually have to wake you up at noon so that we can have lunch. Daddy comes home to eat lunch with us most days, which we love! These days you like bread, cheese, fruit, yogurt, carrots, or whatever I'm having. A lot of times Kendall will finish eating and you will finish off whatever is on her plate that she didn't finish..after you've eaten all your food! You love to eat!!!
After lunch we have more time to play or run errands before you and Kendall both go down for nap around 2. I just love this time with both of you girls...learning, exploring, playing, reading, and talking. You are very into books right now, and you will go get a book and then turn around and back into our laps if we're sitting down or bring it to us and hold it up to us if we're standing up. I can't ever resist sitting down and reading with you!

Naptime for you is usually about 3 hours long. When you wake up, Daddy is usually home already, and this is very exciting for you. I have never seen more of a Daddy's girl than you Cooper! You want him to hold you all the time and won't even come to me when he's around!! I think it's pretty sweet, but I think I'm going to start letting him change more diapers and wrestle you on the changing pad if you like being with him so much. :) We're usually cooking dinner when you wake up, so you sit in your high chair and have some snacks so that we can finish that up. You eat what we eat for dinner, and a few extra things like some fruit or more vegetables.
We usually have to go straight from dinner to bath with you! You are a pretty messy eater, and for some reason lately you have started patting your head and rubbing your hair a lot while you eat....so a bath is usually a necessity! You love your bath though, and love it even more on nights when Kendall takes a bath with you. I think you could stay in there for hours!
After dinner we get ready for bed and then have some play time with Daddy and me. Before you go to bed around 8, Kendall always has to tell you goodnight and give you a kiss, and then we get your pink bear baby, two sasses, and turn your music on. Once you have your sasses and baby, you are ready to lay your head on our shoulders and let us rock you for a little bit, and then it's easy to put you in bed. You go down so fast and so easy - sometimes I wish I was able to rock you a little longer!
I'm so thankful to be your Mommy, Cooper, and I am loving these precious, slow-paced, fun days at home with you and Kendall.

Lately...

We have not had a whole lot going on lately, which has been really nice! We've been outside enjoying slightly cooler weather a little more, and Cooper has been doing lots more exploring and learning inside the house, too. She is so busy all the time - walking around, opening drawers, taking books off of shelves, playing with toys, putting things together, and talking the whole time.

She has 5 teeth now! Her bottom two middle teeth, one of her top eye-teeth, and her two top middle teeth have all broken through. She's a little lopsided for Halloween. :)

 She loves to play outside and go out on the back porch. If the blinds are open on the back door and she catches sight of outside, she will walk over to the door and squeal, looking at us, wanting us to let her out.

 One day last week I let her go outside and she walked over to the sandbox. I opened it so she could get in and she loved it!

 She sat and played for a long time, until she thought eating the sand would be a good idea and found out it wasn't. :)

This was pretty early in the morning, so even though she had had a bath the night before, we had to go straight into the tub. Oh well - it was fun!!