The Hottest Happiest Place on Earth

Last week we went to Disneyworld for Caden's 5th birthday. We had a great time. It was really hot and a little crowded, but it was still a lot of fun! It was Cooper's first Disney trip (he turned 14 months old while we were there) and he LOVED all the characters and the rides. We can't wait to go back.


Caden's favorite memories were getting picked to be in the Jedi Training Academy and playing the Texas Ranger on stage at the Hoop Dee Doo Review. Both were precious.


Here are a few of our favorite pictures from our trip.

13 months

Cooper is 13 months old today.

What are you up to these days, Coop?

You are walking and pulling up on things.

You are jabbering non-stop.

You sleep A LOT and Mommy loves you to pieces for that!

You hold up one finger when someone asks "How old are you?". (Especially when Papa asks.)

You clap for yourself all the time.

You shake your head No-No-No-No-No-No when you don't want something or when you don't like someone telling you "No".

You adore Caden and want so badly to do everything he does.

You are starting to use the potty and are doing really well with it.

You are getting three new teeth this week - that makes 5 total.

You love Elmo and Barney and you know exactly what to do with a lightsaber!

You can say: Dada, Mama, Ada (Caden), Du (Duck), Ehmo (Elmo), Ba-non (Banana), Buzz, Bye, Ba-Ba (Bottle)

You love to be in your walker and run down the hall as fast as you can and slide. It makes you squeal.

You bring us so much hapiness. We love you oodles and oodles!

Caden's Graduation

Caden graduated from Mount Bethel Pre-school last night.
He starts Kindergarten in the Fall at Mt Bethel Christian Academy.
We had a great time at graduation.

Drs. K

Cooper went to the doctor today because he had a fever that spiked up last night to over 103. He has a virus and should be fine in a few days, hopefully. He's teething too.

There are two Dr. K's at our pediatrician (well actually three now that I think about it).
We REALLY like Dr. K1 and we really DON'T like Dr. K2.

Anyway, while we were at the pediatrician today, Dr. K1 saw Cooper and noticed that Dr.K2 (who we saw at Cooper's one year visit because Dr. K1 was out of town unexpectedly) noted a heart murmur on his chart at his last check-up. Dr. K1 looked puzzled and said she wanted to listen to his heart for a while. She could not find a heart murmur or a "squeak" as Dr.K2 noted. Dr. K1 said that perhaps Cooper had been congested at his last visit and that Dr. K2 had heard his squeak because of the congestion. I told Dr.K1 that Cooper was completely well at his last visit. Dr. K1 then said perhaps she needed to buy Dr. K2 a new stethoscope!

We are still going to the cardiologist on May 26 to see if he can find anything, but we are not too worried about it. Caden sees the cardiologist on May 26 too for his regular heart health check up and to see if the PFO that he has is still open and if we have moved into Stage 1 Block. We will keep you posted! Thanks in advance for your prayers.

It's Fun to be One

Cooper had his 1 year check up yesterday.

He weighed 25 lb 2 ounces and was 31 1/2 inches long.

The doctor (that we have never seen before!) heard a slight heart murmur so we are headed to the cardiologist.

Everything else was great except for the two shots he got.

Happy 1st Birthday Cooper!

Cooper had a great first birthday! We had a party at our house and had friends and family over.

He destroyed his cake and loved playing with the boxes and bags that his presents came in.

Happy Birthday Cooper! We love you!

Easter Sunday

Happy Easter!

We went to church this morning, came home and opened Easter baskets, had an Easter egg hunt and went to Grandma & Pop Pop's for lunch.

Caden got Star Wars underwear from the Easter Bunny. It was his favorite gift!

We hope that everyone had a blessed Easter.