Old gal pals catchin' up on good times and how great our babies are!

I finally got to catch up with Nic, Avery and Ryan ...it has been way too long. It is very hard for us to even get to chat on the phone due to the time difference b/t Cali and Ohio. I wish that we could see each other and talk more often! I miss Nic! In case you didn't notice, how friggin' cute is Avoey?! I love Coop with all my heart, but I still want a girl!

Another Round of Deployment

Well, March rolled around, which means time for Paul to leave again for deployment...#3...I think the week before is the hardest. I just dread him leaving and I cry every night b/c it is one more day closer to him leaving. Well, this time around I was going to slug it out by myself...yikes-a-roo...2 1/2 mos of me, Coop and Sarge...24/7! Lord help me! Well, I left at the end of March for NYC's Vision Expo...but first I had to get on a plane with Coop and go to Phoenix, where our flight was delayed a few hours...growl! We then flew on to Houston, where I dropped off Coop with Gia and Popeye...they could hardly wait to snatch him up! I then went to NYC and came back to pick up Coop so we could head back to Cali, but Coop had a different plan. We only intended to stay a week or so, but Cooper's ear infection got much worse and the doc said he wouldn't be able to fly without getting tubes in his ears first. It took another week and half to get all the paperwork straight with our insurance company so that we could have the surgery in TX and then just before Easter weekend Cooper was able to have the surgery. He recovered well and so we planned to fly home 4 days later, but then our black cloud that follows us when we travel, reappeared. Our flight was cancelled on Friday, again on Saturday and yet again on Monday. Sheesh! So, on Sunday afternoon, Mum and apaP came to get Coop and take him to the zoo for the first time. Mum says that Coop was more entertained by the people than the animals. By Tuesday we were on a plane and headed back home. Now we just had to tough it out another month or so before Paul came back from deployment

OSC Partaaayyy!

I had a great lunch party with the ladies of the OSC (Officer Spouse Club). We dug into some King Cake...it tasted good...but the only reason we dove in was to see who would win the dorr prize! Who doesn't like free stuff!?! Below is a picture of me and Ang, the other Historian. There are hardly ever pics of us b/c we are usually the ones taking the pics.

Coop is sick! Poor baby!

Cooper came down with some serious sickness! UGH! Story of our friggin' lives! This time I decided to catch it too, so Coop and I had EVERYTHING...literally...too many problems to even begin to describe. The ONLY thing that I like, and I am not saying that I like it when Coop is sick...and no, I don't have Muchausen Syndrome, but the only thing that I like about Coop being sick is that he loves to cuddle. These days he runs everywhere, nonstop, but when he is sick he is curled in a ball in my lap...OR...around Sarge. Apparently, Sarge is the one thing that makes him feel better! Notice that Sarge will let Coop lay all over him, but he ain't sharing that electric blanket. Coop better not even try, b/c it turns into an all out war!

SQUAW VALLEY - Day #1

In Feb, Paul and I went to Tahoe with a big group of friends. It was a blast and a much needed vacation…...and where was Coop during all this...with Paul's mom back at our house in Cali. We had so much fun with Ashley and Mike, Laura and Nick and Josh and Jenny. We had not seen Josh and Jenny since UPT in Del Rio and this was probably the last time we were going to get to see them for a few years since they were headed to Japan!...so jealous! One thing that no one was jealous of was my skiing skills! LOL! I skied one day and that was it...I fell and twisted both knees. UGH! I know they tell you to fall to the side, but I was more worried about the fact that I could not stop at all and survival mode kicked in and I had to save myself...on the bunny slope! LOL! Paul was a trooper. He skied the bunny slope with me the first day and then he ditched me for the real slopes.

SQUAW VALLEY - Day #2

Later in the afternoon on Day #2, we went tubing, which was fun, but Squaw Valley doesn't have much of a tubing slope...more like a slide.

SQUAW VALLEY - Day #3

On Day # 3 we went snowmobiling, which was the scariest adventure ever! Paul and I were cheap and decided to get one snowmobile and share it...bad idea! Although if we had gotten separate ones, Paul would have taken off and left me behind going 20mph. Anyhew, we jumped on the same snowmobile and Paul forgot I was riding on the back and sped off going 100mph...s%#^^#$! I had to keep hitting him with my helmet to signal him to slow the hell down! I saw my life flash before my eyes in those 2 hrs...yeah that's right, 2hrs! I have to admit, the scenery was breath-taking! The snow all over Tahoe was amazing! Cuddley weather!

Cooper's First Day at School

Hide and Go Seek

Splish Splash I was Takin' a Bath

Cooper Chasing Sarge with his Sword

Cooper at Christmas

Cooper's 1st Birthday

Cooper loves to drive his car down the driveway!

Cooper drives like Mommy - hittin' everything in sight!

Cooper is hawlin' a--

Well, Cooper has been little pistol this past week...well, more like this past month, because he has been very ill. First, tonsilitis and an ear infection and now, RSV. Cooper has hardly eaten anything in the past week, and after 2 trips to the ER and 1 IV, we are back home and finally finally finally he is starting to eat a little. The only thing he will eat is bananas and the only thing he will drink is iced tea...go figure...

Cooper definately sounds better...no more wheezing...but he still has the crud in his chest, so for now he is being spoiled rotten...and he knows it! LOL!

Paul comes home soon and we can hardly wait!

Enjoy the pics below!

Ticked off Tigger

Happy Halloween!

Cooper and Aunt Brookie

Cooper, Mum and apaP