Tractor driving

Naturals! (The boys had so much fun at Mimi and Papaw's ranch. Cooper even shot his first gun! Picture coming later from Papaw's camera.)

Working hard at Papaw's ranch

Reagan makes himself comfortable

I have no idea why but Reagan has decided this is the best place in San Angelo to have a bottle of milk. :)

Now that was a party!

We are in San Antonio for Chris's younger brother's daughters' 1st birthday (triplets). The party was at their mom's office. She runs a Pediatric clinic and has an amazing office!!

Happy Birthday Mommy Lou!!

Texas, here we come!

Oops, forgot the stroller.

Mommy off to India

I took my first business trip since we had Cooper last week (I was supposed to go to California for work last year but Reagan ended up in the hospital the day before...).

This was my send-off:



When we did FaceTime the next day everyone was a bit happier:




I spent 4 days at a hotel sorting out iPads for an event...




I left a day early so I could get back for Halloween, I just couldn't miss it!

Halloween

Better late than never, here are some photos and videos from Halloween.

Picking out pumpkins the weekend before Halloween.

Reagan, the prisoner

Cooper, the cop

Reagan's first trick or treat, Cooper showed him how it is done


Reagan picked it up very quickly!


We were softies and couldn't make Reagan wait until we got home to have some candy. Both boys LOVE lollipops. Reagan was literally searching through the candy at each house looking for lollipops. ;)

Is this what a room would look like if a toddler designed it?

A conversation between brothers

This morning as we were eating breakfast, Reagan put a Lego fireman in to a Lego dump truck.
Cooper says, "Fireman don't drive dump trucks"

Reagan responds, "Why?"
Cooper, "Because fireman drive fire trucks and fire vans."
Reagan, "Why?"
Cooper, "Because they put out fires."

Reagan seemed satisfied with that answer.
=)

Cooper - Ladies' Man?

I was walking Cooper to school earlier this week and ran in to the mom of a girl in his class, she had a story she wanted to tell me.

She and her daughter, Isabella, were talking about marriage, and how you were supposed to marry a boy. Isabella declared that boys were yucky and she definitely did not want to marry a boy. Her mother than started going through each of the boys she knew and Isabella declared them each "too yucky". When she got to Cooper, Isabella stopped and said "I could marry Cooper."

This made me strangely proud. My son is not as yucky as the other boys! ;)

Why? Why? Why? Because. . .

Reagan still has far fewer words than I would expect considering how well he understands us and how well he gets his point across. However, he has picked up his brother's favorite word, "Why?". I have tried to explain to him that most kids learn a few more words before picking up on asking "Why?" all the time, but he simply responded "Why?". ;)
My absolute favorite is when Reagan is asking "Why?" and Cooper answers "Because". I swear I try so very hard to not use that as an answer to Cooper's questions, but it must be slipping in. . .
A video of Reagan's "Why? Why? Why?".

Some of Reagan's other words:
Mommmmeeeee
Daddddeeeee
No
This
Hot
Move (when he wants you to move)
Hide (when he wants to hide under the duvet)
Out
Bee
Owie
Dog
Me
Bubble
Bottle
Ball
Apple
Eyes
Please
Chips
Shoes
My (muslin)
Bus
Taxi
Milk
Juice
More
I am sure I am missing a few. Of course, as a second child, I am not keeping as much track. . . oops!

Why we need a place in the country...

I think the video speaks for itself...

Together time?

Sometimes things can get a bit crazy in the morning. Unfortunately my best weapon against this is the iPad.... I feel guilty about it most of the time but then sometimes this happens, and I convince myself it is ok. ;)

Very shortly after this photo Cooper kissed Reagan on the forehead. :)

A Pro already!