Better late, than never!

I know. I know.  It's been forever since I last blogged.  I'll try to get better!  Well here is an update on Josie's birthday party.  Josie got a battery operated four wheeler from her grandpa and grandma LeJeune and she absolutely loved it.  She rides it all the time.  Unfortunately, Cooper also figured out how to drive it by sitting on the edge, he just forgets to steer.  Luckily Josie is pretty good about giving Cooper rides on it too.  Josie also got a camera that she takes lots of pictures with.  She also got a horse that she can brush it's hair.  This is great since she is really getting into doing hair.  She wanted a horse party, so I was stuck with making a horse cake.  I think it turned out pretty good.  Enjoy the pictures!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Josie also had to get measured on her growth chart!!!

 

 

Happy Birthday Josie!

Josie is 3!!!

 

Can't believe how big my princess is getting.  These are a few of the pictures we took down at Riverside.  She also got a chance to feed the ducks while we were down there along the river.  Then for lunch we took Daddy pizza.  Another post to follow with pictures of presents.  Her big party is this weekend and she is super excited!!

Green Bay

Several weekends ago, I went with my mom and the kids to Green Bay. My Great Aunt Jane lives there and the family decided to go and visit her. We spent a lot of time in the hotel pool but we also visited Bay Beach Amusement Park where the kids got to go on all kinds of rides. They even got to ride on a real horse. We also went to the NEW Zoo on Sunday morning before coming home. The kids had a blast. We probably would have spent more time at both places if it hadn't been so warm. Enjoy the pictures!

Of Course Josie would choose a Rooster of everything on a Merry Go Round

The super slide that we had to do 2 times. 

Josie and Lucy heading for the next ride.

The Ferris Wheel that both Josie and Cooper went on.

Josie being shy the first time on her horse.

 Cooper loved riding his horse.

The peacock that kept following us around at the zoo.

 Josie checking out the giraffe's eating.  They didn't want to come eat from us though.

 Josie and Grandma checking out the penguins.  They were a favorite.

 Cooper taking a much needed drink.

 Feeding the llama's.

 The 3 girls playing.  Can you tell Josie is younger by a year?

 Cooper getting Uncle Rick to chase him.

 Cooper playing around!

Catching Up

Well it's summer time and the fun times have begun.  Cooper had is 12 month check up at the beginning of June and I never got around to posting.  This is mostly to help me remember this information but fun for everyone else to see.

Weight - 23 pounds 9 ounces (60th percentile)
Height - 29.25 inches (29th percentile)
Head circumference - 18.5 inches (67th percentile)

Hopefully he doesn't get his height from the my side of the family, he may be a very short and very stocky boy if so.

Over Memorial day weekend, Luke's aunt and uncle and kids that live in Florida came to town for a short visit.  We had everyone down to the farm and the kids loved playing together and in the water.  We were barely able to get the kids to sit down and take a picture.  Unfortunately my picture isn't that good of everyone. 

A couple of weeks ago Luke and I took the kids swimming for the first time.  Josie had been swimming when she was about 11 months old, which she doesn't remember.  So this was almost a brand new experience for her and it was for Cooper.  We decided to take them to Bigley pool in Viroqua and the kids loved it.  It took them both a little bit of time to get into the water but once they were in they loved it.  I couldn't even get Josie to stand still long enough to take a picture.  We really enjoyed the fact that this pool is a zero depth entrance pool so they could walk right in and choose how far in they wanted to go.  Later in the week the were invited to DeGarmo's for a pool party and fireworks but because of the burn bans we weren't able to do any fireworks.  The kids really enjoyed swimming at DeGarmo's.  Josie even wore a life jacket so that she could swim on her own.

The kids love spending time in the kiddie pool at home as well.  Especially if they can be naked in it.  Normally this happens right before we are going to head into the house. 

Cooper got his first tractor ride and he loved every minute of it.

Josie loves to play patty cake with Cooper!!

Josie had her first boo boo and needed a bandaid.  She was very proud of her bandaid.

Cooper's 1 year pics!

We had Cooper's 1 year pictures taken at the end of May and I am finally posting some of them.  They turned out great.  The kids were overlooking the pasture from our yard and they had a great time watching the cows.  Becca came down and took the pictures for us and they turned out wonderfully.  The kids were great since they know her so well and it only took about 20 minutes to get all the pics.  Enjoy!

Josie just happened to walk in front of the camera when Becca was taking a picture of Cooper and this is how it turned out!

Cooper had great fun on the gravel road. 

Josie had to have her picture taken all by herself.  Luckily she smiled big!!

Happy Birthday Cooper!!!

 
This last Sunday was Cooper's First Birthday.  We actually celebrated with a party on Saturday night with friends and family.  Cooper had a great time, once he got some medicine in him since his teeth were bothering him.  He really enjoyed his smash cake that I made for him.  He was actually pretty good and didn't make too much of a mess.  I also made the tractor cake.  It's supposed to resemble a John Deere tractor.  What do you think??  I think I'll keep cake decorating for my kids parties only.  haha.  After the cake, we decided to do presents and he didn't have any interest in opening anything.  He just wanted to wander around outside.  He really took off with his walking in the last week leading up to his party so anytime he's outside he just likes to wander around.  So, Josie and her cousins helped me open all the presents up.  He got some really great gifts.  We gave him a couple of books and a Little People car ramp.  He and Josie have spent a lot of time playing with that the last couple of days.  He also got a water table and they absolutely love it.  They have played with it a couple of times already.  It will help on those hot days to have water to play with.  Here's a picture overload!!