Tree Hunt 2009!



Last weekend, we went up to Utah for a tree hunting trip. I've had the experience of cutting down a Christmas tree with my family every year and it is always so fun. We got up really early Saturday morning and headed to Cedar City, UT and the Dixie National Forest. For whatever reason, we never think Utah will have snow on the ground in December so we typically end up unprepared... this year was no different. We were in snow up to our mid-calf for most of the morning. At least this year, we wore knee length socks!

Despite a tiny bit of hypothermia we found a great tree and got it back home safely. We were talking about how fun it will be in a few years when we can make a whole day of it. Cooper really liked the snow but wanted to keep putting his hands in it and then every time he touched it, he would start to whine because his hands were too cold! It's so funny, all the things they have to learn on their own.

PS, Cooper ate with a shovel the other day. We couldn't take it away, we were laughing too hard... but we did get some fun pictures!!
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Thanksgiving 2009



This year, my family came up to Vegas for Thanksgiving. Ryan was so excited to cook the dinner this year, he started planning weeks in advance. He cooked everything and I was his prep cook! It was lots of fun.

The weekend started out pretty touch-and-go as Cooper was winding down a fever he had been fighting for a few days. On Tuesday, I called the doctor and left him a message letting him know about Cooper's fever. You see, a few months ago, I told the doctor that their 'non emergency medical help line' was neither A) non-emergency nor B) medical help. When you call in with your symptoms, they make you feel like it's a medical emergency and make an appointment right away, only for the doctor to tell you to give your child Motrin or Tylenol and be on your way. It tends to be waste of a few hours. The doctor laughed and told me to just call him and he would call me back within the business day. Well, IT WAS A THANKGSIVING MIRACLE!!! The doctor actually called back on Tuesday afternoon. He said I should bring Cooper in just in case because we were going into the long weekend and it sounded like he had some sort of throat thing. Cooper is really good when he's not feeling well, just a bit more easily aggravated. IE, if you don't hold him as long as he wants to be held, he will immediately scream. This is not to be confused with his other screaming, the one he does when he's not getting his way. It's a hard life, being 1-1/2.

On Thursday, everyone was eating by noon, napping by one, and taking a walk by two. We had our dessert at four-ish and then proceeded to play a rousing game of Trivial Pursuit... for FIVE HOURS. I mean really. It was a wonderful day and was only the beginning of the weekend! On Friday, we took the family out to Red Rock and did some hiking and then made our traditional Christmas cookies that afternoon. We got to see two GREAT Christmas-y things. There was a tree lighting on Friday night... and a whole bunch of Christmas lights on Sunday night! Cooper was in awe of all the lights, and now says 'reindeer', 'snowman', and 'light', which sound more like 'rayeer', 'momah', and 'ligghhh'.

It still amazes me that the little things Cooper does make us both laugh so much. Nobody tells you how hard parenting is and even if they tried, most people wouldn't really understand it; but the one time your child gives you that perfect look, it makes all of it worth it. I'm not gonna lie, sometimes that look won't come for 9 or 10 months, but when it does... it's definitely the best thing in the world. He did that for us all weekend long, smiling and laughing... and then this.

It was a wonderful start to our holiday season and we are really excited!
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Happy Halloween!



Well, we didn't take Cooper trick-or-treating; but we did stop by his new friend Owen's house. Owen was born a week earlier on October 23rd. When we showed up for our visit, Ryan... the other Ryan, it's confusing. Recently, there were about 6 of us hanging out and 50% of the people there were named Ryan... I digress. So Ryan asked 'what is Cooper dressed as?' (At the time Cooper wasn't wearing his hood). We said, 'a giraffe!', thanks Colette! Well, it turns out Owen was a giraffe, too! He was a sleepy giraffe and spent most of the evening napping, so Cooper kept him company. At one point, Cooper thought the car seat might be for him, so he walked right up to it, turned around and tried to sit in it!

We tried to get home in time to get some trick-or-treaters of our own... but only 8 kids showed up (and 6 of the 8 showed up in one big group). Ryan and I ended up taking way too much candy to work on Monday. Happy Halloween!

~Ahna
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