YEAH!!!!!

So, my life time dream of being a stay at home mom has come true!!!! My sweet husband is working so hard so that I can be at home with Cooper. He is so amazing and I am so grateful for him. I don't think he will ever understand how much this means to me. I get to devote all of my time to sweet baby. I have been at home now for two weeks. You would think since I am at home, I would have been able to post, but being a stay at home mom keeps me busy. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. Thanks babe for everything you do for me and Cooper! We are so lucky to have you in our lives for eternity. LOVE YOU!!!!



This is the only way I have found I can fold laundry and not have Cooper unfold the cloths right after I fold them. I dump all of the cloths out of the basket, put him in the basket and dump all of the cloths on top of him. He thinks it is the greatest and I actually get the cloths folded.



This is what it is like at our house as soon as Matt gets home. Cooper misses him so much while he is gone but Matt makes up for lost time. They wrestle and play for at least an hour before Cooper goes to bed. Cooper sure does love his dad.



Cooper loves forts! Anything that he can crawl under and sit, he thinks is the greatest thing ever. This is him under our end table. This is his favorite spot in the while house.






Cooper and Santa!!! He did so good. I think he was more confused by the overbearing beard than anything else.



So, I had a compulsive moment on Tuesday. I woke up that morning and thought, "I want to cut my hair." So I called my friend Elise and by that night my hair was gone. She cut off over 9 inches so I was able to donate my hair which made me feel good. I needed a change and am grateful Elise did such a good job. Thanks Elise!!!

My Precious Baby!

Cooper has found his new favorite hole. If he is ever just sitting, his finger is in his nose...not kidding. He thinks it is totally normal. We will sit and laugh at him and he looks back at us like, "What?"



Another sign of Cooper's sweetness is the food all over the bouncer he is sitting in. One of his favorite games is to spit his food on who ever is feeding him; hence the food all over the bouncer.



Yet another sign. Cooper thinks it is hilarious when he poops and it is a stinky one. I came down the stairs the other day and this is what I saw. Matt has a very sensitive nose so it is hard for him no matter what. This was FUNNY!!!!



Cooper caught in action starting to go up the stairs by himself. He tried to take a run for it and beat me to the next staircase. He is so much fun!

Christmas Card time!!!!

I am trying to gather addresses to send out Christmas cards. If you would like a Christmas card from our family, please leave your address on my blog, or you can email it to me at cherlinford@yahoo.com. I hope everyone is doing well!!!!

Happy Birthday to me!!!!

It was my birthday this week! I love birthdays!!!! I had the best day.



It started off with Matt making me these delicious pancakes (my favorite). YUMMMMM!



Then we relaxed and actually watched a movie. It has been a while since we were able to sit and finish a whole movie. We then got ready and went shopping. YEAH!!! After shopping we went to my favorite restaurant, Tepanyaki. After that, we came home and had fun as a family. The next day, Matt got me tickets to go see Curtains at Hale Center Theater. It was great! Thanks for the great day!!!




Matt bought me 12 dozen red roses for my birthday. They are so beautiful!!!! He also got me the cutest new purse ever! Thanks Babe!!!



Smother Cooper with kisses time!!! This is my favorite and Cooper's least favorite.



He is getting so big and doing so well. He actually crawls normal now. He is going up stairs but he hasn't quit figured out how to get down them. He has attempted the head first theory but ends up getting high centered. He is getting into everything and hasn't quit figured out what "NO" means. I hope he will catch on to that one soon. He loves eating cords, pulling vents out of the wall, pulling the door stoppers out of the wall, you know, everything terrible a little boy can get into (I am sure worse will be coming soon too :[ ). I have to keep my eye on him at all times. He definitely makes Matt and I happier than we ever thought possible.



Matt got out his Corvette and Cooper thought it was the coolest thing ever. He loves chancing it.



Matt was teaching Cooper how to run the car.



What a heart breaker! I sure do love that little boy!!!!

What a FUN Sunday!!!

First of all, I was able to to to church with these two handsome men!



Cooper was finally able to fit into one of my favorite outfits I was given at a shower. He sure is a cute kid!



YEAH for the annual Coleman family Halloween party. Matt's parents put so much time into making this perfect party for our family. It is always a blast and something we look forward to every year. Here is a sneak peak of our costumes. I will post the complete costumes next week.



This is our family (mom and dad were taking the pictures). I thought the the costumes on the top left were awesome. She was deviled eggs and he was a cereal killer. Genius!!!



And the dinner begins. They put together a menu with three courses. We have to fill in what we want to eat. Your choices are anything from graves, guts, mummies, spiders, etc. So, you have no idea what you are going to end up with. Included in the menu is your utensils.



I had to show the cute cups! I love the straws!



This was Matts' first course. He got manicotti, pie and a roll without any utinsels.



I got manicotti with a fork and a spoon.



Here is Matt finishing his first course. Surprisingly he didn't get too messy.



This is Matt's second course. A spoon, salad and carrotts.



For my second course I got a salad, carrotts, and a roll without any utinsels.



Poor Matt! His last course was a knife and a spoon:(



I did pretty good. I got a piece of pie and a kinfe. YEAH!!



Here are Brooklyn and Cooper playing after dinner. It is so much fun to watch these two. They are both crawling all over the place.



I love Brookyn's legins!



We ended the night playing Halloween bingo. You could win anything from homemade carmeled apples covered in cinnamon (thanks mom and jamie), Sobes, and a large amount of candy bars to chose from. This night was so much fun! Thanks again mom and dad for putting it together!

PS, I am looking out my window right now and watching the first snow flakes fall. ERRRRR!!!! I am so not ready for winter!

And the gates go up!!!!

My baby is crawling!!! He starting taking off this morning. He has been doing the rocking thing on his hands and knees for a few weeks now, so I am excited he has actually started moving. He doesn't crawl like your average baby though...he does the army crawl/lunge. It is very interesting but, hey he is moving. I was so excited this morning when I was in the kitchen and he started crying and could just crawl over to me. Our house is three stories though so we now have gates everywhere. Especially since each floor isn't very big. I am so proud of him, he is doing so well!




Yesterday Matt's mom made cookie dough for all of the grandchildren and helped them make Halloween cookies. It was so cute. Cooper thought it was fun. He kept wanting to eat the dough though so it didn't last very long. Thanks mom for all of the fun activities you put together for the kids.






I think Matt had just as much fun as all of the kids. He didn't use cookie cutters, he carved them with a knife. He made the Rolling Stones symbol, a jack-o-lanteern, ghost with funny faces and all sorts of things.



HERE WE GO LEHI, HERE WE GO!!! All three of my nieces on my side of the family were in the kids drill camp this year for Lehi High School. It was so much fun to watch. It was the first time I had gone to a game since I graduated almost six years ago...geeeese!!! One of my nieces was in the group above.



The other two were in this group. They all did so good!!!



This is my cute family at the game. It was Coopers first football game. He was so interested in everything going on around him. He loved the band, the clapping, and all of the movement. He didn't make a peep the whole time. What a trooper!

UPDATES!!!

Sorry it has been a while since I have posted. We have had a crazy couple of weeks. Here are some updates of our family!



It is amazing how happy my little boy can make me.



Look at how cute my little boy is. His personality is so funny! He is constantly making me smile.



This is Cooper and Tracen. Tracen is my friend Elise's little boy. They were having fun hanging out together.



Cooper is already getting teased by is cousins. They are both tickling him.



This is Cooper and Jordan. They are the only boy cousins on Matt's side of the family. Jordan is ready for Cooper to get big so he can play with him. I think Jordan is done playing house with his 2 girl cousins and his sister :)



DADDY TIME!!!!






So, I have the most amazing husband in the world. I was so sick yesterday and knew I wasn't going to be able to take care of Cooper by myself. My sweet sister-in-law took Cooper for the morning and Matt came home from work early in the afternoon too care of me and Cooper. He had bought me coke and crackers and kept making sure I was okay. He had my temp way down by the end of the night. I am so grateful for him and all he does for me and Cooper. We are so blessed to have such an incredible man in our lives for eternity.



Cooper fell asleep saying his prayers. :) Ok...not really but isn't that what it looks like. I admit, I am guilty of falling asleep in that position a few times.